Dec 012014
 
Paralektronoia - December 4th and 6th

(audience)), The School of Media Studies and Parsons Urban present PARALEKTRONOIA a two-day festival of radio which includes a lecture/presentation by German sound artist Felix Kubin; a conversation between Kubin and Albert Glinsky (author of Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage) with a response from art historian Branden Joseph; a sound walk; and a “screening” of […]

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Oct 042014
 
Elliott Sharp - New Approaches To Graphic Notation

October 9th 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Mannes Concert Hall 150 West 85th Street, NY NY Free and Open to the Public Order tickets via Eventbrite: http://esharp-graphicnotation.eventbrite.com/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1490759751180000/ In this lecture, Sharp will describe his 1972 work with graphic notation and how, in his return to this approach in 2003, he found new pathways to […]

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Oct 042014
 
Soundtrack ‘63 at the New School

Be a part of the revolution! Soundtrack ‘63 features a host of amazing artists who breathe new life into the sights and sounds that shaped the music of an era. Celebrate the peak of the civil rights movement and re-live musical classics that were popular prior to, during, and following the revoluntary year 1963 with […]

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Jan 072014
 
Earlids

An Exhibition Hosted by Sound@NewschoolJanuary 24th through February 5th 2014Reception and events on January 29th 5:00 – 9:00 5:30 – Earlids Reception 6:30 – Performance 0’00” Derek Baron 7:00 – Talk by Tom Roe of transmission arts organization Wave Farm and artist Sam Sebren 8:00 – Performances Melissa Grey – Appassionata (10min) and 60×60 (2012) […]

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Dec 032013
 
INTERNATIONAL FIELD WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITY – LA ROMANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Making Music in the Connected City January 13th-17th, 2014 Open to ALL New School Students regardless of experience or background. Students are able to earn 1 cr – Grad or Undergrad level. Cost: $750 Tuition/Board, Airfare, food and incidentals are additional Email Jane at pironej@newschool.edu with any questions The Urban Collab Lab: Making Music in the Connected City […]

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Oct 232013
 
ODD HARMONICS: The Art of the Theremin at Judith Charles Gallery

ODD HARMONICS The Art of the Theremin at Judith Charles Gallery Retrofret’s fully restored 1938 Leon Theremin made “Soloist Custom” is part of this month long art show and performance series through November 16, 2013. A collaborative exhibition with Butterscotch Records, Moog Music and Retrofret Vintage Guitars. Work by François Chambard, Cassandra C. Jones, Tomory Dodge and Leon Theremin. Odd […]

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Sep 242013
 
Sound Studies Winter and Summer "school" : Apply Now

The Sound Studies Winter and Summer School is scheduled to take place on January 13-17, 2014 at the University of Amsterdam (NICA) and on August 18-22, 2014, at NYU Berlin and the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science. Objectives The two schools will focus on the notion of “sound signatures” as a way to reconsider […]

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Sep 242013
 
Sound Studies Gets Real with first ESSA Conference in Berlin

On October 4-6, 2013 ESSA – The European Sound Studies Association – will have its first conference in Berlin. This initiative is just the latest sign that an institutionalization is taking place within the inter-disciplinary field of sound studies. Erik Granly Jensen, who is one of the founding members and vice-chair of ESSA, tells the story here: During the […]

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Aug 212013
 
Sound Designer Charlie Morrow leads workshop with 1st year Parson's MFA Interior Design students

Something from the archives. Charlie Morrow works with students in the School of Constructed Environments. A video was made to capture the essence of the workshop: sound is an integral element in the design of interiors. “Charlie Morrow is a conceptualist whose work in music ranges over many styles and forms, including media events, public […]

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Aug 132013
 

Presentation by Susan Philipsz at part of the Public Art Talks.  Public Art Fund Talks at The New School are organized by the Public Art Fund in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School.Berlin-based artist Susan Philipsz (b. Glasgow, UK, 1965) is best known for her ethereal sound […]

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Aug 062013
 
Sound events this Fall

I am teaching a class this Fall titled Sound Matters. Months ago, as I was preparing the materials for this course, which is an introduction to sound as a tool that can cut across disciplines, I started to despair that there might be no events available to my students that could contend with the incredible […]

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Soundwalking

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Jul 172013
 
Soundwalking

Listen to interviews with Soundwalk.com founder, Stephan Crasneanski, produced by Sound@ member, Josephine Holtzman. “Soundwalking” was a term first coined by World Soundscape Project founder, R. Murray Schafer, in Vancouver in the 1970s.  While Soundwalks began as a means of soundscape studies, contemporary soundwalks have evolved into an art practice.  Soundwalk.com was at the forefront of […]

