[microsound] ASA Workshop - Vancouver

[Heather McDermid <heather@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Perhaps of interest for folks in Vancouver, BC, Canada:

A workshop on Aural Perception
Led by Eldad Tsabary

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 :: 7pm
FREE

Email: workshop@xxxxxxxxxxxx for further details

The contemporary sound artist or composer working outside traditional  
Western musical systems, rules and instrumentation, often relies on  
instinct, gut-feeling, and most importantly hearing to create a sense  
of continuous motion and spectral integrity. Auditory Scene Analysis  
(A.S.A) – an understanding of human aural perception and its decision  
making process – can provide an extremely effective set of tools that  
can be used to organize sound objects in contemporary composition.
Workshop participants will be familiarized with several of these  
concepts and be guided to their practical applications for  
composition and sound creation.

Through listening, discussion, and real-time demonstration, the  
participants will explore techniques for creating sonic hybrids out  
of individual sound components, they will be shown how to use  
concepts such as “common fate” or “familiarity” to their advantage in  
guiding the listener’s perception, and more.

Eldad Tsabary is a Montréal based composer and sound artist whose  
music is inspired by the concepts of sound-mass, metamorphosis, and  
constant motion and is often based on intercultural subject matter.

Presented by Meda Arts Committee – CRES/CFRO Co-op Radio, with  
support from VIVO (Video In/Video Out).

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Eldad's piece "Into Nation" will be diffused as part of the program  
at Signal and Noise on Friday, April 20th at Video In.  The doors  
open that evening at 8;30pm and the Diffusion Program begins at 9  
pm.  Admission is sliding scale: $10 - 15$

Signal and Noise is an annual festival of sonic and media  
inspirations; April 19 – 21, 2007 at Video In (1965 Main Street,  
Vancouver, BC).