Crowdfunding Effort Supports Establishment of TIMARA Founders Fund</h1> <article> <h1>Crowdfunding Effort Supports Establishment of TIMARA Founders Fund</h1> <p>eburnett — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:44:33 +0000</p> <span>Crowdfunding Effort Supports Establishment of TIMARA Founders Fund</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-11-15T08:44:33-05:00" title="Friday, November 15, 2019 - 08:44">Fri, 11/15/2019 - 08:44</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Fifty years ago, visionary 91ֱ�� professors Olly Wilson and John Clough ’53 laid the groundwork for the conservatory’s first courses focusing on the study of electronic and computer music.</p> <p>They were unprecedented offerings for an undergraduate institution at the time, representing the first crucial steps toward the creation of 91ֱ��’s Department of Technology in Music and Related Arts, or <a href="/timara">TIMARA</a>. Two decades later, under the guidance of professor Gary Lee Nelson and with the technical expertise of engineer John Talbert, TIMARA conferred its first degree.</p> <p>This year, TIMARA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of electronic and computer music at 91ֱ�� with a series of events <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span> involving TIMARA devotees near and far, from faculty to alumni to current students, as well as friends of the program.</p> <p>To coincide with anniversary festivities, TIMARA has launched a $50,000 crowdfunding effort for the establishment of the TIMARA Founders Fund. The first endowed fund in the history of electronic music study at 91ֱ��, the Founders Fund would support the creation of a pair of awards to be presented annually to outstanding TIMARA students and named in honor of Wilson and Clough. The honors would be conferred at the conservatory’s student awards banquet each spring, beginning in 2020.</p> <p>While numerous students in TIMARA have been recipients of prestigious honors including Fulbright, Watson, and Marshall fellowships, the newly created prizes would be the first earmarked specifically for TIMARA students. The Founders Fund also would support other TIMARA initiatives designated by the department’s faculty.</p> <p>Though the crowdfunding campaign formally begins November 15, the fund has been seeded by generous contributions from composer and accordionist Peter Flint, Jr. ’92, 91ֱ�� residents Arlene and Larry Dunn, and TIMARA professor <a href="/tom-lopez">Tom Lopez ’89</a>.</p> <p>“Part of what made TIMARA special for me was that we were down in the basement together and we were free to experiment,” says Flint, referring to the department’s beloved longtime home on the lower level of Bibbins Hall—a location first scouted by Wilson in the late 1960s. Fueled by his TIMARA studies, Flint began his career in sound engineering and sound design for theater and computer games.</p> <p>“I’ve not always been directly involved with electronic music since I graduated, but it’s been swinging back again recently, and it makes sense to reconnect at this point,” he says.</p> <p>For the Dunns, who relocated to 91ֱ�� seven years ago to be close to the bustling new music scene on campus, the gift was inspired by a desire to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in ways that would leave an enduring impact. Also this year, they endowed the Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra’s Arlene and Larry Dunn Composer in Residence chair, which will be awarded annually to an 91ֱ�� Conservatory student composer from an underrepresented community.</p> <p>“Supporting and encouraging the work of new young artists is part of our interest in contemporary music and other art forms,” says Larry Dunn. “It is necessary for human society to have artists who are creating work in the moment, and if we want that to happen, we need to support the young people who are doing that.”</p> <p>Olly Wilson, a rare composer of color in academia in the 1960s, also knew well the plight of underrepresented populations, and he addressed it frequently through his words and his music. During his stint at 91ֱ��, which lasted from 1965 to 1970, he played a key role in the establishment of the African American studies curriculum in addition to electronic music. In 1968, Wilson won first prize in the International Electronic Music Competition at Dartmouth College, the first competition ever devoted to electronic music.</p> <p>A music theorist and composer like Wilson, John Clough was instrumental in obtaining 91ֱ��’s first synthesizer, tape recorders, and the first computer used for music processing—crucial equipment secured through a $94,100 National Science Foundation grant that was extraordinary not only for its size, but also for its purpose of advancing the study of computer music. During a research year in 1968, Clough developed the composer’s programming language TEMPO and an Interactive Real-Time Music Assembler, or IRMA.</p> <p>“All of us in TIMARA are so proud to have this opportunity to honor the vision of Olly Wilson and John Clough, as well as the deeply influential mentors who followed them, through the creation of the TIMARA Founders Fund,” says Lopez.