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vancouver electronic ensemble • mechanical music Saturday, October 8, 2016 • 8PM Vancouver Community College Atrium 1155 East Broadway, entrance at E 7th Avenue and Glen Drive • FREE Members of VEE showcase personal projects inspired by this year’s VNM festival theme, Mechanical Music • October 13 – 15, 2016 ...
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Another great noisescape Vancouver Electronic Ensemble performing Language Noises 2 @ the Vancouver Community College Atrium, Broadway Campus • January 29, 2011 Parameters of sound expression are designated as discrete languages, used to structure improvisational spaces. … Segregated pods of electronics communicate over large distances through the interior of this four-story building, creating a surround environment. The physical attributes of the spacious atrium help...
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VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC 2016-17 CONCERT SERIES AND FESTIVAL CONCERT SERIES SUBSCRIPTIONS AND FESTIVAL PASSES NOW AVAILABLE FESTIVAL VNM 2016 Festival • Mechanical Music 13 – 15 October 2016; 8PM each night Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM each night The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) The 2016 Festival will present a varied selection of musicians and sound artists who have been focusing their efforts on...
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Thank you Lee for the great video! Noise in the Key of D On a beautiful summer evening members of VEE (Vancouver Electronic Ensemble) gathered in the spaciousness of the VCC Atrium to make noise in the key of D, at the suggestion of Matt O’Donnell. Players arranged themselves throughout the space, utilizing multiple balconies over 3 levels and a large main...
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Tomorrow VEE performs Homage to David Dunn at the VCC Atrium Here is an excerpt of a sonification of Gradient 2: GRADIENTS 1 GRADIENTS 2 GRADIENTS 3 for computer generated sounds David Dunn 1999 Gradients 1,2,and 3 are a set of pieces for computer generated sounds all based upon a common structural transformation of three different graphic images. The lefthand images were...
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SONIC TOPOGRAPHIES – VNM FESTIVAL – OCT. 16 – 19, 2014 Vancouver New Music Festival 2014 Sonic Topographies Sound, music and sustainability October 16 – 19, 2014 “Only on condition of a radical widening of definitions will it be possible for art and activities related to art [to] provide evidence that art is now the only evolutionary-revolutionary power....
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noise in the key of D • live recording NOISE IN THE KEY OF D MIX [Download] Thank you Dave Leith and Andrew Scott for the live recordings. And thank you Matt O’Donnell for the wonderful Sitar playing and all VEE for the great drony 2 hours and 14 minutes at the grand space of the VCC Atrium. The recording though is very...
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On January 17, 2013 artists around the world celebrated Art’s Birthday and CiTR transmits local Radio Art to the world. Our celebration, 24 Hours of Radio Art was broadcasted Midnight to Midnight on CiTR 101.9FM and www.citr.ca. Listen to the podcast I recorded at CiTR to celebrate VNM 40th anniversary last year: CiTR podcast [Download] The concept of giving art a birthday was...
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VNM Panorama A recombinant live remix for ensemble and electronics to celebrate VNMʼs 40th Anniversary. Samantha Fu, flute Colin MacDonald, saxophone Albertina Chan, harp Chris Morano, piano Adrian Verdejo, guitar Katie Rife, percussion Timothy Van Cleave, percussion Janna Sailor, violin Marina Hasselberg, cello Stefan Hintersteininger, cello VEE members Chris Grigor, electronics Lee Hutzulak, electronics Constantine Katsiris, electronics Stefan Smulovitz, electronics Giorgio Magnanensi, conductor...
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To celebrate Vancouver New Music’s 40th anniversary I’m assembling a series of electronic panoramas remixing excerpts by artists who performed at the VNM Festival bewteen 2003 and 2012, recordings from members of the Vancouver Electronic Ensemble (VEE), Vancouver Soundwalk Collective’s archival recordings and more. Thanks to all the wonderful artists and spaces for their sonic gifts!...
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To celebrate Vancouver New Music’s 40th anniversary here is the first electronic panorama including excerpts donated by artists who performed at the VNM Festival bewteen 2003 and 2012 and members of the Vancouver Electronic Ensemble (VEE). Thank you all for sending your sonic gifts! VNM Electronic Panorama VNM electronic panorama [Download] Music by: Magali Babin (CA) Tuning The Tuna • electronics Uri Caine, Ralph...
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TDU CIRS tducirs [Download] Vancouver Electronic Ensemble (VEE): Ross Birdwise, Frederick Brummer, Daryn Cassie, Kaj David, Justin Devries, Scott Gubbels, Janine Island, Dan Karrasch, David Leith, Thomas Speakman, prOphecy Sun Llowyn Ball (Violin), John Kastelic (Viola), Doug Gorkoff (Cello), Dave Chokroun (Double Bass) Chris Rolfe (live electronics), Giorgio Magnanensi (Conduction) • Could the performance setting become more dialectic? • What does interaction mean for performers and...
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Another great VEE’s performance at the Canadian New Music Network Forum, January 20, 2012. Stereo mix of front and rear recording: mp3 [Download] See the seven one page scores below. Scores – in performance order – by: Frederick Brummer, Jordan Nobles, Remy Siu, Lee Pui Ming, Dave Leith, Janine Island, Eric Normand, Stefan Smulovitz (Mad Scientist Machine) VEE: Scott Aitken, Ross Birdwise, Frederick...
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taikotroniks is a sonic exploration/collaboration between members of the Vancouver Electronic Ensemble (VEE) and members of Chibi Taiko, Katari Taiko, LOUD, Sansho Daiko, Sawagi Taiko and Uzume Taiko. See the score map and set up in the image gallery below. Light cues via the Mad Scientist Machine by Stefan Smulovitz, articulated the spatialized performance of the piece. Taikotroniks Centre Stage: VEE Centre Stage Taikotronics 2...
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Taikotroniks brings together seven prominent Vancouver-based taiko groups, with the newly formed Vancouver Electronics Ensemble (VEE) for this unique event! Taikotroniks celebrates both Vancouver’s historically significant taiko community, as well as a slice of its newer, collaborative electronic community. Featuring special performances by each of the groups, as well as a breakaway taiko and electronic improvisation piece, Taikotroniks showcases the rich variety of...