Workshops, Seminars and Masterclasses

Burton Beerman's compositions are deeply rooted in the Avant-garde, Jazz and Classical genre, yet these influences are amalgamated so masterfully that a singular voice is expressed.. One of the many features of the techno-intermedia ensemble is the creation of real-time virtual reality environments in which the computer generated sounds follow the musical lead of the electric clarinet and the computer music and videographics and animations respond to the live dancer's movements, producing a Virtual Dancer through motion capture and computer animation.

Seminars

Open composition seminar where Burton Beerman discusses student works.

Open composition seminar where Burton Beerman discusses his own compositions.

Workshops

clarinet
• New Music for the clarinet
• Real-time interactive performance for clarinet and computers
• Real-time virtual reality for an intermedia performance: using computers with music, video, dance and more
• Real-time virtual reality for an intermedia performance: using computers with music, video, dance and more
• Reed-making from the cane
  dance
  • Dance in a technological environment
  • Workshop focusing on dance and the interfacing of video with a live dancer
  • The dancer in a technological, interactive environment
  • Critical review of student dance choreography
  
  Computer Music
  • digital recording technology
  • computer music programming languages
  • Csound-its history, how to use it and sources for the code
  • writing music programs in C or lisp and how to coordinate with MIDI
  • MAX programming environment (developed at IRCAM and commercially available from Opcode Software)

  Masterclasses

  • the artist in an intermedia environment
  • social responsibility of the artist
  • interactive intermedia composition with student participants
  
  
  Fee Schedule: combination of seminars, workshops and masterclasses $300-$500 plus expenses per day