[Voxnovus] NM421> April 10, 2015 - DANCE DANCE DANCE! - 60x60 Dance in Louisiana - Vision of Sound at Composer's Voice - Circuit Bridges in London

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60x60 Dance Louisiana Mix 
April 10, 2015 
Friday at 8:00pm 

Vox Novus and Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts Dance
Department are delighted to collaborate on a special edition of 60x60
focused on Louisiana. Curator Lisa Benner selected 60 compositions to be
played continuously in a one-hour live dance concert featuring original
choreography by Audra Allen, J Lillian Gray and LSMSA dance composition
students. Performances are Friday, April 10th at 7pm, Saturday April 11th at
4pm and 7pm. Minimum suggested donation: $7. Because of the structure of the
concert, there will be no late seating and no intermission. 

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Dance Louisiana Mix 
April 10, 2015 
Friday at 9:00pm 

60x60 is a one-hour-long show made by sequencing 60 pre-recorded pieces of
music by 60 different composers. 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. 

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Dance Louisiana Mix 
April 11, 2015 
Saturday at 4:00pm 

Established by the Louisiana state legislature in 1982, Louisiana School for
Math, Science, and the Arts (LSMSA) belongs to an expanding group of
state-supported, residential high schools founded to serve the academic,
artistic, and creative needs of many of the state's best students. 

Vox Novus is new music production and promotion company. Its mission is to
cultivate a music community and make new music readily available to the
greater public. Vox Novus accomplishes this mission through its concert
programs: 60x60, Composer's Voice concert series, Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame,
and Circuit Bridges. To empower the community of new music Vox Novus make
available web tools to better sccomplish the promtion of new music such as:
Composers' Site, Music Avatar, NM421, and other resources. 

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Dance Louisiana Mix 
April 11, 2015 
Saturday at 7:00pm 

Composers selected for the 60x60 Louisiana Mix:

Jesse Allison, Darrel Andrews, Al Benner, Rainer Berger, Kari Besharse,
Justin Blackburn, Lasey Blain, Katarina Boudreaux, Luke Brouillette, Robert
Caponi , Chin Ting Chan, Jay Derderian, Maronidis Dimitris, John Dorhauer,
Alex Dudley, Massimo Fragala, Stelios Giannoulakis, Josh Goldman, Brian
Wilbur Grundstrom, Doriam Ham, Hasse Hamalainen, Reem Hassan, Hannah Hayes,
Danny Holmes, Yoko Honda, Charles Jowett, Michiko Kawagoe, Jessica Keys,,
Emil Khoury, Panayiotis Kokoras, Vivek Koshti, Jed Larson, James Leach,
Hoyong Lee, Anthony Manfredonia, Steve Moshier, Peter Motttram, Charles
Nichols, Norberto Oldrini, Ryan Olivier, Cezary Ostrowski, Ivonne Paredes,
Matt Petty, Mark Phillips, Ariel Pierre, William Price, Quaternin, Lucy
Rhymes, Phillip Schuessler, Julian Scordato, Aurelio Scotto, Silvia Simons,
Sirc, Jana Skarecky, David Jason Snow, Samuel Stokes, Luca Vanneschi,
Clauida Wall, Patricia Walsh, Blair Whittington, DaeYoung Yoon, and David
Zheng 

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You can find more on the program page listed here:
http://www.60x60.com/2014_Louisiana_Mix.htm 

For details, link here: 

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-mix-tickets-16059099198 

60x60 Dance Louisiana Mix 
Friday, April 10 at 7:00pm CDT
Friday, April 10 at 9:00pm CDT
Friday, April 11 at 4:00pm CDT
Friday, April 11 at 7:00pm CDT
Natchitoches 
LSMSA CPT Black Box Theatre
715 University Parkway 
Natchitoches, Louisiana 71457 
Minimum suggested donation: $7. 

