Schedules and Programs

highSCORE 2021 Schedule

June 29, 2021 /

Festival Zoom Session (direct link):

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82361206146?pwd=UjVkejVFK05RVEJ2VDV0S09lV2FDZz09

Meeting ID: 823 6120 6146 – Passcode: 123456

The festival schedule has been updated on August, 18 (12:05) and is UTC -4, EDT, Eastern Daylight Time. It is the New York time.

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  • During the composition colloquium you present yourself: it can be your background, a presentation of your work and/or of techniques/issues you are researching. Listenings and videos are of course allowed and people very often use slides. A teacher leads the discussion. Leave time for comments!
  • In case during your presentation you wish to show a video or to share an audio, please upload them to some external service (YouTube, Vimeo, Google drive, etc.) and share the link in the chat. We can then do a countdown and everyone listens on their own computer for better sound and video!
  • When you enter the Zoom meeting please use your complete name.
  • Please make sure you mute your microphone when you are not speaking.
  • Please, if you can, keep the camera on. Here you can find the official festival virtual background (not mandatory!).
  • The Zoom sessions are NOT recorded.

Monday, August 9

• 10:00-11:00 Zoom technical test
Let’s welcome everybody in and check everything is fine!

• 11:00-12:00 Info session
We will provide you all the info you need to enjoy the festival.

• 12:00-13:00 Lecture: “Soundscape (and/as) Composition: Rhetorics of Listening from R. M. Schafer to the Pandemic” (Giovanni Cestino)

• 13:00-13:30 informal chatroom

• 13:30-14:30 Seminar: “An introduction to web audio API 1/4” (Alberto Barberis)

Tuesday, August 10

• 11:30-12:00 informal chatroom

• 12:00-13:00 Lecture (Helena Tulve)

• 13:00-13:30 informal chatroom

• 13:30-14:30 Seminar: “Musicological Tools for Artistic Research” (Giovanni Cestino)

• 14:30-15:00 informal chatroom

• 15:00-16:00 Seminar: “An introduction to web audio API 2/4” (Alberto Barberis)

Wednesday, August 11

• 12:00-13:00 Workshop: “Inner and Outer Listening” (Helena Tulve)

• 13:00-13:30 informal chatroom

• 13:30-14:30 Cooking Lesson (Elisa Bracco)
Ingredients needed for an amazing Italian dessert, the Tiramisù:
– 300gr savoiardi or dry biscuits;
– 300 ml coffee;
– 170 gr white sugar;
– 90 gr cocoa powder;
– 500 gr mascarpone cheese;
– 300 gr whipped cream;
– 180 gr cream;
– 6 yolks;
– 40ml liquor (rhum’s best).
Have them ready!!!

• 14:30-15:00 informal chatroom (and Tiramisù party)

• 15:00-16:00 Seminar: “An introduction to web audio API 3/4” (Alberto Barberis)

Thursday, August 12

• 10:00-11:00 Composition Colloquium  1/12 (Dmitri Tymoczko)
10:00-10:30 Jordan Berg; 10:30-11:00 Erich Barganier

• 11:00-12:00 Composition Colloquium  2/12 (Helena Tulve)
11:00-11:30 Kevin Terry; 11:30-12:00 Nick Main

• 12:00-12:30 informal chatroom

• 12:30-13:30 Lecture (Christopher Theofanidis)

• 13:30-14:00 informal chatroom

• 14:00-15:00 Seminar: “An introduction to web audio API 4/4” (Alberto Barberis)

Friday, August 13

• 10:00-11:00 Workshop: “Composing with Notes” (Dmitri Tymoczko)

• 11:00-11:30 informal chatroom

• 11:30-13:00 Composition Colloquium  3/12 (Helena Tulve)
11:30-12:00 Alexa Rinn; 12:00-12:30 Xuesi Xu; 12:30-13:00 Frederick Rawski

• 13:00-13:30 informal chatroom

• 13:30-14:30 Lecture (David Serkin Ludwig)

Saturday, August 14

• 10:00-11:00 Lecture (Dmitri Tymoczko)

