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  1. Crank up the old radio or boot up the new computer. Listen to the submissions to the 60x60 for 2008 with The 60x60 Radio Request Extravaganza on Kalvos and Damian

    Saturday July 19th, 2008 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time WGDR 91.1 FM
    - live over the airwaves

    http://wgdr.org/ - live webcast

    http://www.kalvos.org/

    and

    Martian Gardens

    Sunday July 20th at 9:30 PM - 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time WMUA 91.1 FM

    - live over the airwaves www.wmua.org/

    - live webcast http://martiangardens.blogspot.com

    The New York Times hailed "Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar continually document the breadth and vivacity of American musical creativity in a way that no concert promoter or station manager could possibly afford."

    Kalvos and Damian have interviewed hundreds of composers and musicians; a Links to Radio show promos

    www.voxnovus.com/1.mp3
    www.voxnovus.com/2.mp3
    www.voxnovus.com/3.mp3

    Max Shea, host of Martian Gardens, have been a supporter of the 60x60 project since 2005. They have routinely played tracks of the 60x60 project and its composers over the past 3 years.

    So take a listen to the crazy adventure of the 60x60 Radio Request Extravaganza and get an idea of what is in store for the 60x60 project in 2008-2009.

    Hear you there!

    Robert Voisey
    RobVoisey@VoxNovus.com
    Artistic Director of the 60x60 project
    Vice-President of Programs, Living Music Foundation
    Founder of Vox Novus
    www.VoxNovus.com


    "The 60x60 series - concert-style listening events showcasing 60 contemporary electronic music compositions, each no longer than 60 seconds in duration, played in succession over one hour ... [is a] tantalizing audio collage...'
    - Gone in 60 Minutes: Electronic Compositions Showcased at NC State University, by Alexandra Jones Classical Voice of North Carolina October 2007

    "... a musically eclectic mix of murmurs, melodies and motifs... ... 60 x 60, programmed an hour of new music, presenting 60 new works, each only 60 seconds long."
    - In Concert, 60 Times the Fun, By Sophia Yan Oberlin Review April 27, 2007

    "60x60 showcases a wealth of brief, contemporary compositions. There are no live performances, so you can't really call it a concert. Maybe it would better be described as a listening party. ... It's like a Whitman's sampler of the contemporary new music scene. "
    - Sound Sampler, by Greg Haymes Times Union February 9, 2006

    60x60 (2007-2008/Pacific Rim Mix) composers include:
    Robert Allaire, Yoshiko Ando, Adam Basanta, Brian Belet, Herb Bielawa, John Biggs, Daniel Blinkhorn, Benjamin Boone, James Brody, Warren Burt, Ann Cantelow, Christy Carew, Jesse S. Clark, dokuro (Agnes Szelag & The Norman Conquest), David Dvorin, Cenk Ergun, thea Farhardian, Richard Festinger, Heather Frasch, Larry Gaab, Kraig Grady, David Hahn, Jennie Hammett, Robin-Julian Heifetz, Cheyenne Henderson, Cole Ingraham, Travis Johns, Bejamin Dorfan and Julian Cartwright, David S Lefkowitz, David Litke, Sean Luciw, Katie McMurran, Noah Gideon Meites, Michael Mollo, Julia Norton, Benjamin O'brien, Junya Oikawa, otonomiyaki (Alan Nakagawa + Kio Griffith), Maggi Payne, S.J. Pettersson, David Reader, Prent Rodgers, Lee Rosevere, Bettie Ross, John Schappert, Bruce Schneider, B. Emerson Scott, Alex Shapiro, Rodrigo Sigal, Mingzhu Song, Mark Stanford, Peter Swanzy, Shinichiro Toyoda,Kubilay Uner, Nick Vasallo, Chris Ward, Ryan Wiigins, Katrina Wreede, Jeremy Zuckerman, and big city orchestra

