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hbledsoe
@helenmuse.bsky.social
Music and noise maker. Will not argue which is which.
Floog Dance, by Affe Zwei
from the album Fracas
affezwei.bandcamp.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
#fungifriends
Love this time of year!
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Some mushrooms from Iceland #fungifriends
August 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
May 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The Flute Space! I am honored to be featured in their latest episode where I talk about composers, being a flutist-composer, electronics, and my all-to-brief time in India. open.spotify.com/episode/2W7e...

#flute
#flutespace
#podcasts
April 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Orbital creatures, visuals I made in Tölvera/Taichilang. Can't wait to make these audio-reactive! Video starts after 9 seconds, no sound. youtu.be/hW1IzBVH-8Q?...

#audiovisual
#alife
#organicsimulations
#python
#taichilang
#tolvera
March 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Call for female composers and vocalists iawm.org/annual-conce...
February 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Cool terms and/or writing prompts from the latest volume of Aerospace Science and Technology 🧪📚🪐

- afterburner environment
- pyroshock propagation
- screech modes (it me)
- whirl flutter effects
- synchrophasing
- supersonic smart sandwich (lunch)
- near-zero warping sandwich (lunch tomorrow)
February 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Open Call for Volunteers: Be part of the dance project “Lunar Cycle” by Richard Siegal at Museum Folkwang www.museum-folkwang.de/de/presse/op...
OPEN CALL: Richard Siegal
www.museum-folkwang.de
January 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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a little research piece on technology in music composition pedagogy, drawing from my own experience but also from those who have been at the coalface an awful lot longer:

insamjournal.com/index.php/ij...
View of Towards Technological Ecologies as Compositional Environments in the Pedagogy of Acoustic Composition
insamjournal.com
January 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
January 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Want some tips for composing microtones for flute, especially fast passages? helenbledsoe.com/flute-microt...

#composers
#microtonalmusic
#flute
#avantgardemusic
#musicnotation
January 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It's the year of the snake coming up so I am getting into Python. Here is an audio-visual experiment with tuba, a Julia-class fractal, and the wheel.ts vocal model. The visuals help to navigate the latent space of the model, the tuba disorts the model. #multimedia
#ai
youtu.be/h8_kAr8HBRk?...
January 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Interested in the social impact of making music (SIMM)? Here is their big symposium: 3/3
www.simm-platform.eu/simmposia/si...
November 30, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Interested in the social impact of opera? Here is another seminar: 2/3
www.simm-platform.eu/seminars/sim...
November 30, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Interested in the social impact of making music (SIMM)? Here are some interesting events:
1/3
09-11 May 2025: www.simm-platform.eu/seminars/sim...
#artisticresearch #composing #socialimpact #music #seminars
November 30, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Mushroom pics from summer in northern Karelia and autumn in Nordrhine-Westphalia #fungifriends
November 24, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Trying to update a website that reflects a growing and changing career. Any feedback or tips? helenbledsoe.com
#musicianlife #patchworkcareer
February 18, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Just finished a score for contraforte and electronics for Lorelei Dowling. Very happy for such a great collaboration and to learn the ins and outs of this massive instrument. You can follow the score here: youtu.be/W2H63v5XqkY?...
January 12, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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Snow Flowers ❄️💙

To all those
Ahead of their time
I wish you
The resilience,
Endurance and courage
To bloom early
And thrive.
January 5, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Only a few days left to apply, hope to see you there! www.uantwerpen.be/nl/onderzoek...
January 4, 2024 at 8:58 AM
December 9, 2023 at 10:29 AM