SFU Summer Music Intensive: Music of Two Worlds
Description:
Simon Fraser University presented a month-long summer intensive titled Music of Two Worlds, in which thirty participants explored creative approaches to computer music and gamelan through focused workshops and ensemble practice. The computer music portion was facilitated by American composers George Lewis and David Rosenboom, and the gamelan portion was led by Pak Hardja Susilo from the University of Hawai’i and I Nyoman Wenten from the California Institute of the Arts.
The intensive concluded with a public performance showcasing the group’s work, as well as a concert by facilitators Lewis and Rosenboom.
Audio and video documentation are available upon request.
Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.
We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.