</p> <p>“We are also tremendously grateful to Peter Flint and Arlene and Larry Dunn for committing themselves to securing a bright future for our students. Fifty years after taking root here, TIMARA is an integral program across the college and conservatory, and we look forward to honoring the achievements of outstanding TIMARA students for generations to come.”</p> <p>The launch of the Founders Fund campaign comes as Lopez and TIMARA mount perhaps the largest on-campus production in the history of the department: the <a href="/news/500-musicians-cant-be-wrong-0">Kaleidosonic Music Festival</a>, a community collaboration that will feature an incredible 500 musicians from the college, conservatory, the city of 91ֱ��, and beyond over the course of four-plus hours. It takes place starting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 16, in Finney Chapel.</p> <p>Fittingly, the seemingly endless list of musical collaborators taking part in Kaleidosonic includes Peter Flint and Arlene and Larry Dunn. Flint will perform <em>Precursor</em>, an improvised acoustic/electronic soundscape for accordion and effects pedals. The Dunns will present the world premiere of a work they developed with TIMARA alumnus Kirk Pearson ’17. <em>Olly Wilson: Remixed</em> consists of four movements made up of spoken word—delivered by the Dunns—and fixed media created by Pearson: everything from environmental sounds captured at the 91ֱ�� Arboretum to the voice of Wilson himself.</p> <p></p> <p>Make contributions of any amount to the TIMARA Founders Fund by visiting the Founders Fund crowdfunding site <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span> or by scanning the QR code at right.</p> <p></p> <p>For more information, contact Major Gifts Officer Sally Takada at <a href="mailto:stakada@oberlin.edu?subject=TIMARA%20Founders%20Fund">stakada@oberlin.edu</a> or 440-775-5475.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-11-15T12:00:00Z">Fri, 11/15/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Inspired by the work of 91ֱ�� electronic music pioneers Olly Wilson and John Clough ’53, fund would facilitate annual awards to TIMARA students and more.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2592">Fundraisers</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3317">TIMARA 50th Anniversary Celebration</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33031">TIMARA</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/tom-lopez" hreflang="und">Tom Lopez ’89</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/contemporary-music" hreflang="und">Contemporary Music</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Conservatory faculty members Olly Wilson (left) and John Clough, photographed in 1967, played pivotal roles in the development of the electronic and computer music curriculum that became 91ֱ��'s TIMARA Department.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">courtesy 91ֱ�� College Archives</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>500 Musicians Can’t Be Wrong</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:51:48 +0000</p> <span>500 Musicians Can’t Be Wrong</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-11-11T13:51:48-05:00" title="Monday, November 11, 2019 - 13:51">Mon, 11/11/2019 - 13:51</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For those who create in 91ֱ��’s TIMARA studios, compelling performances often require no more than a laptop.</p> <p>This time, <a href="/node/7016">Tom Lopez</a> is thinking much bigger.</p> <p>The associate professor of computer music and digital arts is the driving force behind the <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/timara_50th_anniversary_concert">Kaleidosonic Music Festival</a>, a free, marathon performance taking place throughout Finney Chapel on Saturday, November 16. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. and lasting late into the evening, it will draw upon the efforts of some<em> 500 musicians</em>, sourced from throughout the college and conservatory, as well as the 91ֱ�� community.</p> <p>Kaleidosonic is one of numerous events produced this year by TIMARA—shorthand for Technology in Music and Related Arts—to commemorate the 50th anniversary of computer music studies at 91ֱ��. The first electronic music curriculum was offered in 1969, thanks in large measure to the groundwork laid by faculty members Olly Wilson and John Clough ’53. In the decades since, the department has gone on to launch a multitude of innovative careers across countless disciplines.</p> <p>In the span of one evening, Kaleidosonic will serve up a continuous wave of sound that, if delivered in separate performances, could fill an entire semester of programming in Finney Chapel. It will feature musicians performing on stage, in the aisles, the balcony, lobby, and just about everywhere else.</p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>Tom Lopez<br> Photo credit: Conservatory Communications</figcaption> </figure> <p>The festival is intended to be enjoyed as a drop-in experience: Guests are free to come and go as they wish, to take breaks to enjoy the food vendors who will be parked outside Finney Chapel from 7 till 10 p.m.—or even to ride out the entire concert, from start to finish. Not that Lopez (pictured, right) expects such unwavering attention.