Electroacoustic Music Studios BEAST Concerts in 2005 See the Concert News page for forthcoming concerts! Resounding , Birmingham, England, 11th - 13th March 2005 Aureole , Walsall, 7th June - 31st July real-time / non real-time , Basel , Swizerland, 17th - 19th June 2005 Aix en Provence , France, 22nd June 2005 Birmingham, 15th - 16th July JazzElectro , Birmingham , 12 - 13th November 2005 More about BEAST concerts:- Concert news Concert archives Resounding , 11th - 13th March 2005 CBSO Centre, Birmingham, England A weekend of new sounds from Birmingham and around the world featuring special guests Bill Fontana , Denis Smalley and John Young . Programme Friday 11 March 19.30 Fanfare - sonic fireworks to start the weekend. The concert will feature recent works by some of the current BEAST postgraduate composers. Annie Mahtani Èjszaka James Carpenter Flux (Panoramic) Daniel Barreiro (Un)folding Sonja Froebel Season Helena Gough Figment (Epiphany in Rubber) Peter Batchelor Kaleidoscope Alex Harker Fugitive Andrew Bourbon Freedom Fries Martin Clarke Study in Space 21.30 The Late Show - featuring drum-kit and live electronics. La Rage : A 45 minute work by BEAST composer Pierre-Alexandre Tremblay. Saturday 12 March 18.00 Dialogues - Pieces by guest composers Denis Smalley and John Young: John Young - Tongue and Allting Runt Omkring Dennis Smalley - Ringing Down the Sun and Resounding 20.00 Soundings - an international programme of acousmatic music John Young Trace Edson Zampronha Lamenti Bill Fontana Primal Soundings Denis Smalley Empty Vessels James Bentley In Broken Images Adrian Moore Dreaming of the Dawn Plus an installation by Pete Batchelor. Sunday 13 March 14.00 - 15.00 Open Workshop on multi-channel sound - with Denis Smalley and John Young 16.00 Bill Fontana presents research from his Eastside 'sound audit' Tickets Friday: £12 (£6 conc); Saturday: £12 (£6 conc); Sunday: free Season ticket for all the weekend's events: £20 (£10 conc) Tickets from: CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham B1 2LF CBSO Centre Ticket Hotline: 0121 767 4050 Box Office: Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA Photographs of the rigging of the BEAST system Photographs by Kevin Busby Photographs of Bill Fontana's presentation Photographs by Kevin Busby Photographs of some of the BEAST crew members, at the debriefing meeting Photographs by Kevin Busby 7th June - 31st July 2005 Aureole , The New Art Gallery, Walsall An installation by Andrea Berry, Katy Connor, Sophie Hamar and BEAST composer Helena Gough. Exploring themes of pregnancy and identity, the installation takes the form of a large scale video projection with a number of small monitors and a composed soundscape. Venue: The New Art Gallery, Gallery Square, Walsall WS2 8LG; tel. 01922 654400. For more details see the site for The New Gallery Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th June 2005 real-time, non real-time, Basel, Switzerland BEAST was the concert sound system for this festival run by Erik Oña at the Elektronisches Studio der Hochschule für Musik Basel (ESB) . Friday 17th June Kostas Karathanasis Obscuritas luminosa, lux obscura Derek Charke Lumière Immobile J.T. Rinker imp+ Cort Lippe Music for Cello and Computer Barry Moon Blues David Kim-Boyle Canon Cort Lippe Music for Marimba and Computer Saturday 18th June Denis Smalley Pentes Francis Dhomont Chiaroscuro Jonty Harrison Hot Air Jonty Harrison Rock’n’Roll Elainie Lillios Dreams in the Desert Pete Stollery Onset/Offset Pippa Murphy Caspian Retreat Sunday 19th June Yuki Ito two-sides Shintaro Imai Motion and Glitch Chikashi Miyama Butterfly Takayuki Rai Tansparency Takayuki Rai Lucent Aquarelle Shu Matsuda Latent Image Takayuki Rai Façade See ESB's Web pages about the festival. Wednesday 22nd June 2005 Pavillon de Vendôme , Aix en Provence, France An outdoor concert in the rose garden at the Pavillon de Vendôme . Concert 1, 18.00 Robert Normandeau