NYC Electroacoustic Improvisation Summit

Darina Žurková and Riccardo Marogna preparing for tonight's show.

Léa Boudreau warming up for tonight's show.

We have an amazing two nights of genre-agnostic concerts happening on Feb. 28 and 29 in Brooklyn, featuring computer musicians working with artists from jazz, metal, and classical traditions. See https://eis.nyc for details. Concert program below. CONCERT 1: Friday, February 28, 2020, 7:00 PM Arto Artinian, Jeff Kaiser, Killick Hinds, and Adam James Wilson of Goosemotor +2 (augmented trumpet, fretless electric guitars, Haken Continuum, and Skronkbot, a semi-autonomous softwa...re improvisation agent) Gordon Beeferman and Dafna Naphtali of the Gordon Beeferman / Dafna Naphtali Duo (smartphone-controlled audio manipulation of voice, organ, toy piano, and other acoustic devices) Hans Tammen : Sonic Flotsam (resonant objects and live interactive processing) Léa Boudreau : this performance is no longer available due to [...] (circuit-bent electronic sounds composed with Pure Data) CONCERT 2: Saturday, February 29, 2020, 7:00 PM Juan Parra Cancino and Jonathan Impett : Three states of wax (guitar and trumpet interacting with/through the authors' Timbre Networks and Artificial Life for music software) Aaron Campbell and Christopher Diaz : Opiyelguabirán (cello-accented real-time vocal processing) Nikki D'Agostino and Kevin Patton : Cast Down Thither (tenor saxophone, processed through BrundleFly modular DSP software) Eric Lyon and Alan Weinstein : The Man with the Golden Arm (cello and computer-structured improvisation) Riccardo Marogna and Darina Žurková : DINGEN (live analysis and stochastic processing of small percussion instruments) Artist panel discussion, moderated by Adam James Wilson

Call for works is now open for NYC EIS 2020!

We've concluded another year of NYC EIS. Our guest artist performances this year may have set a new bar! Deepest thanks to Sofy Yuditskaya, Margaret Schedel, Jess Rowland, Kalun Leung, Kevin Patton, Joe Hertenstein, Erich Barganier, Esther Lamneck, Scott Barton, Nicolas Collins, Kerry Hagan, John Bowers, Seth Thorn, Arto Artinian, and Killick Hinds. And, as always, we recognize that our concert series owes its existence to the incredible student & faculty crew of the Entertainment Technology department at CUNY City Tech.

This weekend, Fri. & Sat., Feb. 22 & 23, join us for the 4th annual NYC Electroacoustic Improv Summit! This year's concerts feature robot musicians, cyborg instruments, intelligent software agents, and more -- all improvising music together with their human collaborators. Visit https://eis.nyc for details.

The 4th annual NYC concert series featuring music by artists focused on the integration of music improvisation and real-time interactive computer systems. Visit https://eis.nyc to read about this year's artists and their projects. Photo below is Nic Collins' "!trumpet." Nic will be performing with his invention on the Saturday, February 23rd concert.

GIVING TUESDAY: Please consider making a donation to CUNY City Tech's Entertainment Technology department, whose crew of faculty and students volunteers to tech NYC EIS every year: https://www.cunytuesday.org//entertainment-technology-depa

Deadline for submissions extended to November 14! See https://eis.nyc for details.

CALL FOR WORKS: The Emerging Media Technology program of the Entertainment Technology department at CUNY's New York City College of Technology invites submissions for the 2019 New York City Electroacoustic Improvisation Summit. Visit https://eis.nyc for details!

The 2018 NYC Electroacoustic Improvisation Summit has concluded. We feel very privileged to have hosted another roster of amazing performers this year. Many thanks to our incredible guests: Cort Lippe, Esther Lamneck, Kris Force, Erin Rogers, Joe Cantrell, Doug Geers, Maja Cerar, Kristina Warren, Lyn Goeringer, Chris Peck, Jeff Kaiser, and David Borgo. Once again, the smoothness of this year's concert series was made possible through the efforts of the CUNY NYCCT Entertainment Technology department, both students and faculty.