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Kronos: The Early Years
As late as August of 1973, the Fabulous Kronos Brothers were little more than amateur musicians playing for spare change on the gritty back streets of Seattle. But in September of that year, a cellist joined the group, and suddenly their whole perspective of music, along with their name, changed. And the rest – except for that mysterious period from July 1991 to January 1992, which is, of course, another story – is history.
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For 10½ years, 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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February 5, 2015
Thursday at 5:00pm
Thursday, February 5, 2015 5:00pm (Constanța) Vox Novus Festival Romania featuring Daniel Mihai, solo violin and Chamber Music for two violins with Fanica Mihai to perform works by Syrlane Alburguerque, Liana Alexandra, Douglas DaSilva, Eva Ingolf, Piotr Lachert, Serban Nichifor, Jason Ulysses, Maurice Verheul, Robert Voisey, David Webber, Eugene Ysay and the World Premiere of Ulf Grahn’s Stilness for two violins at National College of Art “Regina Maria”, Constanța, Romania
Thursday, February 5, 2015 5:00pm (Constanța)
Vox Novus Festival Romania
featuring Daniel Mihai, solo violin and Chamber Music for two violins with Fanica Mihai
National College of Art “Regina Maria”
Constanța, Romania
FREE ADMISSION
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February 7, 2015
Saturday at 4:00pm
For the 9th season, the Society for New Music presents “Vision of Sound” -- a program of live new music and dance in Syracuse, NY. Vision of Soundis committed to the performance and promotion of new work by living composers and choreographers, with the purpose of showcasing New York State artists. The collaborative effort of the choreographers and composers in the creation of a piece is brought to life by musicians, dancers and audience.Vision of Sound is a feast for the senses and performed in spaces intimate enough for audience members to bask in the sight and sound.
Come enjoy this colorful showcase of New York State talent at 4p.m. Saturday, February 7, St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, Syracuse (corner of Fayette and Montgomery streets). This program is repeated at Houghton College, Smith Opera House in Geneva, NY, and at JanHus Presbyterian Church in New York City.
Composers participating this season are Marco Alunno (Eastman doctorate, now at Universidad EAFIT,Medellin, Colombia), David H. Davies (Houghton College graduate, teaching at Texas A&M-Commerce), Kevin Ernste (Eastman doctorate, Cornell professor), Mark Olivieri (Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Nicolas Scherzinger (Syracuse University), and Rob Voisey (freelance composer and performer in New York City).
The choreographers represent dance companies and dance faculties across Upstate New York and in New York City. They are: Alexandra Beller (New York City company and nationally), Lisa Fagan (Brooklyn via Bard), Shannon Holmes (Syracuse-Empire State Dance), Cheryl Johnson (Rochester via Seattle), HanniSchwarzlander (Syracuse via national tours, founder of Dancematazz), Cynthia Williams (Hobart and William Smith faculty and nationally).
These visions have titles like Apparition, The Brake and the Signal, immoral minorities, Janus,cakedeath/small questions hardly worth asking, and Long Path.The quintet of performers interacting with the dancers and electronics live are Wendy Mehne, flute; Blagomira Lipari, violin; George Macero, cello; Rob Auler, piano; and Rob Bridge, marimba. They are renowned soloists, chamber musicians, and lauded recording artists. The Society for New Music, now in its 43rd season, is the only year-round new music group in New York State outside of Manhattan.
Tickets for the February 7 Syracuse performance are $15 for general admission, $12 for seniors/students, $30 for a family, and $5 for dance students signing in with their dance studio. Tickets will be available at the door. For information or tickets for the Syracuse performance, please call 315-245-1689 or 315-446-5733. Tickets may be reserved on-line at the Society’s web site, or by e-mail to tickets@societyfornewmusic.org
Saturday, February 7th at 4:00 p.m.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral
220 E. Fayette St.
Syracuse, New York
$15 for general admission
$12 for seniors/students
$30 for a family
and $5 for dance students signing in with their dance studio
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February 8, 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 Sunday, February 8, 2015 (NYC), DON'T MISS: Composers Voice Concert Series presents the World Premiere of Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Andrew White, baritone 15 on-minute-works by 15 composersJean-Patrick Besingrand, David Bohn, George Brandon, Doug Davis, Arthur Gottschalk, Eric Knechtges, Mike McFerron, Jonathan B. McNair, Casey Rule, Juan Maria Solare, Jose Azevedo Souza, Stephen Starziano, Christopher M. Wicks, and David Wolfson.
