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The Nose

The idea for The Nose, Dmitri Shostakovich's first opera, came to the
composer one afternoon when he was sitting in for his brother, noted
psychiatrist Leonid "Chipper" Shostakovich, who was undergoing a root canal
in Murmansk. (Don't ask.) Dmitri was only supposed to jot down the ramblings
of the patient, Betty-Sue Khrushchev, as she kvetched about her daily
troubles. But he quickly found himself fixated on Betty-Sue's nose, which
bore a striking resemblance to Ivan Yakovlevich, a barber he once knew.
Suddenly inspired, the composer shooed Khrushchev out of his brother's
office and began to sketch out musical ideas for a satirical opera.
Shostakovich finished the work in 1928 and it was staged soon thereafter.
Initial reviews were mixed, however the opera was an instant hit with
otorhinolaryngologists the world over. The Nose never specifically refers to
Betty-Sue's unique honker, but it does include a fine supporting role for a
barber named Ivan Yakovlevich. 

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

For 10? years,  <http://www.davidgunn.org> David Gunn co-hosted the
ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award-winning radio show, Kalvos & Damian's New Music
Bazaar. The show is archived at www.kalvos.org. Gunn's own website,
http://davidgunn.org, contains numerous recordings and scores of his
compositions. Gunn is also a writer and humorist, and examples of both can
also be found on his website. He lives simultaneously in Barre, Vermont. 

www.davidgunn.org 

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Southern Trajectory

February 22 Composer's Voice Concert Review
By Jack Crager 

A healthy breeze of Brazilian music sweeps through New York City this
afternoon as Vox Novus and the Composers Voice Series present their 5th
Annual Trajetoria Basileira Concert at Jan Hus Church. With instruments
including guitar, violin, piano, flute and voice, the set is simple,
intimate, playful, soothing - and full of musical surprises. 

For the Composers Voice classic feature "Fifteen Minutes of Fame, Rodrigo
Baggio performs solo on acoustic classical guitar, showing the instrument's
resonant harmonics, elastic dynamic range, and percussive possibilities in a
wide-ranging selection of one-minute tunes. The set begins mysteriously with
Juan Maria Solare's "Referencos," a series of striking harmonic chords with
pregnant pauses, and then steps into brisk melodic flourishes atop a
bouncing bass line in Joel R. Hobbs's "Sal a Gosto." This segues into the
more meditative "Lamento lela Morte do Allen Forte," by Christopher M.
Wicks, with somber chords alternating with percussive string-brushes and
pops of the guitar's body. Blair Whittington's "Red" picks up the pace with
complex arpeggios offset by quieter counterpoints, while David Bohn's "A. R.
B." features a series of squiggly runs underpinned by deep bass tones.
Francesco's Scianfani's "Fractal Fingers" continues in the same style before
breaking into dynamic, syncopated chords. Later, bursts of dancing chords
emerge in Guilherme Afonso's "Limitros" and Fermino Gomes's "A Nod to George
Barker," their sudden eruptions indicating just how powerfully the acoustic
guitar can ring out in contrast to the quieter passages. The overall set has
a Brazilian flavor, suitable for a beach in Rio, and by the time Brett
Copeland's "Charmer" closes the segment on a pensive note, we've heard the
full range of a remarkable instrument and performer. 

Next, Eva Ingolf performs Rodrigo Baggio's "Sonata for Solo Violin" on (you
guessed it) violin - actually a minimalist model with an electronic pickup.
The piece begins with swiftly rising swirls and soulful swoops, staccato
arpeggios and resonant flourishes in a repeating, meandering melody line.
Then it shifts into a more subdued section with a mournful tone and a bit of
dissonance in the duotone chords. This gives way to a series of rapidly
rising and descending triads that culminate in a high ending, followed by
the final section of fast and furious arpeggios in a traditional
phrase-and-echo structure. The score and performance are technical marvels,
and the final ringing notes bring out a big grin from the violinist. 

Then we have David Souza singing tenor to perform Fermino Gomes's "Xavante
Nos," accompanied by Douglas DaSilva on classical guitar. It starts with
dancing guitar lines, then shifts to an interplay between operatic vocals
aside thoughtful guitar counterpoints, then returns to the vigorously
dancing fretwork with rising vocals to match. 

For Rodrigo Baggio's "Variacoes Liricas," Souza and DaSilva remain onstage
as Baggio joins them on lead classical guitar. Here Baggio's trebly guitar
flutters and melodic flourishes play against DaSilva's syncopated chord
structure, while the vocal lines soar and glide. A middle section has a
bossa nova rhythm guitar offset by dancing lead-guitar trebly chords, as the
vocals shift into overdrive with elongated vowels and dramatic eruptions.
The set then settles back to a quieter, riffing exchange between guitars as
the singer flies into airy, soothing lines resembling a calming sunset as
the piece winds down. 

