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 Berlioz Belles
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The Berlioz Belles

Symphonie fantastique's final movement, Songe d'une nuit de sabbat, is
almost never performed as written because Berlioz called for an enormous
pair of bells: 18' and 24' in diameter for the C and G bells, respectively.
And getting them to toll required the services of 14 percussionists, each of
whom needed a special insurance policy rider due to the peril involved in
playing the instruments. But on August 8, 1998, the Dinklaker Community
College Orchestra mounted a performance of the piece that indeed used those
big bells. Making the production work were "the Berlioz Belles," members of
the college's campanology club seen here in rehearsal. Regrettably, when the
conductor cued their page 108 entrance, the Belles in their enthusiasm
yanked the rope too hard. Both bells broke away from their housing and
plummeted onto the instrumentalists who were unluckily seated beneath them,
proving that the piece's ending cannot be successfully performed without
violas, trombones, oboes, and harps. 

 <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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Ones, Twos & Threes

February 8 Composer's Voice Concert Review
By Jack Crager 

The February 8 Composer's Voice Concert at Jan Hus Church is a tour-de-force
of intimate performances, showing the magic that can be brewed up by solo,
duet, and trio combinations of distinctive voices. Curated by composer and
pianist David Wolfson, the concert features an eclectic group of musicians
on vocals, piano, cello, saxophone, tuba - and various and sundry sound
effects. 

For the Composer's Voice trademark Fifteen Minutes of Fame, Andrew White
serves as curator and performer, using a combination of his rich baritone
voice and experimental noises to demonstrate the synergy between music and
poetry. This begins with the first piece, "For I am Persuaded" by
Christopher Wicks, in which a piercing bell punctuates a melodious reading
of the Biblical passage of Romans 8:38. The intellectual bent continues with
Casey Rule's "At Stratford-Upon-Avon," set to a poem by Thomas Bailey
Aldrich consecrating Shakespeare's gravesite, and Jose Jesus de Azevedo
Souza's "Symphony of the Sea," drawing on a poem by Alwye and incorporating
dramatic handclaps and soaring wind noises. Michael McFerron's "Ceremony"
adds a mysterious ringing bowl and otherworldly chants to the mix. George
Brandon's "Brief Glimpses of Mystery, No. 4: Drunk All the Time" shifts
things into an existentialist ramble, while Amanda McCullough's "The Clock
Strikes One The Just Struck Two" adds a ringing tone made by a finger on the
edge of a wine glass, set to a somber poem by Emily Dickinson. Later a sense
of levity arrives in David Bohn's "Private Song," an interplay of
foot-stomps and hand-claps over nonsense "zoom-zigga-zoo" scatting; and Juan
Maria Solare's "Your Check is in the Mail" playfully turns that phrase into
a series of puns. Doug Davis's "Desire" draws on a philosophical treatise by
Mabel Collins, while Stephen Stanziano's "Psalm 23" emotionally conveys the
famous "Lord is My Shepard" psalm. David Wolfson's "Epoxy Margaret" rolls
the title phrase off the tongue in approximately three dozen playful ways;
this gives way to the meditative "Serenade" by Arthur Gottschalk. Closing
out the set is Jonathan B. McNair's "Oh Karma, Dharma, Pudding and Pie," in
which Philip Appleman's humorous poem gets a lively foot-stomp-and-hand-clap
rendition. By the time Andrew White delivers the final punchline, "Teach the
believers how to think," it's clear that this set has done just that. 

In Liza Sobel's "Five Vignettes for Cello and Piano (I-III, V)," curator
David Wolfson plays piano, accompanied by Laura Bontrager on cello. Starting
with mournful cello melodies punctuated by ice-pick plunks on the piano, the
first segment segues into resonant piano figures offset by squiggly cello
lines. Part two features a lively interplay between the two voices, the deep
cello tones against staccato high piano chords, and the pace picks up even
faster in part three, with the pair trading complex arpeggios and melodic
flurries. They then shift into a section with the cello lightly plucked
against trinkling piano notes; a seeming sense of chaos gives way to a
controlled to-and-fro; and a vigorous flourish of descending scales bring
the suite to a dramatic end. 

For his own composition, "Angels Unawares," Wolfson hands over the stage to
Gregg Rossetti on classical guitar, Diana Golden on cello, and Martha
Sullivan singing soprano. Here the operatic vocals soar over nimble
guitar-picking, underpinned by bass lines on the cello. With moods varying
from pensive to hopeful, the piece builds into a swelling crescendo that
fills the high-ceiling space of the Jan Hus church, eventually settling on
an soothing set of long notes with major-chord resolution. 

The next piece, "Serenade for Cello and Piano" by Gregg Rossetti, brings
back the duo of Laura Bontranger on cello and David Wolfson on piano.
Starting quietly with emphasis on the cello's deeply rich tones, the piece
builds into a brisk conversation between the voices, a lively exchange of
back-and-forth arpeggios and counterpoints, accented by brief tracts with
the pair in unison, one of which abruptly flows into a resonant ending. 

