ANALOG @ an Die Musik Tomorrow Night

Longtime member Jason Taylor is visiting from Japan, and he joins ANALOG arts ensemble for a concert at Baltimore's An Die Musik tomorrow. The program features his original music and arrangements, along with pieces by Crumb, Feldman, Wolff and Martin.

An die Musik LIVE!
409 North Charles Street
Second Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
888.221.6170

Tickets $10/$5 students

PROGRAM
Frank Martin, Four Sonnets to Cassandra (1921)
Jason Taylor, Cold Blue Noodle (2000)
George Crumb, Sonata for Solo Cello (1955)
Toru Takemitsu, Toward the Sea III (1989)

INTERMISSION

Christian Wolff - Trio I (1951)
Jason Taylor, Winter Light: confessions in the rain (2005)
Arnold Schoenberg, The Sick Moon (1912)
Morton Feldman, The Straits of Magellan (1961)
Thomas Weelkes, Pavan for five viols
arranged by Jason Taylor (2009)

Marcia & Monument Trio Perform Next Week @ An Die Musik

Monument Piano Trio & Marcia Kamper
Sunday, June 7, 2009
An Die Musik
Baltimore, MD
7:30 PM
$20/$12 students

An die Musik Live's Artists-in-Residence, the Monument Piano Trio, performs the final concert of their 08-09 season. The program was initially presented at ARTSaha! 2008. Join us for a post concert wine reception. Call 410.385.2638 for more information.

Igor Yuzefovich, violin
Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello
Michael Sheppard, piano
Marcia Kamper, flute

PROGRAM:
George Crumb - Voice of the Whale
Morton Feldman - Durations I
Jacques Ibert - Two Interludes
Arvo Part - Spiegel im Spiegel
Kaija Saariaho - Mirrors

ANALOG @ The Red Room

Saturday, March 14th
Doors open at 8:30 PM
Admission, $6
Opening for Pamplemousse

The concert will include original works and the intuitive music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, as well as an interactive performance of Robert Ashley's theatrical piece 'She Was a Visitor'. Throughout the concert, artist Cody Griffith will generate real-time visualizations of the music. The rest of the ensemble will include trumpet, trombone, tuba and theremin.

PROGRAM
Karlheinz Stockhausen, IT
Karlheinz Stockhausen, INTENSITY
Dolf Kämper, PULSATING STARS...
Robert Ashley SHE WAS A VISITOR

PERFORMERS
Cody Griffith, visual artist
Dolf Kämper, trumpet & theremin
Alex Muehleisen, tuba
Nick Mazziott, trombone

ANALOG to play Honfleur Gallery Concert Series - February 7

Join ANALOG arts ensemble as it plays the Honfleur Gallery Concert Series in Washington, DC on February 7 at 7:00 PM. ANALOG will perform contemporary selections from Beethoven to Roussel, featuring Magaly Seay (viola), Todd Thiel (cello) and Marcia Kämper (flute).

Program:

• Michael Colquhoun  - Softly Call (1987), flute/alto flute and viola
• Carl Nielsen - Faith and Hope are Playing (1920), flute and viola
• John Harbison - Trio Sonata (1996)
• Hector Villa-Lobos - The Jet Whistle (1950), flute and cello
• Beethoven - Duo for cello and viola "With Two Eyeglasses" (1796-7)
• Kaija Saariaho - Mirrors (1997), flute and cello
• Albert Roussel - Trio Op. 40 (1929)

Member News: Emil Chudnovsky and Michael Sheppard in summer benefit recital

ANALOG members Emil Chudnovsky (violin) and Michael Sheppard (piano) will be featured in a summer benefit recital and chamber music party this weekend in Washington, DC. The schedule includes a Eugene Ysaye 150th Anniversary Concert, featuring selections from Emil Chudnovsky and Michael Sheppard’s “Emperor of the Golden Age” recording.

