Camps, Competitions, & Festivals

Festivals

Mountain Computer Music Festival

The Mountain Computer Music Festival featured two pieces for amplified sand, water, stones and glass, composed for the festival by guest Cheryl Leonard, a composer and sound sculpture performance artist from San Francisco, and a piece for live tape loops and video by guest William Basinski, a composer and recording artist from Los Angeles.  Also on the concert were pieces by students in the University of Montana Composition and Music Technology program, including a piece for electronic drums and computer by Clint McBride, a piece for electric guitar and computer by Robert Braun and Tommy Pertis, and a piece for computer-sequenced sound by Owen Ross.  Closing the concert was a piece for computer-processed sound, with video of the accompanying choreography, by faculty composer Charles Nichols.  Brett Allen, from SnowGhost Music, moderated a Preconcert Panel Discussion, during which Leonard and Basinski discussed their compositional process and aesthetic choices, and the evening started with a listening of one of Basinski's ambient pieces in the Lobby of the Music Recital Hall.

 

To learn more about the MCMF, visit the following pages, for each annual festival.

Mountain Computer Music Festival 2004
Mountain Computer Music Festival 2005
Mountain Computer Music Festival 2006
Mountain Computer Music Festival 2007