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Valkyrie Sky Ride

Musicologists now concede that Richard Wagner got his idea for the beginning
of Act 3 of Die Walkure from the Dresden Amusement Park's "Valkyrie Sky
Ride," which whirled its shrieking passengers high above the park grounds
"like an out of control trip to Valhalla and back," as Wagner himself once
described it. Look closely and you'll see him waving from the back of the
car while enigmatically dressed as Mrs. A.E. Dinklaker. 

	
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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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Composers' Voice 
January 25, 2015
Sunday at 1:00pm 

Composer's Voice presents the pinnacle of today's music with its
twice-monthly concert series of music by living composers at the Jan Hus
Church, 351 East 74th Street, New York City. 

"it's on the edge of what's happening" 
- Brant Lyon, Great Weather for Media 

This concert features world premieres by Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Robert
Voisey, Masatora Goya, Cheryl Krugel-Lee and performances by pianist Yumi
Suehiro, violinisit Sabina Torosjan, guitarist Douglas DaSilva, violin &
shamisen Duo YUMENO. 

Pianist "Yumi Suehiro is an intense musician, one who invests every ounce of
her energy, passion, and intellect into her performances" - New York Concert
Review Inc. 

Duo YUMENO "The blending of Japanese and European chamber traditions with a
very American rhythmic propulsion was unexpectedly groovy." - New York Times


Much of composer/guitarist Douglas DaSilva's music is influenced by
Brazilian music and has been described as "very individual, and to us has a
very clear personality" in Classical Guitar Magazine. 

 Fifteen Minutes of Fame
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FIFTEEN-MINUTES-OF-INFAMY with
Robert Dick 
January 25, 2015
Sunday at 1:00pm 


This concert features the urgently popular Vox Novus program
"Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame" which consists of 15 one-minute works by 15 living
composers, selected by the performer and performed as a unified whole,
teaming up with modern flute legend Robert Dick for a unique presentation
called "Fifteen-Minutes-of-Infamy: Robert Dick, modern flute". 

The 15 works selected to be premiered are by composers from around the
world: Elizabeth Adams, Syrlane Albuquerque, Rodrigo Baggio, Joseph
Bohigian, David Bohn, Robert Dick, Rocco Di Pietro, David Drexler, Masatora
Goya. David Evan Jones, Michael Mikulka, Maggi Payne, Daniel Schnee, Samuel
Stokes, and David Wolfson. 

"...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. " - New York Music Culture Examiner 

With equally deep roots in classical music old and new and in free
improvisation and new jazz, Robert Dick has established himself as an artist
who has not only mastered, but redefined the flute. Known worldwide for
creating revolutionary visions of the flute's musical role, listening to
Robert Dick play solo has been likened to the experience of hearing a full
orchestra: 

"There are few musicians that are truly revolutionary. Robert Dick is one of
them."-Bill Shoemaker, JazzTimes 

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...................."
-Dizzy Gillespie 

FIFTEEN-MINUTES-OF-INFAMY: Robert Dick, Modern Flute Sunday, January 25,
2015 at 1:00 PM Jan Hus Church, 351 East 74th Street, New York, New York
10021 York 10019 

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


Composer's Voice Concert 
Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 1:00pm 
Jan Hus Presbyterian Church 
351 E 74th Street 
New York, New York 10021 
FREE ADMISSION 

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 Sayat Nova International Composition Competition Announces Winners
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2015 Sayat Nova International Composition Competition
Announces Winners 


Three international composers pay tribute to poet Daniel Varoujan with
original compositions 

AGBU is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Sayat Nova International
Composition Competition. Hovik Sardaryan, 21, of Armenia was awarded first
prize; Fun Gordon Diclun, 26, of Hong Kong received second prize; and
Richard Melkonian of the United Kingdom, 25, received third prize. 

As first prize winner, Sardaryan received both the AGBU Carnegie Hall Award
and Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra (APO) Award. His piece, "The Flowers of
Golgotha," will premiere at a gala concert in May and will be performed at
the annual AGBU Performing Artists in Concert at Carnegie Hall in December
2015. He will also be commissioned to write a 10 minute piece that will be
performed by the APO during its 2016-17 season. 

The Sayat Nova International Composition Competition is designed to
introduce Armenian musical traditions to a wider audience. This year, in
commemoration of centenary of the Armenian genocide, the competition asked
composers to include in their submissions the poetry of Daniel Varoujan, one
of the first victims of the Armenian genocide. 

Submissions arrived from various countries, including Russia, Switzerland
and Brazil, as well as from fourteen states. Sixty percent of the composers
were not of Armenian descent. The jury judging the competition was made up
of renowned seven artists- conductor of APO Eduard Topchjan, composer Yakov
Yakulov, soprano Hasmik Papian, AGBU (http://agbu.org/) pianist Jenny Chai,
composer Paul Mefano and composer Michel Petrossian-from Armenia, Austria,
France, China and the United States. Poet Lola Koundakjian served as a
consultant to the jury and Hayk Arsenyan, composer and artistic director of
this year's competition, advised on the selection of the AGBU Carnegie Hall
Prize winner: "This project is one of the brightest examples of what the
AGBU Performing Arts department is aiming to accomplish-to introduce
Armenian traditional instruments to an international audience and to
strengthen cultural connections between Armenia and the rest of the world,"
says Arsenyan. 

