[Microsound-announce] Electroacoustic Music Days 2008

[Nikolas Valsamakis]

(appologies for cross postings)

‘Electroacoustic Music Days 2008’

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http://www.teicrete.gr/mta/meres08/

The Computer Music Laboratory of the Department of Music Technology &  
Acoustics of Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Crete is  
organising the ‘Electroacoustic Music Days 2008’ festival in the  
context of the 6th annual meeting of the Hellenic Electroacoustic  
Music Composers Association (????? - HELMCA - http:// 
www.essim.gr/).  The festival will take place during 25-27 October in  
Rethymnon, Crete, Greece and it will comprise of a series of concerts  
and a number of sound installations.

The ‘Electroacoustic Music Days 2008’ event is an opportunity for  
the Greek composer’s community to meet and to present the current  
trends in the Greek Electroacoustic Music scene.


Concerts (25-27 October 2008)

The concerts involve compositions for tape, live electronics, mixed  
works for instruments and computer or tape, works for video and tape  
and, interactive performances. In total, 55 works of Greek and  
International composers will be presented in 11 different concert  
sessions.

This year’s event also includes two concerts with works by ICEM  
members (International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music -  
http://www.cime-icem.net) and one with works of from SARC (Sonic Arts  
Research Center  - http://www.sarc.qub.ac.uk), Queens University,  
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK).

The concerts will be held in the auditorium of the Department of  
Music Technology and Acoustics in Rethymnon. A special multi-channel  
diffusion system that comprises of 36 discrete loudspeakers  
surrounding the audience will be facilitated during the concerts.


Installations (21-28 October 2008)

In parallel with the concerts, a number of sound installations and  
interactive multimedia systems will be presented in a separate  
exhibition on the fortress hill (Fortezza) area in Rethymno, in two  
specific buildings: the ‘Tholos (in the past a mosque) and the  
‘Pyrovoliko’.


The schedule for the events can be found here:
http://www.teicrete.gr/mta/meres08/en/schedule.html
The entrance to the concerts and the installations is free of charge.

The organising committee:
Katerina Tzedaki, Nikolas Valsamakis, Chrisoula Alexandraki, Stella  
Pashalidou and Minos Fitsanakis