Esteemed pianist Andre Dinklaker had always yearned for a Bösendorfer Riesenklavier, reputed to be the biggest piano in the world, thanks to the extra trill octave. And one day, he found it – in, of all places, his neigh-boring town of Pringlerville! Andre was on tour when it was delivered, so he was as surprised as anyone when he got home and discovered that not only was the Riesenklavier the world’s biggest piano, it was also the heaviest.
Started only this year! Circuit Bridges has already had more than 10 performances and has "bridged" out to 4 electroacoustic communites! This is a big month for Circuit Bridges. If you missed our "Brooklyn Bridge" out in Brooklyn College last week, you will have plenty of opportunity to see and hear what we are doing all over the U.S. inlcuding the New York City, and the NYC suburbs at Stony Brook Universtiy, the Chicago suburbs at at Lewis University, and Miami for a little southern action with FETA!
Circuit Bridges and Stony Brook University are partnering to present an evening of electroacoustic music. Margaret Schedel and Daniel Weymouth have built a program that includes composer Leigh Landy (Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre) from Leicester, UK. The concert will also feature a performance by pianist Shiau-uen Ding and a new 8-bit composition by David Morneau.
Sunday November 16th 7:00pm
Staller Rectial Hall
Stony Brook University 100 Nicolls Rd Stony Brook, New York 11790
FREE ADMISSION
Circuit Bridges and Stony Brook University are partnering to present an evening of electroacoustic music. Margaret Schedel and Daniel Weymouth have built a program that includes composer Leigh Landy (Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre) from Leicester, UK. The concert will also feature a performance by pianist Shiau-uen Ding and a new 8-bit composition by David Morneau.
November 20, 2014 - 7:30 pm
Gallery MC
549 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019
(ride the freight elevator to the 8th floor)
$15 / $7 (students)
Vox Novus and the Department of Music at Lewis University are pleased to present Circuit Bridges: New Nodes, a concert of new electroacoustic music representing a cross-section of the diversity of music being composed today. New Nodes is a travelling program that creates bridges on a growing network of electronic music communities around the world.
Circuit Bridges is dedicated to highlighting the community of electroacoustic music creators. Founded in 2014 by Robert Voisey and under the artistic direction of David Morneau and Melissa Grey, Circuit Bridges strives to explore all music under the electroacoustic umbrella. This includes sonic art, radio art, glitch, circuit bending, electronica, real-time improvisation, network performance, audiovisual composition, mash-up, and data sonification. Its mission is to connect with artists from around the globe to present the wealth of electroacoustic music being written today.
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.
This concert features music by Dan Abatemarco (Speak Onion), Daniel Blinkhorn, Chris Cresswell, Melissa Grey, Elainie Lillios, Mike McFerron, David Morneau, Milica Paranosic, and Robert Voisey.
Friday, November 21st - 12:00pm
Lewis University
1 University Pkwy
Romeoville, Illinois 60446
FREE ADMISSION
Circuit Bridges is traveling to Miami for a concert at FETA (Foundation for Emerging Technologies and Arts). In addition to a performances by SofIA (Sonorities of Interactive Acoustics)—an avant-garde collective of virtuoso performers, composers and computer musicians, including Juraj Kojs, Spencer Topel and Paula Matthusen—there will be music by Daniel Blinkhorn, David Morneau, Chris Cresswell, Melissa Grey, Robert Voisey, Milica Paranosic, Elainie Lillios, Dan Abatemarco, and Mike McFerron.
Saturday November 29, 2014 - 8:00 pm
FETA
Foundation for Emerging Technologies and Arts
Harold Golen Gallery
2294 NW 2nd Ave
Wynwood Art District
Miami Florida, 33127
Admissions: $10; free with valid student ID
AGBU is deploying efforts to attract the interest of young composers to classical music and the traditional Armenian repertoire. If the encounter between classical musicians, of written tradition, and traditional musicians, of oral tradition, is sometimes difficult, it is all the more richer. Together they create the musical heritage of tomorrow.
