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As part of the Propagations Festival 2026.
As part of the Émergence program at the Propagations Festival, guest artist Louise Rossiter will lead a masterclass for students at the Pierre Barbizet Conservatory and the Cité de la Musique in Marseille.
An electroacoustic composer and sound artist, Louise Rossiter has developed a practice centered on spatialization, acousmatic listening, and the interactions between sound, silence, and perception. Her immersive works explore the concepts of anticipation, sound narration, and sensory experience.
This masterclass approaches sound projection as a form of performance in its own right. Through exercises focusing on spatialization, the transition from the studio to the acousmonium, and real-time performance strategies, participants explore the gestural, physical, and expressive dimensions of sound projection, as well as their role in the construction of musical meaning.
Biography(s)
Louise Rossiter
Composer
Louise Rossiter (1986) is an award-winning electroacoustic composer and sound artist based in Leicester, UK.
Her research focuses on anticipation in acousmatic music, silence and music, acoustic ecology, multichannel composition, and spatialization.Her current research, undertaken as part of her PhD, explores how interactions between sound, silence, and the blending of timbres can evoke implications, expectations, and questions. She is currently composing a series of pieces inspired by the work of Fritz Kahn. Kahn revolutionized the field of computer graphics by producing images that represent human anatomy as complex mechanisms. This research project establishes a concrete link between sound, image, and imagination, thereby allowing for an exploration of the notion of expectation.
Louise’s works aim to offer an immersive and, in a certain sense, unpredictable sound experience. Her previous projects have focused on silence, the contrast between real and imaginary places, and enigmatic sounds.
Her works have been presented on the international scene, notably at CIME (Krakow), EMS, the Electronic Music Week (Shanghai), Influx (Musiques et Recherches), L'espace du son, NYCEMF, BEAST, SSSP, the Sound Festival, Soundings..., at Sound Junction, the Forum Wallis, the Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium, the Bologna Conservatory of Music, the Electric Spring Festival, and Electroacoustic Wales.
Louise has also won awards in several international competitions, including the Destellos International Composition Competition (2014), Musica Nova (2010, 2019, 2020, 2021), the Franz Liszt Scholarship (2013), the Shanghai Electronic Music Week (2013), the Forum Wallis (2020), and the Russolo Competition (2020 / 2021).
In 2012, she received first prize at the prestigious international spatialization competition L'espace du son. In 2019,Homo Machina wasselected for inclusion on the CIME 2019 CD. In 2021, Louise received the Russolo Prize for her composition Synapse. She is also the first electroacoustic composer to receive the Russolo Prize since its inception in 1979. Louise Rossiter’s works are available on the Xylem label. —www.louiserossiter.com
Location
13001
Marseille
Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional Pierre Barbizet
2, place Auguste et François Carli13001
Marseille
Masterclass: Performance on the Acousmonium
Louise Rossiter
Master Class
Sat, May 2, 2026 | 9:00 a.m.
Pierre Barbizet Regional Conservatory
Distribution
Louise Rossiter
, guest composer
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