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Array 2 0 1 2 0 9 - 2016 - 2017 2016 1 array 20162009 -- 20172010 2 array 2016/2017 Christopher Haworth, editor Jen Wang, designer Contents The International Computer Music Association Letter from the President .........................................................................................5 Tom Erbe & Richard Dudas Officers President: Richard Dudas Letter from the Editor ..............................................................................................7 Vice President for Membership: Michael Gurevitch Christopher Haworth Vice President for Conferences: Margaret Schedel Vice President for Asia/Oceania: Lonce Wyse Tributes to Pauline Oliveros, Pierre Boulez & Jean-Claude Risset ..........................9 Vice President for the Americas: Eric Honour Vice President for Europe: Stephania Serafin Meg Schedel, Arshia Cont & Chryssie Nanou Vice President for Preservation: Tae Hong Park Array Editor: Christopher Haworth ICMC 2015 Keynote Address ..............................................................................15 Music Coordinator: PerMagnus Lindborg Miller Puckette Research Coordinator: Rebecca Fiebrink Publications Coordinator: Rob Hamilton ICMC 2015 Keynote Address ..............................................................................29 Treasurer/Secretary: Chryssie Nanou Jonty Harrison Board of Directors 2017 At-Large Directors What is at Stake in the Politics of Digital Music Archive Access Policies? ............47 Miriam Akkermann Elizabeth Hoffman Tom Erbe Mark Ballora Concert Reviews ....................................................................................................53 John Thompson NYC Electroacoustic Improvisation Summit, Eric Lyon Americas Regional Directors ICMC 2016, Lauren Hayes & Jonathan Higgins Eric Honour Charles Nichols Reviews ..................................................................................................................61 Asia/Oceania Regional Directors Takeyoshi Mori The Art and Technique of Electroacoustic Music [Book], Lonce Wyse Laurie Radford Europe Regional Directors Stefania Serafin Arshia Cont Non-Elected Positions ICMA Administrative Assistant: Sandra Neal 3 4 array Letter from the President Tom Erbe & Richard Dudas 2016/2017 Letter from the President It goes without saying that the experiences the ICMA – to be published in the next and opportunities arising from the ICMC issue. Farewell by Richard Dudas would not be possible without the dedicated ICMA board members, listed And, as always, being committed to our primary purpose – putting on and by Tom Erbe What a fantastic start to 2017! I am at the front of this publication, who improving the annual ICMC – we are both humbled and honored to have volunteer their time throughout the year Dear ICMA members, looking for potential hosts for future been elected to serve as President of to help the conference organizers put on conferences. If you have been considering the International Computer Music a great conference. Among these, I’d like I just wanted to write a short letter hosting an ICMC, please contact the Vice Association, after having served two terms to take a moment to thank our outgoing to announce my resignation as the President for Conferences, Meg Schedel, as at-large board member. A big thank- president, Tom Erbe, who has helped President of the ICMA, and to or myself, so we can “get the show on the you to ICMA members and board of strengthen and streamline the ICMA welcome my replacement, Dr. Richard road”! directors alike. over the past several years, and who Dudas. will continue to serve as at-large board The greater computer music community’s My involvement with the ICMA has member. Furthermore, since the previous Richard has been a member of the steadfast creativity and its adeptness in been longstanding: I first attended issue of Array, there have been several ICMA for 20 years, and has served on sharing ideas for the common good are the International Computer Music new faces elected to the ICMA board the ICMA board from 2008 to 2015. hopefully also reflected in the ICMA. The Conference two decades ago – the whom I’d to welcome: Miriam Akkerman, He is knowledgeable and has played a association and its eminent conference 1997 conference in Thessaloniki. The John Thompson, and Mark Ballora were part in all of the ICMA activities, and have provided marvelous opportunities experience was eye-opening both recently elected at-large board members, has shown steadfast dedication to our for developing and established computer technically and musically, and I was able and Charles Nichols and Takeyoshi Mori organization. After some discussion, the musicians alike to be awestruck and to finally meet many of the people who as Regional Directors for the Americas ICMA board