DAY ONE - MORNING SCHEDULE
THE ASTORIA ROOM (talks & presentations):
9.15am - Coffee & sign up
Take a moment to drink a cuppa and sign up for skills workshops before the day begins.
10.00am - Opening Session
Join us as we welcome participants to our extraordinary event. The opening session will be a chance learn more about the day, meet other participants and plan your own journey through the talks, skills sessions and more.
10.15 - 11.00am: MWEN
In conversation with Melanie Wilson
Mwen is a Sound Artist who has been working creatively with sound as an artist, producer, composer, DJ and session musician for a number of years.
More recently Mwen's creative output expanded to include sound design and composing for theatre, live performance and film. Mwen’s creative practice melds the worlds of music technology, electronic music, live sound and performance.
Mwen is currently working on Wreckage as Sound Designer, playing at the Harlow Playhouse & Ed Fringe, July-Aug 2022, it will also be showing at The Turbine Theatre from January 2023.
https://www.theturbinetheatre.com/whats-on/wreckage
https://www.mwenmusic.com/
11.10 - 11.50am: MUNOTIDA CHINYANGA
Making Sound for theatre as an anti-disciplinary artist
Munotida Chinyanga is an anti-disciplinary practitioner creating work through Direction and Sound Design. She's co-artistic director of the international arts collective, state of the [art]. Munotida has a Masters in Theatre Arts focusing on Multidisciplinary practices, Sonic Art and International Collaboration. She has worked at venues such as; The Young Vic, The Gate Theatre (A Small Place, 2018), Pleasance Theatre (Ali and Dahlia, 2019), and the Oxford Northwall.
International work includes Creative Europe residences in Serbia (2016), France (2017) and Malta (2017). Her residencies usually focus on how theatre/ performance and sonic art can facilitate the making or bringing together of a community, especially in environments that do not have a constant connection to the arts. Munotida has also directed productions and delivered masterclasses at Teatro India, The National Theatre of Rome and Teatro di Akrai, The National Institute of Ancient Drama, Sicily. At the National Theatre of Rome, she worked on ways we can mediate dialogue that is cross cultural creating both sonic and performative experiences for audiences. Munotida has also produce work for the Republic of China and South Korea as part of the 2019 YIYUAN TANG Museum & Foundation in China. In China, she worked with the community in Chongming to explore the history of several abandoned areas, including a mooncake factory and created performances with the elderly community investigating memories and the future as well as collaborating with visual artists to merge the two disciplines.
https://www.munotida.com/
12.00 - 12.45pm: CAROLYN DOWNING
In conversation - Designing the Common Wealth Games
Join Carolyn Downing, Olivier Award winning Sound Designer as she talks us through her work on the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.
12.45pm: LUNCH
We will pause for lunch, if you are staying for the afternoon session, please feel free to rest a while and listen to the foyer displays.
THE BARBICAN ROOM (skills workshops):
CLAIRE STAMP
11.10 - 11.50: Mixing Musicals - skills session 1
12 - 12.45: Mixing Musicals - skills session 2
Our play sessions are a chance to learn a new skill or further develop your existing knowledge. Claire Stamp is a senior sound and video technician at the National Theatre. With several years experience in large venues Claire will guide participants through mixing for musicals, from programming faders and groups all the way to a standing ovation.
THE ROUNDHOUSE ROOM (skills workshops):
GIULIA TESS
11.10 - 11.50: Ableton: workflow tips for creativity & flow - skills 1
12 - 12.45: Ableton: workflow tips for creativity & flow - skills 2
Italy-born London-based DJ and producer Giulia Campanella pulls the sonority of riddim into the side of percussive electronic music in a refreshing and effortless way. Codifying the variety of influences trapped within Giulia Tess is like a journey through a maze: challenging, thrilling and yet, rewarding in the end. https://earth-agency.com/artists/giulia-tess/
How to Find Us
The Premises for Pause, Play, Discover have been generously donated by our Corporate Members Shure. The Rose Shure Experience centre is close to Monument Tube station. The Google Maps Page for the centre is here.
Travel assistance scheme will be available for those 50 miles from the session location
Thanks to our corporate sponsors:
Please note, the ASD reserves the right to make changes to the programme without prior notice. Such alterations may occasionally be necessary due to circumstances beyond our control.
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