http://www.jg1983.co.uk/BlogTransformation of Dapp into RSSinfo@dapper.netThu, 02 Sep 2010 18:41:18 +0000http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/rediscovering-mozart-at-saw28 March 2010JG and Tychonas Michailidis present a paper entitled “Rediscovering Mozart: motion capture technology in contemporary music practice” at the Sonic Arts in Wales Electroacoustic Symposium 2010.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/vivier-hindemith-takemitsu26 February 2010JG records the Cambridge New Music Ensemble in King’s College Chapel, Cambridge.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/three-tales-by-steve-reich26 February 2010A student performance of Steve Reich’s video opera.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/modern-times-connecting-composers26 February 2010JG sound engineers at Kettle’s Yard.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/cambridge-songbook28 January 2010Live recording of the Cambridge Songbook recital in Kettle’s Yard.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/chapel-session-penderecki-and-lutoslawski23 January 2010JG records Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima in Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/panning-with-delays10 January 2010A new Max/MSP panning patch that uses common stereo microphone arrays as the basis for positioning recorded sounds in auditory space.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/cunme-recording8 November 2009Cambridge New Music Ensemble in Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/8-channel-multicore-analog-snake25 October 2009A home-made 8 channel snake using high quality components.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/strange-news-in-copenhagen29 September 2009JG sound engineers for the Athelas Sinfonietta for two concerts in Denmark. Programme: Strange News by Rolf Wallin and Voi(rex) by Phillipe Lerouxhttp://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/london-sinfonietta-in-warsaw21 September 2009JG sound engineers for a London Sinfonietta performance of Jonathan Harvey’s Bird Concerto with Pianosong at the 2009 Warsaw Autumn Festival, Poland.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/polyphonic-looping-in-maxmsp10 September 2009Loop through regions of sound files and modulate any parameter without causing clicks.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/pulsar-synthesis-in-maxmsp28 August 2009An implementation of granular synthesis in Max/MSP.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/proms-plus-concert15 August 2009Performance of Julia Barber’s “After the Shock” for solo violin and live electronics at the Royal College of Music.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/vrudio-sound-studio-digbeth6 August 2009JG installs the new sound studio at Eastside Projects, Digbeth.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/streetwise-opera-in-edinburgh20 June 2009My Secret Heart installation at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/midi-file-data-extraction6 June 2009MidiToText is a simple command-line utility to extract MIDI data into a comma separated list.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/usb-dc-motor-interface24 May 2009A simple and robust motor interface for real-time physical control of interactive art works.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/ariodante-recording12 May 2009Live recording of Handel’s opera performed by the Cambridge Handel Opera Group at West Road Concert Hall.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/decibel-recording29 March 2009JG records Paul Dunmall with the Decibel Ensemble.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/chromatic-fantasy-recording24 March 2009Dan Tidhar performs JS Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy in D minor BWV903.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/meta-piano-concert-at-kettles-yard8 March 2009Sarah Nicolls performs Into Movements and two other pieces for piano and electronics at a Sunday Morning concert at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/blaze-of-noon-recording8 February 2009JG records “Blaze of Noon” for soprano and piano by Phillip Neil Martin.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/electro-sequenza-recordings8 January 2009JG records pupil’s compositions at King Edward VI School, Handsworth.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/strange-news-documentation18 December 2008JG writes documentation and manual for “Strange News” by Rolf Wallinhttp://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/wren-choir-recording12 December 2008JG records the Wren Choir’s Carol Service in the Pembroke College Chapel.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/messiaen-recording27 November 2008JG records Quartet for the End of Time at Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/voirex-performance23 November 2008JG engineers for a BCMG performance of Voi(rex) by Phillipe Leroux.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/jg-records-the-cambridge-bach-consort13 November 2008A concert of Baroque music performed by music students at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/shadowplay-concert4 November 2008Sarah Nicolls performs Piece for Piano and Lamp at Brunel University as part of a Shadowplay concert of new music.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/high-wire-software30 October 2008Multi-video playback system for Catherine Yass’ High Wire. Commissioned by Art Angel.