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<div align="center"><font size="+1"><b>Oscillations
2008</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><b>A Festival of Electroacoustic Music</b></div>
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<div>Halifax, Nova Scotia<br>
February 2-3, 2008</div>
<div>http://www.oscillationsfestival.ca<br>
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Interactive instrumental/electronic performance, acousmatic music,
mixed-media performance, and electronica, by artists from Canada, the
UK, and USA.<br>
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<div>Oscillations 2008 is five events:</div>
<div>- three concerts highlighting unique areas of electroacoustic
practice.</div>
<div>- two workshops on computers in music, for participants or
observers with a range of knowledge and experience.</div>
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Oscillations 2008 is a co-production of The Oscillations Music Society
& suddenlyLISTEN.</div>
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<div><b>Saturday February 2. Concert 1: InterACT</b></div>
<div>Saint Mary¹s University Art Gallery, 8 pm.<br>
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<div>InterACT blends acoustic instruments and electronic technology in
a performance rooted in careful listening and interactive
improvisation.<br>
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<div><b>Saturday February 2. Concert 2: Laptop Cabaret</b></div>
<div>Eyelevel Gallery (time to be confirmed - following InterACT).<br>
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<div>A late-night, curated performance by Halifax-area laptop
performers, DJs, Hip Hop artists, and other guests.</div>
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<div><b>Sunday February 3. Workshop 1: Computers & music for
beginners</b></div>
<div>Presenter: Andrew Duke. Eyelevel Gallery, 12-2 pm.<br>
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<div>This workshop will help both amateurs and professionals discover
new ways to create and process music on their own laptops.<br>
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<div><b>Sunday February 3. Workshop 2: An Introduction to
SuperCollider</b></div>
<div>Presenter: Dr Scott Wilson. Saint Mary¹s University Art
Gallery, 4-6 pm.<br>
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<div>Oscillations guest artist Scott Wilson will present a workshop on
SuperCollider -- a powerful open source (Mac, Linux, Windows)
object-oriented environment and programming language for real time
audio synthesis and algorithmic composition.</div>
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<div><b>Sunday February 3. Concert 3: The UK Connection</b></div>
<div>Saint Mary¹s University Art Gallery, 8 pm.<br>
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<div>The UK Connection is an immersive, multi-speaker concert of
acousmatic electroacoustic music; live performance and signal
processing; and mixed media work.</div>
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Communauté électroacoustique canadienne (CEC) Canadian
Electroacoustic Community<br>
http://cec.concordia.ca | RECENT:
http://cec.concordia.ca/education/workshops2007<br>
http://econtact.ca EA journal | http://sonus.ca EA Jukebox<br>
http://cec.concordia.ca/jttp project for young/emerging sound
artists<br>
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