Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere

AUT (Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere) wishes to invite composers and/or sound artists to create a piece of visual music.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 15th of September 2012

CONDITIONS:
The submitted work must be a new work. It may use the following instruments, whole ensemble or constellations thereof:
· Flute (doubling piccolo, alto & bass flute)
· Trumpet (in Bb/C, doubling piccolo trumpet in Bb/A)
· Guitar (classical, doubling el-guitar)
· Piano (preparing not possible) (doubling celesta & harpsichord)
· Percussion (smaller constellation will be preferred)
· Cello
Participating composers and/or sound artists may interpret the theme ‘visual music’ freely. The competition is open to any group of/or individual composers and/or sound artists. Participants are allowed to submit more than one work, but only as separate pieces. There are no stylistic criteria. Works received after the deadline will NOT be considered!
A jury consisting of AUT-board members Kaj Duncan David, Karolina Leedo, Allan Gravgaard Madsen, Jens Peter Møller and Sofia Olsson will choose up to 5 works. The decision of the jury is not up for appeal.
The premiere of the selected works will take place at a concert in Aarhus (9th of December 2012). The ensemble will also use this occasion to reveal which piece or pieces from the call they will perform during the subsequent season.
AUT will provide housing and cover transportation costs enabling the winning composers and/or sound artists to participate in rehear-sals and concert with afterparty.

THE WORK:
· Duration: Approximately 10 min.
· Instruments: It is not allowed to exceed the before mentioned.
· Type: Acoustic, electro-acoustic or installation works will be considered on equal basis.

WHAT TO SEND:
· Score (.pdf) (if instruments are used) and/or performance notes (.pdf).
· If available, sound or video files/links as documentation/preview
· CV (.pdf)
(send it to aut@aut.dk)

TIMELINE:
· 15th of September 2012: Deadline for submission.
· 1st of October 2012: The 5 selected works will be announced on www.aut.dk and on AUTs Facebook-page.
· 1st of November 2012: Composers/sound artists deliver parts, if any.
· 9th of December 2012: Concert will take place.

CONTACT INFO:
· Email: aut@aut.dk
· Web: www.aut.dk
· Facebook: www.facebook.com/AUT.dk
· Lydenskab ensemble: www.lydenskab.dk

Så løber årets første Concertini af stablen lørdag d. 25. februar fra kl. 15! Læs mere om arrangementet her.

AUT præsentere Lemuriformes (NE) og PIANO MUSIC

d.5 december, SPlab, Mejlgade 32-34

Det hollandsk kvartet Lemuriformes blander live-coding, elektronisk improvisation og malekunst i en spændende sonisk og visuel suppe. Koncerten følger et foredrag ved Dansk Institut for Elektronisk Musik, som bliver afholdt tidligere på dagen (kl.2-4) på Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium.

lemuriformes is a collaborative improvisational performance project in which live coding, painting and electronic music blend together in one experience. Many issues are addressed in the process, such as the role of the graphical representation of code in live coding performances, live coding as a means of sound transformation [rather than synthesis], human and machine involvement levels in electronic music and live coding in collaborative performances. The main reason to start this unusual cooperation was to share a positive and playful experience in which the personal qualities of the collaborators have their role defined on the fly. From it we learned that it definitely creates an interesting combination of crosshatched and intersecting auditory and visual palettes, which we will continue to explore.

Ink: Julie Dassaud, synthesizer: Eliad Wagner, circuits:Roel van Doorn, code: Laurens van der Wee.

Jens Peter Møller og Kaj Duncan David vil også fremføre deres værk PIANO MUSIC, for to klaverrammer, kontakthøjtaler og sinus toner.

PROGRAM 4. DECEMBER 2011.

Julekoncert arrangeret af AUT på Granhøj, Aarhus.

About “Snow in my Router”:

“Snow in my router” is based on the artist’s conceptions of purity, interaction, and the aspect of mechanical single-mindedness and bitwise thinking, versus the human understanding of dynamics and development.
By playing with unsolicited and unprepared movements, an impression of the intuitive way in which the work was born is hopefully preserved.
The work is mostly inspired by the sound of a dialling network router, but also crystalized constructions, electronic communication, data travel in general. The simplicity and dynamics of neon tubes and halogen bulbs might also have influenced the piece.

Mads Engell is currently studying Electronic Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. His main line of work is in programmed and improvised music with influences from genres such as minimalism, noise, onkyo, and artists such as Toshimaru Nakamura, Maja Ratkje and Klaus Filip.

About: ”Beneath the bells”:

The piece is based upon speculations on what it would sound like if bells so deep in pitch they were audible only as rhythms played the first four bars of the Christmas song Jingle Bells stretched over eight minutes. Added to these are the resonances of higher pitched bells and together they form both the entire architecture of the piece and the tone material. Although the atmosphere is obviously not very festive, “Beneath the bells” can be thought of as Christmas music in its most recognizable form seen through a magnifying glass or a microscope.

