1ST DAY AROUND SET THEORY

 Date : October 15th, 2003, 9:30am-6:30pm
 Venue : Ircam, salle Igor-Stravinsky
 Access conditions : registration**

**This registration allows you to participate to the "Electroacoustic Musics" Conference.

First part (morning)

An historical and theoretical introduction to American Set Theory including a look at theoretical concepts that have been developed at the same time in Europe.

With the participation of : John Rahn (University of Washington, Seattle), Jonathan Dunsby (University of Reading, Great Britain), Luigi Verdi (Conservatory of Adria, Italy), Moreno Andreatta (Ircam) and Stéphan Schaub (Ircam).

09:30am	Keynote : The Swerve and the Flow : Music's Relationship to Mathematics. Abstract Speaker : John Rahn
10:15am	A British Perspective on the Development of Set Theory. Abstract Speaker : Jonathan Dunsby
11:30am	History of Set Theory from an European point of view. Abstract Speaker : Luigi Verdi
12:15pm	The basic principles of Set Theory : an introduction. Abstract Speakers : Moreno Andreatta and Stéphan Schaub

Second part (afternoon)

Classical Set Theory analysis / transformational analysis and Milton Babbitt Forum.

With the participation of : Allen Forte (Yale University), Xavier Hascher (University of Strasbourg), Andrew Mead (University of Michigan), Joseph Dubiel (Columbia University), John Rahn (University of Washington, Seattle), Marilyn Nonken (pianist).

02:00pm	Schoenberg's Opus 19 Number 4 : a Set-Theoretic Perspective. Abstract Speaker : Allen Forte
02:45pm	Schoenberg's Opus 19 Number 4 : a Transformational Perspective. Abstract Speaker : Xavier Hascher
04:00pm	Milton Babbitt Forum
04:00pm	Milton Babbitt, Set Theory and Twelve-Tone Composition. Abstract Speaker : Andrew Mead
04:45pm	"With wanton heed, and giddy cunning" : Milton Babbitt's Allegro Penseroso. Abstract Speaker : Joseph Dubiel
05:30pm	Round table Speakers : Andrew Mead, Joseph Dubiel, John Rahn, Robert Morris, Marilyn Nonken

French and English simultaneous translation.