Synthèse 2008

Dear Friends,

Find now the program of the festival Synthèse 2008, 38th international
festival of electronic music and creation, on the IMEB’s website
www.imeb.net.
To facilitate your coming to the festival, you can contact the communication
office. They will help you with your travel, stay, etc…
Looking forward to seeing you in Bourges from May 30 to June 8,

The team of the festival Synthèse

Call for Submissions: Erotic AMP

MP welcomes submissions of erotic art, including

* paintings
* photographs
* mixed media
* video & film
* sculpture
* performance
* conceptual
* suggestions welcome

Email JPEGs of your work to EroticAMP@gmail.com.

Duration of Show: 6 weeks to 6 months, beginning late 2008/early 2009
Location of Show: Los Angeles, with possibility of travel
Show to be curated by AMP Executive Director Terri Anderson and AMP Member Courtney Reid.
Artist pays all shipping and handling for own work.
You must be a member of AMP to participate.

                
What is AMP?

AMP, the Artists’ Meeting Place & Resource Collective, is a powerful tool that connects artists and behind-the-scenes collaborators of all genres, including musicians, painters, performance artists, writers, dancers, and many more, with resources, opportunities, and personal connections. Many AMPers also provide free temporary lodging for other members. With thousands of members in 78 countries, AMPers can connect through our website, as well as at AMP-hosted parties and multimedia events worldwide.

AMP enthusiastically and energetically builds bridges between artists, audiences, and producers through planning such initiatives as Radio AMP, to feature the voices and music of AMP artists, and the creation of AMP Centers that will span the globe. AMP is free to join. The only ‘cost’ is your energy and enthusiasm in building a global artistic community and helping fellow artists.

AMP can be found online at www.pluginamp.com

Call for Works/Convocatoria de obras I Festival Electroacustica Roma

International  Electroacoustic Music Festival
of the
Conservatory of Santa Cecilia
2008

The Conservatory of Rome presents the 1st Edition of the “International Electroacoustic Music Festival of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia”.

The Festival will take place from the 15th to the 20th of October, 2008.

The Course of Electronic Music at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Rome was one of the first in Italy.  The first teacher was Franco Evangelisti, one of the foremost representatives of the Italian and European  experimental avant-garde.  Thanks to him, its first professor, the School of Electronic Music of Rome has been known since then for the quality and depth of the specialization in composition.

The Conservatory of Rome with this first edition of the “International Electroacoustic Music Festival of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia”. wishes to create a milestone appointment in Italy, one which will facilitate the understanding of the global production in the field of electroacoustic music. An appointment in October 2008 in the historic center of Rome: to listen to today’s music; reflect on this music, its techniques, instruments and expressive mediums.

During the six days of the Festival, conferences, concerts and special events will be held in varying locations.  The special events will be the performance of various historically important electroacoustic pieces.  The concerts will be  given by students and teachers from the Conservatory.  Students will have the chance to establish direct and live contact with contemporary electroacoustic music by being able to speak directly to the composers, confronting problematic technical and expressive aspects of the various programmed works.

Scheduled organizational program:

•    15 March – 15 June, 2008.  Internet announcement of call for works
•    1 July 2008.  Selection of compositions, formation of performance groups.
•    15 July 2008. Drafting and internet publication of detailed Festival program and timetable, including times and places of all the events.

Further information:
<http://www.conservatoriosantacecilia.it/Musica_Elettronica/InternationalElectroacousticMusicFestival.htm>