    60x60 (2007/International Mix) composers include:
    Henri Algadafe, John Allemeier, Thomas Bailey, Joel-Aime Beauchamp, Benjamin Boone, Monique Buzzarte, Adam Caird, Grégory Chatonsky, Jesse Clark, Cindy Cox, Noah Creshevsky, David Cutler, Tilmann Dehnhard, Robert Dick, Andrew Eckel, Iris Garrelfs, Thierry Gauthier, Marcel Gehrman, Thomas Gerwin, Tomer Harari, Risto Holopainen, Alphons Izzo, Michiko Kawagoe, Joelle Khoury, Panayiotis Kokoras, Gintas Kraptavicius, Sophie Lacaze, Micky Landau, Tuan Hung Le, Graziano Lella, Meng-chia Lin, Drake Mabry, Chris Mann, Al Margolis, John Maters, Christian McLeer, David McIntire, David Morneau, Jeff Morris, Tim Mukherjee, Alex Nadjarov, Helen Nattrass, Serban Nichifor, Blas Payri, John Pitts, Gene Pritsker, Tim Reed, Stephen B. Rothman, Anne van Schothorst, Laurie Spiegel, Ken Steen, Olivier Tache, Eldad Tsabary, Philippe Vernier, Andrea Vigani, Daniel Visconti, Jane Wang, Rodney Waschka II, Simon Whetham, Sabrina Pena Young, and Cynthia Zaven

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  2. 60x60 Broadcasts:
    The new double album release of the 60x60 project is being aired regularly on WMUA, WKCR, and WOBC.

    Our oldest supporter, Max Shea with his radio program, "Martian Gardens" has been playing selections of the 60x60 for the past 4 years. He has been playing one or more selections on his show airing on: WMUA FM 91.1 Amherst, Massachusetts. with web simulcast at: /www.wmua.org MARTIAN GARDENS is on Sundays 21:00-24:00 Eastern Standard Time online playlists can be found at: weblogs/martian

    Next is Anne Cammon's "Art Waves," a literary radio program, featuring poetry, fiction, radio drama, and experimental literature. Miss Cammon uses the 60x60 project as refreshing interludes between the literary works.

    "Art Waves" airs on Fridays 9:00-10:00 pm Eastern standard time. Tune in at 89.9 FM or listen on-line at /www.wkcr.org. Feel free to learn more about WKCR shows at www.wkcr.org/wkcrarts

    Anne Cammon's show airs about once a month, including this Friday October 5th which features another exciting literary journey combining music and the spoken word. With sizzling works by Palestinian-American poet Natalie Handal, portraits of Bombay and New York City by poet Jeet Thayil, a novel-excerpt on the life of a junior cartographer by Reif Larson, and text-sound adaptation of poems from Anne's collection India Songs, by composer Robert Voisey. Not including works from the 60x60 (2004-2005) CD.

    Most recently 60x60 has been airing on Tom Lopez's "Foldover" airing every Monday from 3:00-4:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time) on WOBC 91.5 FM in Oberlin, Ohio (just outside of Cleveland). The show can also be heard over the Internet at: www.wobc.org Last Monday he featured 25 works from the 60x60 project. A web site with information about FOLDOVER can be found at: www.timara.oberlin.edu It includes playlists and information on how to find recordings of the music.

    I hope you are in the area to tune in to one of these programs or have the time to listen to their simulcast over the World Wide Web.

