[HvEXAS] EMPAC | March 24 - April 2 | Frédéric Bevilacqua | Tere O'Connor

LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION Frédéric Bevilacqua  Tuesday March 24, 7 PM Free + Open to the Public Frédéric Bevilacqua, leader of the Real Time Musical Interactions team at IRCAM — the Paris-based Institute for Music/Acoustic Research and Coordination — will share his current research in gesture analysis and software development, including real-time demonstrations of potential applications in music and dance. Bevilacqua and his colleagues are working on new paradigms for music performance and the interaction between gesture and sound/video processes. His most recent research involves the development of augmented musical instruments such as the "augmented violin," gesture analysis for performing arts, and applications in music pedagogy. » More Information  PERFORMANCE Tere O'Connor: Rammed Earth  Thursday, March 26, 8 PM Friday, March 27, 8 PM Saturday, March 28, 5 + 8 PM $5/$10/$15  In Rammed Earth, Tere O'Connor interweaves dancers, audience and the space they share. Inspired by 'sentient architecture' - in which structures change form in response to temperature, climate or human interactivity - the performance is adapted for each venue. Audience members are incorporated into the expanding, contracting, liquid space of the work as they are escorted into different viewing positions throughout. The four performers create an intimate and shifting environment around and among them, layering motion, gesture and emotion. Space is limited so reserve now! Rammed Earth is funded by New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project (NDP), with generous support by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the MetLife Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation. » More Information  STUDENT LIFE CONCERT Béla Fleck: The Africa Project  Saturday, March 28, 8 PM SOLD OUT Béla Fleck brought the banjo back to Africa to discover its roots. His subsequent collaborations with African musicians were captured in the acclaimed film Throw Down Your Heart and inspired his landmark tour, which features kora master Toumani Diabate, along with Anania Ngoliaga and John Kitime, Vusi Mahanasela, D'Gary and Mario. » More Information  UPCOMING  LECTURE In a Glass Hour | Steven Connor Thursday, April 2, 7 PM Free + Open to the Public Steven Connor, Academic Director of the London Consortium Graduate Programme in Humanities and Cultural Studies, delivers his EMPAC-commissioned text about time and the voice, The Chronographer. As a writer and scholar, Connor's range of interest is impressive: from Samuel Becket to the housefly, from postmodern culture to ventriloquism, Connor has embraced high and popular cultures in a career of investigation as erudite as it is broad. » More Information  EMPAC News + Events Mailing List  EMPAC Box Office: 518.276.3921 http://www.empac.rpi.edu/  Plan your visit to EMPAC! Get directions, maps, parking info, and a visitors guide.  Copyright (C) 2009 EMPAC @ Rensselaer All rights reserved.

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