JG’s Blog

JG Records the Cambridge Bach Consort...

6 days ago

A concert of Baroque music performed by music students at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge.

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Shadowplay Concert...

15 days ago

Sarah Nicolls performing Piece for Piano and Lamp, 3rd November 2008

Sarah Nicolls performs Piece for Piano and Lamp at Brunel University as part of a Shadowplay concert of new music.

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BCMG Electro Sequenza Workshops...

26 days ago

JG assists composer David Horne and violinist Alexandra Wood at the King Edward VI Handsworth School, Birmingham.

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Homemade Stereo Sound Generator...

34 days ago

A DIY speaker system built to generate and process background sound for a documentary.

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CBSO/Martin Creed Recording...

56 days ago

JG records Martin Creed’s “Work No 955” performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons in Symphony Hall.

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18 Channel Ultrasonic Sensor Interface...

59 days ago

A networked multi-channel synchronised distance sensor system to detect the movement of people around an architectural exhibit.

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My Secret Heart Recordings...

90 days ago


Photograph by Clive Barda

JG records Streetwise Opera participants around the UK.

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Into Movements on Radio 3...

90 days ago

Sarah Nicoll’s BMIC Cutting Edge Concert in November last year is broadcast on Hear and Now, Radio 3.

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JG Records Trombone & Live Electronics Pieces...

125 days ago

Following the concert, JG records David Purser performing the pieces at the Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire.

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Cambridge Camerata Recording...

130 days ago

JG records the Cambridge Camerata in concert at the West Road Concert Hall.

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Two Songs Recording...

144 days ago

JG records Two Songs by Ryan Wigglesworth.

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Re:Flux Concert...

145 days ago


“Dress as a man dressed as a bat. Then fall.” Keir Williams, 2008.
Photo by Nikki Pugh

JG manages PA and audio recording for a concert of new and existing Fluxus works at St Pauls Church, Birmingham.

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Sarah Nicolls at Soundwaves...

150 days ago

JG engineers at Sarah Nicolls’ concert at this year’s Soundwaves Festival in the Pavilion Theatre, Brighton.

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Trombone & Live Electronics Concert...

155 days ago

A concert for trombone (David Purser) and live electronics (JG) at the Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire.

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Nigel Brown Competition...

158 days ago

JG records the audio for a DVD recording of the 2008 Nigel Brown Competition, University of Cambridge.

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Strange News...

162 days ago

JG supervises the electronics for the final Integra Festival concert with the BCMG in Birmingham.

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Piece for Metal Sheet... Reviewed...

182 days ago

The Talk Magazine: “an amazing, mind-boggling piece.”

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JG Performs Boulez to Boulez...

191 days ago

JG and Angela Balint perform Anthemes II to Pierre Boulez as part of the Boulez in Birmingham event on 12th May 2008.

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JG Visits IRCAM...

200 days ago

JG and violinist Angela Balint are invited to IRCAM in preperation for a performance of Pierre Boulez’s Anthemes II on 9th May in Birmingham.

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BCMG Rural Tours...

225 days ago

Jonathan engineers for the BCMG on an intensive Rural Tour day.

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JG Relocates to Cambridge...

255 days ago

Jonathan moves to Cambridge to work at the Centre for Music and Science, University of Cambridge.

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Metal Sheet and Lightpipe at SightSonic 2008...

296 days ago

JG perform a new version of Piece for Large Metal Sheet at this year’s SightSonic Festival on March 15th.

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Into Movements at the BMIC Cutting Edge Tour...

355 days ago

Sarah Nicolls plays JG’s Into Movements for piano and motion sensors at The Warehouse, London, as part of the BMIC’s Cutting Edge Tour. To be broadcast on Radio 3 sometime in January.

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Anderson, BCMG & JG...

364 days ago

Jonathan provides technical support for another performance of Julian Anderson’s Book of Hours by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Oliver Knussen.

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JG on BBC Radio 3's In Tune Programme...

374 days ago

Sarah Nicolls performs the first part of Into Movements on “In Tune”, BBC Radio 3, 13th November 2007.

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JG Previews Lightpipe...

433 days ago

JG and Gregory (director, VRU) give a demo of home-made prototype of Lightpipe at the E-Science 2007 All Hands Meeting held in Nottingham.

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JG at BBC Proms with BCMG...

