Sensor technology, Contact Mic Making, Circuit Bending - and Harvestworks in Baltimore!

[Marlon Barrios Solano]

Dear friends,

this week we will feature a free workshops by Axel Mulder, the maker of the iCube-X, and synthmaking / piezomaking / circuitmaking workshops that will make your neighbors hate you when you apply the
results to their ears. BTW, these workshops are at discounted prices.

If you're in the Baltimore area this weekend, come to the Megapolis Festival, and see & hear Harvestworks' staff giving workshops and a performance. If you are in NYC on Saturday, however,
you may attend the American Festival of Microtonal Music to enjoy -
among others - piano master Joshua Pierce's performance on the TERPSTRA,
a microtonal keyboard we have helped with on the software side.

If you have questions regarding our classes call Hans Tammen at 212-431-1130 ext 2. Membership is $75/yr, and you can pay for the membership when you
sign up for the class.

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[Sat/Sun May 15/16] DIY Musical Electronics and the Drone Lab

Through this workshop/classroom formatted seminar,
attendees will learn how to design, adapt and build sound circuits of
their own while building a complete Drone Lab by CasperElectronics (a 4
voice analog drone synth, rhythm generator and FX processor) to take
home, experiment with and develop further.
See more information here: http://tinyurl.com/dronelab-at-hw

Peter Edwards - http://www.casperelectronics.com/
Sat/Sun, May 15 - 16, noon to 6pm
Cost: $350 (includes Drone Lab kit)

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[Sat, May 15] The Artist's Guide to Useful Technology / Baltimore

If you're in the Baltimore area, come this weekend to the Megapolis
Festival, with performances, installations and workshops: http://megapolisfestival.org.
Harvestworks' own Adam Rokhsar & Hans Tammen will give a workshop
in their "Artists Guide To Useful technology Series during the day, and
perform an audio/visual set later that afternoon. The "Artist's Guide
to Useful Technology" events, which are free and open to the public,
will give participants hands-on knowledge and instruction, and
instructors will be tailoring the event to the needs of the audience
and thus students from all skill levels are encouraged to attend. See
more information here:
Workshop 1pm: http://megapolisfestival.org/blogalogadingdong/?page_id=1367#artists
Performance 3:45pm: http://megapolisfestival.org/blogalogadingdong/?page_id=1367#hans
Artist Guide: http://tinyurl.com/artistguide

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[Mon, May 17] Sensor Technology with the i-CubeX

In this free workshop, participants will learn how to apply sensor
technology (with special attention to capturing human movements) to
develop their own concepts of electronic media control (with special
attention to controlling sound and music media), without needing to
become a hardware engineer.
See more information here: http://tinyurl.com/icube-at-hw

Sensor Technology with the i-CubeX
Axel Mulder / Infusion Systems - http://infusionsystems.com/
Monday, May 17, 7 - 10pm
FREE - Space is limited, please
RSVP to [e-mail]

On Tuesday, Axel Mulder will give a free lecture about the philosophy
behind the i-CubeX at Electronic Music Foundation: http://www.emfproductions.org/crc/schedule.html

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[Thu, May 20] Contact Mic Making - Piezo Workshop

Attendees will learn how to wire up their very own
contact
mic and discuss various methods of using it. No previous
soldering experience required! In addition to theory and
practice, we will also have the chance to discuss the history of
piezoelectric materials, and share ideas on how to use these
fascinating tools; perhaps you’d like to amplify your doorspring,
record the sound of snow crunching under your boots, or listen to the
mammoth subharmonies of cocktail stirrers and rubber bands. This
is an experiment-friendly course.
See more information here: http://tinyurl.com/piezo-at-hw

Daniel Fishkin & Ed Baer
Thursday, May 20, 6:30 - 9:30pm
$50 + $10 materials fee

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[Sat/Sun, May 22/23] Circuit Bending - From Start to Finish

In this course we will explore every step of the process of creating a
circuit bent instrument from removing the first screws to applying
labels on the finished piece. It is our goal that every student leaving
this class will take away a finished, well made circuit bent instrument.
See more information here: http://tinyurl.com/circuit-at-hw

Peter Edwards http://www.casperelectronics.com/
May 22 - 23, 2010
Noon - 6pm
cost: $270 [one price, includes $20 materials fee]

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[May 15] American Festival Of Microtonal Music (AFMM)

...under the direction of Johnny Reinhard, presents a concert in New
York on Saturday May 15th at 8 PM in the Church of St. Luke in the
Fields (located at 487 Hudson Street). Admission is $12 at the
door, $10 for students.

Spotlights: Madeleine Shapiro‘s performance of Ge Gan-Ru’s YI-SENG
(Lost Style) for solo amplified cello scordatura (Shanghai, 1968).
10-year old twin Gayageum players Sarah and Stephanie Yoon present the
traditional Korean standard known as SANJO on their 12-string
instruments in an ancient microtonal tuning (think “whammy-bar”
zithers). Also, 25-string Gayageum virtuoso Rami Seo introduces
her NEXUS in confluence with bassoon (Johnny Reinhard), cello
(Madeleine Shapiro), and Terpstra
synthesizer (Joshua Pierce). The Terpstra synthesizer, a
honeycomb keyboard design of 55 tones per octave over 5 octaves
designed by Siemen Terpstra (Amsterdam), is heard publicly in its debut
this evening with support from Harvestworks. Pianist Joshua
Pierce plays in a 53-tone equal temperament subset for DREI
KLAVIERSTÜCKE, as imagined by composer Arnold Schönberg.
See more information here: http://www.afmm.org/spring10.htm