ICMC/25/d4/1120 Concert n12/02 Coupling
Coupling
- 18:02 Really #Cool - love the splattering differences between speakers
- extremely well-performed
- so much sonic diversity in timbral space.
- #To Listen Again
- Very "performance-y"
#Description
- Developed at EMPAC's Spatial Music Workshop, Coupling links two performers inside an "ecosystemic" feedback loop; instrumental sound feeds multichannel processing that in turn excites the performers' playing.
#Composer Person/Scott Miller
- #Pic
- #Bio/Short
- Known for eco-acoustic, realtime‐score works
- Directs SEAMUS Records
- #Bio/Long
- Scott L. Miller is an American composer best known for his electroacoustic chamber music and ecosystemic performance pieces. His music is characterized by collaborative approaches to composition and the use of electronics, exploring performer/computer improvisation and re-imagining ancient compositional processes through the lens of 21st century technology. Inspired by the inner-workings of sound and the microscopic in the natural and mechanical worlds, his music is the product of hands-on experimentation and collaboration with musicians and performers from across the spectrum of styles. Miller’s ecosystemic works model the behavior of objects from the natural world in electronic sound, creating interactive sonic ecosystems. Ecosystemic pieces are the result of autonomous sounds competing with each other for sonic space. Individual sounds tend to find a balance, which can be upset by changes to the sonic landscape, such as the introduction of new sounds. Because of this, sonic ecosystems are intimately tied to the space they are presented in. With or without humans, repeat performances produce unique results each time—sometimes subtle, sometimes drastic—while maintaining a recognizable identity. Recordings of his music are available on New Focus Recordings, Innova, Ein Klang, and other labels; many of these recordings feature his long-time collaborators, the new music ensemble Zeitgeist (whose albums he also produces). His music is published by the American Composers Edition. Miller is a Professor of Music at St. Cloud State University, Minnesota, where he teaches composition, electroacoustic music and theory. He is Past-President (2014—18) of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the U.S. (SEAMUS) and presently Director of SEAMUS Records.
#Performers
Person/Adam Vidiksis — Instrument/Percussion/Percussionist
- #Bio/Short
- Directs Temple University's percussion program
- #Bio/Long
- Adam Vidiksis is a composer, conductor, percussionist, improviser, and technologist based in Philadelphia whose music often explores social structures, science, and the intersection of humankind with the machines we build. Vidiksis’s music has won numerous awards and grants, including recognition from the Society of Composers, Incorporated, the American Composers Forum, New Music USA, National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, and ASCAP. His works are available through HoneyRock Publishing, EMPiRE, New Focus, PARMA, SEAMUS Records, and Scarp Records. Vidiksis recently served as composer in residence for the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and was selected by the NEA and Japan-US Friendship Commission to serve as Director of Arts Technology for a performance of a new work during the 2020 Olympics in Japan. Vidiksis is Associate Professor of music technology at Temple University, President and founding member of SPLICE Music.