</p> <p>“We don’t want to imply that it’s a traditional concert, with all the social norms that go along with that,” he says. “This will not be a traditional concert experience, where you walk in and sit down in silence and be absolutely quiet and hope you don’t applaud at the end of a movement instead of the end of the piece.</p> <p>“It’s going to be more like a fair. The audience will be invited to move around and see what the concert sounds like from a different space and maybe get a bite to eat if they want. It’s going to be a very loose, informal experience. And you can applaud whenever you feel like it if you hear something you really like!”</p> <p>So while a MacBook will indeed be used to manage the flow of sound around the room—in addition to multiple mixing boards, effects processors, and more—Kaleidosonic is more about the 91ֱ�� High School Marching Band and the 91ֱ�� Choristers, the Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra and the 91ֱ�� College Black Musicians Guild, as well a cappella singers, bagpipers, taiko drummers, Javanese gamelan players, and more. The list of collaborators goes on and on—and so will the music.</p> <p>“It will be one big long sonic collage, and the thread that will hold it together is the electronic part,” says Lopez. “It is absolutely a TIMARA event because there will be 20 speakers positioned around the audience. It will be an immersive, surround-sound environment. I want to demonstrate how TIMARA acts as a sort of glue on campus between departments and in the community.”</p> <p>Lopez himself is a 1989 graduate of 91ֱ��. He was inspired to stage Kaleidosonic in part thanks to a presentation by avant-garde Russian composer and sound artist Sergey Kuryokhin, who appeared on campus during Lopez’s senior year. That performance interwove disparate sounds from opera to folk to electronics and beyond, and it left an indelible mark on Lopez, who participated as part of a synthesizer ensemble.</p> <p>“The aspect that really stuck with me was the way that all of these very different styles of music all blended together so well,” says Lopez, who is also inspired by the sound collages of 20th century modernist composer Charles Ives. He hopes to capture some of that magic at Kaleidosonic.</p> <p>“It will all overlap and blend and dovetail with each other,” he says. “It’s exciting to me as a creator and sound artist that I have an opportunity to play with sound collage on such a grand scale.”</p> <p>Learn about other upcoming anniversary celebrations produced by TIMARA at <a href="/artsguide">oberlin.edu/artsguide</a>.</p> <p> </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-11-11T12:00:00Z">Mon, 11/11/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>TIMARA’s Kaleidosonic Festival honors 50 years of electronic music with a uniquely 91ֱ�� sonic experience. And food trucks.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2385">Community</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3317">TIMARA 50th Anniversary Celebration</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33031">TIMARA</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/tom-lopez" hreflang="und">Tom Lopez ’89</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/contemporary-music" hreflang="und">Contemporary Music</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Illustration by Oli Bentley ’21</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Sounds of Science</h1> <p>eburnett — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 20:33:06 +0000</p> <span>Sounds of Science</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-10-03T16:33:06-04:00" title="Thursday, October 3, 2019 - 16:33">Thu, 10/03/2019 - 16:33</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Former TIMARA and computer science major Eli Stine ’14 has returned to the Bibbins Hall basement once more, this time as a visiting assistant professor. He steps in as TIMARA Professor Peter Swendsen serves an interim stint as associate dean for academic affairs in the Office of the Dean of the Conservatory. Stine’s year includes a TIMARA studio class and the course Introduction to Electroacoustic Music, which he teaches this fall.</p> <p>Since graduating from 91ֱ��, Stine earned a PhD and master’s degree in composition and computer technologies as a Jefferson Fellow at the University of Virginia. His work spans from sound design to virtual-reality projects and has been programmed across the globe. His work as been featured in festivals such as the International Computer Music Conference and the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, which recently programmed his 2018 creation Vestigial Wings, a piece for animated video art and multi-channel electronic sound.</p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>Stine returned to campus in spring 2019 to take part in TIMARA's (T)echs Machina Festival, in which he led this session on processors. Photo credit: Pang Fei Chiang ’19 </figcaption> </figure> <p>Stine’s work incorporates aspects of the natural and physical world, with elements of technology and synthesized sound. Through collaboration with environmental scientists, he has conducted research in the field of bioacoustics, which focuses on sounds produced by or affecting living organisms. This work informed his 2018 projects <em>Virginia Barrier Islands Seabird Sonification</em> and <em>Oyster Reef Sound Translations</em>, two immersive, educational sonic experiences that combined environmental research with recording and production techniques. Stine has presented both works at international computer science and environmental science conferences.