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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">It’s hard to believe that we’re entering into week four of our discussion of Duration. Thanks ever so much to this past week’s featured guests, Ruby Chishti, Annie Lewandowski, Denise Green, and Hans Baumann,
and a special thanks as well to empyrean Brian Holmes for his thoughtful reflections on indigeneity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">For our final week on Duration, before -empyre- takes a December-January break, we are pleased to feature
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Yasir Ahmed-Braimah (US), Juan Felipe Beltrán (US/Colombia), Kevin Ernste (US), Kate Greder (US), Josh Strable (US). We are looking forward to an exceptionally multidisciplinary
group of guests whose approaches to duration range from electromusic and fiber arts to biology and genetics.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Yasir Ahmed-Braimah (US)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Yasir Ahmed-Braimah is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Cornell. His research utilizes various approaches to understand classical evolutionary
genetics problems, such as adaptation and speciation. Yasir earned his PhD in Biology from the University of Rochester, and holds an M.S. and B.S. in Biology from the University of Iowa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Juan Felipe Beltrán (US/Colombia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Juan Felipe Beltrán is a Colombian Ph.D. Student in Computational Biology at Cornell. Before coming to Cornell, Juan Felipe worked on Human-Computer Interaction and Musical
Rhythm Analysis at NYU in Abu Dhabi, where he completed his Bachelor's in Computer Science. His research at Cornell focuses on the application of machine learning and similarity analysis to study genetic disease and the human microbiome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Kevin Ernste (US)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">Kevin Ernste is a composer, performer, and teacher of composition and electronic music at Cornell University where he is Director of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://digital.music.cornell.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#B31B1B">Cornell
Electroacoustic Music Center<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></a>(CEMC). He is a founding member of the Cornell Avant-Garde Ensemble (CAGE, <a href="http://digital.music.cornell.edu/cage/)">http://digital.music.cornell.edu/cage/)</a> whose
performance was featured in the 2018 CCA Biennial. He was the Acting Director of the Eastman Computer Music Center and Co-director of the ImageMovementSound festival. His recent music includes<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Times;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">Nisi</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">[nee-see]
(“Island” in Greek) for hornist Adam Unsworth released on Equilibrium Records, <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Times;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">Numina</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">for
Brooklyn-based Janus Trio (flute, viola, harp) presented recently at the Spark Festival in MN,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Times;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">Seiend</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">for
brass quintet premiered by Ensemble Paris Lodron(Salzburg, Austria,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Times;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">Roses Don’t Need Perfume</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">for
guitarist Kenneth Meyer (gtr. and electronic sounds, 2009) recently presented by Dr. Meyer on a Hungary/Romania tour, a piece for saxophone and electronics called<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Times;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">To
Be Neither Proud Nor Ashamed</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">(released
on Innova Records), and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Times;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">Birches</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">for
viola with electronic sounds for John Graham performed on Mr. Graham’s recent China tour (Beijing, Wuhan, Xiamen, Hong Kong) as well as at the Aspen Summer Music Festival. Mr, Graham presented Birches again in August 2011 at the International Computer Music
Conference (ICMC) in Huddersfield, UK. Kevin’s recently commissioned works include </span><em><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Times;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">Chorale</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">for
chamber ensemble and electronics (after Stucky on Purcell),<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Times;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">Palimpsest</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2C2C2C;letter-spacing:.15pt">for
the JACK Quartet, and a half-evening-length work in progress for viola, percussion, and “unmanned” prepared piano.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Kate Greder (US)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Kate Greder is a PhD student in the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, at Cornell University. Her research focuses on spatialization in the fashion system and the subsequent onto-epistemological
questions that emerge within design theory. Prior to Cornell, she worked in art conservation at Iowa State University and she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the University of California at Santa Cruz.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Josh Strable (US)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Josh Strable is an NSF-NPGI Postdoctoral Fellow in the Plant Biology Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell University. His research identifies and characterizes genes and
genetic networks that underlie leaf and floral development in the grasses, as well as understanding the genetic basis of how environmental stress influences plant growth and development. Josh earned his Ph.D. in Plant Biology from Iowa State University and
holds a M.S. and B.S. in Biology from the University of Iowa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Timothy Murray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Director, Cornell Council for the Arts and Curator, CCA Biennial<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">http://cca.cornell.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Curator, Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://goldsen.library.cornell.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://goldsen.library.cornell.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor of Comparative Literature and English<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Cornell University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ithaca, New York 14853<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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