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/bcmg-electro-sequenza-workshops24 October 2008JG assists composer David Horne and violinist Alexandra Wood at the King Edward VI Handsworth School, Birmingham.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/homemade-phasor16 October 2008A DIY speaker system built to generate and process background sound for a documentary.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/cbsomartin-creed-recording24 September 2008JG records Martin Creed’s “Work No 955” performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons in Symphony Hall.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/18-channel-ultrasonic-sensor-interface21 September 2008A networked multi-channel synchronised distance sensor system to detect the movement of people around an architectural exhibit.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/my-secret-heart21 August 2008JG records Streetwise Opera participants around the UK.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/into-movements-on-radio-321 August 2008Sarah Nicoll’s BMIC Cutting Edge Concert in November last year is broadcast on Hear and Now, Radio 3.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/jg-records-trombone-live-electronics-pieces17 July 2008Following the concert, JG records David Purser performing the pieces at the Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/cambridge-camerata-recording12 July 2008JG records the Cambridge Camerata in concert at the West Road Concert Hall.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/the-saints-software7 July 2008Multi-channel audio and multi-channel video playback system for Paul Pfeiffer’s The Saints. Commissioned by Art Angel.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/two-songs-recording28 June 2008JG records Two Songs by Ryan Wigglesworth.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/reflux-concert27 June 2008JG manages PA and audio recording for a concert of new and existing Fluxus works at St Pauls Church, Birmingham.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/sarah-nicolls-at-soundwaves22 June 2008JG engineers at Sarah Nicolls’ concert at this year’s Soundwaves Festival in the Pavilion Theatre, Brighton.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/trombone-live-electronics-concert17 June 2008A concert for trombone (David Purser) and live electronics (JG) at the Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/nigel-brown-competition14 June 2008JG records the audio for a DVD recording of the 2008 Nigel Brown Competition, University of Cambridge.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/strange-news10 June 2008JG supervises the electronics for the final Integra Festival concert with the BCMG in Birmingham.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/piece-for-metal-sheet-reviewed21 May 2008The Talk Magazine: “an amazing, mind-boggling piece.”http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/jg-performs-boulez-to-boulez12 May 2008JG and Angela Balint perform Anthemes II to Pierre Boulez as part of the Boulez in Birmingham event on 12th May 2008.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/jg-visits-ircam3 May 2008JG and violinist Angela Balint are invited to IRCAM in preperation for a performance of Pierre Boulez’s Anthemes II on 9th May in Birmingham.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/bcmg-rural-tours8 April 2008Jonathan engineers for the BCMG on an intensive Rural Tour day.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/jg-relocates-to-cambridge9 March 2008Jonathan moves to Cambridge to work at the Centre for Music and Science, University of Cambridge.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/metal-sheet-and-lightpipe-at-sightsonic-200828 January 2008JG perform a new version of Piece for Large Metal Sheet at this year’s SightSonic Festival on March 15th.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/into-movements-at-the-bmic-cutting-edge-tour30 November 2007Sarah Nicolls plays JG’s Into Movements for piano and motion sensors at The Warehouse, London, as part of the BMIC’s Cutting Edge Tour. To be broadcast on Radio 3 sometime in January.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/anderson-bcmg-jg21 November 2007Jonathan provides technical support for another performance of Julian Anderson’s Book of Hours by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Oliver Knussen.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/jg-on-bbc-radio-3-in-tune11 November 2007Sarah Nicolls performs the first part of Into Movements on “In Tune”, BBC Radio 3, 13th November 2007.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/jg-previews-piece-for-lightpipes13 September 2007JG and Gregory (director, VRU) give a demo of home-made prototype of Lightpipe at the E-Science 2007 All Hands Meeting held in Nottingham.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/jg-at-proms-with-bcmg11 September 2007JG oversees electronics for a performance of Julian Anderson’s Book of Hours by Oliver Knussen and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group at the BBC Proms.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/invented-instruments-concert28 June 2007Experimental acoustic-electronic music and video installation and concert.