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    Composers featured in 60x60 (2006 / International Mix) include:
    Aaron Acosta
    Liana Alexandra
    John Allemeier
    Dwight Ashley
    Marc Barreca
    Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
    Gina Biver
    James Bohn
    Marita Bolles
    Ann Cantelow
    Nicolas Chausseau
    Andrew Cole
    Christopher Cook
    Cindy Cox
    Antonino Cuscina
    Robert Dick
    Ian Dicke
    Greg Dixon
    Aaron Drake
    Ivan Elezovic
    David Fenech
    Monroe Golden
    David Gunn
    David Hahn
    Erdem Helvacioglu
    Tony Higgins
    Stuart Hinds
    Lynn Job
    Julian Jonker
    Yasushi Kamata
    Nicole Kim
    Joan La Barbara
    Stan Link
    Don Malone
    Dylan Mattingly
    Maurilio Cacciatore
    Andra McCartney
    Anastasio Mitropoulos
    Annele Nederberg
    David Newby
    Serban Nichifor
    Rodney Oakes
    Ronald Parks
    Maggi Payne
    Samuel Pluta
    David Shannon
    Alan Shockley
    Scott Smallwood
    Laurie Spiegel
    Asha Srinivasan
    Alex Temple
    Balie Todd
    Eldad Tsabary
    Kubilay Uner
    Mark Vernon
    Katrina Wreede
    Xiting Yang
    Ivan Zavada
    Oded Zehavi
    and ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp (collective)


    Composers featured in 60x60 (2007 / International Mix) include:
    Henri Algadafe
    John Allemeier
    Thomas Bailey
    Joel-Aime Beauchamp
    Benjamin Boone
    Monique Buzzarte
    Adam Caird
    Gregory Chatonsky
    Jesse Clark
    Cindy Cox
    Noah Creshevsky
    David Cutler
    Tilman Dehnhard
    Robert Dick
    Andrew Eckel
    Iris Garrelfs
    Thierry Gauthier
    Marcel Gehrman
    Thomas Gerwin
    Tomer Harari
    Risto Holopainen
    Alphons Izzo
    Michiko Kawagoe
    Joelle Khoury
    Panayiotis Kokoras
    Gintas Kraptavicius
    Sophie Lacaze
    Micky Landau
    Tuan Hung Le
    Graziano Lella
    Meng-chia Lin
    Drake Mabry
    Chris Mann
    Al Margolis
    John Maters
    Christian McCleer
    David McIntire
    David Morneau
    Jeff Morris
    Tim Mukherjee
    Alex Nadjarov
    Helen Nattras
    Serban Nichifor
    Blas Payri
    John Pitts
    Gene Pritsker
    Tim Reed
    Stephen B. Rothman
    Anne van Schotholst
    Laurie Spiegel
    Ken Steen
    Oliver Tache
    Eldad Tsabary
    Andrea Vigani
    Daniel Visconti
    Jane Wang
    Rodney Waschka II
    Simon Whetham
    Sabrina Pena Young
    and Cynthia Zaven

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    Composers included in 60x60 (2006) International Mix:
    Aaron Acosta
    Liana Alexandra
    John Allemeier
    Dwight Ashley
    Marc Barreca
    Dennis Bathory-Ktitsz
    Gina Biver
    James Bohn
    Marita Bolles
    Ann Cantelow
    Nicolas Chausseau
    Andrew Cole
    Christopher Cook
    Cindy Cox
    Antonino Cuscina
    Robert Dick
    Ian Dicke
    Greg Dixon
    Aaron Drake
    Ivan Elezovic,
      David Fenech
    Monroe Golden
    David Gunn
    David Hahn
    Erdem Helvacioglu
    Tony Higgins
    Stuart Hinds
    Lynn Job
    Julian Jonker
    Yasushi Kamata
    Nicole Kim
    Joan La Barbara
    Stan Link
    Don Malone
    Dylan Mattingly
    Maurilio Cacciatore
    Andra McCartney
    Anatasio Mitropoulos
    Annele Nederberg
    David Newby
    Serban Nichifor
      Rodney Oakes
    Ronald Parks
    Maggi Payne
    Samuel Pluta
    David Shannon
    Alan Shockley
    Scott Smallwood
    Laurie Spiegel
    Asha Srinivasan
    Alex Temple
    Balie Todd
    Eldad Tsabary
    Kubilay Uner
    Mark Vernon
    Katrina Wreede
    Xiting Yang
    Ivan Zavada
    Oded Zehavi
    and ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp (collective)

