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MR (ROGER) ALSOP



Contact Details

Organization: Victorian College of the Arts
Position: LECTURER IN PRODUCTION (SOUND)
Email:
Homepage: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~alsop56/
Work: 96859395
Building: No Building
Campus: Victorian College Of The Arts

Biography

Roger Alsop divides his time between teaching Sound Design in the School of Production at the Victorian College of the Arts, computer music at Northern Metropolitan Institute of TAFE, and working as a sound and AV designer and composer. His recent works include: Yellow Wallpaper, Malthouse & Storeroom, Local Migration, Big West Festival, The Three Interiors of Lola Strong (review), Downstairs 45, Rice Paddies, for the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts (MIFA 2001) and the Big West Festival; Scenes of the Future from the Past, NYID; Springtime, Griffin Theatre; Paradise and Krapps Last Tape, La Mama; Remembrance of Things Past, VCA School of Drama (MIFA 2002). 

His recent musical and multimedia works include: Shoes, e*mergence, PICA, Perth, Cycle, Electric Rainbow Coalition Festival, The Bregman Electronic Music Studio; Dartmouth College, New Hampshire; How Can We, Clubelectronische and Improvisations, Danceworks, for the  Melbourne Fringe Festival.

A detailed CV may be found  here
Detailed Biography
2007
Artist in Residence Federation Square
Yelling at Stars, Development Process

2006    
Yellow Wallpaper, Malthouse
Grand Union Festival Melbourne2006 and Stonnington Jazz Festival
phoFAUX gallery opening

2005    
Local Migration, Big West Festival
Grand Union, Malvern Town Hall, Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Sixteen Words for Water, Courthouse
Yellow Wallpaper, The Storeroom review
Alphington Wetlands Festival, City of Yarra

2004    
Grand Union Project, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Chapel off Chapel link; Eureka Festival, Ballarat
The Cherry Orchard, 45Downsatairs
the eclipse & re-emergence of the oedipus complex, film by Stewart Home

2003    
Marks Passion, Trades Hall
Tet Festival, Richmond City Council
The Three Interiors of Lola Strong, Downstairs 45 review
Grand Union Project, The Loft

2002    
Secrets of the Hidden City, Melbourne Museum
Paradise, La Mama
Krapps Last Tape, La Mama
Moon Lantern Festival, Richmond City Council
Tet Festival, Richmond City Council
Remembrance of Things Past, VCA School of Drama (MIFA 2002)
Playback, choreographer Don Asker, VCA School of Dance

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Interdisciplinary arts practise Installation, multimedia, computer art Australia, United States of America, Spain, United Kingdom
Performing Arts Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Australia The Australian National University Teaching

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Graduate Diploma in Music Technology La Trobe University 31-Dec-1993
Master of Arts (Composition) La Trobe University 16-Aug-2000
Batchelor of Arts (Composition) La Trobe University 31-Dec-1989

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Green Room Hybrid Arts Committee Selection committee for Green Room awards in performance arts 16-Apr-2007
Member Austalasian Computer Music Association Member 31-May-2006
Member Course Advisory Committee (CAC) of the Centre for Performing Arts, Box Hill Institute Member 06-Apr-2009
Member Electronic Music Foundation Foundation member 01-Sep-1998
Member dance-tech Member 11-Feb-2009
Member ANAT Member 01-Jan-2009
Member HCSNet (Human Communication Sciences Network) Member 01-Dec-2007
Member CHASS (Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) Member 01-Dec-2004

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Artist in Residence, Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne 03-Mar-2008
Other (Award) Spark Mentoring program (Mentor) 30-May-2007
Other (Award) Artist in Residence, Federation Square 01-Jul-2007

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Creative Works

  • RBGC Podcast
    Year: 2008
    Book/Anthology/Journal/Catalogue Title: RBGC Podcast
    Edition: 1
    Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors/Performers:

Publications in 2007

Conference Publications/Papers

  • INTEGRATING TEXT, SOUND, AND VISION IN AN INTERACTIVE AUDIO-VISUAL WORK
    Year: 2007
    Event name: International Conference on Music Communication Science
    Conference Publication: The Inaugural International Conference on Music Communication Science
    Publisher: University of Western Sydney(Penrith)
    Author(s):
  • The biggest shed in the world: an approach to computer enhanced creativity
    Year: 2007
    Event name: TRANS
    Conference Publication: TRANS
    Page numbers: CD publication
    Publisher: Australasian Computer Music Association(Melbourne)
    Author(s):
    URL - open access http://www.acmc07.org/resources/ACMC07_Schedule.pdf

Creative Works

  • 5
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: ANU(Canberra)
    Place: Canberra, AUSTRALIA
    Performers:
  • Old White Spider
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Melbourne International Arts Festival(Melbourne)
    Place: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
    Performers:

Publications in 2006

Conference Publications/Papers

Publications in 2005

Creative Works

  • The Yellow Wallpaper
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: Malthouse Theatre(Melbourne)
    Place: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
    Performers:

Publications in 2004

Publications in 2003

Conference Publications/Papers

  • The Ineluctable Modality of the Audible: Exploring the sound worlds of James Joyce

    Year: 2003
    Event name: ... acoustic ecology ...
    Conference Publication: ... acoustic ecology ...
    Volume: none
    Issue: noe\ne
    Page numbers: proceedings on DC rom, no page numbers
    Publisher: Triangle Journals
    Author(s):
  • Compositional Processes in Developing Poly-Media Performance Works
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Converging Technologies
    Conference Publication: Converging Technologies
    Page numbers: 5-12
    Publisher: ACMA(Perth)
    Author(s):
  • Compositional Processes in Developing Poly-media Performance Works
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Australasian Music Conference Perth 2003
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Australasian Music Conference Perth 2003
    Page numbers: 5-12
    Publisher: Australasian Computer Music Association(Fitzroy)
    Author(s):

Creative Works

  • Cycle
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Dartmouth College, Trustees
    Place: Hanover, AMERICA
    Performers:
  • Shoes
    Year: 2003
    Book/Anthology/Journal/Catalogue Title: shoes
    Date from: 09-Jul-2003
    Date to: 09-Jul-2003
    Publisher: Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts(Perth)
    Authors/Performers:

Publications in 2001

Creative Works

  • Rice Paddies
    Year: 2001
    Book/Anthology/Journal/Catalogue Title: Melbourne International Arts Festival
    Date from: 15-Oct-2001
    Date to: 25-Oct-2001
    Publisher: Melbourne International Arts Festival(Melbourne)
    Authors/Performers:
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