NORD+MIX
NORD+MIX: CREATIVE WORKSHOP IN SPATIAL SOUND SPHERE
19. – 28. April 2017
Music Innovation Studies Centre
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
NORD+MIX is a second year intensive hands-on workshop, which offers an opportunity to work on development of spatial sound compositions and experiment with innovative music technology. Music Innovation Study Centre of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre will be the main project venue where 24 students and 10 composition and music technology professors from 9 Nordic-Baltic partner schools will collaborate.
After theoretical lectures given by professors, students will work in 3 groups: group A will develop creative projects with contemporary ensemble Synaesthesis musicians – Marta Finkelštein, Artūras Kažimėkas, Vytautas Ošklinis, and Monika Kiknadzė; group B will create improvised music project in collaboration with students of contemporary music and improvisation – singer Tua Hakanpää (EAMT), Dominykas Norkūnas (guitar), and Kristupas Gikas (flute); and group C will create electroacoustic pieces.
Live broadcast of lectures:http://www.nordplusmusic.net/index.php?id=330
1. April 20: Lectures
2. April 20: Teachers concert
3. April 21: Lectures
4. April 22: Lectures
5. April 24: Lectures
6. April 25: Lectures
2. April 20: Teachers concert
3. April 21: Lectures
4. April 22: Lectures
5. April 24: Lectures
6. April 25: Lectures
PUBLIC CONCERTS:
TEACHERS CONCERT: April 20th, Thursday, at 8 pm in MiSC (live broadcast)
NORD+MIX concert I (electroacoustic): April 25th, Tuesday, at 6 pm in „Pelėda“ music club
NORD+MIX concert II: April 27th, Thursday, at 6 pm in „Pelėda“ music club
Coordinating institution: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Contacts for inquires:
– Rima Rimšaitė, head of International Relations Ofice, rima.rimsaite@lmta.lt, phone (+370-5) 2124967
– Mantautas Krukauskas, head of Music Innovation Study Centre, mantautas.krukauskas@lmta.lt, phone (+370-615) 87663.
PARTNERS AND PARTICIPANTS:
Royal Danish Academy of Music and Theatre: professor of composition Hans Peter Stubbe Teglbjærg, students Xavier Bonfill, Niklas Ottander
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre: teaching staff member Einike Leppik, students Mihkel Tomberg, Henri Viies, Doris Hallamägi, Johanna Kivimägi, Tua Hakanpää
Gothenburg University, Academy of Music and Drama: electronic music teacher, musician and producer Christoffer Berg, students Fabian Roos, Adriana Essén
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre: teaching staff member composer Mārtiņš Viļums and Mantautas Krukauskas, students Goda Marija Gužauskaitė (composition), Paulius Bučius (sound directing)
Iceland Academy of the Arts: composer Ríkharður H. Friðriksson, students Veronique Jacques, Örn Davíðsson
Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music: associate professor, composer Rolands Kronlaks, students Evija Skuke, Armands Aleksandravičius
Lund University, Malmö Academy of Music: professor of composition Kent Oloffson, students Jonatan Sersam, Fancesco del Nero
Norwegian Academy of Music: teaching staff member, composer and soundartist Anders Tveit, students Harald Jordal Johannessen, Terje Sylvarnes
Sibelius Academy: professor PdH Andrew Bentley and Alejandro Olarte, students: Hugh James McDougall Sheehan, Walter Sallinen, Anna Mäkelä, Antti Suomalainen, Camilo Sanchez
Information about Nord+Mix in 2016 and documentary film(s)
NORD+MIX is trans-disciplinary intensive hands-on workshop with a strong emphasis on working with innovative music technology by employing experience, tools and methodology developed in LMTA MiSC and assisted by well experienced teachers from partner institutions. It will bring together students of composition, sound design, music technology and sound art.
Creative workshops and individual consultations by composition and music technology professors from Nordic/Baltic partner institutions will inspire young composers and encourage them to develop, produce, mix and present spatial sound and music projects performed by string quartet CHORDOS.
Coordinating institution:
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Partner institutions:
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
Gothenburg University, Academy of Music and Drama
Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music
Malmö Academy of Music
Norwegian Academy of Music
Royal College of Music, Stockholm
Royal Danish Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg
Royal Danish Academy of Music
Sibelius Academy of Music