    Composers included in 60x60 (2006) New York Minutes Mix:
    Sara Ayers
    Kenneth Babb
    Ernst Bacon
    Eve Beglarian
    Benjamin Bierman
    Benjamin Bierman
    Jeremiah Bornfield
    George Brunner
    Monique Buzzarte
    Doug Cohen
    Noah Creshevsky
    Douglas DaSilva
    John de Clef Pineiro
    Robert Dick
    Robert Fanelli
    Mary Feinsinger
    Roger Fife
    Roger Fife
    Jason Freeman
    Evan Gallagher
    David Gamper
    Bob Gluck
      Daniel Goode
    Seth Gordon
    Andy Graydon
    Gordon Green
    Melissa Grey
    Jennifer Griffith
    Franz Hackl
    Jeffrey Harrington
    Noah Haverkamp
    Emiko Hayashi
    Ray Levitt
    Peter Heller
    Sean Hickey
    Brian & Eugene Kim House
    Daniel Iglesia
    Travis Johns
    Richard Kostelanetz
    Briggan Krauss
    Joan La Barbara
    Mary Jane Leach
    John Link
      Annea Lockwood
    Glenn Marsala
    Paula Matthusen
    Kevin McCoy
    Jordan McLean
    Jake Merkin
    Christopher North
    Frank J. Oteri
    Jonathan Pieslak
    Timothy Polashek
    Gene Pritsker
    Martin Simon
    David Snow
    Laurie Spiegel
    Patrick Stacey
    Hans Tammen
    Francisco Toro
    Samuel Tymorek
    Robert Voisey
    Charles Waters
    David Wolfson

    Composers in the 60x60 (2004-2005) CD Release:
    Riad Abdel-Gawad
    Aaron Acosta
    Liana Alexandra
    John Allemeier
    Lydia Ayers
    Kenneth Babb
    Jethro Bagust
    Christopher Bailey
    Christian Banasik
    Greg Bartholomew
    Dennis Báthory-Kitsz
    J.C. Batzner
    Eve Beglarian
    Stephen Betts
    Sandeep Bhagwati
    Benjamin Bierman
    John G. Bilotta
    Jason Bolte
    Benjamin Boone
    Justin Breame
    George Brunner
    Benedikt Brydern
    Paul Burnell
    Julian Cartwright
    Elvio Cipollone
    David Claman
    Paul Clouvel
    Douglas Cohen
    Ray Cole
    Andrew Cormier
    Noah Creshevsky
    Lucio Cuellar
    Aaron Drake
    Moritz Eggert
    Ivan Elezovic
    Travis Ellrot
    Karlheinz Essl
    Carlo Forlivesi
    Justin Freeman
    Larry Gaab
    David Gamper
      J.Ryan Garber
    Douglas Geers
    Peter Gilbert
    Robert Gluck
    Daniel Goode
    Ramón Gorigoitia
    David Gunn
    Mike Hallenbeck
    David Hamill
    Pat Hanchet
    David Handford
    Marihiko Hara
    Jason Heald
    James Hegarty
    Erdem Helvacioglu
    Mark Henry
    Dorothy Hindman
    Bernard Hughes
    David Jaggard
    Lynn Job
    Solange Kershaw
    Killick Merivon
    KleinSmid
    Gary Knudson
    Igor Korneitchouk
    Myroslava Lashkevych
    John Link
    Stan Link
    Tom Lopez
    Don Malone
    Charles Norman Mason
    Mike McFerron
    David McIntire
    James McWilliam
    Leslie Melcher
    James Miley
    Polly Moller
    David Mooney
    Serban Nichifor
    Julia Norton
    Rodney Oakes
      Richard O'Donnell
    Cezary Ostrowski
    Ronald Parks
    Maggi Payne
    Alexis Perepelcia
    Mark Petering
    Samuel Pluta
    Kevin Ponto
    Giuseppe Rapisarda
    Malcom Rector
    Steven Ricks
    Mark Rose
    Robert Sazdov
    John Schappert
    Heike Schmidt
    Jacky Schreiber
    Alex Shapiro
    Martin Simon
    Adam Sovkoplas
    Kenneth Steen
    Paul Steenhuisen
    Jonathan Stone
    Allen Strange
    Dirk Johan Stromberg
    Thomas Sutter
    Peter Swanzy
    Peter Swendsen
    Mike Swinchoski
    Piotr Szewczyk
    Norman Teale
    Robert Scott Thompson
    Vladimir Tošic
    Eldad Tsabary
    Mike Vernusky
    Rene Veron
    Joseph Vogel
    Robert Voisey
    Chris Ward
    Straiph Wilson
    Katrina Wreede


