Berklee Robot Jam

Presented by Ramon Castillo

Sunday, October 7, 2012 8PM EST

Broadcasting live from the Berklee College of Music Live stream/archive available at: berkleerobotjam.bleepblop.com Featuring music from around the globe Special thanks to Christine Southworth and Ensemble Robot

The Robot Jam has and will request the participation of any and all composers/arrangers. We do not discriminate against any kind of music so long as it can be played by the robot(s). To view current and past Robot Jams, please visit berkleerobotjam.bleepblop.com and feel free to sign up for potential future events. Robot Jam - October 7, 2012 Program: Tornado Devin Whipple (San Diego, CA)

This piece was written with the visual capabilities of the Heliphon at the forefront of thought, along with the musical content.

Steel
Part of a binary series of etudes for robots.

Aaron Fryklund (from Dallas, TX)

HelloPhon
A simple theme, transmogrified.

Kevin Gonzalez (Los Angeles, CA)

Piano Sonata Op. 22

II. Presto Misterioso

Alberto Ginastera (Buenos Aires, Argentina) arr. Ramon Castillo (Boston, MA)

Study For Solo Violin #1 - Performed by a Robot.

Robin Hall (England)

I wanted to demonstrate how composers can use advancing technology within music to get their pieces played even if its not played by the instrument/ensemble that it were intended for.

Glock Bot

Elizabeth Kennedy Bayer (Phoenix, AZ)

My piece is very loosely trying to re-create the music box compositions/sound of Tom Sora

Robot Jam - October 7, 2012 Program Continued: Robot Glock Movement 1 Mike Testa

This piece is intended to explore space/time and harmonic content of the robot. This piece is a world premiere of movement 1 of the RobotGlock suite. I dedicate this work to my cat, Lucy-Fur who's love of Atonal music supersedes catnip, tuna and teriyaki chicken.

Flim, Windowlicker, and Xtal

Aphex Twin, arr. Nick Garcia

Baba Yaga

Andrew Filipowicz

Complex rhythms generated from a short motif; inspired by Supertramp's "Goodbye Stranger", internet addiction, and my grandmother's broken music box.

Helicase

Matthew Richmond (Asheville, NC)

My main goal in this piece was to create the effect of several lines interacting, even within the very limited range of the instrument. And also to make a cool light show.

Following Closely

Andrew Weathers (Oakland, CA)

Following Closely is about using repetition to bring out hidden movement. My hope is that a robot can do it better than I can on my guitar.

Tantrum/Joujou (originally for toy piano)

Jeff Harrington (Avignon, France)

Tantrum is four minutes of pounding toy piano mayhem, with the material driven by minor 2nds. Joujou, is an experiment in the violence of mayhem within the boundaries of the playful toy. It's a cry of absurdity within the ecology of a destructive classicism.

Junk Emails from Ebay

An automated machine playing a piece about automated emails.

Andrew Alden (Boston, MA)