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The Convergence festival of music technology at De Montfort University (Leicester, England) hosted a three day event that included a performance of Joshua Tomlinson's "A Short Story" September 22, 2022. Dr. Tomlinson's theater piece features live electronics triggered by a typewriter and lamp to drive the narrative of an old writer recounting his past. As the only artist performing on typewriter that evening, Dr. Tomlinson answered audience questions after the concert about the technology he us…
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The fifth International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation hosted artists and heard papers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Among the works accepted for performance, Joshua Tomlinson performed his electronic theater piece for typewriter and lamp titled "A Short Story". The work was driven by contact mics that triggered pre-recorded sounds representing the author's memories as he relives his past. Program Notes: https://www.smc2019.uma.es/articles/M2…
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"A Short Story" Performed at SMC 2019, Malaga, Spain
May 31, 2019
Composer Joshua Tomlinson performed his work "A Short Story" at the 16th Sound & Music Computing Conference (SMC) May 31, 2019 in Malaga, Spain. A story unfolded as the performer interacted with his instruments that also served as stage props - a typewriter and a lamp. Utilizing attached contact mics, they generated pre-recorded sounds to progress the narrative to its climactic conclusion. Event program available at: https://www.smc2019.uma.es/docs/SMC2019_Music_Program.pdf