“It’s Nothing New, But It’s All Tragic”

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Jul 152013
 
"It's Nothing New, But It's All Tragic"

Click above the image to listen to an interview with a protester, interspersed with sounds from the July 14, 2014 protest of the George Zimmerman verdict in Union Square, New York City. Zimmerman Verdict protest, July 14, 2014 We went to the Zimmerman verdict protest yesterday in Union Square. This is an interview/audio piece made from […]

May 152013
 
A Symphony of Looks - The Future of Orchestral Garments

The tuxedos and formal gowns worn by orchestra performers haven’t changed much for more than a century. At The New School, some students are hoping to change that. As part of a year-long collaboration with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, initiated by its music director, Marin Alsop, teams of students from the Integrated Design and Design […]

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May 142013
 
Sound Mixer! - This Wednesday, May 15

Calling all faculty, students, musicians, designers, scholars and artists working with sound. Join us for a mixer wednesday evening May 15th 7:00 – 8PM. Mingle with fellow sound geeks and chat about how sound can be used as a tool for transdisciplinary activity and collaboration.   Open Lab 12th Floor Studio in 6 E 16th […]

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Apr 282013
 
Roger Whitehouse - Designing for the Senses. Wednesday May 1. 10:30am

In this talk, Roger Whitehouse will discuss aspects of working with users to evaluate and develop design solutions. He will focus on his experience working with the senses of touch, hearing, and smell that provide information in the environment along with the visual cues  which are normally thought of as the sole vehicle of graphic […]

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Apr 282013
 
Podcasting The Urban - The New School Urban Festival 2013

May 3rd  7.00 pm 66 5th Avenue, room 603 New York, NY Podcasting The Urban event is based on a transdisciplinary workshop series on podcasting and sound design at The New School. Some of the issues that will be addressed at the event are; How can the process of podcasting accentuate bodily awareness and feeling […]

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Apr 252013
 
The Future of Orchestral Garments Presented by Parsons with Mannes and The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Please join us for a special evening of musical and visual stimulation on Sunday, May 5 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center at Arnold Hall, 55 W 13th Street, 2nd Floor. Interdisciplinary design teams from Parsons have partnered with musicians from Mannes to present a live showcase of interactive performances […]

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Apr 242013
 
Wavemakers: Preview Screening with Filmmaker Caroline Martel - this Wednesday, April 24

NYU’s Department of Cinema Studies presents Wavemakers (2012, 96 min., dir. Caroline Martel) A preview screening with filmmaker Caroline Martel Following the legacy of Maurice Martenot’s wondrous electronic musical instrument. “Amazing! A film as beautiful and tender as the instrument itself.” – Jonny Greenwood, composer, multi-instrumentalist (Radiohead) Wednesday, April 24, 6:15pm NYU Tisch School of […]

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Apr 222013
 
[SMS Speaker Series] Jonathan Sterne - Sampling Space: Convolution, Echo and Culture - April 30 4-6pm

What does it mean to represent acoustic space acoustically?  What can we learn about social space by starting with sound?  This presentation uses an analysis of a specific type of artificial reverberation, called convolution, to begin the project of a differential theory of sonic space.  A convolution processor uses samples of the reverberation characteristics of […]

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Apr 032013
 
MULTIMEDIA LECTURE & CONCERT – THE POLITICS OF UNENLIGHTENMENT – WEDNESDAY APR 10, 06:30 PM

The Austrian Cultural Forum is pleased to present this interdisciplinary evening which will focus on the Nazi propaganda machine and some of its outspoken adversaries. Event Details here Shortly after Hitler became German chancellor in January 1933, the Austrian writer Karl Kraus began his work on a documentary essay about the Nazi regime: Third Walpurgis […]

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Mar 242013
 
Short Docs Challenge - Appetite

The Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge is back! Here’s your chance to take part in an international audio mega-project, whether you can produce radio in your sleep, or have always hungered to utter the words “Testing, 1, 2, 3. Testing” into a microphone. ShortDocs are for everyone. The deadline for submitting your ShortDoc is April 30. introducing […]

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Mar 232013
 
The Velvet Light Trap: On Sound - Call for Papers

The Velvet Light Trap Call for Papers Issue #74: On Sound (New Directions in Sound Studies) http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/journals/papersw.html   Submission deadline: August 1, 2013 The medium of sound, long placed in a secondary position to the visual within media studies, has experienced a considerable increase in scholarly attention over the past three decades, to the point […]

