Electro-Acoustic Ensemble

Electro-Acoustic Ensemble
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Background information
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Genres	electro-acoustic music, experimental music
Years active	2009–present
Website	www.electroacousticensemble.org
Members	Director Paul J. Botelho Current Members Delerio Bailey Josh Campbell Lukas Cox Elliot Downey Ross Farbe Jack Friese Monty Goulet Devin Hildebrand Alex Marse Wyatt O'Connell Kristen Olsson Stan Richardson II Nathan Tellers

The Electro-Acoustic Ensemble is a laptop-based ensemble at Loyola University New Orleans. The ensemble was formed in January 2009 by professor Paul J. Botelho and is composed of thirteen performers. Custom software instruments are developed for the ensemble primarily using the ChucK and Java programming languages. The ensemble focuses on contemporary and classical electro-acoustic works and performs in a variety of situations with a special focus on guerrilla performance.

Notable performances

Futurist Manifesto was premiered at a guest lecture by philosopher Slavoj Žižek at Loyola University New Orleans on November 17, 2009. The work was based on the manifest of the Italian Futurists and included live recitation of the manifesto with computer manipulation. This work was also performed at the New Orleans Museum of Art on April 1, 2011 as a part of the museum's Where Y'Art? series.^[1]

On December 4, 2009, the ensemble performed a twenty-four-hour meta-performance of Erik Satie's Vexations at Loyola University New Orleans. Notably, one audience member, pianist Michael Bennett, remained for the entire twenty-four hour performance.^[2]

The ensemble performed a concert at McKeown's Books and Difficult Music, New Orleans, LA on March 26, 2011.^[3]

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