Normandeau will present conferences at Birmingham University on March 15, at Manchester University on March 22, and at Huddersfield University on March 23. Part of the GEMdays concert series, Robert Normandeau will give a concert at Huddersfield University on March 23, 2006, featuring his works Rumeurs (Place de Ransbeck), Palimpseste, Chorus, and StrinGDberg.

Also featured during GEMdays: a concert of audiovisual works by Mathew Adkins, Marcelle Deschênes + Alain Pelletier, and Milliseconde topographie (Nicolas Bernier + Delphine Measroch) on March 25 as well as concerts by Jean Piché on March 27 and Pierre Alexandre Tremblay on March 28, 2006.

Voyages sonores is a weekend of acousmatic events organized by BEAST and held on March 17 to 19, 2006 at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Centre (Birmingham, UK). The event features guest composers Françoise Barrière and Christian Clozier from IMEB (France), and Robert Normandeau. The Utility of Space by Natasha Barrett, Tangram by Robert Normandeau, and Sorties by Jonty Harrison are amongst the 28 works presented.

At the 6th International Electroacoustic Music Contest of São Paulo (CIMESP 2005, Brazil), David Berezan won the First Prize for Styal and Francis Dhomont won an Honorable Mention for Vol d’Arondes. Mathew Adkins and Robert Normandeau also saw their work selected for the finals. Serendipities and Synchronicities by Pete Stollery and Rojo by Hans Tutschku were selected for concert presentation at the 6th BIMESP (International Biennial for Electroacoustic Music of São Paulo) in 2006.

The winners of the 32nd Bourges International Competition of Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art (France) have been announced. The Magisterium was awarded to composer Åke Parmerud and his work SubString Bridge, for guitar and interactive computer. Mathew Adkins received a mention in the “abstract music” category for Silk to Steel. Pete Stollery’s Vox Magna was also selected in this category. Other pieces were selected in various categories: Ombres, espaces, silences… by Gilles Gobeil, Cold Storage by Janek Schaefer, Piano Piece (for Peter) by Adrian Moore, and Aesthetics of the Machine by Elio Martusciello. Notably, composer Roxanne Turcotte saw two of her works selected, Sons et tintamarre in the “programme music” category and Micro-trottoir in the “work for installation” category.