Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance (KcEMA)
Encyclopedia
The Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance (KcEMA) is a not-for-profit promoter of electroacoustic music
, electronic music
and electronic art
in the Kansas City
metro area.
Electroacoustic music
Electroacoustic music originated in Western art music during its modern era following the incorporation of electric sound production into compositional practice. The initial developments in electroacoustic music composition during the mid-20th century are associated with the activities of composers...
, electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
and electronic art
Electronic art
Electronic art is a form of art that makes use of electronic media or, more broadly, refers to technology and/or electronic media. It is related to information art, new media art, video art, digital art, interactive art, internet art, and electronic music...
in the Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
metro area.
Mission
The Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance (KcEMA) was founded in 2007 to encourage and develop understanding and appreciation of electronic music and to create an expansive sense of community for electronic musicians and other artists in the Kansas City Area. KcEMA organizes concerts of electronic music and collaborative projects with generative and performing artists. KcEMA provides a forum for electronic musicians and artists in other media to collaborate, exchange ideas, and grow as an interactive, supportive community.Articles & Reviews
- sensorially immersive, emotionally evocative, and thoroughly satisfying..." - Chamber Music Today
- mind bending program of audio/visual imagination." - Megan Browne Helm, KCMetropolis.org
- Ten of KC's 2009–10 season" - KCMetropolis.org
- whole performance was accomplished artistry undiminished by the unusual dimensions of sound and sight." - Paul Elias Taylor, El Dormido
- could say it was a healing of the wound between ‘fixed media’ and ‘live’ electroacoustic performance. The unity of the aesthetic effect of the musicians who performed live and the composers who engineered their fixed-media playback was among the best I’ve ever heard." - Chamber Music Today
- is a vital organization in the already rich artistic landscape of Kansas City. You owe it to yourself to seek out one of their shows" - Lee Hartman, KCMetropolis.org
- arresting and spoke to the soul and human condition." - Lee Hartman, KCMetropolis.org
- might be surprised by the music’s emotionality, its sonic richness, its absolute abstract nature.." - Sarah BensonSarah BensonSarah Benson is a British theater director based in New York City. She became Artistic Director of Soho Repertory Theater, Inc in 2006. She is the fourth artistic director at Soho Rep....
, ink Magazine
Board of directors
- Jason Bolte, President
- Andrew S. Cole, Vice President
- Scott Blasco, Treasurer
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, Secretary - Christopher Biggs, Composer
- Eric Honour, Composer
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, Composer - Timothy Place, Software Engineer/Composer