The International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (ICEM), or Bourges International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (IMEB, french: Institut international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges, also "Bourges International Institute of Electroacoustic Music"
[ (1998).]
News
, p.15. '' Computer Music Journal '', Vol. 22, No. 4 (Winter, 1998), pp. 15-18. The MIT Press.), formerly Groupe de musique expérimentale de Bourges, is a
music organization
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in support of
electroacoustic music, including
computer music
Computer music is the application of computing technology in music composition, to help human composers create new music or to have computers independently create music, such as with algorithmic composition programs. It includes the theory and ...
.
The ICEM holds the International Electronic Music Festival and gives
music award
A music award is an award or prize given for skill or distinction in music. There are different awards in different countries, and different awards may focus on or exclude certain music. For example, some music awards are only for classical music ...
s for electroacoustic music during the Bourges International Electro-Acoustic Music Competition (also known as "Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition"
and as the International Electro-Acoustic Music Competition in/at
Bourges). It was founded in 1973, "to promote elecoacoustic composition," and began to include
music software
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as a category in 1996.
Recipients
*1972:
Eugeniusz Rudnik, ''Mobile''
*1973:
Eugeniusz Rudnik, ''Ostinato'' 3rd prize
*1976:
Jack Body
*1981:
Alejandro Viñao
*1983: Jean-Baptiste Barrière, ''Chréode''
*1984:
Eugeniusz Rudnik, ''Homo Ludens'' 2nd prize
*1989: Scott A. Wyatt, finalist
*1999:
Frank Corcoran
Frank Corcoran ( ; born 1 May 1944) is an Irish composer. His output includes chamber, symphonic, choral and electro-acoustic music, through which he often explores Irish mythology and history.
Life
''"I came late to art music; childhood soundsca ...
, ''Sweeney's Vision''
*2009:
Jack Body
''Euphonie d'Or''
''Golden Sound/Sound of Gold''.
*1992:
Alejandro Viñao
*1992:
Jonty Harrison
Jonty Harrison is an electroacoustic music composer born 27 April 1952 in Scunthorpe, and currently living in Birmingham, England.
Career
Jonty Harrison studied with Bernard Rands at the University of York, graduating with a DPhil in Composit ...
, ''Klang''
*2002:
Natasha Barrett, ''Utility of Space''
*2004:
Jon Christopher Nelson, ''Scatter''
Grand Prize
*1984: Scott A. Wyatt
Trivium Prize
*2009:
Jack Body, ''Intimate History no. 2: ssteve''
Finalists
*2008:
Natasha Barrett
Magisterium Prize
"The award is open to composers having at least 25 years of professional experience in the field, and its objective is 'the promotion and diffusion of works that might become milestones in the history of electroacoustic music'."
*1998:
Wlodzimierz Kotonski, ''Tierra Caliente'';
Jean-Claude Risset
Jean-Claude Raoul Olivier Risset (; 13 March 1938 – 21 November 2016) was a French composer, best known for his pioneering contributions to computer music. He was a former student of André Jolivet and former co-worker of Max Mathews at Bell L ...
: ''Invisible''
*2007:
Roger Doyle
Roger Doyle (born 17 July 1949) is an Irish composer best known for his electro-acoustic work, for which he was made a Saoi of Aosdána, and for his piano music for theatre.
Education
Born in Malahide, County Dublin, Doyle studied piano from t ...
, Sectors 4 and 5 of ''The Ninth Set''
Roger Doyle
, ''Contemporary Music Center, Ireland''.
See also
*Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers Association The Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers Association (HELMCA) is the only national association of electroacoustic music in Greece. It is registered as a nonprofit organization (act. 1059.91/2001). Its members are active composers and sound artis ...
*Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States
The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is a nonprofit US-based organization founded in 1984 that aims to promote the performance and creation of electro-acoustic music in the United States. In particular, the organizat ...
* Canadian Electroacoustic Community
References
External links
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Electronic music organizations
French music awards
Music organizations based in France
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