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The Martin Clancy “Ableton Push Gaming Composition Workshop” at iDIG Music Festival

Ableton Push PlaygroundWhen Certified Ableton Live Trainer Martin Clancy was asked to create something special for the iDig Music Festival in April, he decided to put a spin on his popular ‘Ableton Push Playground’. The ‘Ableton Push Gaming Composition Workshop’ is gearing up to be one of the highlights of the Festival.

The Martin Clancy “Ableton Push Gaming Composition Workshop” is a drop-in music lab where you can try Push and Ableton Live for yourself and get expert advice and guidance from artists and trainers while composing your own unique gaming soundtrack. Martin and the trainers have some real treats in store for festival attendees. No musical experience is needed as Martin says ‘All you need is imagination.’ Clancy is keeping his cards close to his  chest on this one, and hasn’t yet revealed what iconic gaming footage and soundtrack he will be using.

Ableton Live is an innovative music software that focuses on improvisation and live performance alongside time honored recording techniques. Ableton Practitioners include Deadmau5, Daft Punk, M83, Hot Chip, Nine Inch Nails. Martin’s unique evening classes in Ableton Live provide a creative outlet for DJs, Sound Designers, Songwriters, and producers of all genres. Students reflect the new demographic of Dublin coming from Russia, Brazil, South Korea and as far away as Waterford.

Martin’s Ableton Push Playground was picked as one of Nialler9’s Top Ten things to do at Culture Night 2014. It has been featured in the Irish Times, RTE Radio and Arena. The  Ableton Push Playground showcased the Meltdown Festival 2014.

The iDigMusic Festival is the first Gaming Community music event held in Ireland and has partners such as Google, Microsoft and ConCast. Martin will be in the illustrious company of a  number of Grammy and BAFTA Nominated composers such as Christopher Tin (Civilization) , Russell Bower (World of Warcraft Composer and Head of Music – Blizzard) and Ireland’s own Eimear Noone (Zelda) along with the composers of the Angry Birds Soundtrack and Jill Aversa (HALO, God of War). The festival takes place in the Convention Centre, Dublin from 4th to 6th April. Full details, including ticket info, here: http://idigmusicfest.com/

IMRO members can avail of a discounted admission price for the festival. Contact membership@nullimro.ie for full details.

Composer Alex Wilmer presents Talk ‘Scoring Tomb Raider: the Music of the Game’

Alex Wilmer Trinity CompCent TalkDate: Friday 14th March 2014 at 10.00am

Venue: Conference Room, O’Reilly Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2.

Tomb Raider‘s score has been critically acclaimed as being uniquely immersive and at a level of quality on par with film. It is a truly scored experience that has raised the bar for the industry. To achieve this, new techniques in almost every part of the music’s production needed to be developed. Trinity’s Music Composition Centre this week welcomes Alex Wilmer to present this talk focusing on the process of scoring Tomb Raider. Every aspect will be covered from the music’s creative direction, composition, implementation and the technology behind it. This event is presented in association with Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics.

The event is free to attend and open to the public but seats must be booked in advance through compcent@nulltcd.ie.

Concorde Announce Search for “Up Close” Student Composer & Call for Scores

concordeConcorde are inviting composers who are registered as students in Ireland during the year 2013-14 to apply for the position of ‘Up Close’ Student Composer. The selected composer will be invited to write a piece for Concorde (trio or duo) for performance on April 27, 2014 in the series ‘Up Close with Music III’ at the RHA Gallery, Dublin.

The composer will have access to Concorde musicians throughout the period of composition for individual and group workshops and will be mentored by Concorde’s artistic director, Jane O’Leary. It is expected that the composer will already have a track record in the field of composition but will be looking to learn from the experience of working closely with specialist performers and gaining from expert guidance.

Applications should be sent by email to: concorde@nulleircom.net and should include:

1. A current CV outlining compositional experience in detail.

2. A sample of recent work (one only) for small ensemble (duo, trio or quartet).

3. A letter outlining why you are interested in working on this project.

Deadline for application: September 10, 2013.

Subject line on email should read: UP CLOSE STUDENT COMPOSER.

Concorde are also inviting submissions from all composers in consideration for performance in the series Up Close with Music III. Performances are scheduled from January through April 2014 in the RHA Gallery, Dublin. Works for any combination of 1 to 3 instruments, drawn from a pool of flute/alto flute/piccolo; clarinet/bass clarinet; violin; cello; accordion; concert harp will be considered. Use of electronics is optional.

Open to all composers. The works may have been previously performed or not.

Submissions should be sent by email to concorde@nulleircom.net

Please send:

  1. short biography and contact details of the composer
  2. brief programme note or history of the piece
  3. score, in pdf format only
  4. recording, if available (by dropbox or similar method)

All submissions will be acknowledged.

Submissions and further enquiries should be addressed to concorde@nulleircom.net.

Deadline for submission: September 10, 2013

Please use subject heading: CONCORDE CALL FOR SCORES.

 

 

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