Experimental Sound Practices

The Experimental Sound Practices program was established for musicians, composers, and sound artists with a strong musical background who want to explore the more radical branches of contemporary sound.

Performance

Stina Haraldsdottir ('12) performs at the Two-Headed Beast concert outside of the Wild Beast Pavilion in 2011

Installation

Marc Nimoy's performance of networked laptops during Sounding Out in the Fall of 2008

Performance

Davy Sumner preparing his piece for amplified tape-machine and percussion for the ESP Night Concert in February 2016

Performance

Leslie Lang ('21) improvising at the Fall 2019 ESP Night Concert

Collaboration

Zachary Kenefick ('21) and Dylan Marx ('21) performing Mime Piece at the Fall 2019 ESP Night Concert

Installation

Aaron Drake's installation "Radio Transmission Orchestra" installation in the CalArts main gallery in 2006

Installation

flowers:orangegreenblue - Marc Nimoy, Fall 2005

Performance

Isaac Rohr ('20) performing via Ableton Live at the Fall 2019 ESP Night Concert

Installation

Cooper Baker's Noctiluca Scintillans installation in the WaveCave gallery, September 2014

Collaboration

Brian Griffith ('21) and Shan Ni ('21) performing their collaborative piece called Unknown Pieces of Life at the Fall 2019 ESP Night Concert

Visiting Artists

Visiting artist Ezra Buchla presents his work to students in the ESP Forum in the Spring of 2015

Performance

Daniel Eaton's Video Head as seen in the Music & Image class, Spring 2010

Performance

Carmina Escobar improvising with bluetooth controllers at STEIM, Fall 2010

Installation

NES Circuit Bent Audio Visualizer - Phil Stearns 2006

Studios

ESP and Music Tech students building Peter Blasser's synthesizer circuit in the Electronics Lab in the Spring of 2015

Collaboration

ESP students checking out an installation in the WaveCave during ESP Forum, Fall 2016