National Electronics Museum Electronica Fest 2009

_{10. 6:15 - 6:45 pm Richard Lainhart (http://www.otownmedia.com from New York}

_{11. 7:00 - 7:30 pm The Megadrives (}http://www.themegadrives.com/_{) from Baltimore MD}

12. 7:45 - 8:15 pm TicklerCoils (www.myspace.com/ticklercoils) from Frederick MD

INDOOR STAGE -

Robert Neubauer & Ross Apperson (Bear And Lampshade - http://www.myspace.com/bearandlampshade) demo their electronic music talents using laptop computers & other exciting equipment - 4:45 to 5:15 pm

Robert Neubauer & Ross Apperson with special guests go haywire & provide an exhiliarating electronic music explosion - 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

EQUIPMENT DEMONSTRATIONS - http://www.nem-electronicafest.com/demonstrations.html

Greg Kist (Indoor Location To Be Determined) A live demonstration of a vocoder will be available throughout the day during the music festival. Show attendees will be able hear the sound of their voice processed by a vocoder, and learn more about the underlying technology that creates the effect. Attendees can view pictures of vocoders past and present, and hear examples of the vocoder effect used in popular music.

Richard Lainhart (Indoor Stage) 12:00pm to 1:45 pm (http://www.otownmedia.com): "Multi-Dimensional Control for Realtime Analog Synthesis Performance" -

In his workshop, Richard will demonstrate the synthesis and control functions of the Buchla 200e with an emphasis on patch programming for maximum expressivity under Continuum control. The workshop will include a live performance focusing on the Continuum/Buchla 200e system's expressive control capabilities. Time permitting, workshop attendees will also have the opportunity to play the system themselves.

There have been many attempts to integrate the unlimited potential of modular analog synthesis with practical performance capabilities, and to provide the electronic music composer/performer with the kind of expressive musical control available in advanced acoustic instruments. Among of the most successful and creative of these efforts are the Buchla 200e analog modular synthesizer and the Haken Continuum Fingerboard.

Buchla's 200e is the first modular analog synth with patch memory and the ability to re-route patchcords on the fly, making it an ideal instrument for performance, capable of both the highest and lowest levels of control. The Continuum is a unique multidimensional controller keyboard that senses direct finger movement in three dimensions (X, Y, and pressure) for each of up to 16 fingers, making it one of the most advanced performance controllers available today. Together, the 200e and the Continuum make for an electronic music performance system of unparalleled expressivity and sensitivity.

Richard Lainhart is a composer, performer, and filmmaker based in New York. He studied composition and electronic music techniques with Joel Chadabe, a pioneer of electronic music and the designer of the Coordinated Electronic Music System (http://emfinstitute.emf.org/exhibits/cems.html and http://www.otownmedia.com/chadabe.jpg), at one time the largest integrated Moog synthesizer system in the world. From 1987-1990, Lainhart was the Technical Director for Intelligent Music, developers of innovative computer music software like M, Jam Factory, and UpBeat.

His compositions have been performed in the US, England, Sweden, Germany, Australia, and Japan. Recordings of his music have appeared on the Periodic Music, Vacant Lot, XI Records, ExOvo and Airglow Music labels and are distributed online via MusicZeit. As an active performer, Lainhart has appeared in public approximately 2000 times. Besides performing his own work, he has worked and performed with John Cage, David Tudor, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Phill Niblock, David Berhman, and Jordan Rudess, among many others. He has composed over 100 electronic and acoustic works, and has been making music for forty years.

Lainhart's animations and short films have been shown in festivals in the US, Canada, Germany, and Korea, and online at ResFest, The New Venue, The Bitscreen, and Streaming Cinema 2.0. His film "A Haiku Setting" won awards in several categories at the 2002 International Festival of Cinema and Technology in Toronto. In 2008, he was awarded a Film & Media grant by the New York State Council on the Arts for "No Other Time", full-length intermedia performance designed for a large reverberant space, combining live analog electronics with four-channel playback, and high-definition computer-animated film projection.

Dr Anna Rubin (Indoor Stage) 2:00 pm to 3:45 pm, Associate Professor of Electronic & Computer Music Theory from the University of MD, Baltimore County (UMBC) - http://www.umbc.edu/music/faculty/rubin.php & http://www.annarubinmusic.com/ - Anna Rubin will give a brief demo of the software synthesis program Reason, including basic concepts about how to create a sound from the ground up using sound waves, filters, amplitude envelopes, low frequency oscillators etc. Some of Reason's modules that produce great percussion tracks and effects will also be demonstrated.

