Denis Smalley will present his new multi-channel work Fabrezan Preludes in the Colyer-Fergusson Hall on the Canterbury campus on 21 May at 6pm.
Commissioned by the University’s School of Music and Fine Art (SMFA) to celebrate Professor Smalley’s 70th birthday, the three preludes are part of an exciting programme which also includes his other works Vortex (1982), Sommeil de Rameau (2015) and Pentes (1974).
Professor Smalley is one of the world’s leading acousmatic composers and Honorary Professor of Music at the University of Kent. He is a scholar and pioneer of electroacoustic music and his works are widely acclaimed, winning a number of international awards. He has made original contributions to sound theory, in particular with his investigations into listener’s perception and the notion of spectromorphology. He joined Kent in 2013.
Before the concert, at 4.30pm, there will be a talk by DeMontfort University’s Professor Simon Emmerson, one of the leading figures in the broad area of electroacoustic music, on the continuing influence of music and theories developed by Professor Smalley. This will be followed by a Q and A session with the composer.
There will be a reception after the concert and the talk will be broadcast on Resonance FM at a later date.
Tickets are £5 – and are FREE for students with a Kent card. To book:
The event is kindly funded by the Sound-Image-Space Research Centre and Medway Central.