Conference
NMS presents an inspiring weekend of performances, talks and discussions aimed at bringing the new music sector together to network and discuss how to bring new music to new audiences. Aimed at all performers, creators, promoters and listeners of new music across the UK and beyond, the event will showcase the best music and sound art that Scotland has to offer and give conference delegates the opportunity to network, question their practise and discuss what they hear.
Here to download NMS delegate pack and booking form:
To book, please return the form below
- by email to info@sound-scotland.co.uk
- by post: sound, c/o Woodend Barn, Banchory AB31 5QA, Scotland
| NEW MUSIC SCOTLAND PROGRAMME 2011 | |||
| TIME | ARTISTS | PROGRAMME | VENUE |
| FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER 2011 | |||
| 19:30 | Red Note Ensemble | Philip Glass – 1,000 Airplanes on the Roof |
Woodend Barn * |
| SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER 2011 | |||
| 10:00-11:00 | Keynote speech by Jonathan Cross, Professor of Musicology at University of Oxford New Music: Is anybody listening? | Aberdeen Arts Centre | |
| 11:20-12:00 | Viridian Quartet | David Fennessy – Graft Adam Campbell & Jodi Cave – Amplified String Quartet & Electronics | The Lemon Tree |
| 12.10 – 12.40 | Face to Face sessions: 3 x 10 minute meetings with delegates | Aberdeen Art Centre | |
| 12:30 - onwards |
Ross Whyte | Memorial (site-specific sound installation) | Aberdeen Art Gallery |
| 13:00-13:45 | Scottish Flute Trio with Sean Shibe (guitar) | Edward McGuire – Western Light Nigel Osborne - The Painters in my Garden Kenneth Dempster – St Kilda’s Parliament Joji Hirota – Water V Astor Piazzolla – Nightclub 1960 Edward McGuire – Scottish Dances | Aberdeen Art Gallery |
| 13.30 | Lunch and networking | Aberdeen Arts Centre | |
| 14:30-15:05 | Scottish Clarinet Quartet | David Fennessy, Sadie Harrison, Anna Meredith & Oliver Searle – Songs of the Earth |
The Lemon Tree |
| 15.10 – 16.10 | Presentation and Discussion on the Development of an Audience for Contemporary Music | Aberdeen Arts Centre | |
| 16:15-17:00 | Ensemble Thing | Louis Andriessen - Hoketus John De Simone, Oliver Searle, Colin Broom, Ross McCrae, Shona McKay, Drew Hammond & Jay Capperauld – Distopia |
The Lemon Tree |
| 18:00-19:00 | James Clapperton, piano and Sven Erga, electronics | James Clapperton - Passing Place |
Woodend Barn |
| 19.00 | Buffet dinner and networking | Woodend Barn | |
| 19:30 | JAM: sound theatricals with Edinburgh University Chamber Choir, University of Aberdeen Chamber Choir and University of St Andrews Chapel Choir with Pure Brass, Tom Wilkinson, organ, Claire Seaton, soprano, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, mezzo, Iain Paton, tenor, Michel de Souza, bass and Michael Bawtree, conductor | Rory Boyle – Tallis’ Light (World premiere) Stuart MacRae – Two Cairns (Scottish premiere) Paul Mealor – Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal Paul Mealor – Ubi Caritas Britten – Rejoice in the Lamb Jonathan Dove – The Far Theatricals of Day Phillip Cooke – Invocation |
St Machar’s Cathedral * |
| 20:30-22:00 | Red Note Ensemble & Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra | Noisy Nights | Woodend Barn |
| 23:00 | Hanna Tuulikki | Away with the Birds | The Lemon Tree |
| Matthew Collings | Flags of a Dead Ship for electric guitars, laptop and room acoustics | ||
| SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER 2011 |
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| 10:45-11:10 | Můstek | Socks and Ammo for piano, percussion & live elctronics |
Johnston Hall |
| 11:15-12:00 | Edit-Point and Graeme Truslove | Timothy Cooper – κάκτος Matthew Whiteside - Organic Construct Louise Rossiter - Breaking Point Graeme Truslove – Portals |
Johnston Hall |
| 12:00-13:30 | Electroacoustic installations | James Wyness - zenconcrète Patrick M. Keenan – 4M | Johnston Hall |
| 13:30-14:00 | Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo | 20 Cassette Recorders | Johnston Hall |
| 14:45-15:30 | Mr McFall’s Chamber and Thomas Strønen | Musique Métrique | The Lemon Tree |
| 16:00-18:00 | NYOS Futures and Joe Boyd (French horn) | Jacob – Concerto for Horn Andrew Downes – Sonata for horn and piano Cherubini – Sonata 1 Ian Anderson – Scenes from the Afterlives (world premiere) Peter Longworth – Blueprint (world premiere) Strauss – Nocturno Mozart – Rondo | Woodend Barn * |
| 19:30 | Scottish Ensemble and Alasdair Beatson, piano | Martin Suckling – Three Venus Haiku Stravinsky – Concerto in D Mendelssohn (arr Morton) – Capriccio and Fugue from op 81 Stravinsky (arr Morton) - Concertino Mendelssohn - Concerto for violin, piano and strings in D minor |
Music Hall * |