In addition to Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame this concert will feature music and performances by Gregg Rossetti, Laura Bontrager, David Wolfson, Chris Opperman, Wes Krygsman, Liza Sobel, Martha Sullivan, and David Wozniak.
Guest Curator: David Wolfson
Fifteen Minutes of Fame is 15 one-minute works by different composers. This Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame will be performed by Andrew White.
Fifteen Minutes of Fame gives a variety of new music by living composers to audiences hungry to hear what is being created in today's music scene.
"...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. The players, themselves emerging and without the funds for a traditional commission fee, get original works to present, while the likewise emerging composers get a chance for exposure and a premiere..."
- Seth Gilman, NY Music Culture Examiner
The presentation of fifteen works in a short amount of time allows for the performance of composers works who would not normally get programmed on a chamber concert.
" The obvious strength of that approach is that it allows many composers to gain exposure in a short time span. But there is also an esthetic benefit... Since the pieces are performed in quick succession and each has a character of its own, the audience is treated to a kaleidoscope of styles; in turn textural and tonal, avant-garde and neo-romantic... like the entire smorgasbord of contemporary idioms was playing a game of musical chairs, so to speak, and the effect was thrilling. "
- Damjan Rakonjac, Artificialist
There have been over 60 performances of Fifteen Minutes of Fame. Besides premiering the works which are selected, close to half of the performances are encores of the sets of 15 performed by the original performers or by other performers who are inspired to play the works.
Most of the premieres happen on the Composer's Voice concert series in New York City but Fifteen Minutes of Fame has also premiered its sets of 15 in Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D.C., Rio de Janeiro, Bremen, Tel Aviv, Bucharest, and many other cities across the globe.
There are usually multiple calls for works for several different ensembles at any given time. A living composer has many opportunities to write a new work to receive a world premiere.
The Fifteen Minutes of Fame calls are announced far in advance to allow for composers to germinate an idea and well craft their score.
A full list of current writing opportunities for composers can be found on the Call for Works' Page
Dr. Andrew White currently serves on the voice faculty of the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He holds a Bachelors and a Masters Degree, as well as an Artist Diploma and Doctorate from The Cleveland Institute of Music/Case Western Reserve University. Previous faculty positions include Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The University of Akron, Hiram College, Lake Erie College, Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music, and Ashland University. In 1995 he made his New York debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in a program devoted to the songs of Frederick Koch with the composer at the piano. Ken Smith of New York Concert Review hailed Andrew White as "…a formidable interpreter… Every song composer should be so lucky with collaborators."
L'adieu by Jean-Patrick Besingrand,
Private Song by David Bohn,
Brief Glimpses of Mystery, No. 4: Drunk All the Time by George Brandon,
Desire by Doug Davis,
Serenade by Arthur Gottschalk,
Clamavi by Eric Knechtges,
The Clock Strikes One The Just Struck Two by Amanda McCullough,
Ceremony, by Mike McFerron,
Oh Karma, Dharma, Pudding and Pie, Jonathan B. McNair,
At Stratford-Upon-Avon by Casey Rule,
Your check is in the mail by Juan María Solare,
Symphony of the Sea by José Jesus de Azevedo Souza,
Psalm 23 by Stephen Stanziano,
For I am Persuaded by Christopher M. Wicks, and
Epoxy Margaret by David Wolfson
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame with Andrew White Sunday, Febraury 8, 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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February 9th, 2015
Monday at 7:30pm
For the 9th season, the Society for New Music presents “Vision of Sound” -- a program of live new music and dance in Syracuse, NY. Vision of Soundis committed to the performance and promotion of new work by living composers and choreographers, with the purpose of showcasing New York State artists. The collaborative effort of the choreographers and composers in the creation of a piece is brought to life by musicians, dancers and audience.Vision of Sound is a feast for the senses and performed in spaces intimate enough for audience members to bask in the sight and sound.
Vision of sound encores their Saturday performances (see above) at Houghton College.