Hence, the idea of the Sayat Nova composition competition is born, combining modernism, tradition and Armenian inspiration. It aims to discover talented young composers, help them financially, record their works, and diffuse them.
When it was first introduced in 2006, the Sayat Nova Composition Competition proved to be a laboratory of creativity. Amidst festivities for AGBU’s centennial, a panel of expert judges reviewed an impressive range of submissions. On December 9, 2006, it ultimately granted Artur Akshelyan with the first prize. That night, Akshelyan’s piece was brought to life by the Armenian Diaspora Chamber Orchestra through a memorable performance in the Salon Opéra at the Intercontinental Hotel in Paris.
The 2012 AGBU Sayat Nova International Composition Competition was a great success as evidenced by the 22 candidates participating from around the world. Two young composers were distinguished: Tomas Berreiro, Mexican, was granted the 2nd Prize for his work The Death of the Nightingale and Ernest Dulgaryan, Armenian, the 3rd prize for Whispers. In addition to the Sayat Nova competition prize, Tomas Barreiro was awarded the Special Prize "Carnegie Hall” by the jury. As such, his composition was interpreted during the AGBU - NYSEC Annual Concert in December 2013 in the prestigious New York concert hall.
Contest participation conditions:
The 2014 Sayat Nova competition candidates will have to compose for a chamber ensemble consisting of 3 (three) instrumentalists (piano, cello and duduk) and a woman's voice, mezzo- soprano register (spoken or sung).
The duration of the piece must be within 7-10 minutes.
The piece must include one quotation, in any form, from a text of Daniel Varoujan in Armenian or translated into a Western language (i.e. English, German, French, Italian, Spanish or Russian).
The deadline for submission of works is no later than 28 November 2014.
60x60 is calling for works for its 11th performance season!
Vox Novus is inviting composers/sound artists to submit recorded works 60 seconds or less in length to be included in its 11th annual 60x60 project. 60 compositions will be selected to be played continuously in a one-hour concert.
60x60 is a one-hour-long show made by sequencing 60 pre-recorded pieces by 60 different composers, each piece a minute in length or shorter. Highlighting the work of a great many composers, 60x60 testifies to the vibrancy of contemporary composition by present a diverse array of styles, aesthetics, and techniques being used today.
60x60 mixes have received more than 350 performances in more than 30 countries including venues such as the Winter Garden Atrium at the World Financial Center, Stratford Circus for Opening Day Festival for the 2012 London Olympics, and Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. 60x60 collaborates with multimedia including dance, video, art, and sculpture. 60x60 Dance was described by the New York Times as "...60 new pieces of music, each lasting no more than 60 seconds - is quite mad. But it's this kind of madness that makes the cultural world go round..."
During the concert each of the 60 pieces selected will begin precisely at the beginning of the minute, this will mark the end of one piece and the beginning of another. There will be no pause between the pieces. Works may be less than 60 seconds in length, but may not exceed 60 seconds. Works selected that are less than 60 seconds long will be "padded" with silence either before, after, or surrounding the composition. Please note that the total duration of the work including silence may NOT exceed sixty seconds.
The 60x60 project's definition of a record work is as follows: any work created as a musical composition which is captured on recorded media, which does not require live performers for its production in broadcast at concert halls, radio, multi-media, etc. Its creation can include but not limited to acoustic instruments, voice, environmental sources, and computer (Sampling, MAX MSP, MIDI, C Sound, ProTools, etc.)
All works submitted should be with the understanding that it is their recording that is of prime importance and is what will be used to determine its selection.
60x60 is a project of "signature works" and short works created specifically for the 60x60 project. Excerpts of larger works are strongly discouraged. Works generated from procedures (i.e. mathematical matrices, organizational systems, or computer programs,) remixed works, or themes and motives recomposed from other of the composer's own work are acceptable.
In addition to the 60x60 International Mix, Vox Novus is planning to create several alternate mixes to the 11th call for works. Planned themed mixes include the Wave Farm Mix, BPM Mix, Death Mix, Latin Mix, and more. All works submitted to alternate mixes will be considered for the 60x60 International Mix. (Works need to be submitted to the various alternate mixes directly to be considered for the mix concerned.)
