THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC (CCM) at MILLS
COLLEGE presents:
SPRING 2003
SONGLINES SERIES: Symposia on Sound, Nature, Technology,
and Performance
MANUEL ROCHA
Mexican composer and sound artist MANUEL ROCHA ITURBIDE presents a sampling of his works for tape, video, and live electronics using the multi-speaker sound system in the Mills Concert Hall. Featured pieces include "Rebicylcing" (2001), "Moin Mor"(1995), and "Cantos Rituales" (2001). Born in 1963 in Mexico City, Mr. Rocha studied composition at the University of Mexico and received his MFA in Electronic Music from Mills where he worked with Alvin Curran, Anthony Braxton, David Rosenboom and Larry Polansky (1991). Besides composing, he has realized sound installations, sound sculptures and intermedia art works at international galleries and festivals such as Artists Space in New York, the 1998 Sidney Biennial in Australia, the SURGE gallery in Tokyo, and Avatar in Quebec. He currently lives in Mexico City where he is co-founder and instructor at the LEAS laboratory at Radio Educación.
Cost: FREE