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Bacchetto/Sabey Duo, Friday, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m., CNMAT

Bacchetto/Sabey Duo is a collaborative project of San Francisco based composer/performers Nick Bacchetto and Ben Sabey. The duo creates new spatial audio works for piano and interactive electronics with a custom modular analog synthesizer controlled by a MIDI Polyphonic Expression instrument (Eurorack, Melbourne Instruments Nina, Roli Seaboard). They also perform a transcription of Messiaen’s “Feuillets inédits” (originally for piano and Ondes Martenot).

 

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Richard Andrews remembers David Wessel

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of David Wessel's passing, CNMAT's ex-officio Associate Director, Richard Andrews, shares his reflections:

I had the distinct privilege of working with David Wessel from September 9, 1996 until his untimely passing on October 13, 2014. I started as an administrator and eventually became CNMAT’s Associate Director as well as Executive Director of the Eco Ensemble. I retired from CNMAT in June of 2021.

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Austin Oting Har Residency, October 14-19

Austin Oting Har is a US-based composer, writer, and performer with a background in music technology and ancient philosophy. His work utilizes ancient concepts, languages, and instruments, digital sound design and creative coding, bridging traditional, experimental electronic, and contemporary classical music worlds. An Associate Artist of the Australian Music Centre, his music has been commissioned by Dark Mofo, Berlin Atonal, and MaerzMusik, and released on Possible Futures and Neuma Records.

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Remembering David Wessel (ten years later)

CNMAT extends its heartfelt thoughts to all who knew, revered, and loved CNMAT Director and Professor David Wessel (October 6, 1942–October 13, 2014) as we mark the 10th anniversary of his passing. David’s legacy resonates deeply across the UC Berkeley campus, particularly at CNMAT and in the Department of Music.  

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Cerbu and Dzwonczyk publish papers with Cella

Under Carmine Cella, CNMAT students Alois Cerbu and Luke Dzwonczyk published three papers this summer at both the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) in Seoul, Korea and the Digital Audio Effects Conference (DAFx) in Surrey, UK.

 

Reprogrammable Effects Pedals on the Daisy Seed Platform

Alois Cerbu, Carmine Cella

ICMC 2024, Seoul, Korea

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THE MEMORY THEATERS OF CLAUDIA HART

Fairy tales about love, power and money, in four acts, based on The Alices Virtual-Reality Ballet, a collaboration by Claudia Hart and Edmund Campion, taking place over seven years, between 2013 and 2020. Written by Claudia Hart, 2022-2023, and rewritten in collaboration with Tommy Martinez in 2024. Live Music Composed and Performed by Tommy Martinez. Event Production by Andrew Blanton

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Poet John Campion to read Consilience at CNMAT

The cover (sidewise view) of Campion's book, Consilience, is an image of trans-Pecos, cave art from Coahuila, Mexico (five thousand years BP). It shows various instances of the shaman approaching the edge (between this world and the other?) and in the midst of the mind-altering flights across dimensions. The historic photo was taken by the great anthropologist, Solveig Turpin--now deceased.

 

 

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