Now it's time to bring out the big gun - a tuba played by Wes Krygsman - for
the aptly titled "Three Pieces for Low Brass," by Chris Opperman. The first
of these, "The Queen of Hearts," is an uptempo, classical-sounding vignette
featuring loud-soft dynamics in repeated motifs. The second piece, "Echoes
of a Dark, Still Night," is more pensive, with high-range long notes held to
the point of distorted edges and crescendoes and diminuendos adding a
mysterious touch like apparitions in a dream, leading to an inevitable
sounding low-note blast ending. Part three, "Chicken Feet," marks a lively
return to the loud-soft repeats of motifs, with challenging octave jumps
within irregular phrases. This tuba set demonstrates howt, just like a
string bass, a so-called "side-instrument" in an ensemble can fully run the
gamut both sonically and emotionally. 

The afternoon's finale is "Curse for Saxophones," composed by Margaret
Sullivan, who sings soprano. She's accompanied by saxophonists Gregg
Rossetti and David Wozniak. Sullivan begins by explaining that part of the
inspiration for the piece is the phrase, "I want to do violent things to you
because you insulted my poetry." Her vocals are duly impassioned, the
operatic lines offset by the avant-garde duetting of the saxes, featuring
jazz harmonics, divergent dynamics, and synchronized rhythm patterns. The
punchy sax parts are leavened by the emotionally soaring vocals as the trio
builds to a climactic finish - to the piece, and to the concert. 

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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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FRESNO STATE NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE PRESENTS MUSIC BY LIVING ARMENIAN COMPOSERS 
March 28, 2015
Saturday at 2:00pm 

On March 28, 2015 at 2:00pm the Brand Associates will present the 3rd
concert in it's annual music series. In conjunction with the Brand Library
Art Galleries exhibition life100, the FRESNO STATE NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
presents a concert dedicated to the 100 year anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide featuring works by living Armenian composers from around the world.
Co-sponsored by the Brand Associates, the Armenian General Benevolent Union
and the Armenian General Benevolent Union Pasadena Glendale Chapter. 

The pieces on the program will include works by Tigran Mansurian, Anna
Aidinian, Artur Avanesov, Steven Aprahamian, Eve Beglarian, Charles
Amirkhanian, and Joseph Bohigian. 

Admission is free and a reception will follow the concert. 

The Fresno State New Music Ensemble is a student-run chamber ensemble at CSU
Fresno dedicated to the performance and promotion of music by living
composers. The ensemble presents at least one concert each semester at CSU
Fresno, in addition to other performances around the state. 

The performance will feature the work of a wide variety of living Armenian
composers from around the world, in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide in April 2015. In addition, New Music Ensemble
percussionist and composer Joseph Bohigian has written a new piece
commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide which was
premiered by the ensemble at its March 9th concert in Fresno, California and
will receive a repeat performance on March 28th. The concert will also
feature the winner of the New Music Ensemble's Call for Scores by Armenian
Composers, Steven Aprahamian. 

Founded in early 2014 by student performers dedicated to the performance of
new music, the Fresno State New Music Ensemble is in its second season.
Works are chosen from a wide range of contemporary composers and performed
by musicians devoted to promoting their work. The ensemble is made up of
some of the top performers in the Fresno State Music Department, including
percussionist Joseph Bohigian, cellist Aimee Dockum, violinist Lianna
Stuart, clarinetist Katie Winter, trombonist Andrew Watkins, flutist
Cassandra Barnes, guitarist Morgan Phillips, and pianist Nathaniel Musso. 

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Brand Library & Art Center is located in northwestern Glendale at 1601 W.
Mountain Street. Hours are Tuesday and Thursday, 12-8 pm; Wednesday, 12-6
pm; and Friday and Saturday, 10- 5 pm. Admission to galleries and reception
is free and open to the public. There is ample free parking. Call
818-548-2051 for additional information. 

For more innformation visit:
http://www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/6817/125 

Fresno State New Music Ensemble
Brand Associates Music Series
Saturday, March 28th at 2:00 pm
Brand Library & Art Center
1601 W Mountain St 
Glendale, California 91201
Free admission
For more information, contact Blair Whittington at (818) 548-2026 or
info at brandlibrary.org. 

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Selections for: 
60x60 Dance Louisiana Mix 

Vox Novus is proud to announce the selections for the 60x60 Louisiana Mix to
be performed by the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts Dance
Department. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

About Vox Novus
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:  <http://www.60x60.com> 60x60,  <http://www.ComposersVoice.com>
Composer's Voice concert series,  <http://www.Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame.com>
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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'
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<http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/> . 

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 

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

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