Spaceout: Ambisonics Concerts
Performing Arts Technology
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
October 17 & 18, 2024
Join us for Spaceout: Ambisonics Concerts, a two-day festival of immersive sound experiences featuring cutting-edge 3D audio technology. Held at the Chip Davis Technology Studio, this festival will showcase a remarkable 32-speaker array, including Genelec 8050 and 8040 speakers, along with RCF 8004 subwoofers, all designed to create an enveloping spatial sound environment.
Event Program
October 17, 2024 | 6:00-8:00 PM
Live Performances & Fixed Media by PAT Faculty and Students
Day one will feature live performances by the Creative Coding Collective, led by Professor Anıl Çamcı, alongside a special live performance by Professor Zeynep Özcan. The evening will also present fixed-media compositions from Performing Arts Technology students, offering an exciting blend of live and fixed-media works.
Live Performance
Creative Coding Collective
Zeynep Özcan - Closer with Inviso (for ambisonics)
Selected Fixed Media Works (From the call for contributions)
Emelia Piane - Self-soothe (2024)
Annika Warby - Inconclusive (2024)
Sasha Semina - Someone is trying to find you (2024)
Natalia Quintanilla Cabrera - Abejas (2023)
Jiawen Mao & Xingmei Zhou - The Jungle: A Multichannel Drama (2021-22)
October 18, 2024 | 12:30-2:00 PM & 4:30-6:00 PM
International Fixed Media Selections
Day two will host two distinct concert sessions featuring exceptional fixed-media compositions selected from our international Call for Contributions. These works, submitted by artists and emerging composers worldwide, will transform the space with immersive sonic textures and spatialized audio environments.
Fixed Media I 12:30-2:00 PM
Amélie Nilles - Eve's garden (2023)
Mike Mulshine - All Of It (2023)
Christina Wheeler - Weaves of Weaving Mirrors (2021)
Jakob Gille - La porta nel dado (2023)
Cecilia Wu - Conquer the Suffering (2023)
Eli Stine - Where Water Meets Memory (2021)
Panayiotis Kokoras - Qualia (2017)
Valentin Sisman - Résurrecson (2023)
James Moses - Before the Rainbow (2024)
Lucas Fuentes Vergara - Un dado roído (2023)
Fixed Media II 4:30-6:00 PM
Nikos Stavropoulos - Karst Grotto (2017)
Kotoka Suzuki (鈴木琴香) - Automata: Mechanical Garden (2010)
Enrique Mendoza Mejia - Inner outer self-variation and my deranged disembodied voices (2023)
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay - Bucolic & Broken (2016-17)
John Gibson - In Summer Rain (2021)
Peter Van Zandt Lane - Prolation Study in Metal (2018)
Simon Hutchinson - SUMAHO SAKEBI (2020)
Otto Livari - Weightless (2023)
Seth Shafer - Pheonix and Firewhip (2018)
Hassan Estakhrian - Wild Living (2020)
Matias Vilaplana Stark - Funeral For A Whale (2023)
Damián Anache - Through My Fault (2022, 2024 version)
For more information about the works and artists, please visit our Bios and Program Notes section.
Selected Works
(In alphabetical order)
(In alphabetical order)
Annika Warby - Inconclusive (2024)
Amélie Nilles - Eve's Garden (2023)
Cecilia Wu - Conquer the Suffering (2023)
Christina Wheeler - Weaves of Weaving Mirrors (2021)
Damián Anache - Through My Fault (2022, 2024 version)
Eli Stine - Where Water Meets Memory (2021)
Emelia Piane - Self-soothe (2024)
Enrique Mendoza Mejia - Inner Outer Self-Variation and My Deranged Disembodied Voices (2023)
Hassan Estakhrian - Wild Living (2020)
Jakob Gille - La Porta Nel Dado (2023)
James Moses - Before the Rainbow (2024)
Jiawen Mao & Xingmei Zhou - The Jungle: A Multichannel Drama (2021-22)
John Gibson - In Summer Rain (2021)
Kotoka Suzuki (鈴木琴香) - Automata: Mechanical Garden (2010)
Lucas Fuentes Vergara - Un Dado Roído (2023)
Matias Vilaplana Stark - Funeral For A Whale (2023)
Mike Mulshine - All Of It (2023)
Natalia Quintanilla Cabrera - Abejas (2023)
Nikos Stavropoulos - Karst Grotto (2017)
Otto Livari - Weightless (2023)
Panayiotis Kokoras - Qualia (2017)
Peter Van Zandt Lane - Prolation Study in Metal (2018)
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay - Bucolic & Broken (2016-17)
Sasha Semina - Someone is Trying to Find You (2024)
Seth Shafer - Phoenix and Firewhip (2018)
Simon Hutchinson - SUMAHO SAKEBI (2020)
Valentin Sisman - Résurrecson (2023)
Attendance
This event is free and open to the public, providing a unique opportunity to experience the world of Ambisonics in multiple concert formats. The concerts will take place in the Chip Davis Technology Studio at the SMTD Moore Building, located on North Campus at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
For details about the previous Call for Contributions, please refer to the attached PDF below.
Any questions regarding the festival can be addressed to:
ambisonics.submissions@umich.edu
Organizers
Dr. Zeynep Özcan (Assistant Professor of Music, PAT) & Natalia Quintanilla Cabrera (Graduate student, PAT, MA in Media Arts)
University Of Michigan Call for contributions - Ambisonics Concert.pdf