Spark 2004 Schedule

Thursday, February 19
11:15 a.m.: Guest lecture by Prof. Brad Garton (Columbia U.)
Room 215, Ferguson Hall

12:15 p.m.: Guest lecture by Prof. Christopher Bailey (U. Cincinnati Conservatory)
Room 215, Ferguson Hall

3:00 p.m.: Master Class with Brad Garton
Room 215, Ferguson Hall

7:30 p.m.: Spark Cinema Show
Music and video works by Mauricio Arango, Michael Berkowski, Douglas Geers, Stosh Konopacki, Lynn Lukkas, Abinadi Meza, Scott Miller, Allen Peterson, and Greg Scranton.
Room 225, Ferguson Hall

 Friday, February 20
10:00 a.m.: Guest lecture: Professor Timothy Polashek, City University of New York
Room 215, Ferguson Hall

11:00 a.m.: Guest lecture: Professor Terry Pender, Columbia University
Room 215, Ferguson Hall

12:00 noon: Guest lecture: Gregory Taylor, Cycling74 Software
Room 215, Ferguson Hall

3:00 p.m.: Concert #1: Improvisation groups
Lobby, Regis Art Center

6:30 p.m.: Interactive art gallery opening and musical performances
InFlux Space, Regis Art Center

7:30 p.m.: Concert #2: Electroacoustic and multimedia works
Featuring pieces by J. Anthony Allen, Christopher Baker, Kerry Cobuccio, Brad Garton, James Holdman, Seth Mulvihill, Jake Sturtevant, and Joe Vogel; and performances by J. Anthony Allen, Michael Berkowski, Abbie Betinis, Brad Garton, Noah Keesecker, Seth Mulvihill, and Jake Sturtevant.
InFlux Space, Regis Art Center

9:00 p.m.: Concert #3: Informal "club"-style presentation
Featuring Interactive Electronic Ensemble, Cepia, Gregory Taylor, and Jeremy Bernstein.
Lobby and InFlux Space, Regis Art Center

Saturday, February 21
10:00 a.m.: Keynote lecture and performance by Prof. Brad Garton (Columbia U.)
Room 225, Ferguson Hall

12:00 p.m.: Concert #4: Cincinnati Conservatory guest concert
Featuring pieces by Christopher Bailey, Jenny Bernard, Ico Bukvic, Brad Garton, Mara Helmuth, Meg Schedel, Jen Wang, and James Mobberly; and performances by Chris Bailey, Shiau-uen Ding and Meg Schedel.
Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

3:30 p.m.: Concert #5: Electric Music Collective guest concert
Featuring Mark Henrickson, VJ. Works by Christopher Bailey, Marcus Alessi Bittencourt, Fernando Gomez Evelson, Brad Garton, Douglas Geers, and Timothy Polashek; and performances by Matthew Polashek, Brad Garton, Chris Bailey, Amanda Albrecht, Kerry Cobuccio, Michael Ethan, Seth Mulvihill, and Jake Sturtevant.
Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

6:45 p.m.: Tour of UMN Electronic Music Studios
Room 215, Ferguson Hall

7:30 p.m.: Concert #6: Electroacoustic and multimedia works
Featuring pieces by Amanda Albrecht, David Birchfield, Philip Blackburn, Brad Garton, Terry Pender, Matthew Suttor, Devin Swanson, Michael Vernusky; and performances by Amanda Albrecht , Robert Esler, Terry Pender.
Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

9:00 p.m.: Concert #7: Music for Fire Dancer
J. Anthony Allen, composer; Cori Lee Stahlecker, fire dancer.
Regis Art Center Plaza

9:30 p.m.: Concert #8: Informal "club"-style presentation Featuring David Means with Steve Goldstein, Low Orbit, and Greg Davis.
InFlux Space, Regis Art Center

Sunday, February 22
10:00 a.m.: Symposium Fast Forward
Various artists give brief talks on their work.
Featuring Amanda Albrecht, J. Anthony Allen, Jim Harley, Meg Schedel, Abinadi Meza, and others TBA.
Room 215, Ferguson Hall