</p> <p>A product of 91ֱ��’s unique <a href="/admissions-and-aid/double-degree-program">Double Degree Program</a>, Stine finds that his computer science and TIMARA backgrounds often inform and interact with each other. As an artist working with multimedia technologies, he custom-builds software and utilizes video projection and multi-channel speaker systems. In the spring, he will be teaching Advanced Electro-Acoustic Music, which focuses on the spatialization and multi-channel diffusion of audio. His software instrument, the Murmurator, created for multi-channel speaker configurations, allows for improvisational and performable control over various parameters of sound generation and distribution.</p> <p>Stine's return to campus comes at an exciting time for TIMARA, as the department begins a celebration of 50 years of electroacoustic music at 91ֱ��. The TIMARA family extends far beyond the walls of the conservatory; the impact of the time spent at 91ֱ�� remains with alumni as they share their work with the world.</p> <p>Stine is enjoying teaching and looks forward to his upcoming projects, among them a multi-speaker head-enveloping sculpture for the Crafting Sound Symposium, taking place October 4 and 5, and a collaboration with a Javanese gamelan ensemble on a 15-channel loudspeaker system in Finney Chapel for the Kaleidosonic Music Festival on November 16.</p> <p><em>Oli Bentley is a third-year TIMARA student at 91ֱ��.</em></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-10-03T12:00:00Z">Thu, 10/03/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Oli Bentley ’21</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Electroacoustic artist Eli Stine ’14 returns to teach and create at 91ֱ��.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3317">TIMARA 50th Anniversary Celebration</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2368">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2974">Conservatory Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2360">After 91ֱ��</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2357">Double Degree Program</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33031">TIMARA</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25321">Computer Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eli-stine" hreflang="und">Eli Stine ’14</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/contemporary-music" hreflang="und">Contemporary Music</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/computer-science" hreflang="und">Computer Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Mike Crupi</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Envisioning Electroinclusivity</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:37:15 +0000</p> <span>Envisioning Electroinclusivity</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-09-30T10:37:15-04:00" title="Monday, September 30, 2019 - 10:37">Mon, 09/30/2019 - 10:37</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>91ֱ��’s ties to computer music extend to the late 1960s and to groundbreaking faculty composer Olly Wilson, who established a forward-looking curriculum that far surpassed the sounds emanating from most other college campuses of the era.</p> <p>In 1969, the first courses that would eventually become TIMARA—shorthand for Technology in Music and Related Arts—were offered at 91ֱ��. Twenty years later, TIMARA conferred its first degree.</p> <p>Now 50 years after those initial courses, TIMARA is celebrating its milestone anniversary with a series of events taking place throughout the 2019-20 academic year and involving many TIMARA devotees, from faculty to alumni to current students.</p> <p>The festivities begin October 4 and 5 with the <a href="https://sites.google.com/oberlin.edu/crafting-sound-symposium/about?authuser=0">Crafting Sound Symposium</a>, coordinated by TIMARA Technical Director and Lecturer <a href="/node/49256">Abby Aresty</a>. The celebration continues with events in November and March of 2020.</p> <p>The Crafting Sound Symposium is intended to cast a critical eye toward the technologies of sound, including an examination of value systems that tend to accompany these technologies and exploration of various alternatives to traditional sound technology and the ways they might engage new audiences.</p> <p>Numerous events on Friday and Saturday culminate in a <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/crafting_sound_symposium_crafting_sound_concert">concert on Saturday evening</a> in the Birenbaum Innovation and Performance Space, in the lower level of the Hotel at 91ֱ�� (10 E. College St.).</p> <p>“The maker movement in general has been criticized over time for emphasizing particular kinds of makers over another…a sort of male nerd culture,” says Aresty, who is teaching a fall course called Reimagining Maker Culture(s): from Fabrication to Curation. The class is part of 91ֱ��’s StudiOC Learning Community, which offers innovative curricular study opportunities that unite disciplines from across the college and conservatory.