What happens when chess players get to perform music? What does check mate sound like? Sted: Main Library, University of Oslo Dato: September 7 – 14, 2012 Musicians: Maja Ratkje, Lasse Marhaig, Guttorm Andreasen, Peter Edwards, Asbjørn Blokkum Flø, Ulf Holbrook, Jonas Bartsen Johnsen, Erik Strutz, Eskil Muan Sæther og Anders Tveit Chess player: Simen Agdestein (former grand master & 7 times Norwegian champion), Hans Olav Lahlum (author, chess player and politician), Aryan Tari... read more

Integra is a six-year international collaborative project headed by Bimingham Conservatoire, and support by EU’s Culture 2000 program. The project has gone through two phases, and NOTAM has participated since the start in 2005. Project goal The main purpose of the Integra project is to develop a new software for composing and performing music with live electronics. The software will be tested in real productions thanks to financial support from the EU. To this end, new works by five... read more

In 2010–11, NOTAM and the trumpet player Arve Henriksen are collaborating on adapting sensor technology which can be used as an to create an augmented version of the trumpet. Since 2007, NOTAM’s Hans Wilmers has specialized in sensor technology for musicians. His circuit board Bowsense utilizes various types of sensors which can measure movement in three-dimensional space, rotation and finger pressure – among other things – and transfer the data wirelessly to computer programs.... read more

«Modelling Musical Mechanics» is a composition project consisting of several elements: development of composition techniques with mechanics as a starting point a series of works that explore these techniques in relation to: a) composer → b) performer → c) audience a collaboration between musicians, physicists and IT-developers In connection with the artistic part of the project, Vinjar is working on the composition of a series of etudes for guitar, which will be performed by the... read more

In the autumn of 2007 NOTAM and the Norwegian Academy of Music began a collaboration project where the main focus was to equip a violin bow with electronics for real time audio manipulation purposes. A prototype of the bow is now in use. The second step in development was programming in Max/MSP and adaptation of the musical piece “Victoria Counts”, written by Henrik Hellstenius. The electronic violin bow project was introduced at ICMC in Belfast in August 2008. The violin bow is... read more

In 2005, a research project with Alexander Refsum Jensenius from the University of Oslo as the project coordinator was launched. The goal was to create balls that could be used as new interfaces for musical expression. The project was a collaboration between the University of Oslo, NOTAM, Oslo School of Architecture and Design and McGill University. Go to external website for more info about Musical Ball (Norwegian text) Development Alexander Refsum Jensenius (UiO) coordinator, electronics... read more