[Voxnovus] 360 degrees of 60x60 Crimson Mix - November 4, 2010 - Northern Illinois University School of Music, Illinois

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The Northern Illinois University School of Music is pleased to announce a
concert of “Bits and Pieces of Electro-Acoustic Music from Everywhere
(including NIU)” on Thursday, November 4 at 8:00 p.m., in the Music Building
Recital Hall. The program is presented by the Composition Area and the Annex
Group. The public is cordially invited and admission is free. 
	
This unique program will present 2-channel (stereo) electro-acoustic
compositions features the NIU premiere of the 60x60 “Crimson Mix”—a
60-minute program of 60 different works by 60 different composers from
around the world, each lasting no more than 60 seconds. Among those 60 works
is Loretto Alfresco (piccolo) by NIU faculty composer Robert Fleisher. The
program will begin with “10x60” a brief mix of new electro-acoustic works
created for this concert by students working in the NIU computer music
studios under the direction of faculty composer James Phelps. Premieres will
be heard of works by NIU students Kyle Armour, Alex Beach, Elizabeth "Lizzie
G" Elie, Elizabeth Karczynski, Michael Owens, Scott Potter, and Pete
Veugeler, and by NIU alums Nathan Edwards and Tim Moyers.

60x60
60x60 is a program of 60 works by 60 composers. Each composition is 60
seconds (or less) in duration, sequenced together to create a one-hour
performance. 60x60 testifies to the vibrancy of contemporary composition by
presenting the diverse array of styles, aesthetics and techniques being used
today. The artistic director of 60x60 is composer Robert Voisey.

60x60 Crimson Mix
November 4, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Music Building Recital Hall.
Northern Illinois University School of Music
DeKalb, Illinois 60115
Free admission

Debuting in New York City in 2003, 60x60 began as an electro-acoustic “tape”
concert with 60 short electro-acoustic works, synchronized with an analog
clock marking the passage of time. Since then, 60x60 has received thousands
of audio submissions from composers around the world, and has produced radio
programs, collaborated with dance, video, sculpture, and photography, and
released several CDs. To view a recent 60x60 dance concert, see:
http://www.hectv.org/programs/spec/program.php?specialid=51.
	 

360 degrees of 60x60
This version of 60x60 was sponsored in part by the International Computer
Music Association (ICMA), and was created for the 2010 International
Computer Music Conference (ICMC), presented in June of this year by Stony
Brook University in association with New York University and the Electronic
Music Foundation in New York City. Six hour-long, 2-channel electro-acoustic
mixes were premiered during the conference and continue to be presented
(both individually and combined) in concert and broadcast internationally.
The six mixes, totaling 360 works from around the world, were each named a
different shade of red to honor the R.E.D. (Research/Education/Discovery)
edition of ICMC: Burgundy, Crimson, Magenta, Sanguine, Scarlet, and
Vermilion. 

Crimson Mix
This 60-minute program of 2-channel electro-acoustic works was one of six
such mixes that were unveiled this summer under the banner “360 degrees of
60x60,” during the 2010 International Computer Music Conference in New York.
Each mix is 60 minutes long, comprising 60 works each lasting no more than
60 seconds. Since its premiere at the ICMC this summer, the Crimson Mix has
also been heard at the Taipei Contemporary Art Center (Taiwan), the
Contemporanea festival (Udine, Italy), and the 10th anniversary Electronic
Music Midwest festival at Lewis University (Romeoville, IL). Forthcoming
performances include the International Computer Music Festival at threewalls
gallery (Chicago) and The Music Gallery (Toronto). To read biographies of
and program notes by the participating Crimson Mix composers, see:
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2010_Crimson_Mix.htm. 

360 degrees of 60x60 (Crimson Mix) 
Composers include:
Sean Archibald, Richard Arnest, Lydia Ayers, Christopher Bailey, Michael
Baldwin, Zachary Todd Barr, Brian Belet, Daniel Blinkhorn, James Brody,
Warren Burt, Ede Cameron, Foster Clark, Cindy Cox, Mike Crain, Josh Crowe,
Pierre Desmarais, Francis Dhomont, Marco Dibeltulu, Matthew Ellis, Robert
Fleisher, Doug Geers, Michael Gogins, David Gordon, Kraig Grady, Esin
Gunduz, Tomer Harari, Jaclyn Heyen, Ryan Homsey, Chuckk Hubbard, Aaron
Krister Johnson, duck juggler, Tova Kardonne, Elizabeth Joan Kelly, Howard
Kenty, Laura Kramer, Petri Kuljuntausta, Chris Mann, Phil Mantione, David
Morneau, Peter Mottram, Chiharu Mukaiyama, Milica Paranosic, Christopher
Preissing, Jeffrey Rabena, Dean Rosenthal, Bettie Ross, Edward Ruchalski,
Iván Sánchez, Anne van Schothorst, Wolf D. Schreiber, Anthony St.Pierre,
Heather Stebbins, Paul Tucker, Chris Vaisvil, Vittorio Vella, Clemens von
Reusner, Rodney Waschka, Marcel Wierckx, and Tom Williams