Mark Snyder, Assistant Professor of Music, performed his multimedia composition Facets of Love for processed soprano, harp, guitar, piano, electronics and video on Nov. 21 at Electronic Music Midwest in Kansas City, Kans., with soprano Paige Naylor and harpist Becky Brown.
Electronic Music Midwest is dedicated to programming of a wide variety of electroacoustic music and providing the highest quality performance of electronic media. This annual festival consists of approximately nine short concerts (about one hour in length) over the course of a weekend in autumn. Our goal is to bring together vibrant and interesting artists of all forms, and give them a vehicle for their expressions and a place for them to share ideas with others.
EMM has always featured an eight-speaker surround diffusion system under the guidance of Ian Corbett. The core of the system are eight Mackie 1521 bi-amped speakers, an EAW/QSC subwoofer system and a Soundcraft MH3, 32+4 Channel mixer (named “Emily”). Due to Ian’s expertise, many visiting composers comment that EMM is one of smoothest-run festivals they have ever attended.
Since its beginning, EMM has programmed more than 500 new electroacoustic compositions. Composers have traveled from around the world to graciously share their music with audiences in the Midwest. However, EMM is about more than just playing new music. We strive to create an environment conducive to building community interaction. Most concerts are approximately one hour long, and composers have plenty of time to “talk shop” with each other as well as interact socially with students and audience members.
