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CalArts, Roy O. Disney Music Hall

MUSIC: An end-of-year showcase of works performed with the help of new and inventive electronic musical interfaces.

CalArts, B236

MUSIC: The World Percussion program presents visiting artist Pete Lockett, as part of the Tala class.

CalArts, B200

MUSIC: The World Percussion program presents visiting artist Pete Lockett, as part of the World Percussion Careers class.

CalArts, The Wild Beast

MUSIC: East welcomes West in a concert of exciting new compositions performed by the CalArts Student Indian Ensemble under the direction of Aashish Khan. The second half of the concert features new Mexican music influenced by indigenous Spanish, African and Arabic cultures. Though Mexico is incredibly diverse, (63 languages are spoken), one pulsating rhythm is present at every social event: the cumbia. Enjoy a festive evening as students bring their innovative new works to life.

For more information, please call 661.253.7816.

Free - register to attend

CalArts, The Wild Beast

MUSIC: World Rhythms with Pete Lockett offers an evening with the CalArts World Percussion Ensemble. Visiting artist Pete Lockett (when you see James Bond running through a Vietnamese marketplace, knocking all the vegetable stands over, you’re hearing Pete in the background) is featured along with Hands On’Semble, plus special guests. CalArts was one of the first schools in the country to offer programs in World Music performance—and this event is a special part of the Herb Alpert School of Music’s annual World Music Festival.  Read more

For more information, please call 661.253.7816.

The Wild Beast Concert Series

The Spring season is presented in partnership with Levitt Pavilions

• Free outdoor music concert
• Open lawn seating in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Courtyard
• Families and picnics encouraged

Free - register to attend

CalArts, Wave Cave (hall at top of ROD stairs)

MUSIC: Sound installation

CalArts, Roy O. Disney Music Hall

MUSIC: Concert of chamber music performed by students and faculty.

CalArts, A300

MUSIC: BFA mid-residency multi-focus percussion concert, featuring Even Oceans, and covers.

CalArts, XBOX
(Main Gallery Conference Room)

CalArts students of all disciplines are welcome to attend.  Interested students are free to drop in but are encouraged to RSVP at annie@culturehub.org to ensure space.

Watch the video Man vs. Machine: Duet for ESitar and Robotics by KarmetiK below:

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, MUSIC TECHNOLOGY: This presentation describes methods for digitizing, analyzing, preserving and extending North Indian Classical Music. Custom built controllers, influenced by the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Community, serve as new interfaces to gather musical gestures from a performing artist. Modified tabla, dholak, and sitar will be described. Experiments using Wearable sensors to capture ancillary gestures of a human performer will also be discussed. A brief history through the world of Musical Robotics will be followed by an introduction to the MahaDeviBot, a 12-armed solenoid-based drummer used to accompany a live sitar player. Presentation is full of video examples showing evolution of the body of work in the laboratory to the live performance stage.

Ajay Kapur is director of the program in Music Technology (MTIID) at the California Institute of the Arts and lecturer of Sonic Arts at the New Zealand School of Music. Ajay is also the founder of KarmetiK, an international group of artists and engineers seeking to question and redefine the boundaries between music, the visual arts, and technology. 

www.ajaykapur.com
www.karmetik.com

Presented by CalArts Office of International Relations and CultureHub ARTALK.
www.culturehub.org

CalArts, Roy O. Disney Music Hall

MUSIC: Students present sound and image works in an immersive environment using multiple video projections, quad audio, and midi controlled lights.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.

CalArts, A300

MUSIC: Andrew Rowan's MFA mid-residency recital featuring six works for 20 musicians.

CalArts, The Wild Beast

MUSIC: Bulerías Apócrifas for Flamenco dancer with orchestra, Conference of Birds free jazz ensemble and more great collaborations.

CalArts, Roy O. Disney Music Hall

MUSIC: MFA graduation recital - jazz, drums, satire, sheltie. Music by David Johnson, Paul Nagel, Charles Levin, Enrico Pieranunzi and John Steinmetz.

CalArts, Roy O. Disney Music Hall

MUSIC: Students in Trigger: The Electronic Percussionist showcase new works for live electronics and interactive video.

CalArts, The Wild Beast, Open Door (weather permitting)

MUSIC: Concert of three works: Iván Carames' Flamenco, Mike Pisaro's In the Field, and Henry Cowell's Persian set.

CalArts, B305

MUSIC: The Composition program presents a lecture by visiting artist novi_sad (aka Thanasis Kaproulias).

CalArts, Roy O. Disney Music Hall

MUSIC: The Improvisation Ensemble presents a performance featuring both small and large ensemble improvisations, as well as new compositions created by students.