Photograph of Butch Rovan (right) and two young women sitting at a dining table during a reception for CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of Panayiotis Kokoras (right) and five others sitting at a dining table during a reception for CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of Benjamin Shirey (2nd from left) and three others sitting at a dining table during a reception for CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of Ermír Bejo (center), Joseph Lyszczarz (right), and others sitting at a dining table during a reception for CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of Jessica Young playing French horn for Seth Shafer's "Pulsar (Variant I)" in Voertman Hall during CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of the lighting and sound crew at CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of Joseph Klein (2nd from left), Ermír Bejo (2nd from right), Seth Shafer (right), and another member of the lighting and sound crew at CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of a mixed choir performing the first movement of Joseph Klein's "Zwei Parabeln nach Franz Kafka," titled "Die Brücke," in Voertman Hall during CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia. Andrew Justice (left) is narrating. Richard Sparks (2nd from right) is conducting.

Photograph of Natalie Manning singing mezzo-soprano for Kevin Jones' "Your Call..." in Voertman Hall during CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of Panayiotis Kokoras performing "new electroacoustic work" in the Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater (MEIT) during CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia. Kokoras is adjusting dials on the control panel in front of him.

Photograph of Scott Deal playing percussion for Elainie Lillios' "The Rush of the Brook Stills the Mind" during CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of Scott Deal playing percussion for Elainie Lillios' "The Rush of the Brook Stills the Mind" during CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of Scott Marosek playing piano for Chapman Welch's composition, "Rara Avis," performed in the Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater (MEIT) during CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of Sever Tipei playing piano for his composition "HB with G & E" in Voertman Hall during CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of (l-r) Will King, Ryan Fellhauer, and Jen Hill performing their composition "new age // nuages: cloud bits" in Voertman Hall during CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia. The students are standing side by side behind a laptop.

Photograph of Andrew May speaking at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science during CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of two doctoral thesis booths at CEMIcircles, a festival held at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia. Attendees are gathered around Dan Tramte's "New Media Calls for New Modes of Analysis" and Joseph Lyszczarz's "Physical Modeling: Emulating acoustic systems in the digital domain" displays.

Photograph of Benjamin Shirey at CEMIcircles, a festival held at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia. Shirey is standing behind a theremin and next to a poster containing information about the instrument.

Photograph of Dan Tramte (right) and another man standing in front of Tramte's project, "New Media Calls for New Modes of Analysis," at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science during CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of Dan Tramte at CEMIcircles, a festival held at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia. Tramte is standing next to a poster titled, "New Media Calls for New Modes of Analysis."

Photograph of Dan Tramte (right) at CEMIcircles, a festival held at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia. Two event attendees are watching as Tramte demonstrates the use of tA/v\Am (the Audio/Visual Analysis Machine) on the videogame "LIMBO."

Photograph of Daphne Gerling (left) teaching a woman to play viola at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science during CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia. This photograph shows Gerling placing the other woman's right hand around a bow.

Photograph of Elizabeth Hance playing flute for Thomas Clarke's composition, "Angels of Bright Splendor," at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science during CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.

Photograph of Elizabeth McNutt playing flute for Jon Christopher Nelson's composition, "Bebop in the Forest of Lonely Rhythms," at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science during CEMIcircles, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia.