[Voxnovus] 60x60 (2009 Concert Season), Composer's Voice, and Opera Shorts!

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60x60 Concert Season starts!  Composer’s Voice continues into the fall and
Opera Shorts from me and the Remarkable Theater Brigade.

And so it begins!
There are going to be a lot of announcements for the next 3 months.
We have over 15 shows planned for 60x60.
3 Composer’s Voice concerts.
And a couple of my own special events 

I always try to keep announcements short and direct; however, for now they
are going to be a dense with a couple of items so not to abuse the list with
an email about every event.

Summary:
-Friday September 25, 2009 – 60x60 Video (2009 International Mix)
collaboration with Patrick Liddell has its private debut somewhere near the
G20 conference 
-Saturday September 26th, 2009 – 60x60 Dance Canada Mix Preview in Quebec
presented by Violaine Morinville and Eldad Tsabary
- Sunday September 27th, 2009 – Composer’s Voice concert in New York City
- Thursday October 1st – Opera Shorts – 10 minute Operas in Carnegie Hall
New York City
- Saturday October 3rd, 2009 – 60x60 Dance (2009 International Mix) Wall
Street Nightclub, Columbus, Ohio
- Review of 60x60 Dance

Friday September 25, 2009 – 60x60 Video (2009 International Mix)
So all this starts somewhere around the G20 conference in Pennsylvania,
Friday September 25, 2009.  60x60 had a private screening of the 2009
International Mix with a video collaboration from Patrick Liddell.  David
Morneau and David Berlin presented this screening is in an effort to create
a large interactive educational outreach program using 60x60.  (Another new
initiative for Vox Novus and the 60x60 project.) 
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/Collaborations.htm


Saturday September 26th, 2009 – 60x60 Dance (Canada Preview Mix)
Next is a preview performance of the 60x60 Dance in Montreal ,Canada.
Discussions with choreographers and presentation of excerpts of 60x60 will
happen at Circuit-Est centre Chorégraphique presented by Violaine Morinville
in collaboration with "the Canadian Electroacoustic Community, Eldad Tsabary
and Vox Novus".

At 1 pm, "60 x 60": presentation, with 15 choreographers, an excerpt of this
project by Robert Voisey, which brings together 60 choreographies created by
as many choreographers to a 1 minute piece of music composed by the Canada
Mix - musique, followed by a discussion with the organizers.

Circuit-Est centre Chorégraphique, studio A
1881, rue St André E.
Ville-Marie 
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
FREE ADMISSION

http://www.journeesdelaculture.qc.ca/en/activite/presentation-d-extraits-de-
60-x-60-et-echanges-104/

Sunday September 27th, 2009 – Composer’s Voice concert 
Vox Novus in collaboration with the Remarkable Theater Brigade and Jan Hus
Church is proud to present their monthly chamber concert series Sunday,
September 27, at 1:00 featuring the works of Greg Bartholomew, SJ
Pettersson, Christopher Bailey, Theo Loevendie and Moritz Eggert with
performances by J.C. Dobrzelewski, Dr. Carl Cranmer, Laura Patterson,
Kiersten Cunningham, Nolan Robertson, Jonathan Rose, Angela Karschney,
Amanda Hick, Shiau-uen Ding, Christa M. Long and Beth Griffith.

Greg Bartholomew won the 2006 Orpheus Music award for Beneath the Apple Tree
for recorder and viola da gamba. 

The premiere of Moritz Eggert’s  One Man Band 2  was called “a fireworks of
ideas and rhythmically complex episodes, a colourful and highly inspiring
mixture made of sounds, noises and fun”  by Süddeutsche Zeitung.

A native of Taiwan, pianist Shiau-uen Ding is a rising presence on the new
and electro-acoustic music scenes. She was called a “daredevil” by New York
Times for her performance of Moritz Eggert’s Hämmerklavier III: One Man Band
at Bang on a Can Marathon and “a powerful force on the new music scene” by
Array for her concert at Spark Festival in Minneapolis. 

Beth Griffith has appeared with Sequentia, Musikfabrik, Ensemble13, L’Art
pour L’Art, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Paris Nouvel Orchestra
Philharmonique and has worked with composers John Cage, Morton Feldman,
Mauricio Kagel and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Her one-hour, solo recording of
Feldman’s “Three Voices” was awarded the German Record Critics Prize.

