The First Athens Composer/Performer Conference for PhD students in co-operation with Goldsmiths, University of London and St. Catherine’s British School, will take place in Athens, Greece on November 6 and 7, 2009. The conference and adjourning concert will take place in  St. Catherine’s British School and the Theocharakis Foundation Concert Hall, Athens Greece.

The conference will match composers with performers to show the relationship of the creator and performer and their combined role in the “making and unmaking” of a new composition.

The chair and keynote speaker of the conference will be composer/conductor Roger Redgate,  Head of Composition, co-director of the Centre for Contemporary Music Cultures, Goldsmiths, University of London and director of Contemporary Music Ensemble Exposé.  Guest Artist, concert oboist Christopher Redgate, AHRC Fellow, Royal Academy of Music. 

On November 6th each composer will present his/her work which will then be performed by the appropriate musician. The composer and performer will discuss the results and examine what may need changing in the piece and/or in the interpretation of the piece. The audience will consist of the conference participants and advanced music students from the Athens community.

November 7th will consist of preparation for an evening concert of the works discussed at the Theocharakis Concert Hall located in the centre of Athens near Syntagma. A CD recording of the concert will be made as well as a booklet of program notes from the composers and performers.

Session chairs: Marietta Kandilaki, Head of Music, St. Catherine’s British School, Contemporary Music Specialist; Roger Redgate, Head of Composition, Goldsmiths, University of London; Alexandra Fol, McGill University doctoral student.

Participating composers:Eric Guinivan, Vassilis Kitsos, Timothy McCormack, Jerry Wigens, Edmund Hunt, Stamatia Statherou, Benjamin Lang, Leonidas Sakellarides, Coreen Morsink, Daniel Schnee, Ray Evanoff, Alexandra Fol.

Participating performers: Mizuka Yamamoto, Drosostalida Moraiti, Xenia Pestova, Angelos Botsis, Christopher Redgate, Iwona Glinka, Marimel Chrissi, Jerry Wigens, Coreen Morsink, Eric Guinivan.

Conference sponsors: Diamantopoulos S.A – www.idiamantopoulos.gr; Mass Athens S.A., a “COMM GROUP” company – www.massathens.gr

For more information: Coreen Morsink, MMus, MA,  Conference Producer: mup02cm@gold.ac.uk

Information on the Second Composer/Performance Conference TBA

Website links:

Coreen Morsink:  http://www.newmusiccomposition.com/coreenmorsink

Christopher Redgate:  http://www.christopherredgate.co.uk/

Roger Redgate:  http://www.gold.ac.uk/music/staff/redgate/

St. Catherine’s British School, Athens Greece http://www.stcatherines.gr/