• 11:00-11:30 informal chatroom

• 11:30-13:00 Composition Colloquium  4/12 (Helena Tulve)
11:30-12:00 Alexander Wu; 12:00-12:30 Kevin Pang; 12:30-13:00 Alexa Canales

• 13:00-13:30 informal chatroom

• 13:30-14:30 Workshop: “Writing for Instruments Not in Your Orchestration Book: A Methodology” (David Serkin Ludwig)

Sunday, August 15

• 10:00-11:00 Workshop: “Electric Guitar for Composers” (Kevin Terry)

• 11:00-11:30 informal chatroom

• 11:30-13:00 Composition Colloquium  5/12 (David Serkin Ludwig)
11:30-12:00 Carmel Curiel; 12:00-12:30 Zachary Ritter; 12:30-13:00 James Hazel

• 13:00-14:00 informal chatroom

• 14:00-15:30 Composition Colloquium  6/12 (Dmitri Tymoczko)
14:00-14:30 Jeremy Makkonen; 14:30-15:00 Xavier Muzik; 15:00-15:30 James Pecore

Monday, August 16

• 11:00-12:00 Lecture (Giovanni Albini)

• 12:00-12:30 informal chatroom

• 12:30-13:30 Lecture (Amy Beth Kirsten)

• 13:30-14:00 informal chatroom

• 14:00-15:30 Composition Colloquium  7/12 (Amy Beth Kirsten)
14:00-14:30 Hyerim Yoo; 14:30-15:00 Samantha Muir; 15:00-15:30 Zulfiia Tursunova

Tuesday, August 17

• 10:00-10:45 Workshop: “Ukulele for Composers” (Choan Gálvez, Samantha Muir, Matthew Quilliam)

• 10:45-11:00 informal chatroom

• 11:00-12:00 Workshop: “It Sounds Like a Recorder!” (Valerio Febbroni)

• 12:00-12:30 informal chatroom

• 12:30-13:30 Workshop: “Theatre Etudes: Methods and Practice” (Amy Beth Kirsten)

• 13:30-14:00 informal chatroom

• 14:00-15:30 Composition Colloquium  8/12 (Amy Beth Kirsten)
14:00-14:30 Diallo Banks; 14:30-15:00 John Craven; 15:00-15:30 Matthew Quilliam

Wednesday, August 18

• 11:00-11:30 Workshop: “Extreme Sound Stretch” (Zachary Ritter)

• 11:30-12:00 informal chatroom

• 12:00-13:30 Composition Colloquium  9/12 (David Serkin Ludwig)
12:00-12:30 Ian Chung; 12:30-13:00 Ryan Jones; 13:00-13:30 Choan Gálvez

• 13:30-14:00 informal chatroom

• 14:00-15:30 Composition Colloquium  10/12 (Amy Beth Kirsten)
14:00-14:30 Nicholas Sokol; 14:30-15:00 Timothy Morrow; 15:00-15:30 Philip Foster

Thursday, August 19

• 10:00-12:00 Lecture: “Improvised, Practiced” (Mani Mazinani)

• 12:00-12:30 informal chatroom

• 12:30-13:30 Composition Colloquium  11/12 (David Serkin Ludwig)
12:30-13:00 Yuqian Yang; 13:00-13:30 Sydney Doemel

Friday, August 20

• 11:00-12:30 Lecture (Steven Mackey)

• 12:30-13:00 informal chatroom

• 13:00-14:30 Masterclass (Steven Mackey)

• 14:30-15:00 informal chatroom

• 15:00 YouTube Premiere #1: Cello Quartet (Quartetto Zuena)

Saturday, August 21

• 11:00-12:30 Composition Colloquium  12/12 (Dmitri Tymoczko)
11:00-11:30 John Franek; 11:30-12:00 Sean Penzo; 12:00-12:30 Michael Willette

• 12:30-13:30 informal chatroom

• 13:30-14:30 Closing session

• 14:30-15:00 informal chatroom

• 15:00 YouTube Premiere #2: Percussion solo (Simone Beneventi)