ResoNations Panel Access Grid Video Teleconference

For Immediate Release Information Contact: Sarah Weaver sarah@sarahweaver.org 917-207-0047 ResoNations Panel Access Grid Video Teleconference http://resonations.kaist.ac.kr/ April 9, 2010 4:00PM-5:30PM EDT

Presented by the Music Technology Program Lecture Series, Steinhardt School, New York University An international videoconference on the groundbreaking international telematic music concert for peace, ResoNations. Panelists will make presentations on the ResoNations concert and the ongoing project. Performance highlights will be shown. Local and online international audiences will participate in discussion. ResoNations was an international telematic music concert for peace November 21, 2009 12:30amGMT performed by twenty-six renowned musicians in five international locations: United Nations Headquarters in New York, University of California San Diego, The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, Queens University Belfast, and Dongguk University in Seoul with support from the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Telematic music is real-time performance via the internet by musicians in different geographic locations. Four new contemporary music works for peace were performed by the composite ensemble: Hope's Dream by Mark Dresser and Sarah Weaver, Disparate Bodies by Pedro Rebelo, Rock, Paper, Scissors by Chris Chafe, and Green-colored Harmony by Jun Kim. The performance took place on high-bandwidth internet with JackTrip audio software developed by Chris Chafe and Access Grid video software developed at Argonne National Laboratory. There were audiences in each location and a world-wide webcast. ResoNations was part of the annual Innovation Talks Symposia held at the United Nations Headquarters New York by World Association of Former United Nations Internes and Fellows (WAFUNIF), a United Nations Peace Messenger. WAFUNIF Arts For Peace and the Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations sponsored the event. Arts for Peace has also worked with artists Mark Dresser and Sarah Weaver as a sponsor of Deep Tones for Peace, another recent telematic music project, and looks forward to further opportunities to support the work of the United Nations through telematic music and technology. April 9, 2010 Greeting: Dr. Agnieszka Roginska, Associate Director, Assistant Professor, Music Technology Program, Steinhardt School, New York University Introductions: Dr. Robert Rowe, Vice-Chair, Director of Music Composition, Steinhardt School, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, New York University Dean Sally Blount, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Undergraduate College, Advisor to the President and Provost for Global Integration, New York University Panelists and Audience Locations: Site 1 New York University, Steinhardt School, Music Technology Program Public Audience: 35 West 4th Street, 6th Floor Conference Room, New York, New York 10003 Sarah Weaver, Moderator ResoNations Coordinator, Composer, Performer, United Nations Site Director Arts for Peace Music and Technology Director, World Association of Former United Nations Internes and Fellows (WAFUNIF) Graduate Student, Music Technology Program, Steinhardt School, New York University Dean Leslie ResoNations United Nations Site Director Presidential Attaché, Arts for Peace Director, World Association of Former United Nations Internes and Fellows (WAFUNIF) Frank Dominguez ResoNations Development Arts for Peace Development Director, World Association of Former United Nations Internes and Fellows (WAFUNIF) Pedro Rebelo ResoNations Composer, Performer, Belfast Site Director Professor, Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) Queen's University Belfast Franziska Schroeder ResoNations Performer, Belfast Site Director Professor, Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) Queen's University Belfast Woon Seung Yeo ResoNations Performer, Technologist, Seoul Site Director Professor, Audio and Interactive Media (AIM) Lab, Graduate School of Culture Technology (GSCT), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Seoul, Republic of Korea Site 2 University of California San Diego, Calit2 at UCSD Public Audience: Atkinson Hall, 5th Floor, 9500 Gilman Dr. MC0436, La Jolla, California 92093 Mark Dresser ResoNations Composer, Performer, San Diego Site Director Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA), Professor, University of California San Diego Todd Margolis ResoNations Technologist Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA), University of California San Diego Site 3 Stanford University Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Palo Alto, California Chris Chafe ResoNations Coordinator, Composer, Performer, Software Designer, Banff Site Director iCore Visiting Professor, The Banff Centre Professor, Director of CCRMA, Stanford University Site 4 Dongguk University Musical Arts and Technology (MARTE) Lab, Seoul, Republic of Korea Jun Kim ResoNations Composer, Seoul Site Director Professor, Musical Arts and Technology (MARTE) Lab, Dongguk University Online Audience Participation: Multimedia Art Research Centres and Electronic Laboratories (MARCEL) is a permanent high band-width network dedicated to artistic, educational and cultural experimentation, exchange between art and science and collaboration between art and industry with 150 members in 22 countries. The panel will take place in the MARCEL Access Grid virtual venue and the general public is encouraged to be an audience as well as participate in the Q&A. For Full Listing of ResoNations 2009 Musicians, Technologists, and Further Information, View the ResoNations Website: http://resonations.kaist.ac.kr/ --

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