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Tempest in a Teakettle at Forum Wallis

Vanderburg's Tempest in a Teakettle was selected for performance at the 2026 Ars Electronica Forum Wallis, an international juried festival of contemporary electroacoustic music.

Overview

Assistant Professor of Practice Kyle Vanderburg's electroacoustic composition Tempest in a Teakettle was selected for performance at the 2026 Ars Electronica Forum Wallis in Münster/Goms, Switzerland. Chosen through an international juried call, the work was presented as part of the festival's curated program of contemporary acousmatic music, featuring composers from around the world and highlighting new developments in electronic and fixed-media composition.

Context

Forum Wallis is one of Europe's established international festivals for contemporary music, held annually in Switzerland and featuring concerts, commissions, research, and performances by leading composers and performers. The Ars Electronica Forum Wallis Selection Concerts are a competitive, peer-reviewed component of the festival dedicated to electroacoustic and acousmatic music. Works are selected through an international blind adjudication process and presented alongside compositions by established and emerging composers from multiple countries. Acceptance constitutes a juried international creative activity comparable to a refereed artistic presentation or conference performance within the creative arts.

Scope

International

Documentation

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