ULYSSES JOURNEYS FOR COMPOSERS

Spatial Composition Workshop at Manifeste Academy 2025

Composition workshop on writing acousmatic music in 3D 

Led by: Carmine-Emanuele Cella (composer), Simone Conforti & NN (professors/computer music designers)

Space is an integral part of the composition process. It acts as a kind of topology for sound, representing a spectrum that ranges from inner space (timbre) to outer space (form) as well as projected space. 3D spatialization offers a way of creating acousmatic music that is site-specific, making it more situational and builds a new relationship among sound, spaces, and the listener.

Six young composers will participate in a workshop dedicated to acousmatic music in 3D space, organized by composer Carmine-Emanuele Cella and IRCAM. The workshop is organized into one-on-one classes on the students’ projects, as well as group classes taught by Carmine-Emanuele Cella. The young composers also have the opportunity to benefit from the advice of IRCAM’s computer music designers as they prepare and finalise their projects.

The workshop is divided into several stages:

• From January to May 2025, participants will receive support to prepare their project, through online meetings and e-mail exchanges with composer Carmine-Emanuele Cella and an IRCAM computer music designer.
• From Monday June 16 to Saturday June 21, 2025, participants will attend courses, master classes and hands-on sessions given by Carmine-Emanuele Cella and IRCAM’s computer music designers, as well as studio work sessions.
• From Monday June 23 to Saturday June 28, 2025, the week will be dedicated to finalising and rehearsing their works in IRCAM’s concert hall, the Espace de Projection.
• Saturday June 28, 2025, their works for the Ambisonics system will be performed in a concert at the Espace de Projection as part of ManiFeste-2025.

For this event, Louisa Palmi (SE) was selected to participate as an emerging artist supported by the Ulysses Platform.

Date January-May (online) / June 16-28

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