Composers participating this season are Marco Alunno (Eastman doctorate, now at Universidad EAFIT,Medellin, Colombia), David H. Davies (Houghton College graduate, teaching at Texas A&M-Commerce), Kevin Ernste (Eastman doctorate, Cornell professor), Mark Olivieri (Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Nicolas Scherzinger (Syracuse University), and Rob Voisey (freelance composer and performer in New York City).
The choreographers represent dance companies and dance faculties across Upstate New York and in New York City. They are: Alexandra Beller (New York City company and nationally), Lisa Fagan (Brooklyn via Bard), Shannon Holmes (Syracuse-Empire State Dance), Cheryl Johnson (Rochester via Seattle), HanniSchwarzlander (Syracuse via national tours, founder of Dancematazz), Cynthia Williams (Hobart and William Smith faculty and nationally).
These visions have titles like Apparition, The Brake and the Signal, immoral minorities, Janus,cakedeath/small questions hardly worth asking, and Long Path.The quintet of performers interacting with the dancers and electronics live are Wendy Mehne, flute; Blagomira Lipari, violin; George Macero, cello; Rob Auler, piano; and Rob Bridge, marimba. They are renowned soloists, chamber musicians, and lauded recording artists. The Society for New Music, now in its 43rd season, is the only year-round new music group in New York State outside of Manhattan.
Meet the Choreographers:
CANDY ELISA COSTA AGUILERA was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. In 2007 she became a member of National Ballet of Cuba where and danced principal roles, such as The Queen of Willies from Giselle, Don Quixote, and Swan Lake.
ALEXANDRA BELLER is the Artistic Director of Alexandra Beller/Dances, a NY based Dance Theatre company currently celebrating its 13th anniversary. As a member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company from 1995-2001, she performed in over 50 countries and throughout the U.S. In 2004 she helped to create “The Belle Epoch,” (Martha Clarke/Charles Mee).
LISA FAGAN is a Brooklyn-based dance artist whose work irritates the guidelines of modern dance, and plays intermittently within the modalities of dance, theater, improvisation, and radical physical nonsense. Fagan’s work has been presented at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan and at Brooklyn Arts Exchange. She has also worked in film and will appear in an upcoming science fiction short film by Encyclopedia Pictura's Daren Rabinovitch called "Smartware."
CHERYL JOHNSON has performed off-Broadway, at international arts festivals, in music videos, TV specials, nightclubs, and touring dance companies. In NYC she was a pioneer dancer for the original creation of MTV music videos. In Seattle, she was the dance consultant to the Jimi Hendrix Museum:Experience Music Project andco-founder of the non-profit organization Anacrusis Modern Tap Dance.
HANNI SCHWARZLANDER is a professional dancer, director, dance educator, and choreographer. Hanni currently teaches at the Ballet and Dance Center, the Dance Theater of Syracuse, and is spearheading the introduction of ZenaRommett Floor-Barre® technique to CNY. She is also the director and founder of Dancematazz, a broadway style dance entertainment troupe.
CYNTHIA J. WILLIAMS is a Professor of Dance at Hobart and William Smith Colleges where she teaches modern dance, improvisation, composition, dance history and other courses. A choreographer and lighting designer, Williams will be presenting an ensemble work from 2014 Falling at an up-coming ACDA.
Meet the Composers:
MARCO ALUNNO was born in Italy. At present he is professor of Composition and Theory at the Universidad EAFIT in Medellín (Colombia) where he works both as a scholar in film music and as a composer of concert music.
DAVID HORACE DAVIES is Assistant Professor of Music at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Davies' music has been performed in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Great Hall at Cooper Union in New York City, the Culturo Jorge Borges in Buenos Aires, and the Conservatorio de Musica de Puerto Rico in San Juan. A finalist for the Morton Gould Young Composer Award, Davies’ works have received awards from the College Music Society and the International Arts Movement, and in 2014 he was a Semi-Finalist for the American Prize for Choral Composition.
KEVIN ERNSTE is a composer, performer, and teacher of composition and electronic music at Cornell University where he is Director of the Cornell Electroacoustic Music Center (CEMC). He is a founding member of the Cornell Avant-Garde Ensemble (CAGE).