The call is open to composers of any nationality, age, or career stage.
Deadline for 60 second compositions for 60x60 is November 30th, 2014.
There is no admission fee.
Audio submissions must be in either AIFF or WAV file format.
Multiple submissions are accepted from a single composer/sound artist.
All submissions must be uploaded online at: www.MusicAvatar.org DO NOT EMAIL AUDIO FILES!
All submissions must be uploaded by November 30th, 2014 - 12:00 Midnight (local time)
Works selected for the 11th Annual 60x60 project will be announced on the Vox Novus newsletter NM421: http://www.NM421.com
Any questions regarding the call for works can be addressed to: Support@VoxNovus.com More information can be found at: www.60x60.com
60x60 is a one-hour-long show made by sequencing 60 pre-recorded pieces by 60 different artists, 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 http://www.60x60.com
But wait there is more!
There is the 60x60 Wave Farm mix!
November 14, is the deadline for the 60x60 Wave Farm Mix open call for submissions. Vox Novus and Wave Farm are delighted to collaborate on this special edition of 60x60 focused on Radio Art. and we look forward to listening to your 60 second works.
Vox Novus's 60x60 and Wave Farm are calling for one-minute radio art works!
Vox Novus and Wave Farm are delighted to collaborate on a special edition of 60x60 focused on Radio Art. Artists are invited to submit recorded works (created with, for, about radio and transmission) with durations of 60 seconds, to be included in the eleventh annual 60x60 project; a FM broadcast on Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM; and distributed as a Wave Farm Dispatch Series download. 60 compositions will be selected to be played continuously in a one-hour live event and broadcast.
60x60 is a project of "signature works" and short works created specifically for the 60x60 project. Excerpts of larger works are strongly discouraged. Works generated from procedures (i.e. mathematical matrices, organizational systems, or computer programs,) remixed works, or themes and motives recomposed from other of the composer's own work are acceptable. On the occasion of this special collaboration with Wave Farm, 60x60 is specifically seeking radio art composition submissions.
In addition to the 60x60 Wave Farm Mix, Vox Novus is calling for submissions for several other themed mixes including: the International mix, New York Minutes mix, Latin American Mix and others. Details for other mix submissions can be found at: http://www.60x60.com/submission
60x60 Guidelines
The call is open to composers of any nationality, age, or career stage.
There is no admission fee.
Submission deadline for all 60x60 opportunities is November 14, 2014.
All submissions must be uploaded online on Music Avatar at: http://www.MusicAvatar.org
Audio submissions must be in either AIFF or WAV file format.
Special conditions for the 60x60 Wave Farm Mix:
Due to the nature of radio to be considered for the 60x60 Wave Farm Mix works must be exactly 60 seconds in length. Works shorter than 60 seconds or longer than 60 seconds will not be considered for this mix. Composers selected for the 60x60 Wave Farm Mix must agree to an FM broadcast on Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM; and be distributed as a Wave Farm Dispatch Series download.
Questions about 60x60 can be sent to support@voxnovus.com
Works selected for the 2014 60x60 project will be announced on the Vox Novus newsletter NM421: http://www.NM421.com and Wave Farm’s monthly newsletter (subscribe at http://eepurl.com/yRqVP) in January 2015.
60x60 is a one-hour-long show made by sequencing 60 pre-recorded pieces by 60 different artists, 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 present a diverse array of styles, aesthetics, and techniques being used today http://www.60x60.com.
Wave Farm is a non-profit arts organization that celebrates creative and community use of media and the airwaves. Our programs provide access to transmission technologies and support artists and organizations that engage with media as an art form. (Wave Farm is incorporated as free103point9 Inc.) For more information, visit http://wavefarm.org/archive/593tvb
Music Avatar is a great new way to upload works for composer opportunities hassle free! You will be able to submit, update, and modify your submission all the way up to the deadline date of the opportunity.
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