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Network Music and Accessibility: UpStage and Panel Discussion

As much of our cultural life moves online, and our connections become virtually borderless, this brings with it the opportunity to reach build more inclusive communities. One of the guiding principles of the Network Music Festival is to aim to … Continue reading →

NMF 2020 Workshop programme

We are pleased to announce we have six WORKSHOPS taking place as part of the festival. Our workshops offer an opportunity to explore the software and practices of network music including audio streaming, collaboration over the internet, browser-based performance and … Continue reading →

NMF 2020 Performance Programme

We are pleased to announce our performance programme for NMF 2020! The festival will include more than 50 performances across 10 concerts and 4 interactive works that include audience participation. The full performance programme can be viewed here: https://networkmusicfestival.org/programme/performances/   … Continue reading →

OPEN CALL Notifications delay

Due to external factors and a high number of submissions it’s taking us a little longer to get through the reviewing than we had anticipated. We now hope to notify submitters of the outcome of the review process by 15th … Continue reading →

FAQ

Our Open Call is in progress. We’ve had some questions about it, which are answered here. If you have a question not answered here, please leave a comment or get in touch! Performances What is network music? Anything using network … Continue reading →

NMF 2020!!

After a 6 year hiatus, we’re back!!! Responding to the mass move to online music making during the 2020 global pandemic and with increasing concern among artistic communities about the climate emergency, the festival is returning for a global fourth edition, … Continue reading →

Check out NMF Documentation

During the wait until the next Network Music Festival, take a look at our video repository of the past events here: https://vimeo.com/networkmusicfestival Take care and keep it code!

Call for Laptop Performers

As part of the conference we will host a series of small 3 minute laptop battles. In this anyone who is present at the conference can participate! Artists as well as audience members. You just need your laptop, an audio … Continue reading →

Call for instrumental performers

Call for Performers to create new version of: Parallaxis for four instruments and electronics in the graphic score concert of the Network Music Festival in Birmingham UK. Performance: SATURDAY 27th SEPTEMBER 6pm // Rehearsals Saturday 27th time/location TBA. Please email … Continue reading →

Comment on La Roda – Barcelona Laptop Orchestra by Concert de l’Orquestra al NMF de Birmingham

[...] Notícia al web del Festival Notícia al web del Departament de Sonologia de l’Esmuc [...]

Comment on Henrique Portovedo by RRoots WEB » R’Roots Productions at the Network Music Festival

[...] Performance presented by Henrique Portovedo and Luís Girão at the Festival was co-produced [...]

Comment on Melatab by algoravin in the UK | dave's blog of art and programming

[...] experienced musicians in this field. The NMF included a huge range of performances, for example Melatab who used Kinect cameras for networked performance in a shared virtual space. I’m planning [...]

Comment on The Hub by algoravin in the UK | dave's blog of art and programming

[...] do another performance late on Saturday night. While there we had a chance to meet the members of The Hub, pioneers of networked music and livecoding. It was inspiring to chat with such experienced [...]

Comment on Juxtavoices by Juxtavoices at the Network Musical Festival « THE OTHER ROOM

[...] Festival will take place in Birmingham (UK) on 22-24 February and will feature a performance by Juxtavoices on Sunday February [...]

Comment on The Hub by The Laptop Orchestra | TOPLAP

[...] longer tradition of the network band, and this year’s NMF makes an exciting connection with The Hub, who formed in the late 1970s as the world’s first computer network band.  The Hub are [...]

Comment on [pb_up] – a patchwork portrait by Network Music Festival returns to Birmingham for a second year

[...] of the audience – and the live-coding band Slub. The festival also welcomes German group PB_UP, who were the first laptop band to perform entirely wirelessly. They describe themselves as an [...]