Composer's Voice Concert May 10, 2001 Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall The Graduate Center, The City University of New York 365 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016-4309

The First Composer's Voice Concert sponsored by Vox Novus was performed at The Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall of the CUNY Graduate Center. This first Composer's Voice concert was a tremendous success with many debuts of contemporary music. We are proud to host world debuts of Marco Oppedisano's work, Glimpses performed by David Kweksilber and Movements performed by Hale Birgul. Path of Least Resistence by Michael Kinney and Deep Longings by Robert Voisey received their New York debut on this concert. Other performances from Vox Novus consisted of Robert Voisey's Music in Motion song cycle for soprano and viola, performed by Agueda Abad-Pages and Sam Marchan.

Title Composer Instrument Perfromer Deep Longings Robert Voisey Carpentier Quartet Violin I Francisco Salazar Violin II Romulo Benavides Viola Sam Marchan 'Cello Danielle Guideri movements for solo guitar Marco Oppedisano Guitar Hale Birgul Music is Poetry in Motion Robert Voisey Soprano Agueda Abad-Pages Viola Sam Marchan Path of Least Resistance Michael Kinney Carpentier Quartet & Flute Jill Sokol INTERMISSION Won Matthew Pierce Carpentier Quartet Glimpses for solo clarinet Marco Oppedisano Clarinet David Kweksilber Fuga Con Pajarillo Aldemaro Romero Arranged by Giancarlo Vulcano Carpentier Quartet & Double Bass Matthew Schneider

Performers Agueda Alejandra Fernandez Abad Hale Birgul Korucu

Composers Michael Kinney Born in St. Paul, Minnesota in August of 1969, Michael Kinney began studying the piano at an early age. As a recipient of The Vittorio Giannini Award for Composition, he received a Bachelor of Music in Composition from The North Carolina School of Arts (NCSA) in 1994. In 2001 Kinney moved to France to study computer music at The Centre de Création Musicale Iannis Xenakis (CCMIX) where he continues to work as assistant musical during the summer sessions. Kinney currently resides in Paris and is on the faculty of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris where he creates music for dance and teaches a course in accompagnement de danse. Marco Oppedisano Marco Oppedisano is an American guitarist and composer whose compositions focus on the innovative use of electric guitar in the genre of electroacoustic music. Since 1999, his musique concrète/acousmatic music compositions have utilized multitrack recording and extended performance techniques for electric guitar and bass. His electroacoustic music has been described as “...mindbending music for guitar and electronics... hear Oppedisano’s intricate roar.” -Time Out New York Robert Voisey “With few opportunities and much competition,...composers show creativity in just getting heard.” And in Chris Pasles’s article in the Los Angeles Times, Robert Voisey is highlighted as one of those composers. Composing electroacoustic and chamber music, his aesthetic oscillates from the Romantic to the Post Modern Mash-Up. His work has been performed in venues throughout the world including: Carnegie Hall, World Financial Center Winter Garden Atrium, and Stratford Circus in London.

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