YSAYE ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM:
Ysaye - Saltarelle Carnavalesque, op. 11 (post.)
Ysaye - Mazurka No. 1 in G major, op. 10 ("Dans le Lointain")
Ysaye - Mazurka No. 2 in A minor, op. 10
Ysaye - Mazurka No. 3 in B minor, op. 11 ("Lointain Passe")
Ysaye - Poeme Elegiaque, op 12
Wieniawski - Polonaise Brilliante in D major
Ysaye - Andante, op. post.
Chopin-Ysaye - Valse en mi mineur
Chopin-Ysaye - Ballade in G minor, op. 23
Ysaye - Reve d'Enfant, op. 14
Wieniawski - Concerto in D minor, op. 22 (2nd and 3rd movements)

The Golden Age Project is a four CD recording containing works emblematic of the period from 1820-1890, the Golden Age of virtuoso violinist-composers. Slated for release on the Romeo Records label, the CDs' programming spans everything from light showpieces to long-lost miniature masterpieces to standard core repertoire.

Anyone wishing to place an advance order for one or all of the forthcoming CDs, or to be notified of their release, should contact Emil at sqwoland@aol.com.

Member News: Christina Carr to star in Il Trovatore

Mark your calendars: This fall ANALOG member and mezzo-soprano Christina Carr will play the role of Azucena in Verdi's Il Trovatore at the Taconic Opera (New York).  The production will kick off the 2008-09 season with just two performances on October 18th and 19th. 

Marcia Kamper featured in "b" newspaper

ANALOG Co-Director Marcia Kamper has been featured in the June 16th issue of Baltimore's "b" newspaper. A flutist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marcia and her colleagues promote the orchestra's outreach effort to new audiences.

ARTSaha! 2008 schedule released!

ARTSaha! - Omaha's only new music festival - returns for a 5th year! Join ANALOG arts ensemble as we 'Set Sail for the Sun' from September 3 through 13, paying tribute to the late composer Karlheinz Stockhausen with U.S. premieres of two of his works.

The festival schedule includes:

• Guest artists Monument Piano Trio, The Microscore Project, and dung (a trumpet choir).
• Several performances of music by Karlheinz Stockhausen, including the U.S. premieres of 'Cosmic Pulses' and 'Friday's Greeting' by Karlheinz Stockhausen.
• The return of Iron Composer Omaha - now a national competition.
• Interactive concerts & installations and more!

Keep checking www.artsaha.org for more festival information!

Johnny Chang's Upcoming Performances in Germany

BERLIN
July 3
from 18.00 h
SITUATIONS | Art. Life. Transitions. Interpenetrations.
@
Villa Elisabeth, Invalidenstr. 3, 10115 Berlin.
Maulwerker will be presenting an evening of situations, with the help of works by Christian Kesten, Yoko Ono, Michael Pisaro, Pauline Oliveros, Steffi Weismann, Lucio Capece, Adam Overton, Mark So & myself [Documentation (4): Concert of Spectacles]
http://maulwerker.de/aktuelles.html

DÜSSELDORF
KLANGRAUM 2008 - Wandelweiser Sommerakademie (July 12 - 13)
"Weitere Lieder"
July 12
20.00 h
Thomas Stiegler: gelbe birne IV
Carlo Inderhees: liebenswert
Antoine Beuger: aus den liedern
Matheo Inderhees da Silva (boy soprano), Irene Kurka (soprano), Kerstin Fuchs (mezzo soprano), Regine Röttger (alto),
Academy Orchestra, cond. Antoine Beuger
@
Kunstraum Düsseldorf
Himmelgeister Straße 107E, 40200 Düsseldorf
(http://www.wandelweiser.de/)


July 13
12.00 h Manfred Werder: 2008 1; Radu Malfatti: himmelgeister 19; Jürg Frey: air
14.00 h Manfred Werder: 2008 1; Johnny Chang: eight silences (2); Burkhard Schlothauer: new work
16.00 h Manfred Werder: 2008 1; Michael Pisaro: 20 songs / le clavecin des prés; Eva-Maria Houben: was brauchst du?
Irene Kurka (soprano), Kerstin Fuchs (mezzo soprano), Regine Röttger (alto), Academy Orchestra, cond. Antoine Beuger
@
Kunstraum Düsseldorf
Himmelgeister Straße 107E, 40200 Düsseldorf

KLANGRAUM 2008 - Just Music
July 18
20.00 h
André Möller: Echoes of Johnny Chang
Johnny Chang (violin), André Möller (electronics)

Vinca Wins Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland

Analog just funded Vinca Quartet's trip to compete in the 8th Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Compeition in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

We are very pleased to announce that Vinca won the Prize of Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland, which comes with a 10 day residency at the International Chamber Music Course for Ensembles Schloss Weikersheim. From 11 - 21 September they will be studying with the Artemis String Quartet.

