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SUMMARY:From “Music for the Banal” to “The Listening Museum”\; An 
 examination of listening through found objects and site-specific work - Va
 nessa Tomlinson \, Associate Professor in Music at Queensland Conservatori
 um Griffith University
DTSTART:20131114T160000Z
DTEND:20131114T173000Z
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*\n\nHow is listening important in our everyday lives
 ? How do we discern between the ongoing (the drone)\, the specific (the in
 tentional composition) and the unexpected (the sound intervention)? \n\nTh
 is two-part talk journeys from the researcher’s personal artistic practi
 ce involving deep listening and collecting a found-object instrumentarium\
 , to a large scale application of these ideas in the aspirational and test
 ed environment of The Listening Museum. Following from ideas of Pauline Ol
 iveros and R.Murray Shafer and incorporating site-specific\, improvisation
 al and ecological awareness\, this talk will contribute to the field of ac
 oustic ecology through awareness of place\, environmental sound\, and inte
 ntional sonic interventions. As a percussionist Tomlinson has a long histo
 ry of dealing with sound\, and the talk will traverse from her specific so
 lo performance practice to one that engages community\, composers\, factor
 y workers\, performers and the general public in revaluing the act of list
 ening.\n\n*Bio*\n\nVanessa Tomlinson is active in the fields of solo percu
 ssion\, contemporary chamber music\, improvisation\, installation and comp
 osition\, and is Associate Professor in Music at Queensland Conservatorium
  Griffith University. She is particularly well-known for her interpretatio
 ns of the music of Pateras\, Griswold and Globokar\, her improvisational l
 anguage that incorporates sonic investigations of found objects\, nature\,
  and toy instruments\, her intercultural work between Sichuan folk music a
 nd Western experimental traditions\, and her work as co-artistic director 
 with the multi-award winning Clocked Out. She is the recipient of 2 Green 
 Room Awards\, the 2011 APRA/AMC Award for Excellence by an organization or
  individual\, and has been awarded artist residencies through Asialink (Un
 iversity of Melbourne)\, Civitella Ranieri (NY/Italy)\, Banff (Canada) and
  Bundanon (NSW). She has recorded on numerous labels including Mode Record
 s\, Tzadik\, ABC Classics\, Etcetera\, Clocked Out and Innova.
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, DMB
 \, Room GS3
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