Harvestworks

1989 Programming Residency

Awarded Artists:

David Simons

David Simons composes music for theater, dance, film, installations, and concert ensembles. His unusual collection of sounds from self-built and non-European instruments combines with digital sampling technologies to create a unique pan-cultural music. He has devised his own method of using the Theremin as a Midi controller. David has researched and performed music from many of the world’s cultures, and furthered his music studies in Bali, Bangkok and Seoul. As a founding member of the FUTURE PRIMITIVE ENSEMBLE his pieces were heard live on radio and in concert throughout the U.S. He has also performed on tour in Java, Bali, Korea, Japan, Eastern and Western Europe, Canada, Cuba and Hawaii.

Myra Melford

Myra Melford (Music) for the development of the live interactive music performance system to use with My Face of Us All, a full length multi-media work with choreographer Dawn Saito and architect Michael Haberz. This work was first workshopped in Graz, Austria in the fall of 2000 as part of the Sytrian Autumn Arts Festival. Myra is a composer currently living in Brooklyn, NY.

Nancy Laird Chance

Film score composer and recent composer/fellow at the Sundance Institute, Chance seeks to acquire a knowledge of computer music systems and the techniques required to produce these sounds and sync them to film or video.

David Clary

An audio work for a multi-channel site piece designed for pedestrians. The artist will also work on developing a flexible software program for exterior soundscapes.

Michael Gordon

The application of MIDI technology to live orchestral work.

Bill Obrecht

The use of sound sample programs on computer for use in real-time performance.

Matthew Schlanger

Schlanger’s video work to date has been produced using a hybrid of analog and digital processing. Using analog synthesis as a model, video segments are real-time structures where sound and image tracks are produced simultaneously. He will be exploring the possibilities of assimilating MIDI techniques into his work.