27 March 2008

You are invited to attend a talk by special guest, Professor Marc
Battier entitled "Olivier Messiaen and musique concrete". This will be
hosted by Professor Michael Atherton and MARCS Auditory Laboratories.

Marc Battier is Professor at the University of Paris Sorbonne.  His
research interests are ongoing research on history of electrical and
electronic musical instruments, past of audio technology, interaction
with other arts, use of audio in literature and poetry, development of
electronic and computer music and analysis methods for electronic music.

He has been working with Leonardo and Leonardo Music Journal and is
currently President of the International advisory board of OLATS
(Observatoire LEONARDO des Arts et Technosciences).

Marc heads the MINT research group (Musicologie, Informatique et
Nouvelles Technologies).

Please join us for this event and drinks afterwards.

Date:  Friday 4 April 2008
Time:  2.30 to 4.00 pm
Place:  VIPRE (Virtual Interactive Performance Research Environment), Building 9 (Library), Bankstown
RSVP: Sue Bell, s.bell@uws.edu.au by 1 April