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Jascha’s Revenge
At the beginning of his career, Jascha Heifetz had to play his violin in the shadow of his cellist sister, Hedda, who his parents considered to be the superior musician. For years, it was Hedda this and bloody Hedda that, until a secretly fuming Jascha hatched a plan of revenge. It began with extensive training of his canine companion, Bowser, and ended one Sunday afternoon in May when Hedda was performing Dinklaker’s Etude Bruté for Solo Cello at Carnegie Hall. She was so engrossed in the piece’s thorny intricacies that she didn’t hear the horrified screams from the audience as Bowser made off with her left leg. No longer able to bow properly, a crestfallen Hedda soon thereafter retired from the performance stage, finally allowing her younger brother to grab the limelight he so desperately sought. 
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Announcing results for Fifteen Minutes of Fame with Viola YipVox Novus called for one-minute pieces for solo speaking voice dedicated to Viola Yip for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame to be performed May 11, 2014 for the Composer's Voice concert series at the Jan Hus Church in New York City. The one-minute pieces are to be written specifically for this project, which will be performed by Viola Yip. The works embody creative and adventurous aesthetics for solo speaking voice for the concert. As the speaking voice is the natural instrument of human beings, composers are encouraged to explore what that instrument allows us to express. The theme for these works is"Dedication." 
Viola Yip, a native of Hong Kong, is a Brooklyn-based composer and performer, who tries to find the boundaries and push the boundaries in her imaginary sound world. As a composer, her compositions are not limited to acoustic music, electronic music, graphic scores and structured improvisation. Recent works appeared in ArtX at Bowling Green State University, Women Composers Festival of Hartford, Ravinia Festival, Fresh Inc Festival, soundSCAPE Festival, TEDXSMU, University of Florida, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, NASA saxophone conference, ThingNY spam v3.0 concert, Quiet City concert, Vox Novus Concert, Musicarama 2012 (Hong Kong) and PAUSA Art House in Buffalo. As a new music advocate, she also performs contemporary works regularly as a pianist and an improviser. Her recent interest falls on using human natural voice as an instrument and explore its expressivity and musicality.
Selected composers for Fifteen Minutes of Fame include:
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Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Pamela Sklar, bass flute & Suzanne Mueller, celloDeadline: May 9, 2014Vox Novus is calling for one-minute duets composed for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Pamela Sklar, bass flute, & Suzanne Mueller, cello to be premiered on November 9, 2014 for the Composer’s Voice concert Series at the Jan Hus Church in New York City. Pieces should be for bass flute & cello duet only. No solos. The call 'theme' is meditative, peaceful, soulful and magical music inspired by Native American cultures. Some ideas: vision quest, peace meeting, animal souls, the glory and majesty of open outdoor natural spaces- mountains, forests, plains, etc. 
A published composer of chamber music, Pamela Sklar plays many styles of music and enjoys collaborating as a flutist and composer. Her duo for violin/bongos and cello was co-featured at Composers Concordance's Festival II, and her Spell 166 for five flutes & organ is included in Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts's special collection. Her performance credits include numerous tours as soloist with Claude Bolling, concerts with Dave Brubeck, TV performances with tenor Andrea Bocelli, orchestras for the GRAMMY Awards, recordings for jingles, major films and many artists including Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Paul Simon, and Aretha Franklin. 
Cellist Suzanne Mueller has been Summer Concert Artist-in-Residence at Old Westbury Gardens in New York since 2003, presenting an eclectic series of concerts with various partners. She made her New York recital debut under the auspices of Artists International, as a member of the piano/cello Elysian Duo, and went on to perform as half of its successor, Elysian II, for ten years, before forming CROSS ISLAND with pianist Elinor Abrams Zayas. She also performs with \flutist Pamela Sklar as Cambiata Flute & Cello Duo. She enjoys collaboration with composers, which has led to her being a frequent performer on the Composer’s Voice concert series, presenting new music by living composers. |
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