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Workshops on Music Composition with Soundscape Material
A series of three lectures
Vol. 1: 13:00 to 16:00, Saturday, November 9th　
Vol. 2: 9:30 to 12:30, Sunday, November 17th
Vol. 3: 13:00 to 16:00, Saturday, December 14th
Lecturer: Shintaro Imai
　 — composer, sound artist, lecturer at Kunitachi College of Music
In the atelier of Chino Cultural Complex
Maximum Number of Participants: 8
Admission: Free (*Advance registration required)

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Sound Installation Consisting of the “Soundscape Library” Material
10:00 to 18:00, from Saturday, March 15th to Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 In the special exhibition gallery of Chino City Museum of Art

Potential of Soundscapes
Vol. 1: Soundscape and Dance Performance Sunday, March 16th, 2014
At Chino Cultural Complex
Vol. 2: Presentation of Submitted Works of Sound Art Sunday, March 16th, 2014
At Chino Cultural Complex
Vol. 3: Music Concert & Soundscape Symposium Sunday, March 23rd, 2014
At Chino Cultural Complex

Call for Entries: Works of Art Consisting of Soundscape Material

Applications accepted: from Saturday, November 9th, 2013 to Friday, February 14th, 2014
Submitted works will be presented in Chino Cultural Complex on Sunday, March 16th, 2014
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Lecturer
Ms. Yasuko Shono — sound environment designer, lecturer at Department of Environmental Science, Musashino University
Having completed the course of music study at the Graduate School of Tokyo Gakugei University and engaged in surveys and research in sound environments, she practices sound environment design and has received various awards in Japan and overseas. She worked on the sound environment design, named “coMIMInication”, in Chino Cultural Complex, and continues to work in soundscape workshops in association with the design. She is the program director of the project “PLAY with Soundscapes — Explore Their Potential”.

Shintaro Imai — composer, sound artist, lecturer at Kunitachi College of Music
His creative works are based on trimming and biasing the sound and microscopic vibration of various materials. Having studied at Kunitachi College of Music and IRCAM Paris, he engaged in research at ZKM in Germany as an oversea artist trainee dispatched from the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and later, in creative production at the Berlin Institute of Technology as a guest DAAD Berlin Artist. He often serves as music director for Bauhaus theatrical performances at the Bauhaus-Dessau Foundation.