James Gardner will discuss the pioneering work of Peter Zinovieff and his Electronic Music Studio.
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Synopsis
Peter Zinovieff established the UK’s first computer music studio in 1967 and immediately began a creative collaboration with programmer Alan Sutcliffe – co-founder of the Computer Arts Society – that produced two pieces: March Probabilistic and ZASP. The latter’s success took Sutcliffe to the IFIP Congress in Edinburgh where he instigated the idea of the CAS.
Using archival material, James Gardner examines the discussions between Zinovieff and Sutcliffe and their ambitions for computer music in the late 1960s; details Zinovieff’s crowd-pleasing turn at the Cybernetic Serendipity Exhibition; and traces Zinovieff’s studio spin-offs such as the sequencer in the EMS Synthi 100 synthesiser.
About the speaker
James Gardner
James is a composer, researcher, and synthesist based in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). James has lectured on music at the University of Auckland, Unitec Institute of Technology, and the University of Canterbury, Christchurch.
His primary research topic is the synthesiser company EMS, and the electronic music studio of Peter Zinovieff.
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