MARK OLIVIERI is an Assistant Professor of Music at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He is the founder and co-Artistic Director of Vision of Sound New Music and Dance Concert Festival, which pairs composers and choreographers together in the creation of new collaborative works. His most recent work, D=RxT, was premiered by critically acclaimed, Trio Medellín in Medellín, Colombia in May of 2014. Olivieri’sSpectacular Vernaculars for solo piano were recently recorded by pianist Nicholas Phillips for his American Vernaculars CD released in January 2014 on New Focus Recordings. Spectacular Vernaculars received high praise from the New York Times, describing his contributions to the project as "glittering pop-infused ètudes."Olivieri lives in Canandaigua, NY with his wife, dancer Alaina Olivieri, and their five children.
Composer Nicolas Scherzinger has received awards and commissions from ASCAP, SOCAN, the Barlow Endowment, the Jerome Foundation, the Canada Council, and the Eastman School of Music. He is currently associate professor of composition at the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University, is a member of the composition faculty at Mannes Prep, the New School for Music, and is composer-in-residence at the Kinhaven Music School in Vermont. In addition to his work as a professional composer and educator, he is active as a performer of improvisatory works for saxophone and interactive computer. He currently lives in Bronx, New York.
Composer ROBERT VOISEY has been described as "mad" by the New York Times and publications around the globe. The LA Times highlighted Voisey as a composer using creativity to get his work heard. His work has been heard in more than 40 countries in venues including Carnegie Hall, Winter Garden Atrium in New York City, Stratford Circus in London, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, as well as TV, radio, off-off broadway productions, movie screenings, bars, and a 3 story video installation projected against a building.
Monday at 7:30pm
February 9th, 2015
Houghton College
Houghton, New York
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CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VOX NOVUS CALENDAR
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Vox Novus is called for one-minute pieces composed for Fifteen-Minutes-of Fame with Rodrigo Baggio, Improvisation as a Unique Compositional Challenge. The 15 one-minute works will be written for and performed by Rodrigo Baggio, to be premiered on February 22, 2015 for on the Composer’s Voice concert series in New York City.
Theme: this Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame will be premiered on the Composer's Voice annual Trajetoria Brasileira concert. Rodrigo Baggio is Brazilian. So, references to Brazil or inspiration from this theme are welcome; but not necessary. Each piece will be selected on its musical merits and not on its adherence to this theme.
Rodrigo Baggio has excelled internationally in 2012, playing concerts and having his music played in various countries around the globe. He was the guest guitarist of Université Laval (Quebec) in their 2012 winter semester, premiering four compositions (“Serra Verde” – for guitar, “Suíte Américas”- for guitar and trombone, “Lâmpada do Operário” – for tenor, guitar and trombone and“Ciclo de Improvisações Sobre Memórias Regionais” – for guitar and tenor saxophone) commissioned by the great trombone player Dr. James C. Lebens for that special occasion. Alongside the concerts, Mr. Baggio has composed music for different ensembles and projects such as “Fantasia Brasileira I” (for guitar) specially written for Prof. Brian Katz (University Of Toronto). His piece “Three Insights Of The Brazilian Landscape” (for Percussion) was one of the winner pieces of “Carl von Ossietzky Composition Prize” at Oldenburg University (Germany). A former pupil of Jaime Barbosa (Composition/University of Ribeirão Preto), Dr. Marcos Cavalcante (Improvisation/University of Campinas) and Arrigo Barnabé (Composition/ULM), Baggio is currently developing his own project called "Guitar Solo" in which Composition and Improvisation are combined on a particular way of instrumental performance.
Works selected for this Fifteen Minutes of Fame include:
Limitros Guilherme Afonso,
A .R. B David Bohn,
Passeios Erik Branch,
Charmer Brett Copeland,
Rorschach Test David Cortello,
A Nod to George Barker Fermino Gomes,
Sal a Gosto Joel R. Hobbs,
Scary Original Theme Daniel Mihai,
Fractal Fingers Francesco Sclafani,
Death and Redemption Bob Siebert,
Referenças Juan Maria Solare ,
Contemplação José Jesus de Azevedo Souza,
February 22, 2015 Ann Warren,
Red Blair Whittington,
Lamento pela Morte do Allen Forte Christopher M. Wicks,
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