[Voxnovus] NM421> January 3, 2014 - STARTING 2014 OUT SMALL - Results for the Land of Mystery and Trolls

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VOX NOVUS NEWSLETTER - New Music for the 21st Century	

> POSTCARD: Swan Lake	

Vox Novus Calendar	

> PERFORMANCE: STARTING OUT SMALL 

Composer's Voice featuring: a small consortium 	
ANNOUNCEMENTS	

> RESULTS: Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Land of Mystery and Trolls 	

OPPORTUNITIES	

> Fifteen Minutes of Fame - call for scores for The Pone Ensemble	

> Composer's Site - new opportunities	

> Composer's Site - expiring opportunities	

NM421 ARCHIVES 	
	
	
	
	


Swan Lake

 Best Friends
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The wildly successful premiere of Swan Lake in 1877 gave its composer, Pyotr
Tchaikovsky, instant rock star status. The ballet's infectious melodies
spread throughout Russia like - well, like a highly infectious disease, and
was the first documented instance of music going viral. At the same time,
swan-themed merchandise began to pervade Russian popular culture. Everywhere
you looked, it was swan this or bloody swan that. Which didn't sit well with
Tchaikovsky, for the commerce wasn't benefiting the composer one bit. So
when one day he was summoned to St. Petersburg to receive an award from the
city council, but instead he was handed a lousy swan, you might forgive him
his angry response - which did not sit well with either the city council or
the swan. Especially the swan.

 <http://www.davidgunn.org> David Gunn 

 <http://www.davidgunn.org> David Gunn
www.DavidGunn.org 



Upcoming Performances 

 Composer's Voice
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consortium <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/a_very_small_consortium.jpg> 


STARTING OUT SMALL
<http://www.voxnovus.com/composersvoice/program/14-01-12.htm> 


Sunday, January 12, 2014 - 1:00 pm


Sunday, January 12, 2014 (New York, New York) Composer's Voice starts out
small for 2014 with the ensemble a very small consortium. This Composer's
Voice concert features the ensemble and their 15 one-minute miniatures with
the Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame project. 

Based in Wisconsin, Green Bay, a very small consortium comes to New York
City to be a "small" part of the big city. The ensemble is dedicated to the
performance of miniature masterpieces; doing more with less. They get to the
point by doing small music, but have large plans. a very small consortium
consists of Courtney Sherman, soprano; Lada Gaines, soprano saxophone; Adam
Gaines, trumpet, Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, horn; David Severtson, piano;
Michael Dewhirst, cello. 

 John Edward Cantrell
<http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/John_Edward_Cantrell.jpg> 

A performer who is comfortable with many genres, John Edward Cantrell, is
known to his colleagues as a "musician's musician." From Carnegie Hall to
Rock Arenas, John has performed as an organist, pianist, and
multi-instrumentalist throughout the United States, England, Ireland, and
Western Europe. John holds a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance
from Yale University and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of
Louisville. His teachers have included noted performers and scholars Melvin
Dickinson, Thomas Murray, and Martin Jean. While at Yale, John received
private coaching sessions with artists Susan Landale, Ludger Lohman, and
Charles Kriegbaum. John is the Choirmaster & Organist for St. Michael's
Episcopal Church in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. 

 Michelle McQuade Dewhirst
<http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Michelle_McQuade_Dewhirst.jpg> 

Michelle McQuade Dewhirst studied horn and composition at Ithaca College and
earned her master's and Ph.D. in composition at the University of Chicago.
An active horn player, Michelle specializes in contemporary solo repertoire
and performed her own 15 Minutes of Fame for solo horn in March of 2012. She
is on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. 

 Adam Gaines <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Adam_Gaines.jpg> 

Adam Gaines is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of
Wisconsin - Green Bay. In addition to teaching the trumpet studio, Dr.
Gaines directs the Jazz Ensemble II and the New Music Ensemble, and teaches
jazz history, brass methods, and music technology courses. Dr. Gaines has
performed as a soloist in his native Kentucky, as well as throughout
Indiana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Slovakia, Austria, and at the Montreux and
North Sea Jazz Festivals. He holds degrees from the University of Louisville
(Bachelor of Music, 1999) and Ball State University (Master of Music, 2001
and Doctor of Arts, 2005). Dr. Gaines frequently travels to Slovakia to
perform in jazz and classical idioms and to spend time with his wife
Ladislava's family. 

 Ladislava Gaines <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Ladislava_Gaines.jpg> 

Ladislava Gaines (soprano saxophone) is originally from Humenne, Slovakia,
and now lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Before moving to the U.S. in December
2011, Lada lived and worked in the Slovak capital Bratislava at the Music
Centre Slovakia, a government agency devoted to the creation and
dissemination of Slovak music. Lada holds a master's degree in musicology
and a doctoral degree in saxophone performance. She is an active performer
on both saxophone and accordion. 

