Being in Time is an Arts-in-Action project sponsored by the University of Virginia. Scored for conductor-controlled electronics, wind ensemble, and interactive video, it reflects a collaborative effort by team members from the McIntire Department of Music and Engineering School. I will introduce the piece on Friday, 4/18/14 at 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. at Open Grounds, on the Corner at UVA. The premiere has been scheduled for the fall of 2014.
The BIT (Being in Time) team convened in Old Cabell Auditorium at UVA to test the conductor gestural controls of the electronic sound using the Kinect Controller. It worked like a charm. Next up is testing the interactive video control using amplitude, activity level and frequency bands. And, of course working on our video content, inspired by night sky images from right here in Charlottesville. Stay tuned for more!
Judith gave a talk on her work at the New World School of the Arts…
Skool Supplies , a group of students from Sabot Point School in Richmond, plays Everyday…
I had the great pleasure of serving as a Master Artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, FL, from 5/10 – 6/1/13. The Center is the marvelous brainchild of sculptor Doris Leeper and is set in gorgeous natural surroundings, with boardwalks used to connect the buildings.
The staff is terrific too, and I can’t resist a shoutout to the co-directors Jim Frost and Nancy Lowden Norman; to Nick Conroy, residency and program director; program assistant Jill Tolson Rox and of course Chef Tom!
The dark green saw palmetto fronds and other dense, dark vegetation made me think I was walking inside a fantastic 3-D animation of an Henri Rousseau painting. There were naturalist touches too, with labels describing the plants and animal life. I remembered to turn left at the sign telling about one of the local insects – the cockroach – So, from my cottage…turn left at ‘cockroach’ to reach the music studio!
Here’s my take on Tape Music! I took packing tape, masking tape, binding tape, scotch tape, you-name-it-tape, and brought it to The Sound Studio in Charlottesville, where mic expert and composer Scott Barton assisted with the session, as did The Sound’s own Mark Graham. We used a bunch of mics, including Telefunken, Beyer and KSM, and now I’m having a great time making the piece.