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Out and about

A few brief notes upon ar­riving in New York for the first time.

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Statement from Sound and Music

In re­sponse to the open letter that was sent to Sound and Music and Arts Council England last month and which gathered 135 sig­nat­ories, we have re­ceived the fol­lowing short state­ment from the Sound and Music Board of Trustees dated 18 May 2012 (which can also be viewed as a PDF): Sound and Music would […]

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Video: Haruka Inoue plays something golden in the night

Video of ‘some­thing golden in the night’ per­formed by Haruka Inoue at IRCAM, 31 March 2012.

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Response to Open Letters to Sound and Music and Arts Council England

A re­sponse to Colin Matthews’s and Nicola Le Fanu’s open letter cri­ti­cising the activ­ities of Sound & Music and Arts Council England. Open to new signatories.

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Cursus 1 at IRCAM

As of today, I am studying on ‘Cursus 1’ at IRCAM in Paris. Over the next seven months, I will be fol­lowing the cur­riculum cov­ering all as­pects of com­pos­i­tion in­volving com­puters, cul­min­ating next spring in the cre­ation of a new work for solo in­stru­ment and elec­tronics. I am grateful for the sup­port of an Entente […]

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  • Microbiography

    Chris Swithinbank is a British-Dutch com­poser who works with both acoustic in­stru­ments and elec­tronic sounds. He is cur­rently a stu­dent at Harvard University with Chaya Czernowin.
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