 Courtney Sherman <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Courtney_Sherman.jpg> 

Courtney Sherman, soprano, holds a Master's degree in opera/musical theatre
performance and a Doctorate in voice performance from Arizona State
University. She did her undergraduate work in music at Michigan State
University and Western Michigan University. Her role credits include Susanna
in The Marriage of Figaro, Pamina in Die Zauberflote, Adina in L'elisir
d'amore, and Blanche in Dialogues of the Carmelites. Dr. Sherman has
performed soprano solos in Bach's Mass in B-Minor, Orff's Carmina Burana,
Mozart's Vesperae solennes de confessore, and Handel's Messiah, among
others, and has performed a wide range of art song repertoire. She is
Assistant Professor of Voice at UW-Green Bay, teaching courses for both the
Music and Theatre programs. Dr. Sherman was recently seen as the conductor
and music director for UW-Green Bay's production of Cabaret in the Weidner
Center's Cofrin Family Hall, and also as the soprano soloist for The Dudley
Birder Chorale of St. Norbert College's performance of Mozart's Requiem. 

Fifteen Minutes of Fame is 15 one-minute acoustic works by different
composers. Fifteen Minutes of Fame gives a variety of new music by living
composers to audiences hungry to hear what is being created in today's music
scene. 

"...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. " - NY Music Culture Examiner 

".the pieces are performed in quick succession and each has a character of
its own, the audience is treated to a kaleidoscope of styles; in turn
textural and tonal, avant-garde and neo-romantic... the entire smorgasbord
of contemporary idioms was playing a game of musical chairs, so to speak,
and the effect was thrilling. " - Damjan Rakonjac, Artificialist 

Completing the concert will be performances from saxophonists: Geoffrey
Landman, Kristen McKeon, and Erin Rogers. 

 Geoffrey Landman <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Geoffrey_Landman.jpg> 

Saxophonist Geoffrey Landman is a performer, teacher, and advocate of the
saxophone and new music. Having performed across North America, France,
Germany, Scotland, Switzerland, Thailand, and in some of New York City's
most well-known music venues, he has collaborated with ensembles such as
Either/Or, Talea Ensemble, the Metropolis Ensemble, Fireworks Ensemble,
Opera Cabal, and is a founding member and soprano chair of the New Thread
Quartet. Geoffrey has won many competitions including Yamaha Young
Performing Artist Competition, as well as prizes at the Fischoff National
Chamber Music Competition. 

 Kristen McKeon <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Kristen_McKeon.jpg> 

Kristen McKeon appearances include performances at the Navy Band Saxophone
Symposium, the New England Saxophone Symposium, the Aeolus International
Wind Competition in Dusseldorf, Germany, a world premiere of Gabriel
Lubell's He Guards the Vision of the Sunset Sky for Solo Saxophone and
String Quintet at the 2010 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial
Conference, and the 2012 World Saxophone Conference in St. Andrews,
Scotland. Kristen has enjoyed opportunities to be billed on several concert
series including Carmel Music Society's Summer Subscription Series in
Carmel, California, thingNY's "Seven Immediacies Series", the New England
Conservatory Composers' Series, and the Composers Now Festival in New York,
NY.. 

 Erin Rogers <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Erin_Rogers.jpg> 

Composer and saxophonist Erin Rogers is dedicated to the compositional
process while specializing in improvisatory performance practice and the
interpretation and proliferation of new music. Her works have been performed
worldwide at the Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid; Museum Concert Hall,
Taiwan; Le Cite Universitaire, Paris; and at the World Saxophone Congress in
St. Andrews, Scotland. Erin is a composer and founding member of thingNY. An
established saxophonist, Erin has toured worldwide as a soloist, chamber
musician, and guest artist, with performances ranging from solo recitals in
France, to instrumental pop shows in South Korea, to cover bands in
Australia. She regularly teams up with chamber, pop and indie groups in New
York City, headlining the scene's hottest venues including The Stone, Cake
Shop, The Bitter End, and Le Poisson Rouge. 

One of the premier showcases for promising composers, Composer's Voice
Concert Series is an opportunity for contemporary composers and musicians to
express their musical aesthetic and personal "voice." Composer's Voice has
presented over 100 concerts in New York City and scores of performances in
venues throughout the world. 

"[Vox Novus offers] the presentation of serious works by established and
emerging composers. Those voices should be heard, and they can even be
reheard on the Vox Novus website (http://www.VoxNovus.com)..." - New Music
Connoisseur 

 <http://www.voxnovus.com/composersvoice/program/14-01-12.htm> Click here to
see the concert program 

Composer <http://www.voxnovus.com/composersvoice/program/14-01-12.htm> 's
Voice Concert
Sunday, January 12, 2014 1:00 pm 
Jan Hus Church
351 East 74th Street
(between First and Second Avenues) New York, New York FREE ADMISSION 



Calendar 

 <http://www.voxnovus.com/calendar> Calendar of Vox Novus Events 	
 Fifteen Minutes of Fame
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Announcing results for Fifteen Minutes of Fame:
Land of Mystery and Trolls with Eva Ingolf 


Violinist Eva Ingolf selects her 15 composers for its Fifteen Minutes of
Fame to be premiered on Composer's Voice on Febraury 9, 2014
<http://www.voxnovus.com/composersvoice/program/14-02-09.htm>  at Jan Hus
Church in New York City. 

