[Voxnovus] NM421> November 7, 2014 - REVIEW: The Kids Are All Bright - by Jack Crager - Composer's Voice featuring the Purchase Brass Ensemble and Christopher Bill
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VOX NOVUS NEWSLETTER - New Music for the 21st Century
> POSTCARD: The Likeness
> REVIEW: The Kids Are All Bright - by Jack Crager
> THANK YOU FROM WGDR!!!
> 60x60 Wave Farm mix
Vox Novus Calendar
> Composer's Voice featuring the Purchase Brass Ensemble and Christopher
Bill
OPPORTUNITIES
> 2014 AGBU Sayat Nova International Composition Competition
> 60x60 11th Annual Call for Works
> Composer Opportunites on Music Avatar
> Composer's Site - new opportunities
> Composer's Site - expiring opportunities
The Likeness
The Likeness <http://www.NM421.com/issue/postcard/14-11-07-Likeness.jpg>
Dinklaker Hall, dedicated to and named for the Hoosegow Symphony's legendary
conductor of 51 years, featured a marble likeness of the great maestro in
the lobby next to the depilation center. He is shown with his right arm
outstretched, baton clasped firmly between thumb and fifth finger, in a pose
concertgoers saw for half a century. Not seen are the eleven figurines that
preceded the final one in which the sculptor, Miles Pringler, forgot to
include the baton. Pringler's been trying to get rid of the things on
Craig's List for more than a year but there've been no takers so far.
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<http://www.davidgunn.org> David Gunn
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WGDR/WGDH Fund Drive
Great Thanks to everyone who donated to WGDR/WGDH radio! We're still alive
and flapping. - Jim Cross
Thank you everyone for donating to to WGDR! WGDR has been a great advocate
of 60x60 over the past 11 years! For the decade celebration WGDR did a 10
hour marathon of 60x60. Almost all of the submissions for that year got
radio airplay. Take a listen! It is all archived here at:
http://www.wgdr.org/60x60-radio-extravaganza-archive/
<http://www.NM421.com/14-11-07.htm#opportunities-60x60> The call for the
11th Annual 60x60 is here!!!
We are hoping to go back to WGDR again to do another 60x60 Radio Request
Extravagnaza marathon, so this is a great way to get some airplay of your
music! <http://www.wgdr.org/60x60-radio-extravaganza-archive/> Jim Cross
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BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!!! 60X60 WAVE FARM MIX
Calling for works for the 60x60 Wave Farm Mix
But wait there is more! There is the 60x60 Wave Farm mix!
November 14, is the deadline for the 60x60 Wave Farm Mix open call for
submissions. Vox Novus and Wave Farm are delighted to collaborate on this
special edition of 60x60 focused on Radio Art. and we look forward to
listening to your 60 second works.
Vox Novus's 60x60 and Wave Farm are calling for one-minute radio art works!
Vox Novus and Wave Farm are delighted to collaborate on a special edition of
60x60 focused on Radio Art. Artists are invited to submit recorded works
(created with, for, about radio and transmission) with durations of 60
seconds, to be included in the eleventh annual 60x60 project; a FM broadcast
on Wave Farm's WGXC 90.7-FM; and distributed as a Wave Farm Dispatch Series
download. 60 compositions will be selected to be played continuously in a
one-hour live event and broadcast.
60x60 is a project of "signature works" and short works created specifically
for the 60x60 project. Excerpts of larger works are strongly discouraged.
Works generated from procedures (i.e. mathematical matrices, organizational
systems, or computer programs,) remixed works, or themes and motives
recomposed from other of the composer's own work are acceptable. On the
occasion of this special collaboration with Wave Farm, 60x60 is specifically
seeking radio art composition submissions.
In addition to the 60x60 Wave Farm Mix, Vox Novus is calling for submissions
for several other themed mixes including: the International mix, New York
Minutes mix, Latin American Mix and others. Details for other mix
submissions can be found at: http://www.60x60.com/submission
60x60 Guidelines
The call is open to composers of any nationality, age, or career stage.
There is no admission fee.
Submission deadline for all 60x60 opportunities is November 14, 2014.
