Program will be streamed at https://www.facebook.com/SPLICEorg/live_videos/
Talks 1
4:30-4:50pm
Caroline Miller
"At least I can go outside!": Perspectives on the Studio in Quarantimes
4:50-5:10pm
Duo Charango: Jaimie Monck & Ciyadh Wells
Neoteric Guitar Project
5:10-5:30pm
Mark Micchelli
Electroacoustic Jazz: Introducing Improvisation into the EA Paradigm
SPLICE Festival IV is supported by a State-of-the-Art Conference Grant from the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.
Notes
"At least I can go outside!": Perspectives on the Studio in Quarantimes I’ll be discussing my incorporation of field recordings in recent works for SPLICE Ensemble and Alarm Will Sound, as well as how the pandemic has reshaped this practice. back to programNeoteric Guitar Project
Duo Charango will be discussing lessons learned from our crowdsourced commissioning project, the "Neoteric Guitar Project." We'll also be sharing small tips about writing for electric guitar duo and the guitar in general. back to program
Electroacoustic Jazz: Introducing Improvisation into the EA Paradigm
Most electroacoustic music is fully notated, and for good reason. Between programming the software, running live sound, and mastering the notated material, composers and performers have enough to worry about without introducing improvisation into the mix. Nevertheless, improvisation is a deeply expressive creative tool that can unlock new and exciting ways a performer can interact with electronics. This presentation details strategies for easily and successfully incorporating improvisation into electroacoustic settings, drawing on my experience arranging jazz standards for piano and electronics. Topics discussed will include performer control versus computer independence, best practices for designing interactive Max patches, and the joys and challenges of bridging the jazz and electroacoustic idioms. back to program
Bios
Caroline Louise Miller’s practice explores affect, tactility, biomusic, and the materiality of digital production. She often works with electronics, theatrical elements, and sonic worlds that bridge genres. Her most current project is a concert-installation with Alarm Will Sound and video artist Stefani Byrd that explores intersections of movement, stasis, and desire with abandoned industrial structures. Caroline’s music appears across the U.S. and internationally, and she has most recently been honored with grants and awards from Chamber Music America, the Matt Marks Impact Fund, Transient Canvas, and Guerilla Opera. In 2018 she won the ISB/David Walter composition competition for Hydra Nightingale, created with improvisor/bassist Kyle Motl. Caroline also works as a curator, and organized multimedia concerts at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography between 2012–2017. In 2019 she launched concerts focused on science-fiction and post-humanist themes. She holds a Ph.D in Music from UC San Diego, and will be Assistant Professor of Sonic Arts at Portland State University beginning in winter 2021. back to programDuo Charango, half Ciyadh Wells, half Jamie Monck, is a guitar duo aimed at challenging the notion of what a “classical” guitar duo can be. Ciyadh and Jamie unofficially formed while the pair was studying at the University of Louisville, where they received coachings from Dr. Fred Speck. They officially became Duo Charango in 2018, and gave their first performances in the summer of 2019. The repertoire Duo Charango explores is part music written for the classical guitar by composers such as Clarice Assad and Eduardo Angulo, part transcriptions of works by Arvo Pärt and Julius Eastman and part works for two electric guitars. One of Duo Charango’s most exciting ventures is their Neoteric Guitar Project, a commissioning project intending to expand the repertoire of the electric guitar duo. The project will be premiered as soon as Coronavirus allows. back to program
Mark Micchelli is a pianist, composer, technologist, and scholar whose work bounces between the jazz and new music worlds. Recent projects include developing software applications for a wearable motion sensor, arranging a set of jazz standards for piano and electronics, and compiling a detailed analysis of Cecil Taylor’s solo piano music. Mark is currently pursing his PhD at the University of Pittsburgh, where he splits his time between the Jazz Studies and Composition/Theory departments. back to program