The Department of Performing Arts Technology seeks to advance the aesthetics of technology-based arts through performance, the development of emerging technologies, and research. Collaboration and creativity are key components of the interdisciplinary study of music, dance, theatre, engineering, art, and film and video.
The University of Michigan maintains extensive computing resources for all students and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance vigorously promotes applications of technology in music. Professional quality studios include the Music Technology Lab, Multimedia Lab, Music Listening Lab, two Electronic Music Studios, the Audio Studio, the Video Studio, and several project studios. These studios feature state-of-the-art equipment in acoustically optimized spaces. The nearby Duderstadt Center houses an electronic library, interactive multimedia classrooms, a virtual reality laboratory, and design studios.
Motor Vehicle SundownAs the sun sets on UMMA's special exhibition Fluxus and The Essential Questions of Life, students and faculty from the Performing Arts Technology Department at University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre & Dance present a rare performance of George Brecht's Motor Vehicle Sundown. Composed in 1960 and dedicated to John Cage, who would have turned 100 this year, Motor Vehicle Sundown consists of a series of actions performed in and around a number of automobiles outdoors. Horns will honk, engines will rev, lights will flash and doors will slam in a beautiful and bizarre choreography. The performance kicks off the 12th annual International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression at the University of Michigan. The conference brings together scholars, designers, artists and musicians from around the world dedicated to creating and using new technologies in music performance.
May. 20 5pm Off-Campus Location Parking Lot C-2, outside Kraus Natural Science Building (800 North University) (Free - no tickets required)
New Interfaces for Musical ExpressionFor the first time in Ann Arbor, the 12th annual conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) presents 3 nights of public concerts at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Composers and performers from around the world will play cutting edge electronic music featuring augmented acoustic instruments including the electromagnetically prepared piano and Electrumpet, the rare Theremin Cello, brain-computer interfaces, mobile phones, musical robots, as well as intriguing new digital instruments with names like Chirotron, Banshee, Fossil and Sponge. May. 21 9pm Mendelssohn Theatre ($10/ $5 students with ID - CASH ONLY)
New Interfaces for Musical ExpressionFor the first time in Ann Arbor, the 12th annual conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) presents 3 nights of public concerts at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Composers and performers from around the world will play cutting edge electronic music featuring augmented acoustic instruments including the electromagnetically prepared piano and Electrumpet, the rare Theremin Cello, brain-computer interfaces, mobile phones, musical robots, as well as intriguing new digital instruments with names like Chirotron, Banshee, Fossil and Sponge. May. 22 7pm Mendelssohn Theatre ($10/ $5 students with ID - CASH ONLY)
NIME Late Nights: Experimental electronics, robots, Theremins and lots of noise.Part of the Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). Must be 18+ to attend May. 22 9pm Off-Campus Location Necto - 516 Liberty ($10/ $5 with student ID - CASH ONLY)
New Interfaces for Musical ExpressionFor the first time in Ann Arbor, the 12th annual conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) presents 3 nights of public concerts at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Composers and performers from around the world will play cutting edge electronic music featuring augmented acoustic instruments including the electromagnetically prepared piano and Electrumpet, the rare Theremin Cello, brain-computer interfaces, mobile phones, musical robots, as well as intriguing new digital instruments with names like Chirotron, Banshee, Fossil and Sponge. May. 23 7pm Mendelssohn Theatre ($10/ $5 students with ID - CASH ONLY)
NIME Late Nights: Experimental electronics, robots, Theremins and lots of noise.Part of the Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). Must be 18+ to attend May. 23 9pm Off-Campus Location Necto - 516 Liberty ($10/ $5 with student ID - CASH ONLY)
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