MANTIS 08: LICA-MANTIS Collaboration
LICA-MANTIS Electroacoustic Music Festival 2008
28 February - 1 March
ENGLAND, UK
Presented by Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts (LICA), Lancaster University, in collaboration with MANTIS; Novars Research Centre for Electroacoustic Composition, Performance and Sound Art, University of Manchester, UK.
Date: 28 February - 1 March
Venue: Great Hall Complex, Lancaster University
Admission: free (except Concert 1 on February 28)
Collaboration Festival: From the 28th of February to the 1st of March 2008, The Universities of Lancaster and Manchester have joined forces to produce a unique collaborative event; The LICA-MANTIS Electroacoustic Music Festival 2008. By sharing efforts, logistics, research and compositional ideas, the two artistic communities and Special Guests will push their creative boundaries further, challenging new and existing audiences. The Manchester Theater in Sound (MANTIS) Diffusion System will travel to the Great Hall Complex at Lancaster University to celebrate the event. All welcome!!
SHEILA BECKLES FUND -in kind
MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE FOR MUSIC
AND DRAMA -in kind
Guest Artists:
Cort Lippe (composer, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York)
Claude Gaçon (sculptor/gastronomy manager, Basel, Switzerland)
Markus Buser (multi-media artist/musician, Basel, Switzerland)
Ailís Ní Ríain (composer/writer, Littleborough, North West England)
Guests Performers:
BBC Singers, Ensemble Psappha, Kairos Electronic Ensemble,
Christophe de Bezenac (Saxophone), Christion Sebille (Computer)
David Lewis (Percussion), Tom McKinney (Guitar), Luo Chao-yun (Pipa) and Chen Wai-kai (Tai-chi improviser)
Diffusion System: MANTIS Surround System (30 channels+), Novars Research Centre, University of Manchester, UK
Lancaster Box Office [telephone: 01524 594151, email:boxoffice@lancaster.ac.uk]
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
LICA-MANTIS Electroacoustic Music Festival 2008
# INSTALLATIONS
28 Feb. (Thu) 15:00 - 1 March (Sat) 19:00
Claude Gaçon and Markus Buser @Nuffield Foyer
Chris Robson @Music Foyer
Patrick Sanan and Novars composers @e-campus
# LECTURES
29 Feb. (Fri)
Lecture 1 @JHR 15:15-16:00 Cort Lippe
Lecture 2 @JHR 16:00-16:45 Neil Boynton and Emma Rose
1 March (Sat)
Lecture 3 @JHR 15:45-16:30 Claude Gaçon and Markus Buser
Lecture 4 @JHR 16:30-17:15 Ailís Ní Ríain
Lecture 5 @JHR 17:15-18:00 (concert) Luo Chao-yun
# CONCERTS
28 Feb. (Thu)
- Concert 1 @GH 19:30-21:30 (Lancaster International Concert Series)
Admission: £14.50, £12, (£5.5 Concessions)
BBC Singers with Psappha conducted by Nicholas Kok
Works by Claude Vivier
29 Feb. (Fri)
- Concert 2 @GH 18:30-19:45 (admission free)
Piano: Adam Greig
Voice: Amy Slater
Works by Cort Lippe, Phil Reeder, Manuella Blackburn, Oliver Carman, Chris Robson,
- Concert 3 @GH 20:00-21:00 (admission free)
Saxophone: Christophe de Bezenac
Computer: Christian Sebille
Improvisation
1 March (Sat)
- Concert 4 @GH 14:00-15:30 (admission free)
Marimba : David Lewis
Works by Diana Simpson, Kaho Cheung, Sam Salem, Josh Kopecek, Tom Scott,
Alexis Guneratne, Mauricio Pauly
- Concert 5 @GH 18:30-20:30 (admission free)
Guitar: Tom McKinney
Percussion: David Lewis
Works by Ailís Ní Ríain, Cort Lippe, Chikashi Miyama, [zygote] - Saario & Iddon, David Berezan, Takayuki Rai, Ricardo Climent
- Closing Festival Concert @JHR 21:00- (admission free)
Kairos Electronic Ensemble and Special Guest Luo Chao-yun
Pipa : Luo Chao-yun
(Programme subject to change)
*GH = Great Hall, *JHR = Jack Hylton Room
Organizers;
Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University
Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YW tel: 01524 592702 (main office)
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/lica/
Novars Research Centre, University of Manchester
Bridgeford Street, Manchester M13 9PL tel: 0161 275 4982 (main office)
http://www.novars.manchester.ac.uk/
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