All submissions must be uploaded online on Music Avatar at:
http://www.MusicAvatar.org
Audio submissions must be in either AIFF or WAV file format.
Special conditions for the 60x60 Wave Farm Mix:
Due to the nature of radio to be considered for the 60x60 Wave Farm Mix
works must be exactly 60 seconds in length. Works shorter than 60 seconds or
longer than 60 seconds will not be considered for this mix. Composers
selected for the 60x60 Wave Farm Mix must agree to an FM broadcast on Wave
Farm's WGXC 90.7-FM; and be distributed as a Wave Farm Dispatch Series
download.
Questions about 60x60 can be sent to support at voxnovus.com
Works selected for the 2014 60x60 project will be announced on the Vox Novus
newsletter NM421: http://www.NM421.com and Wave Farm's monthly newsletter
(subscribe at http://eepurl.com/yRqVP) in January 2015.
60x60 is a one-hour-long show made by sequencing 60 pre-recorded pieces by
60 different artists, each piece a minute in length or shorter. 60x60 has
been presented in many performance formats including TV shows, radio shows,
multimedia and multidisciplinary events, as well as published several albums
of works. Since 2003, 60x60 has received thousands of submissions from over
30 countries. Highlighting the work of a great many artists and composers,
60x60 testifies to the vibrancy of contemporary composition by present a
diverse array of styles, aesthetics, and techniques being used today
http://www.60x60.com.
Wave Farm is a non-profit arts organization that celebrates creative and
community use of media and the airwaves. Our programs provide access to
transmission technologies and support artists and organizations that engage
with media as an art form. (Wave Farm is incorporated as free103point9 Inc.)
For more information, visit http://wavefarm.org/archive/593tvb
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The Kids Are All Bright
Composer's Voice, September 28, 2014
Review by Jack Crager
Douglas DaSilva
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The September 28 Composer's Voice performance at Jan Hus Church is billed as
the Fourth Annual Children's Month concert. And the show's curator, CV
Artistic Director Douglas DaSilva, regularly teaches music to young people.
So we can expect some kids' stuff this afternoon. But not exclusively. Like
The Simpsons, this set proves that kids' stuff can operate on two levels and
be fun for grownups. And as with The Beatles, we see that work created by
and for adults can be thoroughly enjoyed by youngsters. While much of the
show is aimed at kids, it's with a provocative twist: Challenge yourself to
ponder this grown-up material as well.
JP Redmond <http://www.voxnovus.com/composer/pic/JP_Redmond.jpg>
First up is young pianist JP Redmond playing his own composition, "Prelude
on Old Hundredth." The piece starts with a series of harmonically rich
chords, then shifts into a march-like, sauntering rhythm that soon gives way
to lines from the familiar melody of "Old Hundredth" (also the tune from
other classic hymns such as "The Doxology" - "Praise God, from Whom All
Blessings Flow"). Redmond's work deftly weaves these varied elements back
and forth, ending on a series of mysterious chords that sound unresolved and
final at the same time.
Fifteen-Minutes of Fame
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Katarzyna Bryla <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Katarzyna_Bryla_03.jpg>
Hui-Chuan Chen <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Hui-Chuan_Chen_01.jpg>
Next is the CV mainstay, "15-Minutes-of-Fame," curated and performed by
violinist Katarzyna Bryla and pianist Hui-Cuan Chen. This set is an exercise
in controlled mood shifts. It begins with a meditative segment, Rodrigo
Baggio's "Stage to Stage," in which trickling piano notes play against
mournful violin lines; this segues into Erik Branch's "Sword of Blood and
Silver," where the tempo picks up with the piano's roiling arpeggios,
settles back, then builds to a climax before descending to a resolution. In
Gareth Rhys Jones's "Whitechapel, 1888," a march-like assurance underpins a
musical motif that is traded between instruments, boisterously expanded, and
brought back to a smooth finish. Later, the frenetic energy of Daniel
Mihai's "High Levels in One Video-Game," with short staccato bursts
exchanged between instruments like darting bats, gives way to the drops and
trickles and plucked violin notes of Jody John Ramey's "Level-Up," followed
by the lively gallop and assertive figures of Shigeru Kan-no's
"Condensation." At the set's conclusion, we hear the discordant tension of
Michael Maiorana's "Boss Battle: Gearbox" segue into the sweet mini-melodies
of Inna Buganina's "Returning"; then the lightly rendered, dancing arpeggios
of Alexander Simon's "Unfated End [Game Over]" shift to the constructivist
sound and edgy chords of the final tune, Laszlo Kekszakallu's "Yorkville
Separatist." The tight interchange between the performers allows them to
navigate this musical maze without a hitch.
Yumi Suehiro <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Yumi_Suehiro_01.jpg>
To follow this tour de force, the young virtuoso pianist Yumi Suerhiro
performs a composition by Blair Whittington called "Rainbow." This piece's
complex bass rumblings are offset by twinkling treble lines, dropping into a
softer section that feels like a peaceful but restless dream, gradually
building momentum before resolving in a series of lilting, lovely major
chords. A master of dynamics, Suerhiro provides a delicate touch in the soft
passages, as well as enough strength to literally shake the hall in the loud
ones.
Ben Vokits <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Ben_Vokits.jpg>
Now for something different: Ben Vokits on the tuba, accompanied by Andrew
Pak on piano, performing Greg Bartholomew's "In Seaspray, Barefoot."
Befitting its wonderful title, this tune has a playful, dancing start that
gradually builds energy and seems to sway to and fro, then settles into a
smooth, drifting section in which we can imagine that the protagonist is
happily swimming in a rest stroke.
Roger Blanc <http://www.voxnovus.com/composer/pic/Roger_Blanc.jpg>
Next up is guitarist Roger Blanc, playing his own composition, "Episodi,"
with Emiko Hayashi accompanying on piano. Early in the piece, the piano
figures dominate, with Blanc's electric guitar lines woven in so
low-register and low-key that they sound like a viola; this section gives
way to a quick back-and-forth between guitar and piano licks that builds in
intensity and complexity and then abruptly ends on a mysterious, long-fading
chord.
Eapen_Leubner and David Morneau
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But what about the kids? They'll surely go for the next piece, "The Quangle
Wangle's Hat," featuring music by David Morneau and words from the classic
tale by Edward Lear. Morneau plays trombone alongside tenor Eapen Leubner,
whose melodramatic renderings of the daft poetry, combined with Morneau's
ominous music, make for a ludicrous combo worthy of Monty Python. The
trombone lines gallop along while the operatic vocals spout gibberish about
the Quangle Wangle and his big hat like a town crier on full alert. "And all
were as happy as happy could be, with the Quangle Wangle Quee!"
Laura Leon <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Laura_Leon.jpg>
The final piano set is performed by Laura Leon, who presents a suite of
short pieces that ebb and flow almost like a miniature 15-Minutes-of-Fame.
Leo Kraft's "Music for a Day" progresses from a sprightly short intro to a
moodier section with low notes and occidental-sounding chords, then a jumpy
interlude followed by a thoughtful, meditate phase, finally settling into a
rejuvenated finish. The next piece, Peter Schichele's "Small Serenade,"
features a more conventional procession of chords offset by clumps of
irregular interjections, ending on an upbeat note.
Emily Woodruf <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Emily_Woodruff.jpg>
To close out the afternoon with the children's music theme, soprano Michelle
Ferrara and guitarist Douglas DaSilva perform two pieces by composers whose
ages are in the single digits. First is Moaz Mneimneh's "If the Sun Was
Green," a piece with a catchy and memorable melody with a lyric that
resonates like a koan. The final piece is Vrinda Trivedi's "10 Little
Bunnies," in which the richness of rabbit-ness is rendered in operatic
soprano flourishes offset by charming, acoustic guitar lines. These pieces
indicate that their creators have vision beyond their years - yet like
visual art created by children, they show a clarity, vibrancy, and freedom
of expression that all too often fades with maturity. We could all benefit,
from time to time, by trying on The Quangle Wangle's Hat.
You can find more as well as see and hear some of the performances at the
following link: http://www.ComposersVoice.com/media/
Jack Crager <http://www.voxnovus.com/NM421/img/Jack_Crager.jpg>
Jack Crager
Upcoming Performances
Composer's Voice concert
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Composer's Voice presents the Purchase Brass Ensemble
Sunday, November 9th, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Composer's Voice presents the Purchase Brass Ensemble premiering works from
their current Vox Novus call-for-scores and the World Premiere of
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame. Pamela Sklar, bass flute & Suzanne Mueller, cello.