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Mar 232013
 
Sound Art Curating - Call for Proposals

Call for submissions. Abstract Submissions accepted now – Final Deadline August 1st (read below): http://soundartcurating.org/call-for-submissions.html We would like to encourage submissions, which have a practice-based approach to the analysis and discussion of the methodologies, histories, theories and interface-designs of sound art curating / sound curation. We would also like to invite submissions that take into […]

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Mar 172013
 
Cage’s “Experimental Composition” and Other New School Curricular Treasures

Reposted from wordsinspace.net, (by Shannon Mattern, NSPE, School of Media Studies)   Cage’s “[Experimental] Composition,” 1956 Tonight an Australian student wrote me to ask if I happened to know anything about the courses John Cage taught at The New School in the ’50s. I’m not sure why she reached out to me in particular, but I’m glad she […]

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Mar 152013
 
On Sound (New Directions in Sound Studies)

Call for Proposals: Due date August 31st 2013. The medium of sound, long placed in a secondary position to the visual within media studies, has experienced a considerable increase in scholarly attention over the past three decades, to the point that “sound studies” is now a distinct field of scholarship. Within media studies, sound-related research […]

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Mar 062013
 
Conference - Deep Listening: Art / Science

Deep Listening: Art/Science  The first International Conference on Deep Listening July 12-13, 2013 Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Troy, NY Organized by the Deep Listening Institute, Ltd. in conjunction with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Call for Submissions Deep Listening has been developed by Pauline Oliveros over the past 40 years as a way to […]

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Mar 052013
 
Eyes of the Masters featuring Andrew Cyrille - March 15th 8pm

The Eyes of the Masters series is a special class where legendary artists share their experiences, knowledge and insights into the world of music both as an art form and as a business.   Andrew Cyrille is perhaps the preeminent free-jazz percussionist of the 1980s and ’90s. Few free-jazz drummers play with a tenth of […]

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Mar 052013
 
March 22 - Cecil Taylor at the New School March 22nd 4-6 pm.

The Eyes of the Masters series is a special class where legendary artists share their experiences, knowledge and insights into the world of music both as an art form and as a business. “Mr. Taylor is his own entity: one of the most enriching and confusing boundary crossers between composition and improvisation. His art can […]

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Mar 032013
 
Conference - The Noises of Art: Audiovisual Practice in History, Theory and Culture

The Noises of Art (site) The conference addresses what is arguably the most prolific, varied, and groundbreaking period in the coming together, exchange, and mutual influence of visual art and sound-based practices (such as music and the spoken word). It aims to explore (principally) the visual artist’s engagement with sound, noise, music, and text while […]

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Feb 192013
 
Reconstruction 3.0 - Parsons, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and the Joffrey Ballet School

Reconstruction 3.0: Life is a Journey is an invitation-only evening of live performances featuring original music, dance and fashion inspired by Louis Vuitton and its heritage of travel. The performances are created by students from Parsons The New School for Design, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and the Joffrey Ballet School‘s Jazz […]

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Feb 182013
 
Lynne Tillman reads as part of PEREC! QUENEAU! OuLiPo!

New School for Public Engagement faculty Lynne Tillman is one of five readers in the celebration of the work of Georges Perec and Raymond Queneau at issue Project Room. Thu, February 21, 2013 – 8:00pm 155 Freeman St., Brooklyn (Greenpoint) “To celebrate the publication of Georges Perec’s La Boutique Obscure and the expanded edition of […]

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Feb 052013
 
Vanished Sound: The Talking Pole of Willoughby Street

If R. Murray Schafer has taught us anything, it’s that we should find sounds that we treasure in our environment and protect them if possible. His pioneering work in the World Soundscape Project drew our attention to the sounds of the  natural world that were being replaced or drowned out by encroaching human infrastructure.  This […]

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Jan 192013
 
Parsons Refashions the 21st Century Orchestra

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra partners with Parsons the New School for Design BSO Music Director Marin Alsop funds the project in honor of Tomio Taki with additional support from Parsons Baltimore, Md. (September 13, 2012) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and BSO Music Director Marin Alsop are passionate about breaking down barriers that separate orchestras from their […]

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Jan 142013
 
Reduced Listening and the 2PM Diaries

In the course Sound Matters, John Roach (faculty in the School of Design Strategies at Parsons the New School for Design) asked his students to consider the transformative act of recording and the way that it alters the reception of sound. The two projects 2pm Diaries and Reduced Listening encouraged students to be attentive not […]

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