[Philadelphia-pm] Interesting ENIAC event coming up

[Kurt Starsinic]

FYI, the event is open. I just registered. Maybe I'll see some of you
there. - Kurt



On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Kurt Starsinic <kstarsinic at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Happy new year! I just found out about a free event sponsored by
> http://www.networkfornewmusic.org/ at U Penn:
>
> We're hosting a free event at the University of Pennsylvania, home of the
> original ENIAC computer<http://networkfornewmusic.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e674baab8a47fd62fc3bb223a&id=a202e4c51f&e=3d411fe4bb>.
> Composers Maurice Wright<http://networkfornewmusic.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=e674baab8a47fd62fc3bb223a&id=ab6e9cd62f&e=3d411fe4bb>
>  and James Primosch<http://networkfornewmusic.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e674baab8a47fd62fc3bb223a&id=fc33bd0021&e=3d411fe4bb> will
> introduce selected videos drawn from the Video Archive of the
> Electroacoustic Music<http://networkfornewmusic.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e674baab8a47fd62fc3bb223a&id=27c36563b9&e=3d411fe4bb> (curated
> by Eric Chasalow<http://networkfornewmusic.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e674baab8a47fd62fc3bb223a&id=46842c1c15&e=3d411fe4bb>,
> whose *The Shattering Bliss of Altitude *will be premiered in our Third
> Space mini-festival<http://networkfornewmusic.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e674baab8a47fd62fc3bb223a&id=385b7d4b19&e=3d411fe4bb> this
> spring).
>
> We'll also have wine, food, and conversation with guest
> Bill Mauchly, whose father John Mauchly<http://networkfornewmusic.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e674baab8a47fd62fc3bb223a&id=ec3b15aa37&e=3d411fe4bb> (together
> with
> J. Prosper Eckert) designed ENIAC, the first general purpose electronic
> digital computer.
>
> *Join us to hear more about the events leading up thecreation of ENIAC,
> anecdotes about computers and electronic music back in the day (both Eckert
> and John Mauchly were musicians), Bill Mauchly's experiences with
> the development of sampling instruments and MIDI, and much more!*
>
> *Save the date*: Friday, February 15 at 7:30 PM, in Rose Recital Hall on
> the University of Pennsylvania campus.
>
>
> That's all I know. Check the website and/or subscribe to their email list
> for details to come. When I hear more, I'll post here.
>
> - Kurt
> *
> *
>
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