Árni Freyr Gunnarsson graduated as a pianist from the Reykjavík College of Music in 2008 and got a soloist’s diploma from the Iceland Academy of the arts two years later, where he is currently studying composition. He has composed music for various occasions outside the concert hall, e.g. theatre, television and so on. In Denmark Árni’s music was most recently heard in the UNM festival in Copenhagen, 2011.

About “All I Want For Christmas Is Zombie Apocalypse”:

A Christmas piece that for once deals with themes such as death, resurrection, destruction, evil etc. Once the snow starts falling, the journey away from the angry mob can begin…

Birk Egense lives in Aarhus where he is studying musicology and sociology at the university. He likes baked goods and Anton Webern.

About “Terribly Cold and Nearly Dark”:

A setting consisting of opposed musical “scenes” which resembles the aesthetics of cinematography through a dramatic narrative.

Henrik Budde (1982)

A Danish composer finishing his composition studies at The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus in the summer 2012.

Music composed for concert, film and TV. Furthermore conductor of The Chamber Choir Cantilena and The Chamber Orchestra of Hobro.

Thank you to all composers who sent in works to our call for new Christmas music. We enjoyed looking at your proposals.

The following works have been chosen:

Henrik Budde – Terribly Cold And Nearly Dark

Mads Engell – Snow In My Router

Árni Freyr Gunnarsson – Beneath The Bells

Birk Egense – All I Want For Christmas Is A Zombie Apocalypse

Simon Steen Andersen og Henrik Budde – Sne-billede

With support from Danish Composers’ Society’s Production Pool/KODA’s Fund for Social and Cultural Purposes.

Tak til alle der besøgte Under Broen. Godt vejr, god musik, et dejligt publikum og overraskede forbipasserende gjorde til en super fed stemning!

Og tak til Sandra Boss, Jonas Kirkegaard, Danielle Dahl og Thomas Eiler for de spændende lyde.

Vi glæder os til næste sommer hvor vi har planer om flere udendørs koncerter i Aarhus området!

AUT (Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere) wishes to invite composers to write a piece of christmas music.
The submitted work may use following instruments, whole ensemble or constellations thereof:
· Flute (doubling piccolo & alto flute)
· Trumpet (in Bb/C, doubling piccolo trumpet in Bb/A)
· Guitar (classical, doubling el-guitar)
· Piano (preparing not possible) (doubling celesta & harpsichord)
· Percussion (smaller constellation will be preferred)
· Cello

CONDITIONS:
The competition is open to composers with any nationality and gender. Composers are allowed to submit more than one score. There are no stylistic criteria. Works received after the deadline will NOT be considered!
A jury consisting of AUT-board members Sofia Olsson, Jens Peter Møller and Allan Gravgaard Madsen will choose 5 works. The decision of the jury is not up for appeal.
The premiere of the selected works will take place at a concert in Aarhus (4th of December 2011) and will from then be permanent pieces in the repertoire of the ensemble.
AUT will provide housing and cover transportation costs enabling the winning composers to participate in rehearsals and concert/party.

THE WORK:
· Duration: Max. 10 min.
· Instruments: It is not allowed to exceed the before mentioned.
· Type: Acoustic or electro-acoustic works will be considered on equal basis.

WHAT TO SEND:
· Score (.pdf)
· CV
(send it to kontakt@aut.dk)

TIMELINE:
· 15th of October 2011: Deadline for submission.
· 24th of October 2011: The 5 selected works will be announced on www.aut.dk and on AUTs Facebook-page.
· 1st of November 2001: Composers deliver parts.
· 4th of December 2011: Concert will take place.

CONTACT INFO:
· Email: aut@aut.dk
· Web: www.aut.dk
· Facebook: www.facebook.com/AUT.dk
· Lydenskab ensemble: www.lydenskab.dk

Glade og begejstrede efter vores velbesøgte ‘Concertini’ i juni, inviterer AUT igen eventyrlystne sjæle til en unik koncertoplevelse. Denne gang under en bro på Brabrandstien. Kom og oplev hvordan højtalerlydkunst og improvisationsmusik udforsker samspillet mellem akustik, lyd og arkitektur.

Hvor: her

Hvornår: d. 22 september, kl.20 (kom gerne lidt inden)

Medvirkende:

Sandra Boss

Jonas R. Kirkegaard

Dahl/Eiler

Fantastisk stemning og god kage og 5 intense koncert oplevelser. Netop nærheden og det afslappede dannede en perfekt ramme om musik der normalt beskrives som svært tilgængeligt. Vi er stolte og glade i AUT. Alle kan glæde sig til sæson 11/12 som lige nu tegner både hyggelig, sprælsk, grøn og ambitiøs.

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