Rumeurs (Place de Ransbeck) Andrew Bourbon Liberté Alex Harker Fugitive Daniel Barreiro (Un)folding Concert 2, 21.00 Jonty Harrison Unsound Objects Sonja Froebel Season Martin Clarke Stranger Things Happen at Sea Jean Favory [new work] Concert 3, 23.00 James Carpenter flux (panoramic) Annie Mahtani Éjszaka Francis Dhomont Chiaroscuro Friday 15th - Saturday 16th July 2005 Vivid , Birmingham Friday 15th July, 8 pm A 2-hour concert of electroacoustic music by BEAST composers. Alex Harker Fugitive Andrew Bourbon Freedom Fries Daniel Barreiro Superficies em Contato Revisitada Scott Wilson A Joke on Copyright Martin Clarke Study in Space Thomas Cahill-Jones Bounce Eye Jonty Harrison Rock 'n' Roll Iain Armstrong Set Adrift in Stolen Moments James Carpenter flux (panoramic) Annie Mahtani Éjszaka Nuit Bleue, Saturday 16th July, 1 - 10 pm A 9-hour acousmatic electroacoustic extravaganza, featuring British, French and Belgian music performed on BEAST's spectacular multi-channel sound system. 1 - 10 pm Concert 1 David Trescos Quetzalcoatl Hubert Michel D'une Rive à L'autre Sébastien Chatron Envol - Oiseaux Frédéric Kahn Suite pour glotte Edgar Nicouleau L'Etrange petite graine Jean-Luc Therminarias White Noise Attacking Paper Pete Stollery Vox Magna Adrian Moore Dreaming Of The Dawn Denis Smalley Empty Vessels Stephan Dunkelman Metharcana Ingrid Drese Papillon, abîme, nuit Robert Normandeau Rumeurs Sachiyo Takahashi False Creak Aliocha Van Der Avoort Tropismes Concert 2 Francis Dhomont Here And There Agnès Poisson L'altruisme de l'épinoche Perceval Bellone Walking Patrick Ascione Barcarolle pour studio et bande Andrew Lewis Cable Bay Trevor Wishart Two Women Pete Batchelor Steamin' Pippa Murphy Caspian Retreat Annette Vande Gorne Figures d'espace Elizabeth Anderson Tesseract David Fortez Alizés Theodoros Lotis La Mer Concert 3 Roger Cochini Preuve - Épreuve Fabrice Bertrand Monologue du lama Bernard Fort Sereine vivacité Bernard Fort Dynamique du chant Sébastien Beranger Gnom'Extravagances Eric Broitmann L'Orange Jonty Harrison Unsound Objects Robert Dow Season Of Mists John Young Trace David Berezan Cyclo Beatriz Ferreyra Vivencias Jean-Louis Poliart Comme une feuille tombe Roald Baudoux Ici et là Marie-Jeanne Wyckmans Tableaux (exposition) Dimitri Coppe Loco Tangtype Qudra (sic) Nicolas Musch La vie d'un sac plastique Booking Venue: Vivid , 140 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR ("situated on Heath Mill Lane, at the junction of Fazeley Street just a short stroll from the Custard Factory"). Tickets (sold on each night): £3 for Friday, £9 for Saturday or £10 for both days. Event organiser: Jonty Harrison JazzElectro , Saturday 12th - Sunday 13th November 2005 CBSO Centre , Birmingham Two days of electroacoustic events embracing jazz, improvisation and acousmatic music, featuring Chris Bowden (sax), Ben Markland (bass) & Neil Bullock (drums). Saturday 12th November 7.30 pm JazzAcousmatic Acousmatic music with a hint of jazz. Simon Vincent Trio Samuel Pluta Fixed Explosions Tom Cahill-Jones Oh! Pierre Simon Hall Jazzthing Pierre Alexandre Tremblay Insipide esthétique Bernard Parmegiani Jazzex Ben Markland Inside Out 9.30 pm JazzElectro The Bowden/Markland/Bullock trio, expanded, transformed and spatialised by BEAST. Sunday 13th November 2.00 pm Mixed Electroacoustic music with instrumental flavours. Andrew Bourbon Close Enough for Jazz Mike Vaughan In Memoriam (layer 2) Daniel Barreiro Percurcos Enredados Steven Naylor blue, ballade, blow Mike Vaughan In Memoriam (layer 5) 4.00 pm Workshop Event organiser: Jonty Harrison Tickets Admission: £8 per concert (£5 concessions); weekend pass £20 (£12 concessions); free admission to Workshop. CBSO Centre ticket hotline: 0121 767 4050 Box Office: Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA Venue CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham B1 2LF Electroacoustic music studios BEAST Concerts in 2004 Concerts in 2006