Author: Joshua Banks Mailman

Joshua Banks Mailman (PhD, music theory, Eastman School; AB, philosophy, U of Chicago) is a theorist, analyst, critic, philosopher, performer, technologist, and composer of music, teaching at Columbia University, UCSB, NYU, and University of Alabama. He researches form from flux: dynamic form. His writings appear in Perspectives of New Music, Music Theory Spectrum, Music Analysis, Journal of Sonic Studies, Psychology of Music, Music Theory Online, Open Space Magazine, and Leonardo Electronic Almanac. His essay “Improvising Synesthesia” appears in Leonardo Electronic Almanac v.19/3, special issue on Live Visuals. He is co-chair of the Analysis of Post-1945 Music Interest Group of the Society for Music Theory. He developed interactive music technologies presented at the 9th Sound and Music Computing Conference (Copenhagen, 2012) and International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM) (Thesseloniki, Greece, 2012), and the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF 2015). www.joshuabanksmailman.com http://alabama.academia.edu/JoshuaBMailman

“Milton Babbitt at 100” Collide-O-Scope Music performs Babbitt’s Arie da Capo, Wuorinen, Bunk, and Bailey this Friday

The centenary of the legendary composer Milton Babbitt (1916-2011) is ocassion to celebrate. After Augustus Arnone’s three recitals earlier this season playing Babbitt’s complete solo piano works, now his group Collide-O-Scope Music…

The New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF) takes Manhattan

Most New Yorkers are walking about, minding their own business, completely oblivious to the international sonic earthquake vibrating through their midst all week: The New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival…