immerse! an online event: celebration of vernal equinox and the work of Michael Gerzon

WHEN:  Sunday, March 20th, 11am-12pm EST –  equinox moment 11:33am EST (see  www.worldclock.com for your timezone)

WHERE: Online

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SYNOPSIS: Updates and presentations from the 3D audio community, a celebration of Michael Gerzon, live musical performances. Hosted by Charlie Morrow.

Event Details:

International Planetarium Society (IPS) Immersive Sound Committee, in association with IMERSA, and Audio Engineering Society (AES) invite you personally to

immerse! an online event

Featuring: Brian Katz, Anna Green, Pat Thomas, Phil Minton, Patty Seaton, Gilad Keren, Monica Bolles, Dan Neafus, Ian McLennan, William David Fastenow, Chris Plunkett, and Timo Bittner

Produced by: MorrowSound & Park Boulevard Productions
with  Georg Weckwerth – TONSPUR Kunstverein Wien, Vienna, Austria: Link: https://tonspur.at

Mark your calendars!  On March 20, 2022, we’re launching a new project. The first in a new series of streamed events–part music salon, part community platform–we’ll host presentations and performances from folks working in experimental audio, multidi- mensional sound, and extended listening.

The salon follows an annual tradition of its organizers in celebrating the equinoxes and solstices,1-2 events are pegged around these dates annually. This particular event launches Charlie Morrow’s “immerse! sound light space” podcast crafted with Bart Plantenga. https://immersesoundlightspace.podbean.com/

The salon will feature a few pieces of music, including a world premiere by William David Fastenow, as well as academic updates and conversations related to immersive sound and will honor the ambisonic work of Michael Gerzon.

Vernal Periphony (world premiere) – Performance Notes

Several individuals and small groups throughout the world collaborate on this piece that pegs to both the ambisonic work of Michael Gerzon (particularly his incorporation of the Z/vertical axis, which he calls periphony) as well as the equinox (in which all of the inhabited world is aligned in near identical 12hr days / 12hr nights).  The ensemble will play together in real time (despite disperate geography) via an online score and audio routed over the internet.  A web streaming player/strategy will allow us to stream to the audience in multichannel audio, on 1-3 audience devices.  The pieces will be mixed vertically, along the Z axis. The geographical latitude of each performer/small group is important to the piece, which correlates to both the vertical placement in the mix as well as how active the part is at specific times throughout the piece.

Guests and Presenters:

Anna Green – producer Berlin Planetarium & IPS 2024

Brian Katz – acoustician, research director at Sorbonne Universite

Chris Plunkett  – Director Operations, AES

Dan Neafus – cofounder Imersa

Gilad Keren – cofounder Waves

Ian McLennan – pioneering planetariums designer

Monica Bolles – composer, sound artist, sound engineer

Patty Seaton – executive secretary IPS

Pat Thomas – composer, keyboardist

Phil Minton – singer, composer, trumpetist

Timo Bittner – founder Spatial Media Lab

William David Fastenow – composer, producer, performer

Charlie Morrow (1942) sound artist, composer, conceptualist, performer. Known for chanting & healing works, museum installations, large-scale festival events, radio TV broadcasts, film soundtracks, sound design & jingles, immersive sound patents.

Michael Gerzon (1945 –1996) winner of AES gold medal, is probably best known for his work on Ambisonics and for his work on digital audio He also made a large number of recordings, many in the field of free improvisation in which he had a particular interest.

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CONTACT: info@morrowsound.com www.morrowsound.com

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