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Maria Carolina Cavalcanti takes up the alto flute to play Syrlane
Albuquerque's composition "Frevo Aperriado." The piece begins with a melodic
flurry like a bird darting around and alighting on various branches,
gradually building into an emotive final section and rapid-fire grace-note
ending. At this point the flutist and composer both take bows and blow
kisses in mutual appreciation. 

Cavalcanti continues on alto flute for Sergio Roberto de Oliveira's "DAM,"
which takes on a more meditative mood. This showcases the sonorous alto
flute as an instrument of solitary emotion, with a series of deeper tones
offset by adventurous, high-range melodic phrases. By the time these
high-and-low voices come together as one, the piece has settled into a
tranquil ending. 

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The next piece is "ISWHOPA (I Saw Werner Herzon On Park Avenue)," by CV
artistic director Douglas DaSilva, who curated the afternoon's concert. It
features Kristen Mather de Andrade on clarinet and Sara Bong on piano.
Beginning with roiling piano figures and searching clarinet lines, it
progresses into rhythmic, asymmetric chord clusters against a brisk clarinet
melody, the two instruments exchanging phrases to and fro. The second part
opens with a melancholy clarinet solo punctuated by piano droplet notes and
builds to an interlude with busy piano chords against boisterous clarinet
counterpoints. The piece gains complexity, speed and emotion as it builds to
a final point of unison and resolution, getting a thumbs-up from the
composer. 

The same duo performs the afternoon's finale: JP Redmond's "Choro
Alegrinho," which begins with a densely melodic interlude, with high piano
flourishes answered by the clarinet, the two voices rising and falling
around each other like playful birds. Midway the piece segues into an
astounding run of piano notes and chords against a warbling clarinet
counterpoint; then the instruments trade places as the clarinet embarks on
runs of its own. After a quieter, eye-of-the storm middle section, the set
builds to a climax before settling into a peaceful but mysterious ending. It
closes a tuneful afternoon at Jan Hus Church - which is soon after followed
by a casual set (featuring many of the same musicians) at a nearby East Side
establishment called Ryan's Daughter. 

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Jack Crager is a New York City-based journalist who writes about music,
visual arts, fitness, and other subjects (jackcrager.com
<http://www.jackcrager.com> ). He regularly contributes concert reviews to
NM421. 

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eXperimental Music Video 
April 22, 2015 
Wednesday at 6:00pm 

We are thrilled to invite you to our xMV second screening and competition.
The eXperimental Music Video screening and competition at the Dream Center
Harlem 

The winners of this screening will be screened at the 15th anniversary Vox
Novus Festival in October 2015. 

Please join us! We need your vote for the xMV Spring 2015 Audience Score. 

eXperimental music video (xMV)is a series curated by Milica Paranosic in
partnership with Paracademia and Vox Novus. 

XMV
Wednesday, April 22at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
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203-205 W. 119TH STREET
New York, New York 
Admission $15 
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CHAMBER WORKS: BEACON AND VOX NOVUS PRESENTS CIRCUIT BRIDGES: NEW NODES 
April 23, 2015 
Thursday at 6:30pm 

'Beacon is a Sydney based arts organisation that aims to showcase the works
of Australian and International composers of Electroacoustic Acousmatic
Music, Ecoacoustic and Feild Recording Works. In our collaboration with Vox
Novus we are seeking to execute a world class presentation of
Electroacoustic composition and raise the state of the art in Australia.
Circuit Bridges is a monthly electroacoustic concert series, held at Gallery
MC in New York City. Our mission is to connect with similar organizations
from around the globe that foster and promote innovative electroacoustic
music and sound. Our concerts feature local composers and sound artists and
those from visiting communities and immerse audiences in the vast wealth of
electroacoustic music being created today. 

Circuit Bridges is dedicated to creating a community for creators of
electroacoustic music and strives to explore all that is included, and
currently being innovated, under the electroacoustic umbrella, such as sonic
art, radio art, glitch, circuit bending, electronica, real-time
improvisation, network performance, audiovisual composition, mash-up, and
data sonification. New Nodes is a specially curated program that presents a
cross section of electroacoustic being made today. Circuit Bridges is
building a network of electroacoustic artists and communities. We're using
New Nodes to establish new connections that will enable future
collaboration, sharing, and growth. A healthy network of electroacoustic
communities allows this music to thrive. 

Visit CircuitBridges.com to learn more. 

