Yesterday, I visited the New England Conservatory, Boston, where I gave a lecture about my recent compositional activities – in particular, my new piece ‘Ten Billion’. It was wonderful to see the various different NEC buildings, and concert spaces, and to meet some of the composition students. John Mallia, who kindly invited me, was a…
Month: April 2018
Lectures at Harvard
During a brief trip to Boston, I delivered two lectures at Harvard University. The first concerned my compositional interests, and the second particular methods for realising musical ideas. It was wonderful to meet both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and I am grateful to Hans Tutschku for hosting my visit.
Ten Billion
I have just finished a 40-minute work in 10 channels of audio… It is called ‘Ten Billion’. A short stereo excerpt can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/adam-stansbie/ten-billion-excerpt The programme note is: Ten Billion The United Nations recently predicted that the world population will exceed ten billion by the year 2050. If this prediction is correct, a staggering population boom…
KEAR Lecture – tomorrow
For the past two weeks, I have been resident composer at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, after winning the Klingler ElectroAcoustic Residency. I am delighted to announce that tomorrow evening, I shall be delivering my KEAR lecture, during which I shall discuss and perform a new, large-scale for 10 channels. I shall post excerpts on…
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