</p> <p>“A lot of researchers over time have tried to bring electronics to existing communities of crafters. The question is, if you use these other types of technologies, do you have a broader reach by making electronics more about craft and less about abstract principles? It’s an interesting space to explore.”</p> <p>Aresty was joined in coordinating the symposium by <a href="/node/31126">Kyle Hartzell</a>, an educational technologist and digital media engineer who works in 91ֱ��’s Cinema Studies Department and the Center for Information Technology.</p> <p>The weekend opens with <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/crafting_sound_symposium_sonic_super-buffet">Sonic Super-Buffet</a>, a celebration of interactive exhibits, instruments, and installations by TIMARA faculty, students, and other local artists. It happens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 4, in the Birenbaum.</p> <p>“The idea is to give a little bit of a preview of the technologies people will be using in their concert on Saturday as well as some projects you won’t see on Saturday,” says Aresty. “It’s a very hands-on event. You can try things out and make sounds yourself.”</p> <p>Saturday, October 5, offers a full day of activities. The complete schedule is as follows:</p> <p></p> <p>(An RSVP is required for both workshops; scan the QR code at right for details.) </p> <p>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5</p> <p><a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/crafting_sound_symposium_robotic_percussion">Robotic Percussion Workshop</a><br> 10 a.m. | TIMARA Makerspace & Gallery<br> Artist Jimmy Kuehnle use Arduino microcontrollers, simple code, common objects, and lots of hot glue to rig up basic servomotor robotic drum machines that lay the foundation for more complex future explorations and advancement.</p> <p><a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/crafting_sound_symposium_paper_circuits_for_audio">Paper Circuits for Audio Workshop</a><br> 1 p.m. | TIMARA Makerspace & Gallery<br> Sound artist Jess Rowland explores how to design and build flexible, flat, embedded circuitry for paper speakers and other non-traditional sound-making surfaces.</p> <p><a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/crafting_sound_symposium_miscellaneous_electronic_bits">Miscellaneous Electronic Bits</a><br> 4 p.m. | Black Box Theatre (above Apollo Theatre)<br> This panel discussion focuses on various guest artists’ creative uses of technology, with emphasis on gendered and sociopolitical dynamics related to these technologies. Asha Tamirisa '10, Jess Rowland, Afroditi Psarra, and Jimmy Kuehnle will take part.</p> <p><a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/crafting_sound_symposium_crafting_sound_concert">Crafting Sound Concert</a><br> 7:30 p.m. | The Birenbaum<br> The symposium concludes with a concert featuring works by Asha Tamirisa, Afroditi Psarra, and Jess Rowland, as well as various student artists.</p> <p>“The whole weekend is intended for anyone who’s interested in technology in general and craft arts. It’s going to be really wonky—it’s very <em>TIMARA-esque</em>,” Aresty says with a smile. “I think there’s going to be something for everyone. If folks aren’t sure, they can always come Friday night and check out some things. If you like what you see, then you can experience a lot more on Saturday!”</p> <p>The 50th anniversary celebration continues with the <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/timara_50th_anniversary_concert">Kaleidosonic Music Festival</a>, created by TIMARA associate professor <a href="/node/7016">Tom Lopez ’89</a> and scheduled for Saturday, November 16. Spring semester includes <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/timara_50th_anniversary_exquisite_electrophonics">Exquisite Electrophonics</a> on Saturday, March 7, and <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/timara_50th_anniversary_sound_in_the_round">Sound in the Round</a> on Sunday, March 8.</p> <p>Visit the <a href="http://www.timara.oberlin.edu/">TIMARA website</a> for additional details.</p> <p>The Crafting Sound Symposium is supported by the Center for Convergence (StudiOC) at 91ֱ�� College and by the Office of Alumni Relations.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-09-30T12:00:00Z">Mon, 09/30/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>TIMARA begins a yearlong celebration with the Crafting Sound Symposium Oct. 4-5.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3317">TIMARA 50th Anniversary Celebration</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2959">StudiOC</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33031">TIMARA</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25256">Cinema and Media</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/abby-aresty" hreflang="und">Abby Aresty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/contemporary-music" hreflang="und">Contemporary Music</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">TIMARA faculty and staff Eli Stine, Abby Aresty, Tom Lopez, Aurie Hsu, and Peter Swendsen (from left) are gearing up for a big year.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>