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SUMMARY:Conference: Voicing Innocence
DESCRIPTION:Voicing Innocence: Trauma\, Memory\, and Contemporary Opera in the Work of Kaija Saariaho \n\nVoicing Innocence is an international public conference that explores how music and sound give voice to trauma\, vulnerability\, and ethical responsibility in contemporary culture. It brings together scholars\, composers\, performers\, and cultural thinkers for lectures\, panel discussions\, and performances designed for both specialist and general audiences. The conference takes its point of departure from the Metropolitan Opera’s premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence on April 6. Building on the artistic and ethical concerns raised by this landmark work\, Voicing Innocence expands the conversation to broader historical\, social\, and aesthetic contexts. Themes include childhood and loss\, collective trauma\, justice\, memory\, and the ways music mediates moral experience. Central to the conference is the participation of Scandinavian artists and scholars\, whose work has been instrumental in shaping contemporary discourse around these themes. Participants will contribute perspectives rooted in composition\, performance\, musicology\, and cultural analysis\, situating Kaija Saariaho’s artistic work within an international framework of exchange. As a public project\, Voicing Innocence emphasizes accessibility and engagement beyond the academy. \n  \n\n  Register for Voicing Innocence\n\n \nVoicing Innocence Poster \nThe conference is hosted by the Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research and Documentation in collaboration with the Art and Science Connect Initiative and the Overdrive Festival. \nAll events will be open to the public and documented through recordings and digital materials for wider dissemination. \n 
URL:https://artscienceconnect.gc.cuny.edu/event/conference-voicing-innocence/
LOCATION:The Skylight Room (9100) and Elebash Recital Hall\, The Graduate Center\, CUNY\, 365 5th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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SUMMARY:overdrive|5
DESCRIPTION:overdrive|5 — Festival for Experimental Electronic Music and Multimedia Art\n\n\n\n\nFounded in 2024 by Itzá García and Tobias Fandel as a concert and exhibition event in Midtown Manhattan\, overdrive aims to bring artistic practices into contact with contemporary and cutting-edge media technologies\, challenging the established boundaries of artistic disciplines.\n\n\n  \n\n\nThis year’s Spring edition features a concert dedicated to works with electronics by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho\, co-hosted with the Barry S. Brook Center and presented in collaboration with the conference “Voicing Innocence.” It also features three ensembles from the New York City scene committed to technologically demanding\, cross-disciplinary experimentation: [Switch~ Ensemble]\, PinkNoise Ensemble\, and Noise Catalogue. \n\n\nFor more information: https://overdrive.nyc/ \nAll events are free and open to the public. \nApril 8th\, 2026\nOpening Concert: Saariaho with Electronics\nwith Tuija Hakkila\, Olga Heikkilä\, Joann Whang\, and Hannah Collins\nHosted in collaboration with the Barry S. Brook Center\nElebash Recital Hall\, The Graduate Center\n365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY\n6:30 PM\n  \nApril 8th–14th\, 2026\nExhibition: Fine Art and New Media\nElebash Recital Hall Lobby\, The Graduate Center\n365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY\n  \nApril 9th\, 2026\nConcert: [Switch~ Ensemble] I\nwith Grant Beale\, Louis Goldford\, and Teté Leguía\nElebash Recital Hall\, The Graduate Center\n365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY\n7:30 PM\n  \nApril 10th\, 2026\nConcert: [Switch~ Ensemble] II\nwith Jason Thorpe Buchanan & Christopher Chandler\, Itzá García\,\nKitty Xiao\, and Tobias Fandel\nElebash Recital Hall\, The Graduate Center\n365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY\n7:30 PM\n  \nApril 11th\, 2026\nConcert with PinkNoise Ensemble\nwith Michael Beil\, Cathy van Eck\, Kanzler & Uesaka\, and Itzá García\nElebash Recital Hall\, The Graduate Center\n365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY\n3:30 PM\n  \nApril 14th\, 2026\nExhibition Closing with Reception\nElebash Recital Hall Lobby\, The Graduate Center\n365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY\n6:30 PM\n  \nApril 14th\, 2026\nConcert & Screening\nwith Janet Biggs\, Noise Catalogue\, and Tobias Fandel\nElebash Recital Hall\, The Graduate Center\n365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY\n7:30 PM\n  \nApril 15th\, 2026\nConcert: Live Electronics\nwith winners of the call\nSkylight Room\, The Graduate Center\n365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY\n7:30 PM\n  \nApril 17th\, 2026\nConcert: Live Electronics with Percussion\nwith winners of the call\nPresented in collaboration with Sō Laboratories\nSō Percussion Space\n20 Grand Ave #205\, Brooklyn\, NY\n7:30 PM
URL:https://artscienceconnect.gc.cuny.edu/event/overdrive5/
LOCATION:Elebash Recital Hall\, 365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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SUMMARY:Concert: Saariaho with Electronics
DESCRIPTION:overdrive|5 – Saariaho with Electronics \n\nThis concert is dedicated to chamber music with electronics by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. It will serve as the closing concert of the conference Voicing Innocence\, presented by the Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research and Documentation\, and as the opening concert of the fifth edition of the Overdrive Festival for Experimental Electronic Music and Multimedia Art. \nProgram\nLonh (1996)\nFall (version for harpsichord\, 1995)\nJardin secret I (1984)\nJardin secret II (1986)\nPetals (1988)\nIm Traume (1980) \nTuija Hakkila | harpsichord\, piano\nJoann Whang | violoncello\nHannah Collins | violoncello\nOlga Heikkilä | soprano\noverdrive|5 concert poster featuring Kaija Saariaho working in IRCAM’s Studio 8\, 1982. \nThe concert is hosted by the Overdrive Festival and the Art and Science Connect Initiative\, in collaboration with the Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research and Documentation. \nThe event is free and open to the public.
URL:https://artscienceconnect.gc.cuny.edu/event/concert-saariaho-with-electronics/
LOCATION:Elebash Recital Hall\, 365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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