Eva Ingolf is a well known Icelandic violinist particularly recognized for
her authoritative performances of solo works by J. S. Bach. Throughout her
career, Eva has given numerous solo recitals in well-known concert halls in
Iceland, Japan, United States, Russia and Europe, including regularly at the
Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Trinity Church in New York City and the Corcoran
Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., receiving high acclaim from music critics
as well as the general public. She has released two highly-regarded CDs on
the Japis label. Eva has also recorded for the Icelandic State Radio. In
1995-1996, she undertook studies in composition, conducting and
orchestration at Harvard University. 

Selected works for Fifteen Minutes of Fame include:
David Bohn's Heyrthi i vindi,
Erik Branch's The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfjo??ur,
Remigio Coco's Troll Song,
Tim Corpus's Land of Mystery and Trolls,
Joe Gianono's A Troll in the Park ..,
Fermino Gomes's A? fa? stu?lku,
Nathan R. Johnson's Hratt,
Kevin J. Kelly's Footfall and Echo,
Daniel Mihai's Old Icelandic Folk Song, 
Alex Nante's Andvari,
Juan Mari?a Solare's Nail ship,
JJ de Azevedo Souza's High up in the Sky,
Adam Torkelson's Troll Er Dans,
Jean-Pierre Vial's Troll Party, and 
Rain Worthington's Frost Vapors 

 <http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/featuring/Eva_Ingolf/> You can
find more information here
http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/featuring/Eva_Ingolf/ 



Vox Novus Projects 

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Composer Timeline	 
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Opportunities 

 Fifteen Minutes of Fame
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 <http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/calls/> 
Fifteen Minutes of Fame 

CALL FOR SCORES




Fifteen Minutes of Fame with The Pone Ensemble - Future Concert 


Deadline: January 11, 2014


Vox Novus is calling for 15 one-minute works for The Pone Ensemble for New
Music to premiere Fifteen Minutes of Fame on April 27, 2014 in New Paltz,
New York. 

The Pone Ensemble is celebrating its 40th season in 2013-2014. The series
entitled "the Pone Ensemble @ 40: Past, Present, & Future." will contain 3
concerts. The first concert ("Past") is of "classic" 20th Century rep, e.g.
Poulenc, Shoenberg, Ives, Hindemith, etc. The second ("Present") focuses on
works written for the ensemble or works written during the life of the
ensemble (e.g. Gundaris Pone, Joan Tower, Phil Glass, etc.) 

The Pone Ensemble for New Music is celebrating its 40th season in 2013-14.
The Anniversary concert season, entitled "The Pone Ensemble @ 40: Past,
Present, Future", is a series of three concerts featuring works from key
composers of the 20th and 21st centuries, culminating in a concert of new
works for chamber ensemble. 

The first concert ("Past") is of "classic" 20th Century repertoire (e.g.
Poulenc, Shoenberg, Ives, Hindemith). The second ("Present") focuses on
works written for the ensemble or works written during the life of the
ensemble (e.g. Gundaris Pone, Joan Tower, Shirley Warren) 

  <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Pone_Ensemble.jpg> 

The Pone Ensemble's final concert ("Future") will be on April 27, 2014 and
will feature composers under the age of 50 (basically composers born and
coming of age during the life thus far of the ensemble). This Fifteen
Minutes of Fame will be featured on the "Future" concert. 


The mission of The Pone Ensemble for New Music is to perform chamber music
of the 20th and 21st centuries, with an emphasis on American composers and
composers of the Hudson Valley. The ensemble is also committed to the
encouragement of newly-emerging composers. The performing artists of The
Pone Ensemble for New Music, several of whom are founding members, are
outstanding free-lance players from the Hudson Valley, first-chair players
of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and select faculty members from SUNY-New
Paltz. The size of the group is flexible depending on the repertoire it
performs. The Ensemble's own players are used as soloists, as well as are
outstanding regional performers. The Pone Ensemble for New Music has long
consisted of a core of musicians playing violin, viola, cello, piano, flute
and piccolo, clarinet, oboe and English horn. You can find more about the
The Pone Ensemble for New Music at  <http://www.poneensemble.org>
www.poneensemble.org 

 <http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/calls/#14-01-11-pone> Click
here for more details 

 <http://www.composerssite.com/new_opp> Composer's Site 


Click Here for New Opportunities <http://www.composerssite.com/new_opp> 

 <http://www.composerssite.com/expiring_opp> Composer's Site 


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2014	 
January	 
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2013	 
December	 
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November	 
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- February 23, 2013 <http://www.voxnovus.com/NM421/issue/13-02-23.htm> 	 
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2012	 
December	 
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