A fresh mix of sounds from City's legendary Sound Studios including experimental electronic music, sound art, field recordings, and audio-visual work created over the past year by City students.
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As part of the symposium, we will launch SPARCLab, a new environment for immersive sound and movement that is now permanently housed at City’s Department of Performing Arts. SPARCLab includes a 24.4 channel loudspeaker system that surrounds the audience, and the IKO, a unique 20-sided loudspeaker array.
Further events launching SPARCLab take place on Wednesday 22 May, with a concert guest curated by Gerriet Sharma, and on Thursday 23 May, with a portrait concert of Natasha Barrett.
SPARC is Sound Practice and Research at City, University of London. To read more about the research centre's work, please visit the dedicated SPARC website.
About the City Sound Studios
The Sound Studios at City, University of London were established by Simon Emmerson (now Professor of Music, Technology and Innovation at De Montfort University) at the foundation of City's Department of Music in 1975. Since then, the Studios have played a major role in the development of electronic and electroacoustic music, producing generations of leading composers and researchers in these fields.
In 1990 Peter Gabriel formally opened the newly constructed studios in the College Building, and in 2007 the studios were refurbished once again to their current high specification. The studios continue to be developed with the installation of professional standard and cutting edge technology, with the launch of the SPARCLab ambisonic dome in 2024.
The Studios have also hosted a number of eminent visiting professors including (among others) Iannis Xenakis, Jonty Harrison, R. Murray Schafer and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
City's BSc, MA Music, PhD students and staff continue to make an impact at national and international levels, as composers, sound designers, sound artists, software developers, and in research and teaching posts at academic institutions around the world.
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