THEREMIN WORKSHOP - http://www.nem-electronicafest.com/workshops.html

This workshop will be given by Baltimore SDIY Group member Art Harrison, owner & CEO of Harrison Instruments, www.harrisoninstruments.com of Silver Spring MD. His workshop will consist of a demonstration of one of his many Theremins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin) which are available in kit form. This electronic music instrument was invented by Leon Theremin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Theremin). You can see photos of Art with his self-designed 101 MINIMUM THEREMIN in the ATTACHMENTS section below (files DSC00826.jpg - DSC00833.jpg). He will also be selling a number of these kits to the general public following the demonstration, so please carefully read the statements below from him -

Arthur Harrison of Harrison Instruments, Inc. presents the 101 Minimum Theremin Kit for sale at this event.

Arthur will be available at the Festival to provide kit construction advice and theremin demonstrations (Provided on a first-come, first-served basis, excluding break times.)

Details about the kit are here:

http://harrisoninstruments.com/101/101_description.html

Attendees will receive more than 10% off the regular web price for kits purchased at the event: Only $39 plus 6% MD sales tax.

Payment will be accepted exclusively by Visa, Mastercard or Paypal through an on-site terminal.

PLEASE NOTE THAT NO CHECKS OR CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Click on this link to go right to the purchasing website at Harrison Instruments - http://harrisoninstruments.com/special.html

Please read, print out, sign & present the following document to Art Harrison at the event if you intend to purchase & construct one of his Theremin kits - WAIVER OF LIABILITY AND HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT. Go to the ATTACHMENTS section below then click on the document to open it up.

Tools Required-

Small-wattage Soldering Iron Station

Solder

Wire Strippers

Diagonal Cutters

Long-Nose Pliers

1/8" Flat-Blade Screwdriver

Radio Shack's soldering supplies website

Radio Shack's tools website

For detailed information, contact Arthur Harrison at theremin1@att.net, or write

HARRISON INSTRUMENTS, INC.

P.O. BOX 9012

SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND USA 20916

Visit the Harrison Instruments website at harrisoninstruments.com.

_{MUSEUM'S EVENT WEBSITE - http://www.nem-electronicafest.com/index.html}

EVENT'S POSTER - http://www.nem-electronicafest.com/flyer.pdf. There are also downloadable/uploadable PDF & JPEG versions at the bottom page of this website in the ATTACHMENTS section.

As of 07/26/2009, there are currently no more performance slots available unless one of the above listed artists cancels their performance, at which time a requesting replacement artist will be put on a standby list, but must be ready to go onstage at a moments notice.

If you still want to perform in this festival you can notify us by email at ProwlerRaven32@hotmail.com no later than August 01, 2009 by 11:59:59 pm EST as long as you agree to be put on the standby list with no guarantee of a performance slot opening up.

If you are a confirmed performer who has to cancel your performance for whatever reason, please contact us at the email address shown above as soon as possible so that we can offer that slot to someone else.

Maximum equipment setup & breakdown time is 15 minutes per evolution, so do not bring any equipment that takes you any longer than 15 minutes to setup & breakdown.

ALL performers must adhere to these performance guidelines so that all concerned can get equal setup & playing time as listed.

PUBLIC TRANSIT ACCESS INFO:

(MTA) Maryland Transit Administration - http://www.mtamaryland.com/

The MTA's #17 bus will take you to Elkridge Landing Road where you get off & walk up to the corner of Elkridge Landing Road & West Nursery Road, then walk up the small hill on West Nursery Road to the museum. Look for the large antenna displays on the side & in the front of this single-level building which is right next to the Marriott Hotel.

