JOHN MORTON and MIGUEL FRASCONI
Music for music boxes, glass instruments, mbiras, and pianos
Saturday, June 16 @ 4pm
The Brick Elephant
12 Emily Street
Valley
Falls, NY 12185
"For
those with big ears and a taste for the adventurous."—Albany
Times Union
June
16 , 2007, 4pm
John
Morton and Miguel
Frasconi
Music for music boxes, glass instruments, mbiras, and pianos
Composers
John Morton and Miguel Frasconi present an evening of solo and duo music
for re-configured and de-evolved musical instruments with electronics.
These two composers share a unique interest in going beyond the intended
use of simple sound making devices to reveal striking new compositions.
Featured on the program will be Teetines, a collaboration using processed
music box comb (Morton) plus mbiras and toy pianos (Frasconi) and works
for music boxes and electronics from Morton’s recently released
CD on innova, Solo Traveler. Also presented will be a new collaboration
for piano and music boxes, and new work by Miguel Frasconi for his collection
of struck, blown, and bowed glass instruments.
There will be a pot luck supper after the concert.
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a pdf of the complete press release.
For
the past several years, John Morton has focused on the manipulation, alteration,
and electronic processing of music boxes. He has constructed large-scale
music boxes as well as outdoor sound sculptures. Besides performing in
concert on his music box instrument, Morton has created site-specific
works including a music box sound installation for the Hudson River Museum.
He received NYFA Fellowships in 2002 and 2006, and his first CD on innova,
Outlier, was the subject of a feature on National Public Radio (NPR).
He is currently working on SonicHudson, a sound installation for the Piermont,
NY Library funded by the New York Music Fund.
Miguel
Frasconi
Miguel Frasconi uses glass objects, electronics, keyboards, and “de-evolved”
instruments to create music that sounds from a uniquely imagined tradition.
His glass instruments have been called “a beautiful menagerie of
pealing contraptions” (Time Out NY), while his music has been called
“lyrical and stormy” (New York Times). His recent activities
include a new score for choreographer Alonzo King, performances with electronic
music pioneer Morton Subotnick, a newly commissioned work for Gamelan
Son of Lion, and concerts with the composers collective Ne(x)tworks. He
is currently artist in residence at Harvestworks electronic media studios.
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SOUND SAMPLES:
Frasconi/Morton, Piano &Some Boxes Listen.
Frasconi/Morton, Tee
Tines Listen.
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WHERE:
The concerts are held in the Brick Elephant, formerly an old church, in
Valley Falls, New York.
12 Emily Street, Valley Falls, NY 12185.
Admission by donation.
CONTACT INFO:
Mary Jane Leach, director
telephone (518-753-0244)
email
DIRECTIONS:
Valley Falls is in northern Rensselaer County,
20 minutes north of Troy, 25 minutes west of North Bennington, Vermont.
From the west: at the intersection of Routes 40 and 67 in Schaghticoke, drive 1.5 miles east, turn right just as you get over the bridge, then drive on State Street (117) two blocks and turn left. The Brick Elephant is the red brick former church on the left at the next corner - it's the biggest building in the village - you can't miss it.
From the east: when 67 branches off to the west from 22 (Eagle Bridge), continue driving for 11 miles, turn left just before the curving bridge, then drive on State Street (117) two blocks and turn left. The Brick Elephant is the red brick former church on the left at the next corner - it's the biggest building in the village - you can't miss it.
Re:Soundings is a non-profit 501c3 organization dedicated to the arts. Any donations are tax deductible and will be greatly appreciated.