  3. Vox Novus   &

    "60x60 showcases a wealth of brief, contemporary compositions. There are no live performances, so you can't really call it a concert. Maybe it would better be described as a listening party. ... It's like a Whitman's sampler of the contemporary new music scene. " - Sound Sampler Greg Haymes, Times Union, Albany New York February 9, 2006

    "60x60 features 60 back-to-back pieces that are each under 60 seconds long, each by a different modern composer. ... It's like channel surfing through experimental music." Geeta Dayal, Village Voice, New York, New York March 16-22, 2005 Vol. NO. 11

    "... The idea of commissioning sixty pieces each a minute long has elements of both ingenuity combined with madness: ... A minute can be ample time to express a whole gamut of imaginative sounds, or it can be a constraint which forces an artist to isolate what is the most important element of a work. The point of the project is that it enables an audience to take in and enjoy a cross section of different approaches to new music within a reasonable duration. And the purpose of Robert Voisey is to promote new music ..." - Ingenuity and madness? Malcolm Miller, Music & Vision, London UK December 24, 2005

    60 Composers in this year's Pacific Rim Mix include:

    Nicholas Baldwin
    Marc Barreca
    Lembit Beecher
    John Biggs
    Betty Breath
    Darren Buhr
    Brigid Burke
    Rosalinda Carlson
    Sharon Cheslow
    Lut Yun (Lucinda) Chiu
    Foster Clark
    Jared Commerer
    Cindy Cox
    Michael Dawson
    A.L. Dentel
    Aaron Drake
    Alex Eddington
    Jessica Gardiner
    Kara Gibbs
    David Hahn
      Yuko Hamura
    Jason Heald
    Sungji Hong
    Jeffrey Hunkin
    Celeste Hutchins
    David Evan Jones
    Yasushi Kamata
    Koji Kawai
    Donald Kepple
    Anton Killin
    Nicole Kim
    Tuan Hung Le
    Cheryl Leonard
    James Mason
    Beryl Matete
    Deeann Mathews
    Dylan Mattingly
    Polly Moller
    Julia Norton
    Rodney Oakes
      Robert Parker
    Maggi Payne
    Peggy Polias
    Carlos Rafael Rivera
    Stephen C Ruppenthal
    Simon Munro Rycroft
    Margaret Schedel
    Jacky Schreiber
    Alex Shapiro
    Frank Sprague
    Phillip Stearns
    Sarah Taylor
    Kubilay Uner
    John Villec
    Robert Voisey
    Shane Watters
    Katrina Wreede
    Hajime Yabe
    Carolyn Yarnell
    and Ivan Zavada

    The concert program can be found at the following link: www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2006_Pacific_Rim_Concert_Program.htm

    "60x60 is a one hour listening experience containing 60 works, each 60 seconds or less. Most likely you have never heard music like this before, or at the very least you haven't heard in a format like this: 60 works varying in style and aesthetic from today's composers living all around the world. You will love at least one piece. You will probably hate one piece. But whether you love or hate what you are listening to, within 60 seconds you will be listening to something different." - Robert Voisey

