Faculty of Music
University of Oxford
EMPRes presents: Electronic and Spatial Music, featuring Oxford composers and performers
Free Entry, no registration required.
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EMPRes presents… a unique immersive concert of Electronic and Spatial Music, featuring Oxford composers and performers, plus an Octophonic acousmatic performance of Natasha Barrett's 'Dusk's Gait'.
Performances by Zack Di Lello, Nicholas Miller, Holly Gowland, Sebastian Zemet, Momo Ueda and Juliet Merchant.
Music Faculty - Denis Arnold Hall
Thursday 7th March (8th week)
4.30pm
Free Entry
<speaks> | Tomomi Adachi
Adachi will talk about his wide-ranging practice spanning music, poetry and visual art. Topics will include human voice, composition, improvisation, performance technique (and its absence), site-specific work, technology and artificial intelligence. The talk may also include a short performance designed for the online format.
Phantom Melodies and Tangerine Trees: A voyage through the psychedelic musical experience
Using musical illusions, perceptual experiments and examples from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Tchaikovsky, Steve Reich and beyond, Prof. Milton Mermikides explores how music can evoke altered perceptions of time and self, the blending of senses and moments of transcendence, and why music relies on the very same perceptual mechanisms for its extraordinary power.