435 days ago

JG oversees electronics for a performance of Julian Anderson’s Book of Hours by Oliver Knussen and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group at the BBC Proms.

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Invented Instruments Concert...

510 days ago

Invented Instruments Flyer

Experimental acoustic-electronic music and video installation and concert.

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Real-time Data Acquisition...

516 days ago

Jonathan Green from the Visualisation Research Unit gives a short presentation on Real-Time Data Acquisition at the AHRC ICT Methods Network conference, 19th June 2007.

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Live Electronics with Recorder Demo...

523 days ago

Jonathan is giving a demonstration of live electronics with recorder alongside Sarah Jeffery on 20 June 2007 to students at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

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JG at the New Generation Arts Festival...

527 days ago

I’m involved in two sound installations and a concert for the New Generation Arts Festival.

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JG at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival...

527 days ago

Sarah Nicolls has commissioned me to compose a piece for Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007 .

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Book of Hours and JG at the BBC Proms...

527 days ago

I’ve been asked to do the electronics for Julian Anderson’s piece Book of Hours at this years Proms.

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St Martins Workshop...

553 days ago

Keir Williams and Jonathan Green from the VRU give a demo of networked audio-visual performance environments at St Martins, London.

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Piano Experiments...

561 days ago

I’ve been working on developing a piece for acoustic-electronic piano where all the sound generation occurs inside the piano (no pre-recorded sounds and lots of feedback…).

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BCMG/Johannes Maria Staud Performance...

575 days ago

The Birmingham Contemporary Music Group performed Johannes Maria Staud’s new piece ‘One Movement and Five Miniatures’, for which I developed the electronics using Max/MSP.

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Documenting Musical Works That Incorporate Electronic Technology...

714 days ago

Some thoughts about how and why to document the technological aspect of musical works.

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Please put Max to sleep...

717 days ago

Max is not keeping up with trends in software design and because it cannot evolve (see below), another solution should be found.

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Max Workshops: Introduction to Max/MSP & Jitter...

717 days ago

A slightly academic introduction to a series of short practice-based Max/MSP workshops aimed at beginners in technology in the performing arts. In this workshop, an overview of Max/MSP and it’s capabilities will be presented alongside an introduction to the Max methodology.

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Music for Media - Max/MSP Workshop...

719 days ago

Notes and patches for the introductory Max/MSP workshop given at the Birmingham Conservatoire lead by myself.

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The Networked Mash-Up: Gridded Resources in Real-Time...

729 days ago

An overview of a demonstration by a VJ (Keir Williams), electronic musician (Jonathan Green) and a dancer, of a computer network designed especially for the performing arts.

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Remote-Controlled Max Patches...

731 days ago

A system which allows control data (MIDI, Open Sound Control) to be streamed over the internet.

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e-Science Workshop Max Patches...

751 days ago

This workshop will focus on the identification and practicalities of e-science models and solutions.

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Performance of Piece for Piano and Lamp...

881 days ago

Played by Sarah Nicolls in the Corsham Festival 2006 on 21st June.

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Ensemble Interakt Concert...

881 days ago

Launch concert of Ensemble Interakt, exploring interaction with computer generated sounds.

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Beat Slicer Max Patch...

948 days ago

Live sampler which records sound to a unique buffer when an attack is detected.

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Live Electronics Hardware...

950 days ago

A suggestion for a family of hardware devices for performing works with live electronics. These devices do not exist and are probably not financially feasible for a manufacturer.

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Live Sampler for David's Garden...

952 days ago

Just completed: a MaxMSP live sampler which loops material with crossfades.

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David's Garden - Harmonizer Action Plan...

953 days ago

Roadmap for the development of the David’s Garden live electronics environment.

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Building David's Garden...

955 days ago

Prototyping real-time signal processing networks in Logic.

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Coventry Carol Installation...

956 days ago

Cormac Faulkner’s sound installation at the Herbert Gallery in Coventry.

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David's Garden...

957 days ago

A hardware/software environment for improvisation with electronics to be completed by June 2006.

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Alexanda's Annex Concert...

987 days ago

With Sara Nicolls and Sound Intermedia.

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Frontiers Concert...

996 days ago

With oboist Christopher Redgate.

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Book of Hours...

1407 days ago

Julian Anderson’s composition for ensemble and live electronics.

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