Guest Curator: Alyssa Reit
Composer's Voice presents the Purchase Brass Ensemble premiering works from
their recent Vox Novus call-for-scores by Greg Bartholomew, Shigeru Kan-no,
Christopher Bill, Kevin Timothy Austin, Gary Powell Nash.
Trombone sensation Christopher Bill will be performing: Chris is best known
for his all-trombone arrangements of popular songs. His YouTube Channel has
been gaining popularity since the summer of 2012 when he posted his version
of Owl City's "Fireflies" for six trombones. More recently, a cover of
Pharrell Williams' "Happy" where Chris uses a looping station to compose the
song on the spot went viral in the spring of 2014. His videos have since
amassed over 5 million views and a following of over 48,000 subscribers. In
April 2014, Chris independently released his first cover album,
Breakthrough.
The Composer's Voice Concert Series, listed as "One of the premier showcases
for promising composers" by Time Out New York
The Composer's Voice Concert Series is a collaboration between Vox Novus and
Jan Hus Church. Performances are short chamber concerts held at Jan Hus
Church and are an opportunity for contemporary composers to express their
aesthetic and personal voice.
Founded in 2001 by Robert Voisey, the Composer's Voice Concert Series has
had more than 100 concerts in New York City. Works are chosen from a wide
range of contemporary composers and performed by dedicated musicians devoted
to new music. The series has presented the works of hundreds of living
composers from around the world. Concerts are held two times a month in the
afternoon on the second and last Sundays of most months. The performances
are recorded and archived to further promote the new music, performers, and
composers. Audio, video, scores, and programs can be found on the Composer's
Voice website. www.ComposersVoice.com
Composer's Voice concert Sunday, November 9th at 1:00 pm Jan Hus Church 351
East 74th Street (between First and Second Avenues) New York, New York 10021
FREE ADMISSION
Calendar
<http://www.voxnovus.com/calendar> Calendar of Vox Novus Events
2014 AGBU Sayat Nova International
Composition Competition
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AGBU is deploying efforts to attract the interest of young composers to
classical music and the traditional Armenian repertoire. If the encounter
between classical musicians, of written tradition, and traditional
musicians, of oral tradition, is sometimes difficult, it is all the more
richer. Together they create the musical heritage of tomorrow.
Hence, the idea of the Sayat Nova composition competition is born, combining
modernism, tradition and Armenian inspiration. It aims to discover talented
young composers, help them financially, record their works, and diffuse
them.
When it was first introduced in 2006, the Sayat Nova Composition Competition
proved to be a laboratory of creativity. Amidst festivities for AGBU's
centennial, a panel of expert judges reviewed an impressive range of
submissions. On December 9, 2006, it ultimately granted Artur Akshelyan with
the first prize. That night, Akshelyan's piece was brought to life by the
Armenian Diaspora Chamber Orchestra through a memorable performance in the
Salon Opera at the Intercontinental Hotel in Paris.
The 2012 AGBU Sayat Nova International Composition Competition was a great
success as evidenced by the 22 candidates participating from around the
world. Two young composers were distinguished: Tomas Berreiro, Mexican, was
granted the 2nd Prize for his work The Death of the Nightingale and Ernest
Dulgaryan, Armenian, the 3rd prize for Whispers. In addition to the Sayat
Nova competition prize, Tomas Barreiro was awarded the Special Prize
"Carnegie Hall" by the jury. As such, his composition was interpreted during
the AGBU - NYSEC Annual Concert in December 2013 in the prestigious New York
concert hall.
Contest participation conditions:
The 2014 Sayat Nova competition candidates will have to compose for a
chamber ensemble consisting of 3 (three) instrumentalists (piano, cello and
duduk) and a woman's voice, mezzo- soprano register (spoken or sung).
The duration of the piece must be within 7-10 minutes.
The piece must include one quotation, in any form, from a text of Daniel
Varoujan in Armenian or translated into a Western language (i.e. English,
German, French, Italian, Spanish or Russian).
