In 2013, Mari Kimura inaugurated Future Music Lab at Atlantic Music Festival. Future Music Lab is an all-fellowship intensive four-week program designed with a goal of immersing exceptionally gifted musicians into the world of new music technologies. An official collaborator with IRCAM in Paris, the program is aimed specifically for musicians who perform his/her instrument on stage at the highest level, and who also explore the use the latest technology as part of his/her musical instrument. The candidates are chosen each year based on their level of instrumental performance, and their aptitude for creating compositions of their own. The fellows will have access to "MO" (Modular Musical Objects) developed by the Realtime Musical Interaction Team at IRCAM, provided by Phonotonic, a 'satellite' company of IRCAM based in Paris.
For the second edition of Future Music Lab 2014, we are inviting additional faculty to expose the students to wider concepts and knowledge as possible: Jean-Baptiste Barrière (formally at IRCAM), Tom Zicarelli (Berkelee College) and Liubo Borissov (Pratt Institute) will be joining the team. Future Music Lab discussions are public and anyone can read what we post about our sessions here:
http://forumnet.ircam.fr/user-groups/future-music-lab-at-amf/forum/
This year, Mari Kimura will give three open lectures at the Diamond Auditorium at Colby College.
1) July 8th 4PM: "Conserving the Tradition of Creation
Violinist and composer Mari Kimura, the director of the Atlantic Music Festival’s Future Music Lab, will perform both her own compositions that integrate interactive computer, and works written for her by other composers. These works will demonstrate how the living tradition of classical instrumental performance continues, deploying the new music technologies available in our time. Kimura will also present interactive audio/video works that use IRCAM’s MO sensor, a bowing motion sensor created at IRCAM, the official collaborator of the Future Music Lab.
2) July 17th 4PM: Violin Masterclass - "Polish your Technique and Learn Something New"
Described by the New York Times as a “virtuoso playing at the edge” with “stratospheric technique” (ArtsSF), "a formidable virtuoso with total technical and tonal command of her instrument, in every register, at any speed, and under all circumstances” (STRINGS magazine), Mari Kimura will publicly share her ‘Subharmonics’ technique and other effective ways to polish both left and right hand techniques for the very first time. Along with techniques inherited from the masters of the last century: Armand Weisbord, Toshiya Eto, Roman Totenberg and Joseph Fuchs, Kimura will also share some practicing techniques she has created.
3) July 23rd, 4PM: Improvisation Workshop and Master Class - "Go Where the Music Tells You To"
"SIMPLY STUNNING...Kimura brings a rare level of excitement and grandeur to improvised music.” - STRINGS magazine
Improvisation has been one of the most important bases to classical music. The Baroque tradition cannot be discussed without mentioning the performance practice of improvisation. Acclaimed as one of the top string improvisors today, Mari Kimura will discuss and demonstrate improvisation with intense listening, musical imagination, and inspiration. This type of improvisation is facilitated by a high level of instrumental playing, rather than using the mannerisms of the tradition of jazz, or “structured”, semi-composed improvisation. Improvisation also helps performers gain a keener sense of listening while performing any repertoire.
We would like to help build a community of performer/composers of the highest caliber, sharing knowledge and experience, helping each other.
Future Music Lab 2014 Fellows
Sam Jones, Trumpet (The Juilliard School)
Maja Cerar, Violin (Columbia Univ., The Juilliard School)
Nicolee Kuester, Horn (Oberlin College, UC. San Diego)
Jennifer Ellis, Harp (Oberlin College, Univ. of Michigan)
Future Music Lab 2013 Fellows
Brandon Labadie, Baroque Oboe (graduate of the Juiliard School)
Una Monaghan, Irish Harp (Sonic Arts Research Centre and Cambridge University)
Cory Lee, violin (Yale, Juilliard)
Andrew Pramuk, vocals (Eastman College, University of Arts (UdK), Berlin)
For the second edition of Future Music Lab 2014, we are inviting additional faculty to expose the students to wider concepts and knowledge as possible: Jean-Baptiste Barrière (formally at IRCAM), Tom Zicarelli (Berkelee College) and Liubo Borissov (Pratt Institute) will be joining the team. Future Music Lab discussions are public and anyone can read what we post about our sessions here:
http://forumnet.ircam.fr/user-groups/future-music-lab-at-amf/forum/
This year, Mari Kimura will give three open lectures at the Diamond Auditorium at Colby College.
1) July 8th 4PM: "Conserving the Tradition of Creation
Violinist and composer Mari Kimura, the director of the Atlantic Music Festival’s Future Music Lab, will perform both her own compositions that integrate interactive computer, and works written for her by other composers. These works will demonstrate how the living tradition of classical instrumental performance continues, deploying the new music technologies available in our time. Kimura will also present interactive audio/video works that use IRCAM’s MO sensor, a bowing motion sensor created at IRCAM, the official collaborator of the Future Music Lab.
2) July 17th 4PM: Violin Masterclass - "Polish your Technique and Learn Something New"
Described by the New York Times as a “virtuoso playing at the edge” with “stratospheric technique” (ArtsSF), "a formidable virtuoso with total technical and tonal command of her instrument, in every register, at any speed, and under all circumstances” (STRINGS magazine), Mari Kimura will publicly share her ‘Subharmonics’ technique and other effective ways to polish both left and right hand techniques for the very first time. Along with techniques inherited from the masters of the last century: Armand Weisbord, Toshiya Eto, Roman Totenberg and Joseph Fuchs, Kimura will also share some practicing techniques she has created.
3) July 23rd, 4PM: Improvisation Workshop and Master Class - "Go Where the Music Tells You To"
"SIMPLY STUNNING...Kimura brings a rare level of excitement and grandeur to improvised music.” - STRINGS magazine
Improvisation has been one of the most important bases to classical music. The Baroque tradition cannot be discussed without mentioning the performance practice of improvisation. Acclaimed as one of the top string improvisors today, Mari Kimura will discuss and demonstrate improvisation with intense listening, musical imagination, and inspiration. This type of improvisation is facilitated by a high level of instrumental playing, rather than using the mannerisms of the tradition of jazz, or “structured”, semi-composed improvisation. Improvisation also helps performers gain a keener sense of listening while performing any repertoire.
We would like to help build a community of performer/composers of the highest caliber, sharing knowledge and experience, helping each other.
Future Music Lab 2014 Fellows
Sam Jones, Trumpet (The Juilliard School)
Maja Cerar, Violin (Columbia Univ., The Juilliard School)
Nicolee Kuester, Horn (Oberlin College, UC. San Diego)
Jennifer Ellis, Harp (Oberlin College, Univ. of Michigan)
Future Music Lab 2013 Fellows
Brandon Labadie, Baroque Oboe (graduate of the Juiliard School)
Una Monaghan, Irish Harp (Sonic Arts Research Centre and Cambridge University)
Cory Lee, violin (Yale, Juilliard)
Andrew Pramuk, vocals (Eastman College, University of Arts (UdK), Berlin)