Department of Music

Telemetry 4.15.22 featuring:

Matias Vilaplana & Varun Kishore

"An exploratory collaboration where the guitar pedalboard becomes the playground for analog and virtual interactions to occur"

Matias Vilaplana's creative practices involve recording/mixing, music composition, musical interaction design in virtual reality, ensemble improvisation with live audio processing and drawing. His current research is focused in the exploration of musical interaction design in virtual environments employing consumer grade HMDs and Motion Capture technology employing practice-based methods. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction in Music Technology from Universidad de Chile in Santiago, Chile, as well as an M.A. in Media Arts from University of Michigan. He is currently a PhD candidate in the Composition and Computer Technologies program at University of Virginia.

Varun Kishore is a composer from Kolkata, India. His work explores interdisciplinary approaches to music technology, literature, and the audiovisual, with a focus on designing frameworks for composition and improvisation to investigate what he sees as the ‘apocalyptic’ nature of creative practice. His current areas of interest include drone music, digital instrument and interface design, alternative notation, and video.

Varun is a graduate of the University of West London (BMus Popular Music Performance, 2012) and Goldsmiths, University Of London (MMus Creative Practice, 2019). He is currently a PhD candidate in the Composition and Computer Technologies program at the University of Virginia.

Mule Nanny, Grandma and the Five Stooges 

Mule Nanny, Grandma and the Five Stooges have Ukrainian connections. They may be ancient but it is true that they have never existed before and may never exist again.
We are Colin Langenus, Matthew Clark, Fred Mcgann, Jarrod Hood, and Cath Monnes.

MIMA.MRC Improvisation Workshop.

Teaching artists and student participants from this season's collaborative improvisation workshop, co-facilitated by MIMA Music teaching artists and Music Resource Center staff, will perform using strategies and scores collaboratively developed this semester.  Drawing on the game pieces of John Zorn and the Conductions of Butch Morris as inspiration, the Workshop (comprised of local 6th to 12th grade MRC members) explores modes of ensemble communication and mutual conducting which result in a vast array of sonic situations.

This event is free and open to the public!

The Telemetry Series, supported by UVA Arts and the Office of the Provost and the Vice Provost for the Arts is always free and open to the public.This monthly music series occurs in partnership with The Bridge, and features UVA faculty, students, locals, and renown experimental performers. They push boundaries of musicianship by offering a unique laboratory to engage new methods of composition and instrumentation. Unlike anything else in the city, Charlottesville artists and audiences connect with new concepts and are continuously inspired towards ingenuity through unique sound experiences.This monthly music series occurs in partnership with The Bridge, and features UVA faculty, students, locals, and renown experimental performers. They push boundaries of musicianship by offering a unique laboratory to engage new methods of composition and instrumentation. Unlike anything else in the city, Charlottesville artists and audiences connect with new concepts and are continuously inspired towards ingenuity through unique sound experiences.

Please call 434.924.3052 for more information.
The Bridge PAI
Phone: 434-984-5669
Email: info@thebridgepai.org
Website: thebridgepai.org
The Bridge is located at 209 Monticello Road, Charlottesville, VA
Supported by UVA Arts & the Office of the Provost & the Vice Provost for the Arts
All events are subject to change.