Submissions for scores and applications for guest artists are open on our website! Click here if you have a score you'd like us to play for our New Music Festival on October 15th-16th, 2022, and click here if you're interested in performing a 30-minute set on one of the concerts. The Festival will feature three concerts in downtown Eugene, from the Park Blocks to the First Christian Church and the New Zone Gallery. The Light and Art show in the Park Blocks will draw on the energy of ArtCity's BEAM, with amplified music and an interactive light exhibit for audience members. Our audience participation concert draws trained and untrained musicians alike into a collective sound-making space at the First Christian Church, and our concert at New Zone will set pieces for the ensemble in an inviting visual atmosphere. The Call for Scores closes June 1st, and the Guest Artist Application closes July 1st.
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MARCH 15th, 2023 SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR 2nd NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL
Submissions for scores and applications for guest artists are open on our website! Click here if you have a score you'd like us to play for our New Music Festival on October 13th-15th, 2023, and click here if you're interested in performing a 25-minute set at our opening concert.
The Festival will feature three concerts at different locations in downtown Eugene, OR, USA. This year, our event falls at the end of the city's visual arts week and features a close partnership with ArtCity. Guest artists will perform alongside their annual BEAM showcase, a popular light and art exhibition featuring the unique and exhilarating projects of local artists. The other concerts straddle ArtCity's light parade, an exciting new event premiering this year in downtown.
The Call for Scores closes June 1st, and the Guest Artist Application closes July 1st.
FEBRUARY 15th, 2023 ZINE LAUNCH
EDME's zine, the "Fake Music Book," has officially launched its first issue at Community Cup Coffee in downtown Eugene. This launch issue includes text-based and graphic scores by EDME members, and subsequent issues will expand their reach to composers outside the group. We produce limited numbers of each edition, and they are only available in print at rotating locations throughout the city on a monthly basis.
OCTOBER 15th-16th, 2022 FIRST ANNUAL NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL
EDME musicians, guest artists, and visiting performers premiered a successful three-concert music series in downtown Eugene, bringing a variety of musical and multi-media experiences to the community. The opening show on Saturday evening featured performances by groups and individuals as diverse as M Denney and Aine Nakamura, as well as the local duo Free Static. The colorful projections of Robert Long illuminated the Farmer's Market Pavilion by capturing and transforming the movements of audience members into flowing visuals. Our Sunday shows highlighted a colorful set of audience participation works at First Christian Church, and the final concert presented solo and ensemble works at New Zone Gallery. All shows were free and open to the public.
For more details, check out our page on the festival. A huge thanks to our supporters for making the festival possible! If you'd like to help us put together our festival next year, give once a month through our Patreon or one time through PayPal.
JUNE 3rd, 2022 PORCHFEST AT ALLUVIUM
For the second year in a row, EDME will bring weird and wonderful sounds to Eugene's Porchfest. We will perform in the back lot of Alluvium in the Whiteaker (address below). A variety of pieces are in store, from experimental music "classics," to a Graphic Score Evocation with audience participation, to movement-based performance art. All pieces are appropriate for all ages. The entire set list is as follows:
Wings - Cathy van Eck
Performance Tactics (Graphic Score Evocation) - Glenn Sogge
Flags Can Do Nothing Without Trumpets - Christopher DeLaurenti
Sonic Meditation VIII - Pauline Oliveros
Silfra - Eygló Höskuldsdóttir Viborg
The owners and operators of the venue will follow with their own show. Everyone is welcome to stay for both! Come check us out!
Alluvium
810 W 3rd Ave
Eugene, OR 97402
March 4th, 2022 FRIDAY CONCERT SERIES LAUNCH
We are proud to announce the start of First Friday Concert Series! We will perform each month as part of Lane Art's Council's First Friday Artwalks in downtown Eugene. Hosted in partnership with ArtCity, we will invite guests into their studios with a rotating set of experimental works, including original commissions. To hear our performances, come see the work of the ArtCity visual artists on the First Friday of every month at the Quackenbush Building on 160 E Broadway!