Algorithmic Composition (Symposium and Concert) – De Montfort University, Leicester, 13 February 2008 www.mti.dmu.ac.uk/ Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre De Montfort University, Leicester New Media Seminar and Concert Series All welcome – admission free. Symposium and Concert: Algorithmic Composition Date: Wednesday February 13, 2008 Location: PACE Building, STUDIO 1, Richmond St., Leicester 2-5pm – Symposium Keynote speaker: Agostino di Scipio (Music Conservatory of Naples): ‘What is needed to give this presentation a title?’ Ron Herrema (DMU): ‘Paradoxically Algorithmic’ Bret Battey (DMU): ‘Variable-Coupled Map Networks’ Ollie Bown (Goldsmiths): ‘Compositional uses of continuous time recurrent neural networks’ 7pm – Concert Agostino di Scipio – two UK premieres: Untitled (Sound Synthesis, October 2001) and Untitled (Sound Processing, October 2004) Ollie Bown (Icarus) & Tom Arthurs (F-IRE Collective & Not Applicable Artists) a work for trumpet and interactive electronics Ron Herrema – two world premieres: One or Two Things and Music for Being