The winners of the 34th Bourges International Competition of Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art (France) are announced. Ricordiamo Forlì by John Young got the First Prize of the category “Trivium — programme music.” In the same category Liaisons mécaniques by Nicolas Bernier was awarded a mention.

Composer John Young is one of the international guests of Ai-maako 2006, the 6th Santiago International Festival of Electroacoustic Music (Chile). On October 18, 2006 Young will present a concert featuring his works Liquid Sky and Inner and a movement of Christian Calon’s recent work Atlas, along with works by Peter Batchelor, Ambrose Field and from Sonic Postcards composed by British school children as part of a project run by the Sonic Arts Network. On the following day he will also present a talk entitled Figures and Forms: Acousmatic thought in an interactive age.

A concert of acousmatic music at the Powis Hall of the University of Wales Bangor (UK) on October 26, 2006 will present, works by David Berezan, Natasha Barrett, John Young, and Andrew Lewis, amongst others.

Sound Travels’ Multichannel Acousmatic Concert — produced by New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) — will take place on August 12, 2006 at St Andrew-by-the-Lake Church. On the programme are works by Benjamin Thigpen, Stéphane Roy, Denis Smalley, John Young, Francisco López, and Sarah Peebles (sho and tape).

Composer John Young will be in New Zealand in July and August 2006 for the premiere of Arrivederci, a work for ensemble and electroacoustic sounds. The premiere will be presented by the contemporary music ensemble Stroma on July 20, 2006. Young will also give talks at the Victoria University of Wellington and at the University of Canterbury.

For Cultural Exchanges 2006, De Monfort University (Leicester, UK) will present a concert of electroacoustic works by John Young, Christian Calon, Thomas Gardner, and Rick Nance on March 2, 2006 at Trinity House Chapel.