Technosonics is the international festival of computer music housed at the University of Virginia. Now in its sixth year, the festival will explore the theme of Ecology and E-Music featuring digital sound art and music existing in close connection with a sense of environment and place. Technosonics ConcertPresented by the McIntire Department of Music and the Virginia Center for Computer Music, Technosonics VI will take place on November 3 at 8pm in Old Cabell Concert Hall. The concert will include new music and sound art works for cactus, banjo, snow, birds, cello, light ensemble, parabolic speakers and more!  Douglas Repetto's "How to Annoy a Plant" Featured guest composer, Douglas Repetto will present the premiere of a new piece composed specifically for Technosonics for plant, light ensemble, sensors and interactive sound and video. VCCM Visiting Scholar, Paul Elwood will perform music for banjo and computer. New composition faculty, Ted Coffey will present the premiere of his "Music for Lawn Games no. 3", using parabolic dishes in a sound installation on the UVA Lawn. Composition faculty Judith Shatin and Matthew Burtner will present new pieces for cello and electroacoustics, performed by noted cellist Madeleine Shapiro. Shatin's work "For the Birds" explores the multifaceted communication of bird song, and Burtner's "Fragments from Cold" is music for a winter crossing. The program will also feature Paul Rudy's "Cactus Music" for amplified cactus and computer, Kaija Saariaho's classic work for cello and electronics, "Petals," and a soundscape composition by Canadian composer Hildegard Westerkamp. This event is free and open to the public. Technosonics ColloquiumOn Friday, November 4 at 3:30 pm in 107 Old Cabell Hall, Douglas Repetto will present a colloquium on his ecologically-based work called "Beyond Models: Making art with real-world systems". The work of Douglas Repetto has been driven by a desire to create simplified, real-world versions of compelling natural systems, including various biological and physical phenomena. He runs a number of arts/community-oriented groups in New York City and on the web, including dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity, ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show, organism: making art with living systems, and the music-dsp mailing list and website. He will show examples of this work and will talk about issues related to moving from virtual to physical art-making. The Virginia Center for Computer Music, founded in 1987, supports a lively mix of classes, research and creative work. Music and research by faculty, staff and graduate students is regularly performed at international festivals and conferences, most recently in France and Spain. This resource has made UVA a hot spot for the creation of digital-based music and multimedia. Technosonics VI is the first of the McIntire Department of Music's new "Mind and Media" special Colloquium Series 2005/2006 events. Upcoming Mind and Media events include philosopher Kendall Walton, a symposium on Music and Memory, and the Troika Ranch Digital Theater Company.
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