Laptop Orchestra Concert 2018
Come to the Laptop Orchestra Concert on Friday, Nov. 9 at 7:30PM in the School of Music Recital Hall.
At this noteworthy concert, the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana will investigate the bounds of experimental music performance ranging from joystick music to alternative percussion to musical email. Featuring notable works by Philip Glass, Pauline Oliveros, Margaret Schedel, and Ge Wang, as well as a group improvisation, Roman Jones’ interpretation of a composition by La Monte Young, and the composition You’ve Got Mail.
The Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana is an ensemble of computer musicians. The LOLs perform contemporary electronic chamber music, using homemade software instruments and new digital interfaces. The LOLs have toured across the U.S. and performed at festivals such as the Symposium for Laptop Orchestras and Ensembles (SLEO) and the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the U.S. (SEAMUS). View videos at https://www.youtube.com/user/lsuEMDM
Currently, the course is listed as Music 4270 and titled EMDM Ensemble. Rehearsals/class meetings are Tuesdays from 3-6 PM in room 304 of the School of Music building. You must be a registered undergraduate (any major, AVATAR minor preferred) or a graduate student affiliated with EMDM to enroll.
The Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana explores a wide variety of experimental music techniques and music software design strategies. Working together, undergraduate and graduate students collaborate by performing each others compositions as well as assisting in helping develop them. For this, we are always looking to try out new, cutting edge approaches for interacting with music hardware or music software. Come find out what it’s all about!
Cinema For The Ears 2018
Our annual concert of massively-multichannel sound diffusion, Cinema for the Ears, will be held on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 at 7:30PM in the 92-speaker Digital Media Center Theater. This concert is FREE and open to the public. It features electronic music compositions and sonic art by internationally renowned composers, EMDM students, and LSU faculty.
Come prepared for a whole new kind of sonic experience! The Cinema For The Ears will wow you and delight you with digital music, video, and textures. Featuring compositions by Linda Antas, Stephen David Beck, Edgar Berdahl, Niloufar Iravani, Jean-Claude Risset and Hildegard Westerkamp.
EMDM Academy Workshops on Microsampling and Mash-Ups
Presented by Asst. Prof. Edgar Berdahl
Join us for an interactive lesson in experimental music techniques! In this session, you will get to try out the powerful granular synthesis technique for digitally sculpting sound. It’s the musical analog of pointillism! You will slice, dice, reorganize, and completely transform familiar sounds to create new, experimental sounds. In the workshop, you will micro-sample and completely mash-up Who Let The Dogs Out?, Gangnam Style, or What Does The Fox Say? or a song of your own choosing.
• For teens: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 2PM-4:30PM at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library on Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA
• For 20-somethings: Saturday, June 13, 2015 2PM-4:30PM at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library on Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA
