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The Hypermegahorn
The hypermegahorn, the largest member of the horn family and the second biggest instrument ever built, resembled a French horn with an overactive pituitary gland. Its seven-octave range of C-3 to C4 was the widest of all wind instruments. The hypermegahornist used both legs and fingers to play the instrument: legs to pump the treadle that worked the bellows that pressurized the air; and fingers to stick in his ears when the sound expelled from the bell passed 125 decibels. “Which was way too often,” complained Buzz Dinklaker, its first and only player. Use of the hypermegahorn in symphonic literature was limited due to its abrupt decommissioning. On October 15, 1960, following a performance of Etude Bruté for Hypermegahorn and Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, the instrument was to be moved to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a subsequent concert. But at Seventh and Houston, the giant horn mysteriously tumbled off of the truck, embedding itself in an empty lot. Before the instrument could be recovered, the realtor on whose lot it landed had rented it to the new U.N. representative from Burkina Faso, who immediately declared it a sovereign two-story studio apartment. It still is. Oh, and the biggest instrument ever built, the leviathorn? Naturally, that’s quite another story. 
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Composer's VoiceSunday, September 23, 2013 8:00 PM60x60 Presenters MixOn September 23,2013 at 8:00 PM Charles Norman Mason in conjunction with Vox Novus will present the 60x60 Presenters Mix at the Clarke Recital Hall, Frost School of Music, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. The unique 60x60 format creates a listening experience which all audiences enjoy. Every 60 seconds the listener is presented with another audio work by a different composer; works vary in style and aesthetic to create maximum variety. 60x60 is always changing and evolving throughout the hour presenting a new aural experience each minute. Each 60 second miniature is synchronized with an analog clock, so audiences can see exactly where they are and follow along with the program for the hour performance. The clock also marks the passage of time for the individual minute giving a unique experience to how we perceive time and music.
September 23, 2013 More can be found at http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2012_Presenters_Mix.htm |
Composer's VoiceSunday, September 29, 2013 1:00 PMComposer’s Voice Presents it’s 3rd Annual Children’s Month concertThs Composer’s Voice concert will feature Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Cross Island Trio, Suzanne Muller, cello; Sandy Tepper, clarinet; and Elinor Abrams Zayas, piano including 15 one-minute pieces by 15 composers from around the world. This international collaboration will present the music of Kevin Holland, Steven Serpa, Bob Siebert, David Heuser, Benjamin Williams, Steven Kreamer, Masatora Goya, John Spartan & Libby Moyer, Helga Beier, Adam Giese, Ruben Toledo, Scott Brickman, Tim Labor, Dominic Dousa, and Alan Elkins. The Annual Children’s Month concert is created to highlight the works of young composers. It is designed to explore the work of what our younger composers are writing today and to give them opportunities to have their works performed and heard by audiences. There will be performances of the works by Jesse Berman, Jason Ulysses DaSilva, Nuha Dolby, Moaz Mneimneh, Jimmy Pigott, J. P. Redmond, and Vrinda Trivedi. 
Praised by The New York Times for her “stylish singing” and by The Boulder Daily Camera as “simply incredible…the highlight of the entire evening,” soprano Melissa Wimbish is quickly garnering recognition for her artistry, technical prowess, and captivating stage presence. 
Soprano Elisa Brown has appeared at Carnegie Hall, and has performed extensively for The Zaraspe Foundation on behalf of UNESCO and other philanthropic organizations throughout the Americas and in Spain. Off-Broadway, she performed the lead role in the Italian Baroque-inspired Spirito e Core. 
Poland’s brilliant young violinist Katarzyna Bryla has won first prizes in the National Children's Art Competition in Warsaw at the very young age of eight, National Violin Competition in Gdansk; National J. S. Bach competition in Zielona Gora where she was also awarded a special prize for the best performance of Bach, and the International Contemporary Music Competition in Warsaw. 
Also included in this performance will be choreography from Gabriel Chajnik. Gabriel Chajnik is the choreographer and Director of TranscendanceGroup, a contemporary dance company based in New York and New Jersey under the mentorship of Juilliard faculty emeritus, Maestro Hector Zaraspe. Gabriel's choreography has been presented at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C.; Alice Tully Hall; Clark Theater; The Juilliard Theater; The Manhattan School of Music; and George Street Playhouse. 
Dancer Jessica Black was selected as the top ballet student of the year under the Jacques d'Amboise Award. As a scholarship recipient in the Alvin Ailey School’s Fellowship Program, Jessica was chosen to perform with the Alvin Ailey company in "Memoria" at New York City Center. Under the tutelage of the Master of Jazz, Luigi, Jessica was the first American to perform his work "Solitude" in several New York venues. Jessica has performed with Edgar Cortes Dance Theater, Ballets with a Twist, and Eglevsky Ballet. Composer's Voice Concert Series is an opportunity for contemporary composers to express their musical aesthetic and personal compositional "voice." Since it beginning in 2001 the Composer’s Voice concert series has presented more than 100 concerts. Click here to see the concert program
Composer’s Voice Concert
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