"Composer's Voice" concert series is an opportunity for contemporary
composers to express their musical aesthetic and personal "voice" created in
their compositions. Started in 2001, the “Composer’s Voice” concert series
is presenting its 41st concert Sunday September 27, 2009.

Composer’s Voice concert
Sunday September 27, 2009
Jan Hus Presbyterian Church
351 E 74th St
New York, NY 10021-3798
www.janhus.org
FREE ADMISSION


http://www.voxnovus.com/ComposersVoice.htm


Thursday October 1st, 2009– Opera Shorts at Carnegie Hall
With  Musical Directors Noby Ishida & Christian McLeer
Thursday, October 1st we will present 10-minute operas at Weill-Carnegie
Hall. Some of the composers writing for RTB include Seymour Barab, Tom
Cipullo, Patrick Soluri, Rob Voisey, Anne Phillips, George Brunner, Ben
Bierman and of course, Christian McLeer.

Tickets start at $30. Go to carnegiehall.org, call CarnegieCharge at
212.247.7800 or visit the Box Office at 57th Street and 7th Avenue.
http://www.carnegiehall.org/textSite/box_office/events/evt_14299.html
  
THE POEM THAT NOBODY HEARS
by Ben Bierman
directed by Josh Carr

The opening scene finds Poet sitting by himself, busily writing away on a
small scrap of paper. No one notices as he sings his poem-without-words to
himself. A student enters the lounge and is gradually drawn in by the
intense scribbling of Poet. 
 
FIGARO'S LAST HANGOVER
 by Patrick Soluri
directed by Amy Axelson

Figaro Montague is at a bar when a news flash announces that Earth will be
hit by an asteroid in ten minutes. Waiting alone for the end, he sees his
long lost love, Carmen Capulet. They embrace and sing of old times. But
Figaro remembers how Carmen betrayed him and they fight. Carmen storms off
and Figaro returns to his barstool. 
The asteroid arrives. 
 
TEMPO FUORI DEL TEMPO  
by Anne Dinsmore Phillips
libretto by Marilynn Scott Murphy
directed by Olga Shyp

On her way to Rome a woman of a certain age and a beautiful young Italian
man meet and connect in the air, high above the clouds. This world was not
meant for them. Theirs is "time out of time" 
 Tempo Fuori del Tempo. 
 
ADRIFT  
by Christian McLeer
directed by George Hogan
The only survivors of a shipwreck are a deck hand and a passenger. Together
they face the unrelenting sea. 

 FIRE
by Christian McLeer
directed by Christian McLeer

It gives me great pleasure to present the culmination of my years of
research on primary pre-lingual primal linguistics and primal behavior,
primarily of the prime region of SarcasMcStan.
-Christian McLeer

POPPETJIE  
by Rob Voisey
directed by Olga Shyp

A mother guides her daughter whose fantasies work their way in and out of
her dreams. 

SAFARI  
by Seymour Barab
directed by George Hogan

Safari is extracted from a set of short, raunchy musicals under the title
"In Questionable Taste."

 DELETE  
by George Brunner
libretto by Deena Puffer
directed by George Hogan


Susie has decided to enter the curious world of Internet Dating. After some
unexpected responses to her profile, she considers giving up until David
writes to her inviting her to dinner.

LUCY  
by Tom Cipullo 
directed by Amy Axelson 

Lucy (an elderly woman) is on the phone with her nephew. After the call
ends, she receives an unusual visitor - a strange young man sitting on top
of her television. 
 
GALLANTRY  
by Seymour Barab
directed by George Hogan


Gallantry is extracted from a set of short, raunchy musicals under the title
"In Questionable Taste."

And Last But by no means least
Saturday October 3rd, 2009 – 60x60 Dance -Wall Street Nightclub, Columbus,
Ohio
New York City based Vox Novus will team up with local choreographers to
present 60x60 Dance, an exciting performance of contemporary music and dance
unlike any you’ve seen before. 60x60 Dance takes 60 one-minute audio works
(by 60 different composers) and pairs them with 60 new dances by different
choreographers.  The resulting collaborations are presented, without
interruption, as a continuous one-hour performance synchronized to an
on-stage analog clock.

