DXARTS Winter Concert: A la recherche d'une musique concrète – 75 years of acousmatic music

Annette Vande Gorne — Vox Alia ("Affetti," "Cathedrals," & "Vox Intima")
François Bayle — Persona
Francis Dhomont — Somme toute ("All in all")
Annette Vande Gorne — Haïkus: New Year's Day

2023 marks the 75th year of musique concrète with the premiere of Pierre Schaeffer's Cinq études de bruits ("Five Studies of Noises"), composed and premiered in 1948. In celebration, the Department of Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) is pleased to host Annette Vande Gorne, who will present a program of recent work from the pioneers of this art of spatial sound crafted for an orchestra of loudspeakers.

About DXARTS (UW)

DXARTS is a ground-breaking department of creative practice-based research. Our mission is to support and empower new generations of artists who reimagine our emerging relationships with new technologies. As a department, DXARTS challenges current trends, develops new approaches to artistic discovery, embraces diversity, and looks towards the future while critically engaging with traditional forms. We strive to probe the unknown through experimentation across media and disciplines.

https://dxarts.washington.edu/