Upcoming Live Coding and Spatial Audio Workshop on July 27th
Hello Friends,
It’s been a long time since my last newsletter but I’ve been in hibernation mode for a bit with my public music work. The big news is that thanks to a New Haven Artist Corps grant I received last year from the New Haven Arts Council and the Mellon Foundation, I’ve been hard at work organizing free workshops around New Haven as part of a project I’ve called the Creative Sound Cooperative. So far, I’ve facilitated a talk with Wadada Leo Smith about the Creative Musicians’ Improvisers Forum, an improvisation workshop with Adam Matlock, and a circuit bending electronics workshop with Maximilian Hamel. Coming up next is my Collaborative Live Coding and Spatial Audio Workshop at Firehouse 12. Since 2022, I’ve been designing and building a Wave Field Synthesis speaker system and thanks to this grant I’ve been able to rehouse my current 32 channel system and expand it into a full 64 channel system. This system is built as individual 8 channel modules that can be combined to create a 64 channel system capable of placing sounds in specific locations in physical space. Think of it as the sound system for Star Trek’s holodeck :) Participants in the workshop will learn how to live code sound using the Estuary Live Coding platform and how to send custom commands through Estuary to the Wave Field in order to control the spatial placement of the sounds. This workshop is free to register, but registration is required as there is limited space. If you do register, be sure to bring a laptop, and if you don’t have a laptop or other portable device with a browser/keyboard, one can be provided.
Other upcoming events in the Creative Sound Cooperative Summer Series include a Live Coding Visuals in Hydra Workshop with Rosalie Coleman and a Spoken Word Poetry and Spatial Audio Workshop with Tahj Gahlberth and Jason Dorsey.
Finally, in September I will be starting a Masters of Arts in Music Composition program at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. I intend on continuing my work with Wave Field Synthesis, Live Coding, electroacoustic improvisation, and finding ways to synthesize all of those areas. I’m looking forward to returning to Wesleyan almost 20 years after I graduated from undergraduate there.
Thanks Everyone!
Carl