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Vision of Sound - Live music and dance 
Watch creative minds and hearts at work
in this feast of the senses! 
April 12, 2015
Sunday at 1:00pm 

For the 9th season, the Society for New Music presents "Vision of Sound" --
a program of live new music and dance in Syracuse, NY. Vision of Soundis
committed to the performance and promotion of new work by living composers
and choreographers, with the purpose of showcasing New York State artists.
The collaborative effort of the choreographers and composers in the creation
of a piece is brought to life by musicians, dancers and audience.Vision of
Sound is a feast for the senses and performed in spaces intimate enough for
audience members to bask in the sight and sound. 

Come enjoy this colorful showcase of New York State talent. 

Composers participating this season are Marco Alunno (Eastman doctorate, now
at Universidad EAFIT,Medellin, Colombia), David H. Davies (Houghton College
graduate, teaching at Texas A&M-Commerce), Kevin Ernste (Eastman doctorate,
Cornell professor), Mark Olivieri (Hobart and William Smith Colleges),
Nicolas Scherzinger (Syracuse University), and Rob Voisey (freelance
composer and performer in New York City). 

The choreographers represent dance companies and dance faculties across
Upstate New York and in New York City. They are: Alexandra Beller (New York
City company and nationally), Lisa Fagan (Brooklyn via Bard), Shannon Holmes
(Syracuse-Empire State Dance), Cheryl Johnson (Rochester via Seattle),
HanniSchwarzlander (Syracuse via national tours, founder of Dancematazz),
Cynthia Williams (Hobart and William Smith faculty and nationally). 

These visions have titles like Apparition, The Brake and the Signal, immoral
minorities, Janus,cakedeath/small questions hardly worth asking, and Long
Path.The quintet of performers interacting with the dancers and electronics
live are Wendy Mehne, flute; Blagomira Lipari, violin; George Macero, cello;
Rob Auler, piano; and Rob Bridge, marimba. They are renowned soloists,
chamber musicians, and lauded recording artists. The Society for New Music,
now in its 43rd season, is the only year-round new music group in New York
State outside of Manhattan. 

For the 9th season, the Society for New Music presents "Vision of Sound" --
a program of live new music and dance in Syracuse, NY. Vision of Soundis
committed to the performance and promotion of new work by living composers
and choreographers, with the purpose of showcasing New York State artists.
The collaborative effort of the choreographers and composers in the creation
of a piece is brought to life by musicians, dancers and audience.Vision of
Sound is a feast for the senses and performed in spaces intimate enough for
audience members to bask in the sight and sound. 

Composers participating this season are Marco Alunno (Eastman doctorate, now
at Universidad EAFIT,Medellin, Colombia), David H. Davies (Houghton College
graduate, teaching at Texas A&M-Commerce), Kevin Ernste (Eastman doctorate,
Cornell professor), Mark Olivieri (Hobart and William Smith Colleges),
Nicolas Scherzinger (Syracuse University), and Rob Voisey (freelance
composer and performer in New York City). 

The choreographers represent dance companies and dance faculties across
Upstate New York and in New York City. They are: Alexandra Beller (New York
City company and nationally), Lisa Fagan (Brooklyn via Bard), Shannon Holmes
(Syracuse-Empire State Dance), Cheryl Johnson (Rochester via Seattle),
HanniSchwarzlander (Syracuse via national tours, founder of Dancematazz),
Cynthia Williams (Hobart and William Smith faculty and nationally). 

These visions have titles like Apparition, The Brake and the Signal, immoral
minorities, Janus,cakedeath/small questions hardly worth asking, and Long
Path.The quintet of performers interacting with the dancers and electronics
live are Wendy Mehne, flute; Blagomira Lipari, violin; George Macero, cello;
Rob Auler, piano; and Rob Bridge, marimba. They are renowned soloists,
chamber musicians, and lauded recording artists. The Society for New Music,
now in its 43rd season, is the only year-round new music group in New York
State outside of Manhattan. 

Meet the Choreographers: 

CANDY ELISA COSTA AGUILERA was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. In 2007 she
became a member of National Ballet of Cuba where and danced principal roles,
such as The Queen of Willies from Giselle, Don Quixote, and Swan Lake. 

