Here's the link to the information and videos I showed this afternoon in lecture.  Note the software section.  It should soon contain patches and other code to make this run.

http://www.popmodernism.org/scrambledhackz

Pianist Kathleen Supove presents a concert of explosive works for piano and electronics with video (and with Ms. Supove, there is always a potential for some very interesting theater!).  Supove is artist-in-residence at NYC's Flea Theater where she is also a curator presenting the work of other emerging artists including violinist Ritsu Katsumata (mentioned on these page before).  She performs regularly as a soloist as well with Patrick Grant Group, the band Dr. Nerve, and the duo twisted tutu with composer/performer Eve Belgarian.

It promises to be an exciting evening. I hope to see you all there!

http://www.turbulence.org/Works/song/mono.html

 

I don't even know how to begin with this... check it out

I just thought I'd share this beautiful track and equally stunning video with you.  This is Mike Oldfield's second production in the "tubular bells" series, the first of which was recorded in autumn 1972, one of the earlier synthesized electronic tracks to reach a mass audience in the movie, The Exorcist.   Sentinel is a revisited version, much better in my opinion, and was released in 1992.  I was lucky enough to find this on 12" in Ithaca at a record fair last semester.  Anyways I think the music and the video are both really interesting and you might want to take a few minutes from your hectic day to lose yourself to this.

Mike Oldfield - Sentinel (Tubular Bells II)

Thursday, February 8, 7:00, Willard Straight Hall

Former Ithaca resident and recipient of a Cornell Council for the Arts Emerging Artist award, Ritsu Katsumata is a classically trained violinist who has been performing since she was ten. She has played acoustic violin in Carnegie Hall, the Philadelphia Academy of Music, and the Smithsonian Institution. She composed and performed the scores for the two films screening tonight: Yasin (Betty Lee Kim, 13 mins, www.yasinmovie.com), a narrative short about a young boy in California whose Jordanian-born father is arrested and accused of being a terrorist, and Heroes (Lynn Estomin, 22 mins), a documentary short featuring the mother of a fallen soldier and an Iraq War Veteran who is speaking out against the War. Ritsu will talk about her work on these films and then perform a 45 minute set of music. Watch clips of Ritsu on YouTube from a recent show at NYC's Flea Theatre -- the program, curated by Kathleen Supove, included Joshua Fried, performing on old shoe and a steering wheel, as well as Nick Didkovsky composing computer music with audience participation:

Performance on You Tube.

color, 1 hour 30 minutes

admittedly, this is not directly relevant to anything in particular, but it happens to be the coolest thing i have ever seen. i figured some of you would appreciate it?
shuja