    Robert Voisey is a composer and impresario of new works; he seeks innovative and creative approaches to promote the music of today's composers. Voisey is the Artistic Director of the 60x60 project, the Composer's Voice concert series, Vice-President of Programs for the Living Music Foundation and Founder and Director of Vox Novus. 60x60 Project - California Premier of the 60x60 Pacific Rim Mix

    Thursday Night Special @ Mills College 8pm. Ensemble Room, Mills College 5000 Mac Arthur Boulevard Oakland, California < a href="http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60.htm">www.voxnovus.com/60x60.htm www.mills.edu/maps/campus_map.pdf

    Robert Voisey
    RobVoisey@VoxNovus.com
    Artistic Director of the 60x60 project
    Vice-President of Programs, Living Music Foundation
    Founder of Vox Novus
    www.VoxNovus.com

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    Live internet broadcasts are available. Go to this URL:
    www.wobc.org

    There is a web site with information about FOLDOVER
    www.timara.oberlin.edu); it includes playlists and information on how to find recordings of the music.

    FOLDOVER is organized by - Tom Lopez
    Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio 44074 USA

    "60x60 showcases a wealth of brief, contemporary compositions ... It's like a Whitman's sampler of the contemporary new music scene.
    - Sound Sampler Greg Haymes Times Union February 9, 2006


    FOLDOVER is on WOBC 91.5 FM in Oberlin, Ohio (just outside of Cleveland).

    Live internet broadcasts are available. Go to this URL:

    www.wobc.org

    There is a web site with information about FOLDOVER
    www.timara.oberlin.edu

    Robert Voisey
    RobVoisey@VoxNovus.com
    Artistic Director of the 60x60 project
    Vice-President of Programs, Living Music Foundation
    Founder of Vox Novus
    www.VoxNovus.com


    COME LISTEN TO 60X60, a circle of sound, a slice of the scene, one hour of new music.

    "60x60 features 60 back to back pieces that are 60 seconds long, each by a different modern composer...it's like channel-surfing through experimental music!" -Village Voice

    "Andy Warhol gave us 15 minutes to bask in glory, but Rob Voisey has cut to the chase; state your case in 60 seconds or less." -Noah Creshevsky

    "Not since John Cage's "Indeterminacy" has the flow of time from one minute to the next been so significant." -Doug Cohen

    "[Vox Novus offers] the presentation of serious works by established and emerging composers. Those voices should be heard, and can even be reheard on the Vox Novus website (www.voxnovus.com). -New Music Connoisseur


    Updated information will be posted at: www.voxnovus.com/60x60/Concerts.htm

    Vox Novus
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    The 60x60 project is designed for flexibility for growing and expanding. One of the missions is to perform as many works possible.

    This year we are doing something new. We are picking the participants for our regional selection of the 60x60 project before the main selection. This year we received a tremendous number of submissions from the Midwest and immediate central regions of the United States. We have endeavored to produce a regional concert for this region in the past and this year we will be able to accomplish this goal.

    Following are the participants in the American Heartland who have been included in the concert:

    Greg Allen,
    J. Anthony Allen,
    Christopher Bailey,
    Stacey Barelos,
    J.C. Batzner,
    Robert Berg ,
    Michael Berkowski,
    Kari Besharse,
    Timothy Brace,
    Pui-Shan Cheung,
    Greg Chmura,
    Daniel Clem,
    John Consiglio,
    Zachary Crockett,
    Lucio Cuellar,
    Matthew Davidson,
    John Dribus,
    Ivan Elezovic,
    Travis Ellrott,
    Andrew Estel,
     
    Timothy Flood,
    Ryan Garber,
    Doug Geers,
    John Gibson,
    Jacob Gotlib,
    Jason Gresl,
    Mike Hallenbeck,
    James Hegarty,
    Norbert Herber,
    David Heuser,
    Dorothy Hindman,
    Gregory Hoepfner,
    Craig Hultgren,
    Lynn Job,
    Kanniks Kannikeswaran,
    Noah Keesecker,
    Gary Knudson,
    Sabin Levi,
    Stan Link,
    Tom Lopez,
    Don Malone,
     
