Shelly Hirsch States (1998) Shelley Hirsch received a grant from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust to record two new compositions for compact disc release on Tellus Audio Series. “States” is a complex soundscape that mixes polyphonic renditions of American pop songs (“Blue Moon” and “Blue Skies”), cocktail lounge monologues,… Continue reading
“Online Performance Collaborations” April 18 The Online Performance Project features Artists-In-Residence composers Annie Gosfield and Roger Kleier in collaboration with New Radio and Performing Arts and the Pauline Oliveros Foundation. “Screens and Memes” & “Loose Ends/Connections” September 10-19 Harvestworks presents “Screens and Memes,” a digital media exhibition, and “Loose Ends/Connections,”… Continue reading
New Works Residencies Judy Dunaway Judy Dunaway for compositions that will complete a body of work to be released on a CD from Composers Recordings, Inc. The compositions incorporate a 16″ round latex balloon along with other (more or less) conventional instruments. The new pieces will include a duet with the… Continue reading
Harvestworks for the Downtown Arts Festival September 1997 For New York’s Downtown Arts Festival, Harvestworks’ ‘Fun Room’ (otherwise known as the computer lab) was open to the public every day except Sunday. During those hours multimedia software and hardware from our Education Program, the Composer Contact Service (an interactive database… Continue reading
Tirtza Even CityQuilt (1997) Conceived in memory of Michael Schwartz, who died of AIDS on May 17, 1994, “CityQuilt” is comprised of two video quilts programmed to allow the user to navigate across an imaginary canvas of indoor and outdoor scenes of New York. “CityQuilt Outdoors” is navigated along an… Continue reading
New Works Residencies Caterina Borelli and Sandra Seymour Caterina Borelli and Sandra Seymour for the soundtrack on “Metrics,” the second in a series of three video tapes that investigate the similarities and differences between literary work and works that employ moving images. The music will be composed with found/recorded sound of industrial machinery. The first… Continue reading
January 12 Composer David Rosenboom discussed the creation of “Music From…On Being Invisible II (Hypatia Speaks to Jefferson in a Dream),” a unique, self-organizing, multimedia performance work. January 30 Cynthia Allen demonstrated PAD, a 3-D navigational interface designed by Ken Perlin at the NYU Media Research Lab. Artist Richard Lainhart presented videotape and computer-based playback of work… Continue reading
Anne LeBaron The Musical Railism of Anne LeBaron (CD) (1996) Anne LeBaron’s music combines modern compostional techniques with rock, blues and gospel. The CD includes two performances on prepared harp and electric harp, two chamber works and an electronic blues-opera with Thulani Davis. Funding was provided by the Mary Flagler… Continue reading
New Works Residency Jo Andres Jo Andres for sounddesign of the experimental film, World Citizen, based on the 1992 journals of visual artist Izeta Gradevic in her hometown of Sarajevo. Tony Allard/Kristine Diekman Tony Allard/Kristine Diekman for an audio track for Corpse and Mirror, a videotape based on a monologue written by… Continue reading
Philip Bush Microtonal Piano (1995) Pianist Philip Bush received a recording grant from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust for “Micrrotonal Piano”, a new compact disc of works by composer Ben Johnston and released by Koch International Records. Nick Didkovsky Dr. Nerve with the Sirius String Quartet (1995) Founded by… Continue reading