The #17 bus starts at Patapsco Light Rail station, marked as ARUNDEL MILLS, going to Arundel Mills mall, and runs once an hour on Saturdays from 6:30 am until 10:45pm. It also picks up & drops off passengers at the MTA Light-Rail train's BWI Business District stop, which is right around the corner from the museum

You must use the Light-Rail train that is marked BWI AIRPORT (Southbond direction) in order to get to the BWI Business District stop if your are traveling from a Northerly location. This particular Light-Rail train goes right to BWI Airport then stops just outside of the baggage claim area of the airport's lower level. If you are coming from a BWI Airport inbound flight, then the train will be marked either Penn Station or Hunt Valley, in which case the train is travelling in a Northerly direction & you are only one stop from the BWI AIRPORT stop to the BWI BUSINESS DISTRICT stop. Be sure to pay the $1.60 one-way fare at the MTA's ticket vending machine as the MTA's police force will randomly check to see that you've paid the fare. If you have not, they will gladly give you a citation just before they escort you off the train.

The MTA's base fare (http://www.mtamaryland.com/services/bus/fares/) is $1.60 one-way or $3.50 for a DAY PASS which is good on all MTA local buses, metro subway & light-rail trains from 5:00 am of the present day until 3:00 am the next day.

Here are some schedules & maps for the #17 bus & the Light-Rail train.

#17 Bus Schedule in PDF format: http://www.mtamaryland.com/services/bus/schedule/weblayout17.pdf,

#17 Bus Schedule for Saturdays: http://www.mtamaryland.com/services/bus/schedule/June_15th_08_Route_17_Saturday.cfm

#17 Bus Schedule Map in PDF format: http://www.mtamaryland.com/services/bus/schedule/17map6.pdf

Light-Rail Train Schedule: http://www.mtamaryland.com/services/lightrail/schedule/

(WMATA) Washington Metro Area Transit Authority - http://www.wmata.com/

Metro Opens Doors to BWI with B30 Route - Catch Metrobus Express Route B30 at the Greenbelt station and ride to BWI Airport instead. A one-way trip is $3.00. If you ride Metrorail to Greenbelt, it's only $2.10 with a rail-to-bus transfer. Just remember to pick up your transfer when you enter the Metrorail system. If you ride a bus to Greenbelt, it's only $1.75 with a bus-to-bus transfer.

The B30 Express takes you directly to the lower level of the terminal, where you can also catch a return bus to the Greenbelt station. Buses run 25 times each weekday, 21 times on Saturdays and Sundays-about every 40 minutes.

See the MetroBus B30 timetable.

For more information, call WMATA at 202-637-7000 or TTY 202-638-3840

This bus begins its 1st trip from the Greenbelt Metrorail station on Saturdays at 8:45 am arriving at the MTA Light-Rail's BWI Business District stop at 9:20 am with a 10 minute layover before it makes its return trip back to the Greenbelt MD Metrorail station. The last trip from the MTA Light-Rail's BWI Business District stop is at 10:45 pm arriving back at the Greenbelt Metrorail station at 11:21 pm.

ONSITE FOOD VENDOR - Eliza's Coffee Pot (ElizasCoffeePot@aol.com 443-974-6788), Erica Wheeler - Owner

We are pleased to have the following onsite mobile food vendor, Eliza's Coffee Pot, who will be offering some absolutely delicious food & very refreshing drinks at very reasonable prices.

Menu List - Posted menu items are subject to change.

Hot dogs 100% ALL BEEF on the potato roll for $2.50

Chicken sandwich is a grill scored 100% white breast meat filet on a Kaiser roll for $4.00

Chips $0.75

Soda $1.00

Water $2.00

Big Train Fruit Tea Smoothie Blast $4.00 (Mango, Pineapple Coconut, Strawberry, Lemon flavors)

Big Train Blended Iced Coffee Drinks $4.00 (Mocha, Vanilla Latte, Java Chip flavors)

Big Train Blended Iced Coffee-Free Drinks $4.00 (Cookies & Cream, Orange Cream Sickle, Strawberry flavors)

Brain Freeze Blast $3.00

LOCAL AREA FOOD & RESTAURANT FACILITIES :

Bob Evans Restaurant - www.bobevans.com

996 Corporate Blvd, Linthicum Hts, MD - (410) 684-2102

McDonald's Restaurant

776 Elkridge Landing Road

Linthicum Heights MD 21090

410-859-8983

Ruby Tuesday - www.rubytuesday.com

950 International Dr

Linthicum Hts, MD 21090-2200

(410) 694-0031

Get directions

Starbucks Coffee - www.starbucks.com

1700 W Nursery Rd, Linthicum Hts, MD