The Creative and Scientific Legacies of Iannis Xenakis

8-10 June 2006
University of Guelph/Fields Institute/Perimeter Institute

SCHEDULE

8 June, University of Guelph (MacKinnon 107)

8:00-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:30 Welcome/Opening Remarks
9:30-12:00 Session I. Analytical and Philosophical Legacies of Iannis Xenakis
Chair: James Harley (University of Guelph, Canada)
1. Anastasia Georgaki (University of Athens, Greece): "The Greek Electronic and Computer Music Legacy of Iannis Xenakis: KYSME, IRMA and other"
2. Pedro Bittencourt (Université de Paris VIII, France): "A reading of Oresteia by Xenakis"
3. Sharon Kanach [keynote] (independent, France/USA): "From The Music of Architecture to the Creation of New Architectures of Music (or How Xenakis Redefined Composition)"
4. Jenny Olivia Johnson (New York University, USA): "The Grain of the Melody in Selected Works by Iannis Xenakis"
5. Anton Vishio (Harvard University/Vassar College, USA): "Xenakis and the Society of Timbres"
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-16:00 Session II. Creative and Educational Legacies of Iannis Xenakis
Chair: Ellen Waterman (University of Guelph, Canada)
1. D'Arcy Gray (independent, Canada): "Never-Ending Everest: Rebonds as Teacher"
2. Dimitrios Exarchos (Goldsmiths College, UK): "Issues in Sieve-based Composition"
3. James Harley [keynote] (University of Guelph, Canada): "bien serré: Carrying algorithmic composition into the domain of musique actuelle"
4. Ross Feller (Oberlin Conservatory, USA): "Topological Tremors and Ataxia for solo saxophone"
16:30-17:30 Concert: Electroacoustic Music (University of Guelph, Venue TBA)
Compositions by Iannis Xenakis, Richard Barrett, Gerard Pape, John Rahn, Curtis Roads
20:00 Concert: Continuum Contemporary Music (Leslie L. Dan Building, University of Toronto)
Touch Space: Compositions by Iannis Xenakis, Salvatore Sciarrino, André Ristic, Paul Steenhuisen



9 June, Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Toronto


9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30-10:00 Welcome
10:00-12:00 Session III. Xenakis and Mathematics
Chair: Nouritza Matossian (independent, UK)
1. Benoît Gibson [keynote] (Universidade de Evora, Portugal): "Xenakis’s Analytical Tools"
2. Paul Steenhuisen (University of Alberta, Canada): "Parametric modeling in Frank O. Lunaire # 10: Raub"
3. Ronald Squibbs (University of Connecticut, USA): "Time-Span and Pitch-Space Analysis as a Model of Perception in Two Works by Xenakis"
4. Moreno Andreatta et al. (IRCAM, France): "Implementing Xenakis’ Theoretical Concepts in OpenMusic Visual Programming Language: Probability, Sieve, Set and Group Theory"
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Session IV. Applications of Mathematics in Music and Analysis
Chair: Ronald Bruce Smith (Northeastern University, USA)
1. Haris Kittos (Royal College of Music, UK): "First Steps with Sieves: Òrthros (Morning Mass)"
2. Barry Truax (Simon Fraser University, Canada): "Music and Science Meet at the Micro Level: Time-Frequency and Granular Synthesis"
3. John Rahn [keynote] (University of Washington, USA): "Forgetful Functors: Music, Monoids, Homotopy, and So On"
16:00-17:30 Panel. Music and Mathematics
Moderator: Tom Salisbury (York University/Fields Institute, Canada)
Participants: Claude Laflamme (University of Calgary, Canada), Chantal Buteau (Brock University, Canada)
18:00-19:00 Concert: New Music Arts Projects (Fields Institute, Toronto)
Reflections of Iannis Xenakis
20:00-22:00 Concert: New Music Concerts (Glenn Gould Studio, CBC, Toronto)
Plucking Sound and Space: Compositions by Iannis Xenakis, James Harley
Lori Freedman, bass clarinet; Robert Aitken, conductor



10 June, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo


9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30-10:00 Welcome
10:00-12:00 Session V. Stochastics, Cellular Automata, and Granularity
Chair: Peter Hatch (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)
1. Christopher Dobrian (University of California, Irvine, USA): "Realtime Stochastic Decision Making for Music Composition and Improvisation"
2. Katarina Miljkovic (New England Conservatory of Music, USA): "From Xenakis to Wolfram: Cellular Automata and its Application to Music Composition"
3. Charles Turner (City University of New York, USA): "Iannis Xenakis and the Musical and Scientific Uses of Cellular Automata"
4. Makis Solomos [keynote] (Université de Montpellier 3, France): "Xenakis and the Granular Connection"
12:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session VI. Granular Synthesis and Issues of Form and Perception
Chair: Cort Lippe (University of Buffalo, USA)
1. Gerard Pape [keynote] (CCMIX, France): "Xenakis and Time"
2. Nathan Wolek (Stetson University, USA): "Perceptually significant features of granular processing"
3. Curtis Roads [keynote] (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA): "The Evolution of Granular Analysis and Synthesis"
16:00-17:30 Panel. Randomness in science and the arts
Moderator: Raymond Laflamme (Insitute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo/Perimeter Institute, Canada)
Participants: Joseph Emerson (University of Waterloo, Canada), Richard Cleve (University of Waterloo, Canada), Claude Laflamme (University of Calgary, Canada), Richard Sacks (independent, Toronto, Canada)
17:30 Multimedia Concert Presentation (Atrium, Perimeter Insitute, Waterloo)
Tantric Transformations (200) by Gérard Pape
19:30 Concert: NUMUS (Perimeter Insitute, Waterloo)
Quadraphonics: Compositions by Mozart (arr. Jeremy Bell), Steve Reich, James Harley, Iannis Xenakis
Penderecki String Quartet, Lafayette String Quartet, Rocca Quartet, WLU Quartetfest Fellowship Quartet
21:30
 Post-Concert: Gérard Pape (Atrium, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo)
Iannis Xenakis: La Légende d'Eer (multi-channel sound and projected visuals)