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Tuesday, 31 May 2011
ear:M@SH Festival
ear:M@SH festival features a range of diverse and exciting experimental music events taking place over the first three weeks of June. Hosted by the M@SH centre for experimental music at St. Hilda’s College, ear:M@SH presents a cross-section of contemporary music (classical, electro-acoustic, improvised…) in a range of mostly free to attend concerts. The finale takes place Modern Art Oxford- so you know it’s going to be good!
M@SH 9: “Encounters in the Republic of Heaven” by Trevor Wishart
1 June 2011, 1.15pm, 7.00pm and 8.30pm
Venue: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building
Tickets: Free admission
“Encounters” brings together everyday stories told by adults and children with the possibilities of sound-transformation offered by modern technology. The 8-channel sound-surround experience begins with the sound of the wind, formed from tens of thousands of human voices, and gradually unfolds the stories of fishermen, farmers and city-dwellers in the North East of England, accompanied by imaginary musical instruments derived directly from the speaking voices we hear. As each story subsides we encounter a sea of human voices organised in surprising ways - speech that waltzes, speech that harmonises, clouds of speech that circle the audience, culminating with speech that transforms into song.
M@SH 10: Music by the Graduate Composers of Oxford University
13 June 2011, 8.00pm
Venue: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building
Tickets: Free admission
The current graduate composers at Oxford University have a broad range of approaches to composition: some experimenting with electronics, others creating new sound worlds and some reflecting upon traditional approaches to music. Performed by students from the University of Oxford, this concert will include the tonal and atonal, minimalist and theatrical and the traditional and radical. There will be performances of music by Huw Catchpole-Davies, Chris Ferebee, Samantha Fernando, Chris Garrard, Luke Lewis, Liz Mowforth and Des Oliver, with an opportunity to ask questions and talk to the composers.
M@SH 11: M@SH Ensemble at Modern Art Oxford
18 June 2011, 7.30pm
Venue: Modern Art Oxford
Tickets: Free Admission
The M@SH Ensemble is a group of composers and performers from Oxford University who specialise in the performance of experimental and improvised music. Formed in 2009, their performances are vivid and varied, incorporating sculptural graphic scores, free vocal improvisation and reinterpretations of folk music.
Hosted by Modern Art Oxford as part of their events programme, the first half will take place in the basement space, responding to an exhibition of work by the artist Haegue Yang on display in the galleries. The second half will then explore situations for improvising music and will take place in the yard space.
