International Conference
Perspectives on the Reception of the work of Roberto Gerhard  

Universidad de Alcalá, Salón de Actos, Rectorado de la Universidad de Alcalá,
6^th and 7^th June 2013

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Conference Schedule

Catalunya Música, Els Concerts www.catmusica.cat
18 December 2012, 20:00 (GMT+1:00)

PROGRAM

• Three songs for voice and piano (ca 1930–40)
• Capriccio (1949), for flute
• Lament for the death of a bullfighter (1959), for voice and tape (concert version)
• DNA in reflection (1963), solo tape (film)
• Claustrophilia (1966), a page for John Cage, for eight harps, four short-wave radios and two monitors (world premiere)

Recording of the concert II International Conference Roberto Gerhard, Barcelona—Valls 2012
Auditori del Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu.
Barcelona, Thursday, 26 April 2012.

Further details: http://ggkarman.de/benvingutmrgerhard/

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Concierto Monográfico Roberto Gerhard – Emisión Radiofónica

Catalunya Música, Els Concerts www.catmusica.cat
18 December 2012, 20:00 (GMT+1:00)

PROGRAM

• Tres canciones para voz y piano (ca 1930–40)
• Capriccio (1949), para flauta
• Lament for the death of a Bullfighter (1959), para voz y cinta electrónica (versión con recitadora en vivo)
• DNA in reflection (1963), cinta electrónica (película)
• Claustrophilia (1966), a page for John Cage, para ocho arpas, cuatro radios de onda corta y dos monitores (estreno mundial)

Grabación del concierto de la II Conferencia Internacional Roberto Gerhard, Barcelona—Valls 2012
Auditori del Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu.
Barcelona, Jueves 26 Abril de 2012.

Mas información: http://ggkarman.de/benvingutmrgerhard/

CIRMMT is the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology. It is a multi-disciplinary research group centred at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University.  It unites researchers and their students from three Quebec institutions – McGill University (Faculties of Music, Science, Engineering, Education and Medicine), l’Université de Montréal (Faculté de musique, Faculté des arts & des sciences), and l’Université de Sherbrooke (Faculté de génie).  The CIRMMT community also includes administrative and technical staff, research associates, visiting scholars, musicians, and industrial associates.  CIRMMT occupies a unique position on the international stage having developed intense research partnerships with other academic and research institutions, as well as diverse industry partners throughout the world.

Dr. Adkins is giving a talk entitled:

The electronic music of Roberto Gerhard

Oct 26, 2012, from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM.
A-412, New Music Building, 527 Sherbrooke Street West. (Enter via Library on 3rd floor

For more details, please follow the link below:
link: http://www.cirmmt.mcgill.ca/activities/seminars/adkins

Dr. Monty Adkins, Composer and Professor of Experimental Electronic Music and Head of Research for the Music Department at the University of Huddersfield.

Dr. Carlos Duque: Composer and Research Fellow

Sr. Gregorio García Karman: Musicologist and Research Associate

The Research Team acknowledge the kind support and advice of:

—Anna Pensaert, Head of Music, Cambridge University Library.

—Staff of the Manuscripts Reading Room, Cambridge University Library.

—Don Manning: Head of Imaging Services, Cambridge University Library.

—Alan Farrant: Head of Conservation, Cambridge University Library.

—Ted Kendall, Sound Archivist.

—Will Prentice, Sound Archivist, National Sound Archive.

—Dominique Bassal, Mastering engineer.

Transfer Room: 4 reel to reel tapes, 3 high end A/D Mytek converters, 4 computers, etc…

Imaging Room: Photographic stand, light box, 1 computer, etc….

The Electronic Music of Roberto Gerhard

This is the project that the University of Huddersfield will run from Jan 2012 – Dec 2012. The AHRC are funding £146,000 for to produce research outputs that will include a book, a cd of works, journal articles, conference papers and a complete catalogue of the tapes and electronic works. The first 3 months will be in Cambridge working on the collection and the remaining nine months will be working on the catalogue and other research outputs. One of these outputs is on 24-26 of April, with the 2nd International Conference Roberto Gerhard, host in Barcelona and Valls, and organised by the University of Huddersfield.

This research project will examine the electronic music of Roberto Gerhard. Gerhard received a number of prestigious commissions, including the BBC, Koussevitsky Foundation and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. By undertaking the first academic study of Gerhard’s electronic music produced between 1954-66 we will compare Gerhard’s achievements as a composer of both acoustic and electronic music to those of his European counterparts; position his work relative to the other UK-based pioneers of electronic music (Oram, Cary and Derbyshire); and provide an important insight into the unique circumstances associated with the development of electronic music in the UK during the early 1950s, not least the lack of establishment support.

The research team is:

Dr. Monty Adkins: Composer and Professor of Experimental Electronic Music and Head of Research for the Music Department
Dr. Carlos Duque: Composer and Research Fellow
Sr. Gregorio García Karman: Research Associate