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In 1991, a stochastic music piece called Gendy3 was produced entirely by a computer program written by the composer Iannis Xenakis at CEMAMu. In his words, Xenakis asked "What is a composer? A thinker and plastic artist who expresses himself through…

Keynote lecture.

A sonic inquiry into the multi-faceted, poly-temporal relationship between improvisation and composition. Solo Bass Clarinet perfrmances and discussions: Out of the Flames (Lori Freedman, 2016) and The Library on Fire (Paul Steenhuisen, 2015).

The underlying idea that noise and silence may constitute the two ends of the same continuum is the subject of our research. Noise and silence are examined as notions beyond their strict sense of the word; their expanded connotation reflects on…