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Oram’s Music
BandcampFacebookTwitter Music A selection of works by Daphne Oram This playlist include some of Oram's original compositions, featuring works for tape, manipulated found sounds and Oramics. Paradigm Discs and Boomkat Ltd have produced CDs and vinyls of Daphne’s music. Their generous royalties have enabled us to support various charitable projects. Four Aspects Daphne Oram Buy 8:07 Rockets In Ursa Major (excerpt 1) Daphne Oram Buy 4:57 Bird Of Parallax Daphne… -
The Daphne Oram Collection
BandcampFacebookTwitter The Daphne Oram Collection Collected from Oram's home and private studio A lifetime of audio recordings, scores, personal papers, computer code and more can be found in The Daphne Oram Collection. Originally in the safekeeping of composer Hugh Davies, then the Oram extended family, this archive is now on loan to the Special Collections & Archives, Goldsmiths, where it can be viewed by appointment. When Daphne Oram died in… -
Oram and her work on film
BandcampFacebookTwitter Oram on film Archive interviews, concert pieces and more Listen to Oram's music and take a closer look at her invention The Oramics Machine. There are also videos of the Mini-Oramics machine in action. This was built by Tom Richards in 2016 from Oram's original notes and drawings. Over on the 'Oramics to Electronica' pages, you can also see three new films comissioned on the theme of Oramics by… -
The Oramics Machine
BandcampFacebookTwitter The Oramics Machine Oram's 'drawn sound' synthesis and sequencing system The Oramics Machine enabled Oram to synthesise and sequence sound by painting lines and other marks on glass and film strip. Oram invented it as a new means of musical expression, one that enabled her to finely control and vary sounds in ways that went beyond the capabilities of audio tape. The story of Oramics is told here by… -
Still Point at the BBC Proms 2018
BandcampFacebookTwitter Still Point Oram's visionary 1940s turntablism - a World Premiere at The BBC Proms Monday 23 July 2018 saw the World Premiere of the final score for Daphne Oram's 1948 composition Still Point at the BBC Proms in London. Oram's groundbreaking piece for double orchestra, live electronics and turntables has been realised by Shiva Feshareki and James Bulley alongside the London Contemporary Orchestra. Still Point formed the centre piece… -
‘Four Aspects’ at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
BandcampFacebookTwitter 'Four Aspects' Oram's piece at The Queen Elizabeth Hall A tape playback of Daphne's 1968 work 'Four Aspects' opens a concert of sound arts on Thursday 9th May 2013. A tape playback of Daphne's 1968 work 'Four Aspects' opens a concert of sound arts on Thursday 9th May 2013. The evening concert, held in tribute to the 'First Concert of British Electronic Composers' that took place in the hall… -
Oramics Symposium at the Southbank Centre, London
BandcampFacebookTwitter Oramics Symposium at the Southbank Centre, London Oram celebrated in talks and music performances A series of events celebrating the launch of The Daphne Oram Collection, formally on loan to the Special Collections & Archives, Goldsmiths College, University of London. At this event, Oram's niece Carolyn Scales met with some other co-founders and moved foward her ambition to set up The Trust. Friday 27 June 2008 South Bank Centre,…
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