    Mike McFerron,
    David McIntre,
    Michael John Mollo,
    Laurie Lee Moses,
    Michael Murphy,
    Curt Nordgaard,
    Richard O'Donnell,
    Sean O'Neill,
    Samuel Pluta,
    Steve Ricks,
    James Romig,
    Phillip Schroeder,
    Mozhgan Shahidi,
    Adam Sovkoplas,
    Thomas Sutter,
    Michael Taylor,
    Fred Tompkins,
    Mike Vernusky and
    Joseph Vogel

    Click the following link for the concert program: Concert_Program_Midwest.htm

    (Selections for the International 60x60 coming soon)
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  4. LETTER FROM MOZART

    by Michael Colgrass

    2006 marks the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Pulitzer Prize winning composer, Michael Colgrass' orchestral homage to the great master, LETTER FROM MOZART is a light, colorful piece, popular with audiences, and a unique and entertaining contribution to the repertoire, based on a fictional letter to the composer from Wolfgang himself.

    Mozart's letter, complete program notes, and selected reviews are below. For perusal scores, recordings, and more information about Michael Colgrass and LETTER FROM MOZART, please visit www.brhoadsandassociates.com or www.michaelcolgrass.com.

    LETTER FROM MOZART

    Dear Michael:

    I would like to be your inspiration for a piece of music. I have been watching the development of music since my time and am especially interested to see how an idea of mine would come out when filtered through the mind of a twentieth-century composer. Let me give you a typical Austrian-type folk melody (I'll think up an original one), and you apply to it techniques of contemporary music in any way you like.

    Now, you may wonder why I chose you for this task. First, I know I'm your favorite composer and that counts a great deal with me. Second, you are a percussionist, and one of my secret dreams has always been to write something for percussion, but in my day it wasn't dignified. But perhaps my primary reason for choosing you is that your name would have been Migele Colagrossi, had you been born in Italy like your father. I loved Italy more than any other country.

    Getting back to this new piece, may I suggest that it be a work of light quality, not superficial, Mozartian! Many artists today seem to feel their work must express the age they live in, and cite war, corruption and crime as reason for creating bitter and angry work. My God, if only you could have experienced some of the miseries of the age I lived in, disease, oppression, poverty! And corruption! Life wasn't all bad, of course, and there was much beauty in my age, but so there is in yours, and why not try to capture that spirit, too?

    One last word: don't quote any of my existing music, just use this melody I send you (Goodness, I've written so many pieces I hope I didn't use this tune and forget having done so!).

    Good luck to you, and I hope you have fun with it.

    Your friend,

    Mozart

    PROGRAM NOTES

    As the music begins, the "Mozart" tune is played on a piano or a toy piano. The contemporary techniques that are applied to it in the course of the work are many and varied, but the attentive listener will hear older, familiar ones too, as the composer meditates and muses on his subject and sometimes transforms it beyond recognition.

    From time to time, small groups of musicians play music of their own in separate ensembles that are independent of the others. At a particularly complex moment just before the work comes to an end, there are six separate groups. The score is organized so that two conductors lead all the players through their parts.

    PRESS

    "The work is as fanciful as the title, which refers to a fictional letter the composer claims to have received from the Viennese master, exhorting Colgrass to write a work using a Mozart-like theme. Musically, Colgrass creates a kaleidoscope effect by embedding a straightforward eight-bar theme on a constantly shifting aural background. The theme passes from piano to viola to woodwind, but never in its entirety, and always mocked by the orchestra with frigid sustained chords in the strings, or the virulent sound of an oompah band, or a sudden explosion of accordion.

    "The effect is like watching a Federico Fellini movie set in a freak carnival, faces leering in and out of focus in the camera, the feral sound of a calliope and human screeches penetrating your ears. Colgrass deliberately creates an unstable listening experience... A delightful contemporary work."

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