[Voxnovus] Two Projects featured at Electronic Music Midwest - 15 Minutes of Fame with SoundProof and 60x60 EMM MIX

[Robert Voisey (Vox Novus)]

SoundProof performs the opening concert at the Electronic Music Midwest
Festival 

Thursday, October, 11 2012 7:30 PM the West Coast trio SoundProof will open
the Electronic Music Midwest festival with a dynamic expression of
instruments and electronics.  SoundProof will be performing works of living
composers from around the world including a set of works from the East Coast
Fifteen Minutes of Fame project.

SoundProof is a trio that includes violinist Patricia Strange, violist Brian
Belet, and Stephen Ruppenthal playing the trumpet.   SoundProof strives to
explore the creative and interactive potential in the convergence of sound,
music, technology, and performance. Drawing from a wealth of sources,
SoundProof events realize new possibilities for sound and music, blending
the traditions of contemporary performance with the exigencies of real-time
digital processing. SoundProof stretches the barriers of sound, creating a
new environment for electro-acoustic performance, and sculpting a new sonic
and visual landscape. Every event is unique, fashioning sound art in
multi-dimensional acoustic spaces.
Fifteen Minutes of Fame is a collection of 15 one-minute acoustic works
composed specifically for a specific performer or ensemble.   The purpose of
Fifteen Minutes of Fame is to promote a great variety of contemporary music
to audiences hungry to hear what living composers are writing today. The
project series seeks one minute music composition from composers working in
any style and aesthetic. 
"...the 15 Minutes of Fame project of Vox Novus is a godsend. It organizes
competitions whereby ensembles commission worldwide calls for submissions of
approximately one-minute pieces, and then select their 15 favorites for
premieres. “- Seth Gilman, NY Music Culture Examiner 
SoundProof’s Fifteen Minutes of Fame includes the composers: Brian Belet,
Julius Bucsis, James Caldwell, Bruce Hamilton, Mark A. Lackey, Christopher
Lee, Elainie Lillios, Jim McManus, Scott Miller, Ken Paoli, Mark Phillips,
Lanier Sammons, Mark Soden Jr., Steve Wurcer, and Michael Wittgraf

60x60 EMM MIX will be presented as an audio installation for the entire
festival.

Welcoming audiences to each concert, the 60x60 EMM MIX will be set as an
audio installation playing the works of 60 composers the entire festival.
Composers selected for this mix have both participated in 60x60 and in the
Electronic Music Midwest festival’s past.

Composers include:
Jeremy Baguyos, Jay Batzner, Brian Belet, Kari Besharse, Christopher Biggs,
Scott Blasco, Marita Bolles, Jason Bolte, George Brunner, Madelyn Byrne,
Jen-Kuang Chang, Da Jeong Choi, Andrew Cole, Christopher Cook Ian Corbett,
Zlatko Cosic Brad Decker, Greg Dixon, Ben Dorfan, Matthew Dotson, Ivan
Elezovic, Robert Fleisher, Larry Matthew Gaab Jason Geistweidt, Peter
Gilbert Jacob Gotlib, Arthur Gottschalk, Côté Guillaume, James Hegarty,
Marie Incontrera, Noah Keesecker, Kevin Kissinger, Laura Kramer, HyeKyung
Lee, Elainie Lillios, Mike McFerron, David McIntire, Christian McLeer, Dohi
Moon, David Mooney, David Morneau, Rick Nance, Paul Oehlers, Michael Olson,
Ken Paoli, Joo Won Park, Michael Pounds, Christopher Preissing, Tim Reed,
Tony Reimer, Philip Schuessler, Steven Snowden, Jorge Sosa, Asha Srinivasan,
Sam Tymorek, Bert Van Herck, Joseph Vogel, Robert Voisey, Andrew Walters,
and Tom Williams

EMM brings a wide variety of electroacoustic music to the Midwest.  The
festival consists of nine short concerts about 1 hour in length from
Thursday to Saturday containing a host of international composers and
musicians presenting and performing new works.  

Electronic Music Midwest will present the works of more than 100 composers.
It will open with SoundProof a West Coast trio performing Fifteen Minutes of
Fame as well as longer works.   Andrew Spencer will perform at least once on
every concert after the opening, and 
The Festival brings together vibrant and interesting artists of all forms,
giving them a vehicle for their expressions, and a place for them to share
ideas with others. Composers have traveled from around the world to share
their music with audiences in the Midwest. EMM creates a pleasant experience
for audiences to listen to new works and speak with their creators in
person. It is a unique opportunity to meet an international community of
composers and musicians creating the music of tomorrow, today.

Electronic Music Midwest Festival
Thursday October 11, 2012 – Saturday October 13, 2012
Philip Lynch Theatre
Lewis University, 
Romeoville, Illinois
http://www.emmfestival.org/

A concert schedule of the festival can be found here:
http://www.emmfestival.org/data/concerts.php