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 Studies

BFA (with Great Distinction) - Concordia University:

Major in Electroacoustic Studies (profs.: Kevin Austin, Laurie Radford, Mark Corwin)

Minor in Digital Image/Sound (profs.: Bill Vorn/Yves Bilodeau [elctronic arts, robotics, interactive installations], Greg Garvey [multimedia], Don Corman [design % multimedia], Cilia Sawadogo [3D animation - Softimage]). 

Winner of an "Alain award in electroacoustic" in 1998, Concordia University.


Workshops in contemporary composition, brazilian music, jazz, multichannel diffusion (with Yves Daoust, Christian Zanési) since 1987

Jazz School (drums), Berne, Switzerland, 1977-78
Bacc. type C (scientific), la Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, 1971-1975
Music Conservatory (drums), Bienne, Switzerland, 1976-77
Music Conservatory (flute), Bienne, Switzerland, 1968-72




New Medias

Interactive musical creation SILO, presented at the FNC (Festival du nouveau cinéma), new media section (2000). Also presented at the International Festival of New Film, Split, Croatia (2001) and at the Most Significant Bytes 2002 (USA).

MAX/MSP programming for the Sonar performance (Ana Rewakowicz, Ingrid Bachmann & Lorraine Oades) - 2001

interactive Installation Small Brother (music/3D animation, MAX/MSP) - 2001

Flash programming - interactive CD-Rom - Summer's passing - L'été passe, l'été s'enfuit - 2001

Interactive Installation (MAX/MSP) and musical composition for CREART2000 - Festival des Arts de St-Sauveur (2000)

MAX/MSP programming and musical composition for the theater piece The Crossroads/Le carrefour from the Black Theater Workshop - Monument National (2000)

3D Animations Crickpet (2000, presented at the Most Significant Bytes 2002 (USA)) & Vol (1999) realised with Softimage.

Multichannel Diffusion System (MAX programming - 1999)

Interactive musical creation "Musical chair", in 3D (VRML - 1998)

- Digital image/sound student Yves Gigon displaying his VRML Musical Chair program for professor Greg Garvey and Rector Frederick Lowy at a student presentation in April 98. - Concordia University Magazine - Sept.98


Web Site Design and/or webmaster for :

- CEC (Canadian Electroacoustic Community)
- eContact.ca
- Sonus.ca

- Kevin Austin - music courses on the web
- Contemporary Dance Department , Concordia University




Composer

 

- Cercle visqueux - 1999 - electro
- Crickpet - 1999 - electro - CD Cache 2000
- FDTR325 - 1998 - electro
- Brume_33 - 1998
- Éphémère - 1997 - electro - Presence II CD
- Au revoir - 1997 - MIDI
- Finas - 1997 - electro
-
Déchirure - 1996 - electro
- Soft PingPong - 1994
- YvDa - 1992 - MIDI
- Lac Nord - 1991 - electro

Commissions / Collaborations :

Composer and interactive sound installation (MAX/MSP) for CREART2000 - Festival des Arts de St-Sauveur (2000)

Composer and MAX/MSP programming for the theater piece The Crossroads/Le carrefour from the Black Theater Workshop - Monument National (2000)

Co-composer for CBC Newsworld's "Sports Journal" with Dan Gigon (1997 & 2000)

Composer for Silvy Panet-Raymond, choreographer and multidisciplinary artist (Silencio a Sunda - video, 1990; Lac Nord - performance, 1991)

Composer for two films from Mélissa Hébert, Mya (1998) & ??? (1999)

Music and musical montage for the show danse-writing "Ambre (ou le ciel fauve)" from Silvy Panet-Raymond & Yolande Villemaire (1997)




Producer

Paulo Ramos Group "Africa do Brasil" (winner of a JUNO Award in 1997 for "Best Global Album")

Paulo Ramos Group "Live at Montreux" 1998




Drummer with

Paulo Ramos Group * (1986-1999) - Worldbeat
Lilison - African Music
McGarrigle Sisters - Folk-rock  
Mister Toast * - Rock
Hans Koch - Free-jazz
Karen Young - jazz
Jacques Brégeant
Claude de Chevigny - Rock
Zone Jaune - Multimedia Performance
Flat Planet * - New wave
Twist Art - World beat performance

* founding member




Others

Part of the DIFFUSION i MéDIA et DAME team since 2007.

Administrative Director - CEC since 1997 and member of the board from 1998-2001.

Web Publisher - eContact!, web zine of the CEC.

Project manager for SONUS and CAP.

Jury Member - Jeux de Temps / Times Play Awards 2001 - CEC.

PeP Member (Productions electro Productions), CEC's production team (Canadian Electroacoustic Community) since 1997. Worked on the production of the CDs DISContact! II, DISContact! III, Presence I, Presence II, Presence III, Cache 2000, Cache 2001, Cache 2002, Cache 2003, Cache 2004, Cache 2005, Cache 2006, Cache 2007, Cache 2008, Cache 2009.

Concert Organiser - multichannel concerts - EuCuE (Electroacoustiques université Concordia University Electroacoustics) from 1997-2003.

Musician for Dance Classes (electronic percussions), Dance Department, Concordia University.

Sound Engineer , (CDs, demos, concerts, with analog and digital systems, for:

Paulo Ramos Group
Mister Toast
Andy Narell
Flat Planet

Instructor - Concordia University on MIDI systems & sampling (Dance Department).

Sound Studios Technician - Music Department, Concordia University, 1997-2001.



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