voted unanimously (10 - enlightened, as well as to meet, exchange I had previously only known by either and Asia/Oceania, respectively. I am 0) to approve Richard’s appointment as thoughts, and remain connected over name or reputation. That year, I also looking forward to collaborating with president. large distances. It will be a privilege, as wrote my first concert review for this very them, alongside the seasoned board president, to be able to help the ICMA publication – the ICMA’s journal Array. members, to continue to improve and Myself, I will continue as an at-large continue to provide current members Since that first conference experience, I’ve nurture the ICMA and its community. board member for one more year, and with the kinds of memorable experiences been regularly involved with the ICMC will be assisting Richard in any way and exchanges it has provided me, as a in a multitude of capacities, attending It is with sadness that I mention the loss needed. member, over the past decades. the conference as both author of papers of some pioneers and influential members and composer of music, volunteering my of our electronic and computer music My very best, Looking forward to meeting many of you time behind the scenes as a reviewer for community: Pauline Oliveros, Jean- at the 2017 ICMC in Shanghai! the paper and music selection committees, Claude Risset and Pierre Boulez. I hope Tom Erbe and taking on the role of Paper Chair for the short memorials to them published UC San Diego Computer Music Richard Dudas the organizing committee of the 2015 in this edition of Array will serve as President, ICMA ICMC at the University of North Texas. solicitations for more extended memories and anecdotes from you – the members of 55 6 array Letter from the Editor 2016/2017 Christopher Haworth 2016/2017 Letter from the Editor musical contributions of Pauline Oliveros by Christopher Haworth by Meg Schedel; Pierre Boulez by Arshia Cont; and Jean-Claude Risset by Chryssie Welcome to the 2016-17 issue of Nanou. Array, the Journal of the International Computer Music Association. The focus The next issue of Array will be devoted of this issue is two keynote speeches to showcasing the work of women and from ICMC 2015 that give wildly other minority groups in computer music. different perspectives on the theory and Guest edited by Shelly Knotts and Patricia practice of electroacoustic and computer Alessandrini, and drawn from a Women music: Miller Puckette’s ‘The Sampling in Sound / Women on Sound event held Theorem and its Discontents’, and Jonty earlier in the year, it is hoped the issue will Harrison’s ‘State of the Art? A personal build on the work being done to diversify reflection on the intersections of music, the field and enhance the visibility of non- sound and the creative imagination’. I hegemonic groups. am also pleased to publish a featured article by Elizabeth Hoffman, ‘What is I am always happy to receive suggestions at Stake in the Politics of Digital Music for featured articles, requests to Archive Access Policies? A Brief Look at review books, CDs, or concerts for Some Evolving Issues’. This fascinating Array, letters in response to articles, article takes a comparative look at some or related things. Please send these to emerging paradigms in digital music [email protected] archiving, highlighting key challenges facing composers and musicologists as the materials of music migrate online. In the reviews section, Laurie Radford takes a long and informed look at Peter Elsea’s The Art and Technique of Electroacoustic Music, while Lauren Hayes and Jonathan Higgins review concerts from ICMC 2016. Finally, following the sad news that three computer music pioneers died in 2016, I am pleased to be able to bring you thoughtful reflections on the lives and 77 8 array Tributes Meg Schedel et al. 2016/2017 almost become a rite of passage for complex sounds from simple rules. the decisions of the players. A ripple women in experimental music, and a safe They were never going to hear her belly could be short (one sender with two or Pauline Oliveros, 1932-2016 space for all to listen, to sound, to move, laugh, or see her grounded and uplifting three receivers) or longer depending and to dream. I first attended the retreat performances – this is what made me on the decisions and reaction times of under the encouragement of my own sad. I can only hope that her spirit will the players. An effective reaction time composition teacher, Mara Helmuth, continue to inspire, as it already is doing means that the player is aware of their who had always found them so inspiring. with the spontaneously organized tributes own response slightly after the reaction I met my long-time collaborator (and that recognise her tremendous impact. has already happened
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