Recording of John Young's Allting Runt Omkring. This piece was inspired by the soundscape of Stockholm and sound materials from that location were used as well as from the composer's own country. All sound materials in this composition are environmental in origin.

Lecture given Tuesday, February 24, 1998, 3:30 PM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, February 24, 1998, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, February 24, 1998, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University

Recording of Christopher Penrose's American Jingo.

Recording of Marco Pedrazzi's Aqua Mater. Composed in Milan in 1998. The composer speaks of water as the symbol (and maybe not the only symbol) of the matrix and of the dynamic of life; the water of the existences. The water is the place where there is birth and death, and it is the place of the beginning where all possibilities have to be realized and all the thigs must go back. In ancient cultures, the sea on our planet and the celestial sea set upon us were always described as deriving from the same nature. The water can be understood as the place of the creation of all souls, with all beings (men, gods, animals etc.) descending from it. To pass the sea means a spiritual initiation, a passage from one being's condition to another one. This work is an homage to this. The work has been composed over a year using huge complex dynamic sounds events, paraharmonic synthesis, and vocal research. The sound events have been generated using complex partials, harmonic shifted and formants synthesis. The parts of this work have been written and synthesized with CSound, edited and processed with Soundhack and Digidesign software. Languages: CSound. Programs: …

Recording of Teemu Ontero's Arhynalia Alpha. This work uses dynamic stochastic synthesis technique and electronics.

Recording of Teodoro Pedro Cromberg's El Arpa, la Mano, la Sombra. This is a work for harp and electroacoustic track. This piece has two sections that are preceded by a prelude and separated by an interlude. In the first section the instrument is more abstract whereas in the second section there is more emphasis on the instrumental possibilities of the harp. The composer credits Ricardo Biancchini, who created one of the sounds used in the Csound orchestra.

Recording of Francesco Giomi's Arrisi.

Recording of Elainie Lillios' Arturo. This work is based off of an interview with a tarot card reader living in Denton, Texas named Arturo. According to the composer, Arturo has interacted with many people and learned many life lessons. This piece reflects some of his views on life and the casting of cards to reveal future possibilities.

Recording of Alejandro Iglesias-Rossi' Ascension (las tierras muevas). The piece's soundscape created with electronics and sound processing techniques. Techniques include delay, sound stretching, reverb, and pitch alteration.

Recording of Shinichi Morita's Azami. This work was created by using a collection of sounds, from a sampler, then processing the, to construct this work.

Recording of Jorge Rodrigo Sigal's Babel. This work is part of a larger CD project called "Manifesto". The piece is meant for flute, tape, and optional live electronics. The sound materials were recorded in Spain, France, and Mexico City. The composer dedicates this work to Stefano Scarani and it was premiered by Mr. Harrie Starreveld.

Recording of Cathy Lane's Bath. This is a work for electronics that includes various water sounds.

Recording of Ioannis Kalantzis' Bay. b.. This work was composed for vibraphone and live electronics. The content of the work was inspired by the life of a baby in it's embryotic state. The composer dedicates this work to the percussion player, Catherine Herisse, as well as several babies that were born in 1998.

Recording of Mladen Milicevic's Big bang of the apocalypse. This recording was made for electronics and the text comes from the book of Genesis in the bible.

Recording of Pierre Alexandre Tremblay's Binary. This is a work for electronics that includes concrete voice sounds.

Recording of Yasuhiro Otani's Blue ego blue. For live electronics, and acoustic instruments. This work was composed for a dance company and explored the possibility of combine image control and Realtime music, performed by eye color or captured landscape, color of clothes, etc. This is possible with the help of image dissector algorithm.

Recording of Jonas Broberg's Bowling, Hiccups and Secrets. This work is made up of sounds from Serge and Buchla modular synthesizers. The composer says that the title of the piece came from a child who was asked to describe what electroacoustic music sounded like.

Recording of Fernando D. Polonuer's Breve reseña sobre los sueños, el vacío y la enfermedad. This composition is described as a program category work. It represents three steps in a painful and unconscious way to self-destruction. The dreams: the perception of loneliness and memories. The emptiness: the wake up, the light, the reflection, the comprehension. The illness: self-destruction, the fight for survival, pain and defeat. This work includes voices which have been recorded in different years. There is a voice singing fragments of a Tango called "Sus ojos se cerraron" and spoken words with thoughts about linguistic texts. Included texts and quoted material are listed by the composer, in English, as follows: "Today, my heart is lonely..." / "This silence is so cruel, is hurting me so..." / (Spoken) " Promises: can't they be true or false? When you say 'I promise!' that is already a promise - even though it might be a lie. Eh, I don't like that one bit!" / (Spoken) "Unreal conditions, I swear..." / "Intertwined tears refuse to come out..." / (Spoken) "The amount of indirect sense that is usually implied is an immediate problem..." / (Spoken) "She says there is a distance between superficial …

Recording of Eduardo Kusnir's Buenos dias, fue un buen dia. This piece is being used for an art exposition of the composer's brother, Carlos and will be made into a CD. The piece was performed using only a keyboard and each dynamic, pitch, and rhythm was manipulated by the composer. This piece was realized on a Synclavier 11 by the composer himself.

Recording of Gabriel Prokofiev's Café perdu. This piece incorporates sounds from a coffee shop.

Recording of Rubén Hinojosa Chapel and Bérengère de Tarlé's Camello. This work tells an imaginary story by taking elements from real life including the sounds of public transportation in Havana. It is a soundscape of a part of the daily life in Havana. The composer points to the importance of the words in the piece from people speaking and public announcements as it holds symbolism for the Cuban people. This work premiered at the "XIII Festival de La Habana de Música Contemporánea".

Recording of Michelangelo Lupone's Canto di madre. This work was written for amplified string quartet and magnetic support. This piece is a result of the composer's research of stringed instruments. By using a virtual model of a stringed instrument, he was able to broaden the sound capabilities of the instruments and achieve his expressive objectives.