The deadline for submission of works is no later than 28 November 2014.
See more at:
http://sayatnova2014eng.agbueurope.org
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This concert is being featured on
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Music Avatar is a great new way to upload works for composer opportunities
hassle free!
You will be able to submit, update, and modify your submission all the way
up to the deadline date of the opportunity.
Take a look at this opportunity and more at:
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60x60
11th Annual
Call for Works
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60x60 11th Annual International Mix
60x60 is calling for works for its 11th performance season!
Vox Novus is inviting composers/sound artists to submit recorded works 60
seconds or less in length to be included in its 11th annual 60x60 project.
60 compositions will be selected to be played continuously in a one-hour
concert.
60x60 is a one-hour-long show made by sequencing 60 pre-recorded pieces by
60 different composers, each piece a minute in length or shorter.
Highlighting the work of a great many composers, 60x60 testifies to the
vibrancy of contemporary composition by present a diverse array of styles,
aesthetics, and techniques being used today.
60x60 mixes have received more than 350 performances in more than 30
countries including venues such as the Winter Garden Atrium at the World
Financial Center, Stratford Circus for Opening Day Festival for the 2012
London Olympics, and Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. 60x60
collaborates with multimedia including dance, video, art, and sculpture.
60x60 Dance was described by the New York Times as "...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..."
During the concert each of the 60 pieces selected will begin precisely at
the beginning of the minute, this will mark the end of one piece and the
beginning of another. There will be no pause between the pieces. Works may
be less than 60 seconds in length, but may not exceed 60 seconds. Works
selected that are less than 60 seconds long will be "padded" with silence
either before, after, or surrounding the composition. Please note that the
total duration of the work including silence may NOT exceed sixty seconds.
The 60x60 project's definition of a record work is as follows: any work
created as a musical composition which is captured on recorded media, which
does not require live performers for its production in broadcast at concert
halls, radio, multi-media, etc. Its creation can include but not limited to
acoustic instruments, voice, environmental sources, and computer (Sampling,
MAX MSP, MIDI, C Sound, ProTools, etc.)
All works submitted should be with the understanding that it is their
recording that is of prime importance and is what will be used to determine
its selection.
60x60 is a project of "signature works" and short works created specifically
for the 60x60 project. Excerpts of larger works are strongly discouraged.
Works generated from procedures (i.e. mathematical matrices, organizational
systems, or computer programs,) remixed works, or themes and motives
recomposed from other of the composer's own work are acceptable.
In addition to the 60x60 International Mix, Vox Novus is planning to create
several alternate mixes to the 11th call for works. Planned themed mixes
include the Wave Farm Mix, BPM Mix, Death Mix, Latin Mix, and more. All
works submitted to alternate mixes will be considered for the 60x60
International Mix. (Works need to be submitted to the various alternate
mixes directly to be considered for the mix concerned.)
The call is open to composers of any nationality, age, or career stage.
Deadline for 60 second compositions for 60x60 is November 30th, 2014.
There is no admission fee.
Audio submissions must be in either AIFF or WAV file format.
Multiple submissions are accepted from a single composer/sound artist.
All submissions must be uploaded online at: www.MusicAvatar.org DO NOT EMAIL
AUDIO FILES!
All submissions must be uploaded by November 30th, 2014 - 12:00 Midnight
(local time)
Works selected for the 11th Annual 60x60 project will be announced on the
Vox Novus newsletter NM421: http://www.NM421.com
Any questions regarding the call for works can be addressed to:
Support at VoxNovus.com More information can be found at: www.60x60.com
60x60 is a one-hour-long show made by sequencing 60 pre-recorded pieces by
60 different artists, each piece a minute in length or shorter. 60x60 has
been presented in many performance formats including TV shows, radio shows,
multimedia and multidisciplinary events, as well as published several albums
of works. Since 2003, 60x60 has received thousands of submissions from over
30 countries. Highlighting the work of a great many artists and composers,
60x60 testifies to the vibrancy of contemporary composition by presenting a
diverse array of styles, aesthetics, and techniques being used today
http://www.60x60.com
Opportunities on Music Avatar
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hassle free! You will be able to submit, update, and modify your submission
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