I came across this listening to Science in Action on BBC World Service last Friday (Feb4th) - it's towards the end of the show:
"Cosmic rays and radioactive music
At the University of Plymouth’s Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival, one composer decided to try and create a duet with radioactive particles and a violin."
To find out more go to:
Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2011
"Re-Sounding Science"
Thursday 10 February – Sunday 13 February 2011
One of the UK’s most innovative festivals of contemporary music with 3 days of performances and premieres of the latest in contemporary classical music, including performances, compositions and talks by Eduardo Miranda, Will Dutta, Ten Tors Orchestra, John Matthias, Luciane Cardassi, Plaid, Nigel Morgan, Quayola, liminal (David Prior / Frances Crow), Roy Ascott, Cafe Concrete and Alexis KIrke.
The Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2011 – titled “Re-sounding Science” - will re-evaluate, re-educate and promote artistically science’s role in society, sustainability and the arts. It will challenge stereotypes by drawing musical inspiration from the hugely positive part science and technology have to play in our future, both in our everyday routines and our creative life."
There's also the NeuroArts Festival running at the same time.
Another item from Plymouth can be heard on BBC World Service's Digital Planet where "Tracey Logan reports on the brainwave that has led to a whole symphony being composed in the mind of a computer. And she visits the Centre for Computer Music Research in southern England to see how music can be composed simply by staring at a computer screen." It's around 9 minutes in.
Posted by Guy Morgan
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