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Noiseborder is an umbrella for a wide range of activities relating to new music at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Noiseborder-supported projects include creative work, performance series, educational programming, and research. Noiseborder draws on the expertise of a core group of faculty, students, and community members interested in musical experimentation and collaboration, and emphasizes diverse musics, emerging technologies and new performance practices. Noiseborder is ultimately about creating a rich environment for new music at the University of Windsor, an environment that is stimulating for university students, young people interested in the university, faculty, and guest artists.

Noiseborder represents a collaboration between the University of Windsor’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Centre for Teaching and Learning. Noiseborder makes its home in the suite of television and sound recording studios operated by the CTL, and draws support from a range of institutional, individual, and corporate partners. Noiseborder is under the direction of Dr. Brent Lee.

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2010/04/05:With performances of student arrangements and compositions on March 25 and April 1, the schedule of regular Thursday events in Studio A is finished for the 09-10 season. Thanks to everyone that attended and contributed this year. Planning is well underway for next season. Further auditions for the 2010-11 Diverse Musics and Practices class take place in April and May; contact the School of Music at the University of Windsor for more details.

2010/03/29: The Ontario Research Fund has matched the funds awarded by the Canadidan Foundation of Innovation to create the Noiseborder Multimedia Performance Laboraoty. We will be purchasing equipment and beginning several new research/creation projects over the summer of 2010.

2010/03/22: Students in Sigi Torinus' Digital Media and Interactivity class along with students in Brent Lee's Diverse Musics and Practices class presented collaborative new media projects in Studio A.

2010/03/11: Artist in residence Chenoa Anderson gave a master class for local flute students in contemporary flute techniques on March 9, and then presented a program of newly commissioned work for flute and electronics March 12 in Studio A.

2010/03/04: The Noiseborder Ensemble presented a program entitled Master Control, featuring works by Trevor Pittman, Chris McNamara, and John Cage, along with an extended collaborative piece with Blackhole-factory from Germany

2010.02.17: This year's WCMF is now complete, and was a great success with excellent performances, interesting repertoire and appreciative audiences. CBC Radio 2 will broadcast two programs of music from the festival on The Signal with Laurie Brown on March 5 and March 12.

2010.01.18: The DMAP class presented Intelligence Review Committee, a concert of new song compositions on Thursday, January 28 at 7:30 pm in Studio A..

2010.01.18: The line-up for this year's Windsor Canadian Music Festival has been announced, and features several new music performances between January 31 and February 6, 2010. Check out the WCMF website for more details.

2010.01.04: On January 14, the Noiseborder Ensemble presented Zero Craft, a telematic performance with Blackhole-factory in Germany. Featured were vocalists Jessica Pistor and Elke Utermöhlen.

2010.01.04: The new year began with the presentation of the experimental videos created by the DMAP class and Justin Langlois's experimental film class. This event took place in Studio A on January 7.

2009.12.20: The Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has awarded Professors Brent Lee, Nicholas Papador, and Sigi Torinus $94,014 to create the Noiseborder Multimedia Performance Laboratory. The funds will be used to purchase musical instruments as well as audio and video equipment, and will greatly expand the artistic and research potential of Lambton Studio A and adjoining spaces.

2009.12.07: The fall series of events is just about finished. Our last event is a workshop for high school students on Thursday December 10 from 5-7 with a performance to follow at 7:30. Interested students should register on the School of Music website. Our original plan for an all-day workshop has been abbreviated; just come for 5 pm with your instrument or voice.

2009.11.21: Virgil Moorefield's Five Ideas About the Relation of Sight and Sound has been scheduled for 7:30 pm Thursday, February 4 at the Old Windsor Armouries.

2009.11.12 The performance of Virgil Moorefield's Five Ideas About the Relation of Sight and Sound scheduled for November 12, 2009 has been rescheduled for the Windsor Canadian Music Festival in February , 2010. More details on that soon.

2009.11.05 The Noiseborder Ensemble performed at the opening of browsing beauty, a media art installation by Sigi Torinus and Andrea Sunder-Plassman at the Thames Art Gallery in Chatham, Ontario. This performance also feature the launch of our 12" vinyl EP: browsing beauty/Graz.

2009.10.08: It's been a bit of a crazy month with the Mike Huckaby and Nexus residencies, but things are returning to normal. Upcoming October events include the premiere performance of Discrete Music (music by Brent Lee and video by Sigi Torinus) by the Contact Contemporary Music ensemble in Toronto October 16 and 17; see the SoundPlay Festival website for more details. Closer to home, the Diverse Musics and Practices class will present FabricMusic, two concerts of loop-based improvisations in Studio A at the University of Windsor October 22 and 29.

2009.08.12:The 2009-10 season of Noiseborder events is set. Click through to the various ensemble and course pages for specific information. September events include a viral marketing workshop with Christina Clarke of New York University on September 17 (Studio A), a Noiseborder Ensemble telematic performance with the Theater-Outlet Festival in Germany on September 18 (local event in Studio A), an Ableton Live workshop with artist-in-residence Mike Huckaby on September 22 (Studio A), The Drive-Thru Symphony with the Green Corridor Project on September 23 (Huron Church Rd.), a performance of new electronica by Mike Huckaby on September 24 (Studio A), a performance by the Nexus Percussion Ensemble on September 30 (Capitol Theatre), and a New Music Workshop performance of improvised music under the guidance of Nexus's Bill Cahn on October 1 (Studio A).

2010.02.17