Robot Opera Mini Symposium
2-6pm Thursday 15th June
David Osmond-Smith Recital Room (Falmer House 120)
University of Sussex
Brought to you by the Centre for Research in Opera and Music Theatre and the Centre for Research in the Creative and Performing Arts
All welcome.
Programme
2pm Evelyn Ficarra, Lecturer in Music
Welcome and brief introductory remarks - why robot opera?
2:10 Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris, PhD Researcher, Composition in Music Theatre
2:40 Chris Kiefer, Lecturer in Music Technology
Learning and Performing with AIs.
3:10 Ron Chrisley Director, Centre for Cognitive Science
What would it be for a robot to sing?
3:45 coffee / tea
4:00 Performances and Discussion Panel
Ron Chrisley, Alice Eldridge, Evelyn Ficarra, Tim Hopkins, Ed Hughes, Nick Till
Work-in-progress performances of two 5 minute robot operas.
Post performance discussion will be led by Nick Till, Professor of Opera and Music Theatre
Performers include Red 2 & Blue 3 (Robots) and Alice Eldridge (cello)
Director: Tim Hopkins
Opposite of Familiarity
for two Nao Robots, cello and piano
Music: Ed Hughes / Libretto: Eleanor Knight / Programming and Co-devising: Ron Chrisley
O, One
for two Nao robots and cello
Music & Libretto: Evelyn Ficarra / Programming and Co-devising: Ron Chrisley
5:00 What next?
Small group discussions brainstorming how to pursue this research strand.
5:30
Feeding ideas back into the larger group.
6pm Wine & nibbles!