UW School of Music Presents Music of Today: DXARTS

Edgard Varèse — Poème Électronique
Francis Dhomont — Novars
Richard Karpen — The Other

Edgard Varèse – Poème électronique
Francis Dhomont – Novars
Richard Karpen – The Other

The Center for Digital Art and Experimental Media and the School of Music present a program of classic works for loudspeaker orchestra. The New Art: Varèse’s groundbreaking sound “poem,” composed for Le Corbusier’s Philips Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair; Dhomont’s reflection on the birth of musique concrète, the Ars Nova of our time; and Karpen on hearing of music from without and the “imaginary” music from within.

About DXARTS (UW)

DXARTS is a ground-breaking department of creative practice-based research. Our mission is to support and empower new generations of artists who reimagine our emerging relationships with new technologies. As a department, DXARTS challenges current trends, develops new approaches to artistic discovery, embraces diversity, and looks towards the future while critically engaging with traditional forms. We strive to probe the unknown through experimentation across media and disciplines.

https://dxarts.washington.edu/

About UW School of Music

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