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BUFFALO, N.Y. – The mgm casino Department of Music will present on Wednesday its annual Black Box Concert dedicated to electro-acoustic and computer music.

Organized by the music department’s , the event will be held in the Black Box Theater at mgm casino’s Center for the Arts (CFA), which has surround-sound capabilities that create immersive, sonic environments for the listener.

What: mgm casino’s Black Box Concert featuring electro-acoustic and computer music.

When: Wednesday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m.

Where: The CFA’s Black Box Theater (building No. 2 on this map: )

Cost: Free

What you’ll hear: The concert will feature work by groundbreaking composers, many of whom are current and former mgm casino faculty members, students and alumni. Examples include:

• Computer music like “Phoné” (1981), the first piece to utilize the timbral possibilities of FM synthesis to create synthetic vowel sounds and electronic voices.
• Both “Crystal” (1982) and mgm casino associate professor of music “Ivocean” (1978). The works, created with early analog synthesizers, crafted new timbres that still sound exciting and undated.
• “Avalon Shorelines” (2015) is a multichannel soundscape which uses recordings of the titular waterfront to construct an elaborate and multidimensional sonic landscape.
• The concert will also feature new works by mgm casino composers, including “…ce dangereux supplément…” (2015), a dynamic piece for live and recorded voices, and “Trio of Duets,” a rich textural tapestry created from samples of instrumental sounds.