“The first thing to be said about “60x60 Dance” is that it is a masterpiece
of organization. The idea — 60 new dance pieces are performed to 60 new
pieces of music, each lasting no more than 60 seconds — is quite mad. But
it’s this kind of madness that makes the cultural world go round
” An
Express Without Any Delays By ROSLYN SULCAS, New York Times, November 17,
2008
Embracing a grassroots ideology, 60x60 Dance makes its debut in Ohio by
recruiting local choreographers and dances for the performances.
Participating choreographers will be assigned a piece from the current 60x60
International mix. 60x60 Dance in Columbus will present new dance by a
diverse collection of central Ohio choreographers including a myriad of
regional artists, students and teachers from the surrounding universities,
and even choreographers returning to Ohio specially for this performance.
Highlighted artists include: Michael Abbatiello, Claire Augustine, Lindsay
N. Calvert, Noelle Chun, Jenai Cutcher, Meghan Durham/Merge Dance, Mariah
Layne French, J.Lillian Gray, Sarah Hixon, Shawn Hove, Kristina Isabelle,
Alejandra Jara, Amy Levin, Frances Lewis, CoCo Loupe, Sandra Mathern, Betsy
Miller, Michael J. Morris, Eoin O’Brien, The Performance Improvisation
Ensemble, Susan Van Pelt Petry, Paige Phillips, Megan Pitcher, Maree
ReMalia, Karl Rogers, Kelsey Schafer, Alexis M. del Sol, Yu Xiao, Abigail
Zbikowski 
60x60 was originally conceived of as an electronic music project, collecting
60 second works by composers and sound artists from around the world. Since
2003, 60x60 has featured the work of more than 1200 composers in concerts
spanning the globe. From the beginning 60x60 was a natural vehicle for
collaborating with other art forms. Initially this included video,
photography and sculpture. In 2007, 60x60 teamed up with choreographers and
60x60 Dance was born. Since then this unique collaboration has produced
seven exciting shows, each featuring a different group of composers and
choreographers.
For the 2009-2010 season Vox Novus is taking 60x60 Dance on the road
beginning in Ohio and continuing through Kansas City, St Louis, New York,
and Montreal.
60x60 Dance
Saturday, October 3, 2009 
Two performances starting 7:30 PM and 9:00 PM
Wallstreet Nightclub 
144 N. Wall Street
Columbus, Ohio
$5 Admission (18 and over only) 

Composers in the 2009 International Mix include:
Aaron Acosta, Aart Uunivers, Christopher Ariza, Dwight Ashley, Adam Basanta,
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Jay Batzner, Benjamin Boone, Justin H Brierley, Halsey
Burgund, Hermes Camacho, Danny Clay, David Congo, Alvin Curan, Matthew
Dotson, Mark Eden, Morgan Fisher, Enrico Francioni, Kraig Grady, Cem Guney,
Richard Hall, Yoko Honda, Masaaki Iseki, Lynn Job, Aaron Krister Johnson,
Bernadette Johnson, Timo Kahlen, Tova Kardonne, Michiko Kawagoe, Antom
Killin, HyeKyung Lee, Brian Lindgren, Pasquale Mainolfi, John Maycraft,
Angela McGary, Leslie Melcher, Polly Moller, Josue Moreno, David Morneau,
Peter Mottram, Alexander Mouton, Paul Oehlers, Doug Opel, Christophe
Petchanatz, Kala Pierson, Gene Pritsker, Robert Ratcliffe, Philip Schesslar,
Matt Schickele, Les Scott, Diana Simpson, Steven Snowden, Jorge Sosa, Laurie
Spiegel, Patrica Walsh, Jane Wang, Andrew Weathers, Andrew Willingham,
Gregory Yasinitsky, and Natal Zaks 

Whew!  What an announcement.  Are you here?  Did you get through all of it?

One more thing.  60x60 Dance got a glowing review in New York City’s New
Music Connoisseur where it was described by Joeseph Pehrson as “without a
doubt, [60x60 Dance] was and atristic’10,’ unexpected, an rewarding beyond
all imaginining.”

So here is the deal
. if you got to the end of this announcement 
 let me
know
 and I will give the first 5 people who respond one of our classic
first time release of the 60x60 CD on Capstone Records to you FREE.



Robert Voisey

RobVoisey at VoxNovus.com
60x60 Director
Living Music Foundation Vice President
Founder of Vox Novus 
http://www.VoxNovus.com