November 2010
5 posts
Steve Treseler - December 5th, 2010
LISTEN TO THIS SESSION! This Racer Session will examine the important relationships between natural acoustics and music. This study is not purely mathematical or theoretical; it has profound musical value. I don’t have an extended composition to perform—instead I will give a presentation with several live and recorded examples. Thanks to Beth Fleenor and David Balatero for assisting! Now for a...
Nov 29th
Colin Pulkrabek - November 28th, 2010
LISTEN TO THIS SESSION! Hey guys! I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. My name is Colin Pulkrabek and I am curating Racer Sessions! Now, some words about the works I will be presenting. The first piece is collaboration between Sam Potter, a fellow undergraduate at the UW who studies Digital and Experimental Arts and Math, and myself. It is titled Long Study #1. We created this piece by...
Nov 28th
Rob Hanlon - November 21st, 2010
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Nov 16th
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Andrew J. Swanson - November 14th, 2010
LISTEN TO THIS SESSION! I have recently taken to reading about many of my favorite composers.  I usually turn to autobiographies and interviews first, as they’re generally good sources of methodological information.  Sometimes the autobiographies can get a little bit tedious, but I really live for those glimmers of insight into the creative process.  I think in some ways this has become my most...
Nov 9th
Cameron Sharif - November 7th, 2010
LISTEN TO THIS SESSION! Melody and its Elastic, Regenerative Properties Hi all, I’ve realized throughout the course of our sessions at Racer, that addressing a theme for an entire hour and a half of improvisations is extraordinarily difficult. Themes that are the most solid, and obviously unified tend to be the ones that involve a lot of constraints and curatorial manipulation and...
Nov 3rd