ALEXANDRA BELLER is the Artistic Director of Alexandra Beller/Dances, a NY
based Dance Theatre company currently celebrating its 13th anniversary. As a
member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company from 1995-2001, she
performed in over 50 countries and throughout the U.S. In 2004 she helped to
create "The Belle Epoch," (Martha Clarke/Charles Mee). 

LISA FAGAN is a Brooklyn-based dance artist whose work irritates the
guidelines of modern dance, and plays intermittently within the modalities
of dance, theater, improvisation, and radical physical nonsense. Fagan's
work has been presented at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan and at Brooklyn
Arts Exchange. She has also worked in film and will appear in an upcoming
science fiction short film by Encyclopedia Pictura's Daren Rabinovitch
called "Smartware." 

CHERYL JOHNSON has performed off-Broadway, at international arts festivals,
in music videos, TV specials, nightclubs, and touring dance companies. In
NYC she was a pioneer dancer for the original creation of MTV music videos.
In Seattle, she was the dance consultant to the Jimi Hendrix
Museum:Experience Music Project andco-founder of the non-profit organization
Anacrusis Modern Tap Dance. 

HANNI SCHWARZLANDER is a professional dancer, director, dance educator, and
choreographer. Hanni currently teaches at the Ballet and Dance Center, the
Dance Theater of Syracuse, and is spearheading the introduction of
ZenaRommett Floor-BarreR technique to CNY. She is also the director and
founder of Dancematazz, a broadway style dance entertainment troupe. 

CYNTHIA J. WILLIAMS is a Professor of Dance at Hobart and William Smith
Colleges where she teaches modern dance, improvisation, composition, dance
history and other courses. A choreographer and lighting designer, Williams
will be presenting an ensemble work from 2014 Falling at an up-coming ACDA. 

Meet the Composers: 

MARCO ALUNNO was born in Italy. At present he is professor of Composition
and Theory at the Universidad EAFIT in Medellin (Colombia) where he works
both as a scholar in film music and as a composer of concert music. 

DAVID HORACE DAVIES is Assistant Professor of Music at Texas A&M
University-Commerce. Davies' music has been performed in prestigious venues
such as Carnegie Hall and the Great Hall at Cooper Union in New York City,
the Culturo Jorge Borges in Buenos Aires, and the Conservatorio de Musica de
Puerto Rico in San Juan. A finalist for the Morton Gould Young Composer
Award, Davies' works have received awards from the College Music Society and
the International Arts Movement, and in 2014 he was a Semi-Finalist for the
American Prize for Choral Composition. 

KEVIN ERNSTE is a composer, performer, and teacher of composition and
electronic music at Cornell University where he is Director of the Cornell
Electroacoustic Music Center (CEMC). He is a founding member of the Cornell
Avant-Garde Ensemble (CAGE). 

MARK OLIVIERI is an Assistant Professor of Music at Hobart and William Smith
Colleges. He is the founder and co-Artistic Director of Vision of Sound New
Music and Dance Concert Festival, which pairs composers and choreographers
together in the creation of new collaborative works. His most recent work,
D=RxT, was premiered by critically acclaimed, Trio Medellin in Medellin,
Colombia in May of 2014. Olivieri'sSpectacular Vernaculars for solo piano
were recently recorded by pianist Nicholas Phillips for his American
Vernaculars CD released in January 2014 on New Focus Recordings. Spectacular
Vernaculars received high praise from the New York Times, describing his
contributions to the project as "glittering pop-infused etudes."Olivieri
lives in Canandaigua, NY with his wife, dancer Alaina Olivieri, and their
five children. 

Composer Nicolas Scherzinger has received awards and commissions from ASCAP,
SOCAN, the Barlow Endowment, the Jerome Foundation, the Canada Council, and
the Eastman School of Music. He is currently associate professor of
composition at the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University, is a
member of the composition faculty at Mannes Prep, the New School for Music,
and is composer-in-residence at the Kinhaven Music School in Vermont. In
addition to his work as a professional composer and educator, he is active
as a performer of improvisatory works for saxophone and interactive
computer. He currently lives in Bronx, New York. 

