IMSC Immersive Audio Performance of Stockhausens Mantra

Art and technology come together in this dynamic event featuring pianists Katherine Chi and Hugh Hinton. They will perform Mantra, Karlheinz Stockhausen's landmark piece, using an immersive audio-rendering system developed at USC by Viterbi professor Chris Kyriakakis.USC students must use the provided transportation to participate. Check-in for the event will begin at 6:45 p.m. on campus. Buses will return to campus by 10:30 p.m.Dinner will be provided for students at the check-in.Mantra, Karlheinz Stockhausen's work for two pianos and synthesizer, will be performed using an immersive audio-rendering system developed at USC's Integrated Media Systems Center. In this piece, the composer seeks to control not only the traditional elements of pitch, tempo, rhythm, volume and texture, but also the position of music in space.The piece will be performed by internationally renowned pianists Katherine Chi and Hugh Hinton. The immersive audio system will envelop the audience while placing discrete sounds throughout the performance space.The performance will be followed by an interdisciplinary discussion featuring the performers as well as faculty from the USC Thornton School of Music, the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. More info:
http://web-app.usc.edu/ecal/custom/32/index.php?category=Item&item=0.864211&active_category=Music

Location: Disney Hall

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: eric mankin