AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

What: A lecture by German composer Marc Behrens

When: Friday October 14th 14:15

Where: @ Concordia University's music department
1450 Guy Street, Room MB8.245 (EA classroom), Montreal, QC H3H 0A1
On the 8th floor of the John Molson School of Business building

Open to everybody, free admission

Description:

German composer Marc Behrens will give a guest lecture at Concordia University’s Music Department this Friday at 14:15, room 8.245 (EA classroom).

Behrens’s work is focused on field-recording trips to remote corners of the world, concrete electronic music, installations, and social art work, as well as photograph and video.

He is visiting Montreal to present his pieces Queendom; Sleppet(2–3) Avalanches, Water and Stones; and Sleppet (4) Glacier and Irregular Characters at the Akousma 8 festival (October 15th at Usine C).

Among other things, he also recently produced the upcoming compilation DEGEM CD 10 "Replace" for the German Association of Electroacoustic Music (DEGEM).

You can find out more about Behren’s work on his website:

http://www.mbehrens.com/

A video about his field recording:

http://vimeo.com/24312034