Composer ROBERT VOISEY has been described as "mad" by the New York Times and
publications around the globe. The LA Times highlighted Voisey as a composer
using creativity to get his work heard. His work has been heard in more than
40 countries in venues including Carnegie Hall, Winter Garden Atrium in New
York City, Stratford Circus in London, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago,
as well as TV, radio, off-off broadway productions, movie screenings, bars,
and a 3 story video installation projected against a building. 

Tickets: Admission is FREE. Donations of food, clothing, and toiletries are
encouraged for the Homeless Outreach & Advocacy Program 

Composer's Voice Concert 
Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 1:00pm 
Jan Hus Presbyterian Church 
351 E 74th Street 
New York, New York 10021 
FREE ADMISSION 

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Circuit Bridges: First Bridges 
April 16, 2015
Sunday at 12:30pm 

Circuit Bridges is collaborating with Sprawl to present new audio works by
students from the London School of Communication (University of the Arts
London) and The New Schoolin two special concerts in London and New York
City. The concerts, which feature sound art and electroacoustic music, are
scheduled for Machines Room, 45 Vyner Street, London on April 16 as part of
sonica.fm, and at Gallery MC, 549 W 52nd St, New York, New York on April 30.
Pieces will also be streamed at sonic.fm and later broadcast via Resonance
fm. 

Students from the BA Sound Arts and Design and MA Sound Arts at London
School of Communication (University of the Arts London) include: SebBruen,
Robin Buckley, ParCarlsson, Serena Emtiaz, Jacques Everiss, Andrew Ford,
Tomoko Hojo, Rahel Kraft, YasminKuymizakis, DominykasMorkunas, Pascal Louis
Mowla, Lutfi Othman & Clive Vella, Dominic Stephens. Students from The New
School for Public Engagement, School of Media Studies and ParsonsSchool of
Art, Media, and Technology at The New School include: Emil Boserup, Marc
Fiaux, Oscar Gracida, Fatima Mendez, Eric Romeo, and Evan Viola. 

A range of influences and processes inspire the audio works: a listening
ritual in Sufi meditation, attention economics, sounds produced on
hand-built instruments, free improvisation, imaginary acoustic spaces
creating a sensorial experience, rhythm, music, and noise, urban drone, and
others.The audio pieces will be presented as fixed stereo sound. 

Sprawl is an artist led organization that has been curating experimental
sound events since in 1996. It was founded by Iris Garrelfs and Douglas
Benford. Artists featured have included Kim Cascone, David Toop, Scanner,
Talvin Singh, Kaffe Matthews, Christian Fennesz, Hayley Newman and more.
Events include the Interplay Festival, Sonic Recycler, the Groundswell
Festival at ICA, Presenting Vladislav Delay - a concert organized in
conjunction with the Tate Modern's educational department and the Finnish
Institute. They have teamed up with Sonica.fm, an online radio 'gallery'
dedicated to sound art, experimental electronics and radio art. First
Bridges works will be showcased during a Sonica.fm residency at the Machines
Room. http://www.sprawl.org.uk/http://www.sonica.fm 

Circuit Bridges is a monthly concert series dedicated to highlighting the
community of electroacoustic music creators. Founded in 2014 by Robert
Voisey and under the artistic direction of David Morneau and Melissa Grey,
Circuit Bridges strives to explore all music under the electroacoustic
umbrella. This includes but is not limited to sonic art, radio art, glitch,
circuit bending, electronica, real-time improvisation, network performance,
audiovisual composition, mash-up, and data sonification. Our mission is to
connect with artists from around the globe to present the wealth of
electroacoustic music being written today. 

For more information visit: www.CircuitBridges.com 

Circuit Bridges: First Bridges 
Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 12:30pm 
Circuit Bridges @ Machines Room, London 
45 Vyner Street 
London E2 9DQ, United Kingdom 
http://machinesroom.org/ 

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