July 18th, 2010
I went to a New Music Controller workshop this summer, and this video is the culmination of our 5 days together.
I am working on developing a pair of gloves for me to utilize in the gestural control of electronic music.
Soon to Come!
July 24th, 2010
http://www.vimeo.com/13585658Ting!
Written and Performed by Mark and Jenifer Knippel
Performed at the Oregon Composers Forum, Spring 2010, University of Oregon
July 18th, 2010
http://www.vimeo.com/13423067Collaboration with my partner Mark Knippel. A real-time performance for iPhone,
nintendo Wiiremote, a collection of sound makers, custom software and video.
Written in Max/MSP/Jitter, the initial idea was to explore how audio signals can affect the video domain in various ways. Since then, the piece has undergone its own evolution, with additional elements being added to make it more of a piece and less of a machine.
Essentially, there are 3 different types of sounds occurring throughout this piece: sounds derived from an array of acoustic sound makers, live manipulation of those sounds in real time, and the addition of various recalled and manipulated in real-time meta-Tings!
The extension of the original acoustic instrument becomes transformed. Their interaction with both each other and the video create a temporal space that oscillates between beautiful, humorous, and completely insane.
The video being used is entitled Hep Cat Symphony (1949), directed by Seymour Kneitel.
June 4th, 2010
Two version of Whatever Lola Want from the Broadway musical “damn Yankees”
arranged by yours truly, and performed by Tasha, Kev McD, SuSan, and on t-sax, Sean the voluptuous saxer
The Natasha version
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The Jen version
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March 15th, 2010
http://www.vimeo.com/10156946This piece is performed using Symbolic Sound’s Kyma, a real-time digital synthesis environment and the Wacom tablet as the control surface.
Ziller’s story utilizes text, as read by Alonzo Moore, from Tom Robbins’ book Another Roadside Attraction. The text is a poem left by John Paul Ziller for his wife after she has experienced a devastating loss. One cannot lose what was never found, just as even when something is lost, it is never gone. This piece explores how text can be used as a background tapestry to influence the unconscious awareness of time and space. What we observe and accumulate through time always exists within us, becoming part of our foundation and part of our experience. One is meant to experience the full journey before the answer is revealed, traveling from the tips of the mountains to arrive right in front of you.
Future Music Oregon concert series
February 27th, 2010
February 26th, 2010
TaiHei Winter Concert 2010
A concert of pieces inspired by East Asian musical traditions and performed on Western instruments.
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Aaron Pergram: “The Day of the Lotus Festival” for soprano saxophone and 4 percussionists
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Jenifer Jaseau: “Fireworks” a graphic event style score for 6 players and electronic conductor
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Joel Ford: “Three Lights” score with improvisation, for saxophone, trumpet, tuba, guitar, bass, marimba and vibraphone
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“Tsugaru Tanto Bushi”-Japanese Traditional, arranged for Shamisen and Flugel horn
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January 16th, 2010
Sound-Bytes invites listeners to experience creative performances
from talented contemporary musicians
By Kalie Wooden | Scene reporter
Published: Thursday, January 14, 2010
Although many people think classical music is a dying art, the Sound-Bytes music series brings classical and modern sounds to campus with a twist. Whether it’s making new sounds on a traditional saxophone or a guitarist with electronic influence, the artists of the Sound-Bytes music series strive to change the way people think about new, creative and experimental music.
Originally founded in 2006 by Brian McWhorter, University assistant professor of trumpet, Sound-Bytes offers free creative and experimental music performances in the EMU Concourse Lobby every Monday this term from precisely 11:54 a.m. to 12:08 p.m. Sarah Viens, a third-year graduate student in trumpet performance and principal trumpet for the Eugene Symphony, fully took over the Sound-Bytes series this year as McWhorter’s graduate teaching fellow.
“He wanted to create a space for contemporary, weird, bizarre and experimental music to be presented in a way that’s not completely overwhelming and in a space where people who don’t normally go to see that kind of music can experience it,” Viens said.
Jenifer Jaseau, a master’s student in the University’s Intermedia Music Technology Program, played solo saxophone for Monday’s Sound-Bytes performance. “I hope people appreciate what kind of technology is available for use today and see how technology can affect music,” Jaseau said. “I also hope that someone will feel an intrinsic connection to the sounds I generate.”
After playing the saxophone for 20 years, Jaseau now incorporates pre-recorded sounds and other effects into her music to emphasize the instrument at-hand. The Sound-Bytes music series opens up experimental music to the public by showcasing artists who use modern technology to manipulate and enhance classical instruments. “The only way art can progress through time is if the lay person is exposed to what artists are doing in the current day,” Jaseau said. “We can only progress when we have an understanding of where we have come from. Then we can appreciate where we are going.”
The Sound-Bytes series gives students walking to and from class during the day a few minutes to listen to new music. The series features several types of experimental artists, as well as some mainstream style music. “It’s a great way for someone to just get a little taste of something new and exciting,” Viens said. “Hopefully it will just spark something in their mind and they’ll go check it out.”
Guitarist and singer Caleb Paul, the next Sound-Byte performer for Monday, Jan. 25, has been playing acoustic percussion for more than 10 years. “It’s a compilation of music you wouldn’t normally hear, so someone can just stop by and hear something fresh,” Paul said.
Paul’s music incorporates more than just strumming guitar sounds, he said. Many of his songs feature percussion and bass, as well as more of a melodic guitar sound. “I hope that people will be able to relate to my music,” Paul said. “My favorite thing about performing is connecting to people and individuals.”
The Sound-Bytes music series gives students a glimpse of modern and fresh music that has evolved from classical music.
“Part of finding your own individuality is finding a smaller niche of music that you can identify with, and you won’t find that unless you sample a lot of different flavors and personalities,” Paul said.
From the Daily Emerald:
http://www.dailyemerald.com/scene/series-showcases-new-unique-music-1.1011224
January 9th, 2010
Yeah!