Program: 
Daniel Blinkhorn, le son de la lumiere - part 1 
David Morneau, King of Iniquity 
Chris Cresswell, Distorted Mirrors 
Melissa Grey, Appassionata (with Harold Jones, flute, and Mioi Takeda,
violin)
Robert Voisey, Lament and Sorrow: in memory of Liana Alexandra
Milica Paranosic, Mrak (with Margaret Lancaster, flute)
Elainie Lillios, La fete de la huitemme decenni 
Dan Abatemarco (Speak Onion), Nonlinear Division
Mike McFerron, Shape Study: Music for Metamorphoses 

XMV
Thursday, April 23rd at 6:30 pm
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Selections for the UK Guitar Quartet 

Vox Novus is pleased to announce the selections for the UK Guitar Quartet 

Vox Novus is called for guitar quartet works 3-4 minutes in duration
composed for UK Guitar Quartet to be premiered on May 31, 2015 for the
Composer's Voice concert series at the Jan Hus Church in New York City. 

The UK Guitar Quartet was formed for the express purpose of premiering Juan
Trigos' 25-minute, genre expanding Guitar Quartet (2009), which was
commissioned by the Tantalus Quartet, but left un-premiered. A technically,
musically, and rhythmically challenging masterpiece, the work redefines the
guitar quartet with intricately interwoven rhythmic layers with four equally
prominent parts. The UK Guitar Quartet is led by University of Kentucky
guitar professor Dieter Hennings Yeomans, and joined by Dr. Jay Sorce,
Andrew Rhinehart, and Jeremy Bass. 

Works selected for the UK Quartet include:
Sound Waves 3 by Nathan R. Johnson,
Black Pearl by Blair Whittington,
Reflets by Thomas Schuttenhelm,
Arabesques by Kevin Scott,
Gestalt Maschine by Justin Breame,
Four for Sobriety by Juan Maria Solare, and
Rising by Juan Calderon

The UK Guitar Quartet 

 Dieter Hennings Yeomans
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Dieter Hennings Yeomans's musical endevaours span from new music on guitar
to early music for lute, baroque guitar, and theorbo. Mr. Hennings has been
a soloist with Canada's New Music Concerts Ensemble, Eastman BroadBand
Ensemble, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, the University of Arizona
Philharmonia, and the Orquesta Juvenil de Sonora, Mexico. Mr. Hennings has
won several prestigious competitions including the 2008 Aaron Brock
International Guitar Competition, 2005 Eastman Guitar Concerto Competition,
the 2002 Villa de Petrer, Alicante (Spain) International Competition, the
2001 Portland Guitar Competition, among others. Mr. Hennings is an active
proponent of new music, particularly that of Latin America, having recently
worked with composers Mario Davidovsky, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Juan
Trigos and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon. Dieter Hennings is a member of the Music
Faculty at the University of Kentucky where he teaches Classical Guitar. 

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Dr. Jay Sorce is a classical guitarist noted for his "...unique blend of
refinement, intensity, and virtuosic technique", he has appeared in
performance throughout the United States and in Newfoundland, Canada, and
Germany as a soloist and chamber musician. Highlight appearances include
repeat performances at the Long Island Guitar Festival, Germany's
prestigious Iserlohn Guitar Festival, Canada's Tuckamore Festival,
Brooklyn's UNPLAY festival, the East Bank concert series, and at New York's
Staller Center for the Performing Arts where his solo recital was hailed by
renowned guitarist Jerry Willard as "simply brilliant." A strong advocate of
new music, Jay has premiered many new pieces and championed works by such
luminaries in the field as Phillippe Hurel, Elliot Carter, Louis Andriessen,
and Marga Richter. 

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Andrew Rhinehart holds a Bachelor and a Master of Music Performance degree
with an emphasis on classical guitar from the University of Louisville. He
has studied extensively with teachers such as Daniel Boring and jazz
guitarist Craig Wagner. While studying at UofL. Also, he has participated in
summer programs with the Cincinnati Conservatory and the National Pastoral
Musicians Association. He enjoys playing several different styles of music
including jazz, classical, blues, country, and rock. Since graduation he has
been teaching and performing in the Louisville area and all over the U.S. As
a guitarist Andrew would like to share his music performance philosophy and
instruction methods to anyone who would like to achieve technical discipline
and overall mastery of the guitar. 

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The classical guitarist Jeremy Bass is highly regarded as a performer of
chamber music and solo repertoire. He is engaged in both the rediscovery of
neglected historical works, and the performance of new music. He lives in
Lexington, Kentucky, where he is completing doctoral studies in guitar
performance. 

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