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/real-time-data-acquisition22 June 2007Jonathan Green from the Visualisation Research Unit gives a short presentation on Real-Time Data Acquisition at the AHRC ICT Methods Network conference, 19th June 2007.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/live-electronics-with-recorder-demo15 June 2007Jonathan is giving a demonstration of live electronics with recorder alongside Sarah Jeffery on 20 June 2007 to students at the Birmingham Conservatoire.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/jg-at-the-new-generation-arts-festival11 June 2007I’m involved in two sound installations and a concert for the New Generation Arts Festival.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/huddersfield-contemporary-music-festival-commission11 June 2007Sarah Nicolls has commissioned me to compose a piece for Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007 .http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/book-of-hours-at-the-bbc-proms11 June 2007I’ve been asked to do the electronics for Julian Anderson’s piece Book of Hours at this years Proms.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/st-martins-workshop16 May 2007Keir Williams and Jonathan Green from the VRU give a demo of networked audio-visual performance environments at St Martins, London.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/piano-experiments8 May 2007I’ve been working on developing a piece for acoustic-electronic piano where all the sound generation occurs inside the piano (no pre-recorded sounds and lots of feedback…).http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/bcmgjohannes-maria-staud-performance24 April 2007The Birmingham Contemporary Music Group performed Johannes Maria Staud’s new piece ‘One Movement and Five Miniatures’, for which I developed the electronics using Max/MSP.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/documenting-musical-works-that-incorporate-electronic-technology6 December 2006Some thoughts about how and why to document the technological aspect of musical works.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/please-put-max-to-sleep3 December 2006Max is not keeping up with trends in software design and because it cannot evolve (see below), another solution should be found.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/max-workshops-introduction-to-maxmsp-jitter3 December 2006A slightly academic introduction to a series of short practice-based Max/MSP workshops aimed at beginners in technology in the performing arts. In this workshop, an overview of Max/MSP and it’s capabilities will be presented alongside an introduction to the Max methodology.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/music-for-media-maxmsp-workshop1 December 2006Notes and patches for the introductory Max/MSP workshop given at the Birmingham Conservatoire lead by myself.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/the-networked-mash-up-gridded-resources-in-real-time21 November 2006An overview of a demonstration by a VJ (Keir Williams), electronic musician (Jonathan Green) and a dancer, of a computer network designed especially for the performing arts.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/remote-controlled-max-patches19 November 2006A system which allows control data (MIDI, Open Sound Control) to be streamed over the internet.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/e-science-workshop-max-patches30 October 2006This workshop will focus on the identification and practicalities of e-science models and solutions.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/performance-of-piece-for-piano-and-lamp22 June 2006Played by Sarah Nicolls in the Corsham Festival 2006 on 21st June.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/ensemble-interakt-concert22 June 2006Launch concert of Ensemble Interakt, exploring interaction with computer generated sounds.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/beat-slicer-max-patch16 April 2006Live sampler which records sound to a unique buffer when an attack is detected.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/live-electronics-hardware14 April 2006A suggestion for a family of hardware devices for performing works with live electronics. These devices do not exist and are probably not financially feasible for a manufacturer.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/live-sampler-for-davids-garden12 April 2006Just completed: a MaxMSP live sampler which loops material with crossfades.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/davids-garden-harmonizer-action-plan11 April 2006Roadmap for the development of the David’s Garden live electronics environment.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/building-davids-garden9 April 2006Prototyping real-time signal processing networks in Logic.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/coventry-carol-installation8 April 2006Cormac Faulkner’s sound installation at the Herbert Gallery in Coventry.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/davids-garden7 April 2006A hardware/software environment for improvisation with electronics to be completed by June 2006.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/alexandas-annex-concert8 March 2006With Sara Nicolls and Sound Intermedia.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/frontiers-concert27 February 2006With oboist Christopher Redgate.http://www.jg1983.co.uk/Blog/book-of-hours12 January 2005Julian Anderson’s composition for ensemble and live electronics.