Call for short Algorithmic compositions

David Cope assures me that microtonal algorithmic compositions
will be very welcome despite the lack of mention below.

--John

From: David Evan Jones
Date: Wed Nov 15, 2000 5:45pm
Subject: CALL FOR ALGORITHMIC SHORTS

NB: Do not do a 'REPLY' to this message. Responses should instead
be addressed to David Cope: howell@cats.ucsc.edu

>>>>> CALL FOR ALGORITHMIC SHORTS <<<<<

The APRIL IN SANTA CRUZ Festival of Contemporary Music at the University
of
California Santa Cruz announces a call for SHORT algorithmic musical
compositions
to be performed in April 2001 as part of our annual celebration of new
music.
The compositions may be for small ensemble, solo performer, or MIDI
piano
(Yamaha Disklavier). Perhaps 20 algorithmic compositions will be performed.

HOW SHORT?
We mean REALLY short: 15 seconds to about 3 minutes or so.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN ALGORITHMIC?
Our call is for musical compositions in which the set of "instructions"
(algorithms) which the composer has undertaken (or given to the
performers)
is...
...elegantly concise, perhaps elegantly elaborated...
...integrated, whole, original...
...intriguingly transparent in the musical sound...

We hope to receive compositions as different, one from another, as
James Tenney's "Chromatic Canon", Pauline Oliveros' "Sonic Meditations",
Iannis Xenakis' "Atrees", and certain selections from Cage's "Songbooks"
...only SHORTER!

SUBMIT WHAT?
o Score (and cassette tape if available), and/or
o a MIDI file designed to be realized on Yamaha Disklavier.
o Program notes and a SHORT Bio. (Text-only files on MacIntosh Disk
are preferred.)
o Optionally: an image of a page from the score or any other
abstraction
representing the algorithm
o Information about how to contact you by phone/address/email if possible.

Instrumental parts must be available IMMEDIATELY in February if a work
is
selected for performance.

MAX patches designed specifically for Disklavier are welcome and will be
implemented in MAX for the actual performance; but a standard MIDI file
representing a sample realization of the patch must be submitted for
consideration at this time.

DEADLINE?
All materials must be received no later than FEBRUARY 1, 2001. Please
submit no more than two pieces. Selections will be made by FEBRUARY 15,
2001
by a jury of three composers.

COMPOSITION AT UCSC: Composition Faculty at UCSC includes:
David Evan Jones, Hi Kyung Kim, Gordon Mumma (emeritus),
Karlton Hester, Paul Nauert, Peter Elsea, and David Cope.

TO:
David Cope, 2001 Director APRIL IN SANTA CRUZ
Chair, Music Department
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
QUESTIONS: howell@cats.ucsc.edu
--

_____________________________________________________________________
David Evan Jones
Phone: 831-459-2804 (message)
FAX: 831-459-5584
Professor, Music Department
University of California,
Santa Cruz, CA 95064

(I had to reformat this announcement after acquiring it from the
algo-comp web pages, but I don't think I omitted or changed any text.)