This year, the Sayat Nova International Composition Competition partnered
with music company Vox Novus, which developed Music Avatar, a software that
allowed all submissions and judging to take place online. Robert Voisey, the
executive director of Vox Novus, was instrumental in the collaboration: "We
are very proud to have worked with AGBU and contributed to making the
competition inspirational and creative." The works of the three prize
winners, which includes music for the duduk, violin, piano and a mezzo
soprano, will be showcased at the gala concert and award ceremony on May 11,
2015 at Symphony Space in New York. Ara Guzelimian, the provost and dean of
the Juilliard School, will give the opening remarks at the gala. 

Established in 1906, AGBU www.agbu.org  <http://www.agbu.org> is the world's
largest nonprofit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City,
AGBU preserves and promotes the Armenian identity and heritage through
educational, cultural and humanitarian programs, annually touching the lives
of some 400,000 Armenians around the world. 

For more information about AGBU and its worldwide programs, please visit
<http://www.agbu.org> http://www.agbu.org 

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Announcing selections: 
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame with 
Austin
Mandolin
Orchestra 



The Austin Mandolin Orchestra is a community mandolin orchestra based in
Austin Texas. Formed in 2004, the orchestra now includes over performing 20
members. Known for it's adventurous programming, in June 2013 the AMO
performed Opus Twelve , a recital of eighteen new works composed by founder
and director, Joel R Hobbs. Also in 2015, the Austin Mandolin Orchestra
plans to host the Fall 2015 convention of the Classical Mandolin Society of
America. about the Austin Mandolin Orchestra -
http://www.amandolinorchestra.com 

Works selected for this Fifteen Minutes of Fame include:
Fantasia on "Yellow Rose" by John R. Akins, Texas Paintbrush by Johanna
Asher, As Our Landscape Reawakens (from Angeltrumpets to Zephrylilies) by
Rodrigo Baggio, Spotflower (Acmella Oppositifolia) by David Bohn , Cancion
de la Chamiza by Erik Branch, Spanish Dagger by Philip DeWalt, The Texas
Three Step (Yellow Eyed Grass) by John Egenes, Galliardia Pulchella by
Daniel Grantham, History of a Texas Wildflower by Owen Hartford, Persephonia
by James J. Kellaris, Harp Dandelion-Khatutik by Aram Petrosyan, Wild Onion
Rag by Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni, Palo Duro Blossoms by Barry Trott, When
String Lily Meets Devil's Shoestring by Jean-Pierre Vial, and I Found My
Rose In Austin by Blair Whittington 

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Announcing selections:
60x60 Wave Farm Mix 



Vox Novus and Wave Farm are delighted to collaborate on a special edition of
60x60 focused on Radio Art. Selected from an international open call, 60
works (created with, for, about radio and transmission) with durations of 60
seconds, comprise this eleventh annual 60x60 project. 60x60 Wave Farm Mix
will be featured as an FM broadcast on Wave Farm's WGXC 90.7-FM; distributed
as a Wave Farm Dispatch Series download; and featured in a series of live
listening events. 

About Wave Farm
Wave Farm is a non-profit arts organization that celebrates creative and
community use of media and the airwaves. Wave Farm programs programs support
artists who engage the transmission spectrum, on the airwaves and through
public events and include the Wave Farm Artist Residency Program, and
international visiting artist program; and the Transmission Arts Archive, a
living genealogy of artists' experiments with broadcast media and the
airwaves. Wave Farm's WGXC-FM is a creative community radio station that
commits over 60 hours a week to transmission art and experimental sound.
wavefarm.org 


Composers selected for the 60x60 Wave Farm Mix include:


Miles Leo Allen, Peter Barnard, Pedro Bericat, Colin Black, David Bohn, Eric
Boivin, Joseph Bourdeau, Michael Boyd, Steve Bull, Christina Campanella,
Sounds: Damian Catera, Words: Patricia Kositzky, Bernard Clarke, alan coon,
Brett Copeland, Nathan Corder, Lin Culbertson, Grant Cutler, D. Edward
Davis, Michael Dean, Benjamin Luke Deane, Justin Downs, Lorenz Erdmann,
Vincent Euliano, Cameron Fraser, Soressa Gardner, David Heuser, Alan M
Jackson, Tara Jackson, Brian D. Kelly, Tyler Kline, Keith Kothman, Sebastien
Lavoie, Joshua Liebowitz, Stephen Lilly, Pol McLernon / Matt Lewis, Todd
Merrell, Michael Nazionale, Serban Nichifor, Ken Nickels, Jesper Norda, Ken
Paoli, Zach Poff, Aleksandr Rikhterman, John Roach, Lee Rosevere, Edward
Ruchalski, Sam Sebren, Asha Sheshadri, Chatori Shimizu, Jason Sloan, David
Jason Snow, Hans Tammen, Rachel Devorah Trapp, Dixie Treichel, Mark Vernon,
Robert Voisey, Jane Wang, J. Wetherell, Chris Wood, and Sabrina Pena Young 

You can view the entire program at:
www.60x60.com/2014_Wave_Farm_Mix.htm 

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