We couldn't be happier for Vinca. For more information on the quartet and their partnership with ANALOG, visit them at www.vincaquartet.com.

Member News: Ken Bales Plays Bemis

Ken Bales, Chairman of the Iron Composer Omaha competition, is playing at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art tonight.

The performance is part of their Creativity 08 festival. Ken's performing ambient music with Drue Humphrey, who was last seen at ARTSaha! 2007, furiously editing the MIDI track for Ballet Mécanique.

Member News: Ken Bales & Joe Drew to Present @ UNO's European Studies Conference

Ken Bales & Joe Drew will present two ARTSaha-related papers at the 33rd Annual European Studies Conference at the University of Nebraska at Omaha this October.

Ken's paper, "An Art of Noises: Italian Futurism and Its Influence on European Experimental Music after World War II", is inspired by ARTSaha's 2007 lineup.

Joe's paper, "The Artist Formerly Known as Stockhausen", reflects the content of this year's festival, and takes its title from the series of posts he's written on ANABlog about the composer's career

Kamper and Sheppard at MICA's Concert Lab

ANALOG's Marcia Kamper joins Monument Trio's pianist Michael Sheppard for an evening of music and animation at MICA's Concert Lab next Tuesday, May 6 at 7:30 PM. The works of new music composers, including Berio and Takemitsu, will be accompanied by real-time experimental animation. The concert will take place at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Falvey Hall, 1301 Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore. Admission is free.

Iron Composer Returns!

ANALOG arts ensemble’s
Iron Composer Omaha

A Robert M. Spire Student Composition Competition
Presented as a part of ARTSaha! 2008,
Omaha’s new music festival

September 4, 2008
Strauss Performing Arts Center
University of Nebraska at Omaha

Five student composers (ages 18-26) will be chosen to compete in person.

PRIZES
First Place - $500
Second Place - $250
Third Place - $100

Entry Requirements
• Submit one representative score that was composed within the past five years.
• Submit a cover sheet with your name, address, phone number, and email address.
• Deadline for receipt of submissions (not postmark) is June 15, 2008.
• Send scores via mail to Iron Composer Competition, c/o Ken Bales, Department of Music, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182-0245 or via email at kbales@unomaha.edu. Electronic submissions MUST be in the form of a PDF.
• There is no entry fee.

Five finalists will be selected by a panel and notified that they will participate on or before July 15, 2008. Finalists will be given the option of free housing with a local host and reimbursement for up to $300 of their travel expenses to Omaha.

Iron Composer Omaha Student Competition Rules and Procedures

• Composers between the ages of 18-26 (on September 4, 2008) who are currently residing in the United States are eligible.
• Only those composers who submit a cover sheet and scores that are received by the competition officials on or before June 15, 2008 are eligible.
• Composers must be available to participate in the event on September 4, 2008 between 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Strauss Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
• At 10:00 a.m., composers will be given a specific instrumentation and the “Secret Theme Ingredient”, which could be any kind of musical raw material, such as a chord progression or a found object.
• Composers will have five hours to compose the work and produce a score and parts.
• The facilities of the UNO Department of Music computer lab will be made available to finalists. Those computers are loaded with Finale 2006 and are connected to a printer. All scores and parts prepared on personal computers must be converted to PDF’s in order to print in the UNO facilities.
• At 3:00 p.m., music must be submitted to ANALOG arts ensemble for rehearsals.
• All works will be performed and judged at the Final Ceremony, which will take place at 7:30 p.m.
• Judging will be done by a 3-person panel. Judging will be based on the following point system:

o Use of the Secret Ingredient: 15 points
o Originality: 15 points
o Technical Command: 10 points
o Overall Presentation: 10 points

• The composer with the highest number of points will be awarded first place, the second highest number of points will be awarded second place, and the third highest number of points will be awarded third place.
• In case of a tie, the contestant who scores highest on the Use of the Secret Ingredient and Originality will be awarded the prize.
• The decision of the judges is final.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN IRON COMPOSER?

Member News: Thomas Kluge Quoted in World-Herald

John Pitcher's article about the vital reference tool that the internet has become for classical musicians quotes Thomas:

"I was surfing ArkivMusic and found a long out-of-print recording of the Melos Quartet playing Schumann and Brahms," said Omaha Symphony principal violist Thomas Kluge. "My former teacher played viola for Melos, and I can't tell you how much it meant to me to find that recording."