<div class="gmail_quote"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace, fixed; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The Inventor Composer Coaction is a novel project designed to facilitate collaboration </span><br>
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<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">between composers and developers of bespoke digital or electronic instruments, for the </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">creation of new music. It will take place at the Department of Music, University of </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Edinburgh, during the first half of 2012.</span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">We invite inventors of new musical instruments to submit examples of their work. These </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">will be displayed online, creating a public archive of new electronic instruments. The </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">submissions will be reviewed by a group of upcoming and established postgraduate </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">composers, at the University of Edinburgh. The composers will each select an instrument </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">by way of a voting process. Over a three month period they will compose a new work for </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">the instrument and professional ensemble, assisted through close communication with the </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">inventor. The compositions will be performed in a concert of new music, Edinburgh, in </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">2012.</span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">We invite submissions of new digital or electronic instruments for Inventors Composers </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Coaction 2012, an interdisciplinary collaborative project and concert. These will be </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">reviewed by participating composers, at the University of Edinburgh, who will be able to </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">vote for three instruments in order of preference. Inventors of the selected instruments </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">will be provided with one night's accommodation in Edinburgh in order to attend the event </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">(April 2012 - to be confirmed), as well as a small contribution towards travel costs. </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Selected participants may be invited to present a short talk on one aspect of their </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">creative practice.</span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Instruments may be:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">purely software (e.g. built in Max/MSP, Supercollider, Pd)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">augmented instruments, including software, sensors etc.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">mobile devices that make use of smartphone technology</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">novel hardware devices, repurposed controllers, NIMEs etc.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">may involve spatialisation techniques.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Please see </span><a style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;color:rgb(51, 51, 153);text-decoration:none;font-size:14px;font-family:monospace, fixed;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" href="http://www.inventorcomposer.net/" target="_blank">http://www.inventorcomposer.net</a><span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"> for submission details.</span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
<span style="font-family:monospace, fixed;font-size:14px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Deadline 6th January 2012.</span></p>
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