Call for Submissions: Soundscape Radio Show, Vancouver Co-op Radio, CFRO 102.7 FM

The Soundscape show on CFRO 102.7 FM, Vancouver Co-operative Radio
(broadcasting online at http://www.coopradio.org/), is calling for
submissions of experimental sound art suitable for radio, as well as
field recordings and other sound materials suitable for use by the
show programmers for use in on-air sound collages and mixes. We
especially encourage submissions of completed pieces from Canadian
artists.

Soundscape is a one-hour radio show on CFRO devoted to experimental
sound and radio art, phonography, soundscape composition, and other
related genres. Show formats vary from free-form radio collages to
more conventionally programmed shows featuring individual pieces with
spoken introductions.

Submissions may be in the following formats: CD, minidisc (though this
format is not preferred), or links to sound files online. Submissions
may be of any length up to an hour (though due to Canadian content
requirements, only Canadian submissions may be a full hour in length).
Submitters should indicate whether they are submitting completed
pieces or raw material for live manipulation by the show programmers.

Keep in mind the technical limitations of FM radio. Submissions
featuring large amounts of static, noise, or distortion; silence or
extremes of loud and soft; and extreme high and low frequencies are
unlikely to be broadcast.

Reply off-list for the mailing address to which submissions should be
sent. The programmers of Soundscape are looking (and listening)
forward to you submissions.


Phil Thomson
http://philthomson.ca/

Sound Art Call for Recorded Works

Calling all audio and recording artists to retell and reproduce the Chicago experience through place, time and culture in audio recordings. Abstract sound, field recordings, text based/spoken word, and radio pieces alike will be considered.

These works will be presented at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Aug. 11th, 2008 from 6PM -9PM
This is a free event for the public.

About The Jay Pritzker Pavilion:
Frank Gehry, winner of the National Medal of Art, applied his signature style to this revolutionary outdoor concert venue. The Pavilion stands 120-feet high, with a billowing headdress of brushed stainless steel ribbons that frame the stage opening and connect to an overhead trellis of crisscrossing steel pipes. The trellis supports the sound system, which spans the 4,000 fixed seats and the Great Lawn, which accommodates an additional 7,000 people.

This state-of-the-art sound system, the first of its kind in the country, was designed to mimic the acoustics of an indoor concert hall by distributing enhanced sound equally over both the fixed seats and the lawn.

Submission Guidelines:

This is an unpaid commission and offered as a free concert to the public.

Maximum Length: 10 minutes (no minimum length).

Recorded works submitted by mp3 through email or CD through regular post.

Open to all artists l(Chicago locals or international)

Up to 3 submissions per artist

No submission fee

Please include the following information:
Artist Name:
Location:
Category: Abstract, Field Recordings, Narrative/Text Based Works, other
100 word description of piece(s):

Deadline for submissions: June 15th, 2008


Email MP3 submissions and questions to:

margaretnoble2000@yahoo.com

Send hard-copy materials to:

Margaret Noble
High Tech High Media Arts
2230 Truxton Road
Third Floor
San Diego, CA
92106

MANTIS 2008 - Call for works

MANTIS Festival 2008

Friday 31 October to Sunday 2 November 2008

2nd International Call for Electroacoustic Music
Compositions

NOVARS Research Centre for Electroacoustic
Composition, Performance and Sound Art

University of Manchester, UK


Submission Deadline: Monday 30, June 2008 [postmark]



MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) is seeking
electroacoustic works for performance in a single
concert that is part of the larger MANTIS festival
[Friday 31 October to Sunday 2 November 2008] at the
University of Manchester's Cosmo Rodewald Concert
Hall.


For this particular concert we are calling for fixed
media music and mixed instrumental and electroacoustic
works, with a maximum duration of 10 minutes.


Live and interactive works for a broad range of solo
instruments (including voice) or small ensembles with
electroacoustic elements, or electronics alone, will
be considered. Full and detailed technical
requirements must be included for these works (see
below). Student performers will be sought from The
University of Manchester's new music ensemble:
Vaganza.


Fixed media works may be stereo or multi-channel.


Only one work per composer will be considered. Work
must have been composed after 2003.


The MANTIS sound diffusion system consists of 40+
Genelec loudspeakers and a purpose-built
computer-based matrix and control surface at the Cosmo
Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre for Music
and Drama.



SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

All submissions must consist of the following:


1. Audio (or DATA ) CD/DVD of the work to be
considered (all audio files should be interleaved).

2. Programme notes (please include duration and year
of creation)

3. Composer biography (updated)

4. Contact information: email and telephone.

5. Technical specifications (including number of
channels, sample rate, bit-depth, multi-channel
loudspeaker mappings, and other technical requirements
as necessary)

6. All live and interactive submissions must
additionally include the following data:

Instrumental forces

Number of microphones required (and kind)

Number of channels output for diffusion system

Hardware required

Software and computer system requirement

Stage plan

Fold back requirement



All requested information must be provided in order
for the work to be considered.



DEADLINE

Only submissions received by (or postmarked) Monday
30, June 2008 will be considered for MANTIS 2008.
Selected composers will be notified by 31st of July at
the latest.

Works will be selected by a programming committee
comprised of postgraduate students and staff at the
NOVARS Research Centre.



Send hard-copy materials to:



MANTIS FESTIVAL – 2008

Novars Research Centre

Music - Martin Harris Centre

The University of Manchester

Coupland Street, Manchester

M13 9PL UNITED KINGDOM





FAQ



WHAT IF I WANT MY MATERIALS BACK?

Unless the contrary is specified, we will archive all
submitted works in our MANTIS catalogue (which will be
accessible to students and researchers within the
NOVARS centre at the University of Manchester). In
order to receive materials back please forward to us a
self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage
attached.



WHAT IF I CANNOT ATTEND THE CONCERT?

While we encourage composers selected for concert
performance to attend, it is not a requirement for
consideration in programming. We regret that we are
unable to provide funds to cover costs for transport
and/or accommodation.



For more information about MANTIS and NOVARS Research
Centre please visit:



http://www.novars.manchester.ac.uk/



TO WHOM SHOULD I ADDRESS MY QUESTIONS?


David Berezan - Mantis Festival Director

email: david.berezan@manchester.ac.uk



Ricardo Climent - MANTIS Festival coordinator

email: ricardo.climent@manchester.ac.uk



WHERE CAN I FIND MORE ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF
MANCHESTER AND THE CITY OF MANCHESTER (UK)?



University of Manchester: www.manchester.ac.uk/

City of Manchester: www.manchester.gov.uk/

Call for Works and Papers - Australasian Computer Music Conference 2008

Please note the deadline for the ‘Call for Works and Papers’ for the upcoming Australasian Computer Music Conference 2008 has been extended to April 14.

Below is the Call:

Australasian Computer Music Conference 2008

www.acmc08.org

The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, in association
with the Australasian Computer Music Association is pleased to be hosting
the sixteenth annual conference of the Australasian Computer Music
Association - ACMC 2008. The Conference will take place between Thursday 10
July and Saturday 12 July 2008 in Sydney, Australia.

Theme

This year's conference theme 'sound:space', aims to encourage discussion of
contemporary issues including:
* performance of electroacoustic music, live electronics, installations,
works that involve acoustic instruments, and sound diffusion ('live' space);
* music and the internet ('virtual' space);
* surround sound in recording, composition and performance ('acoustic'
space).


In his recent taxonomy of space in electroacoustic music, Bertrand Merlier
describes the notion of space as multiple realities depending on the context
involved. In his view, space can refer to physical phenomena, psychoacoustic
phenomena, musical ideas, artistic concepts, aesthetics, and sometimes, even
methods or tools of performance. As a result, space can take several
meanings depending on context. Here is a list of various descriptives to
refine the notion of space, as listed in 'Vocabulaire de l'Espace'
(published in 2006):

Space, absolute/relative space, acoustic space, ambiophonic space,
architectural space, polyphonic space, composed space, cross-space, listening
space, perceived space, external space, extrinsic/intrinsic space, geometric
space, illusion space, internal/external space, mental space, ornamental
space, landscape space, projection space, projected space, real space, sound
space, source space, virtual space, visible space, spacing and space figure.

The theme can be addressed through papers, compositions, installations and
performances which explore the sense of space in relation to sound and
technology. Proposals addressing the main theme are especially encouraged,
but may also address aesthetic, compositional, educational, musicological,
scientific, and technological aspects of computer music and digital audio.

For all details regarding the Call, go to:

http://www.acmc08.org/call.php

The Key Note speakers for ACMC08 are Professor Roger Dean and Professor
Robert Normandeau

http://www.acmc08.org/keynote.php

For further information on registering, the City of Sydney and accommodation
go to:

www.acmc08.org

The Organising Committee ACMC08