Wired for Sound 2009, Longy School of Music, April 27th
Posted by Demetrius Spaneas | Under Film, Music, Performance Monday Apr 20, 2009On Monday, April 27th, 2009 I will be performing my In Celebration of Sunrise for flute/alto saxophone/actor (one performer), electronics, and film, at the Wired for Sound 2009 Festival, to be held at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. Wired for Sound is part of the Boston Cyberarts Festival.
This multimedia work for soloist, electronics, and film is based on a Postmodern view of a Native American sunrise ceremony. The opening flute is purely improvised, while the later saxophone melody is presented in heterophony with the electronic tracks. In performance, the soloist performs both alongside and within the film by standing behind a scrim, interacting with the on-screen action. This was my collaboration with Uzbek film maker Nikolay Leonuv, and had its premier at the Omnibus Black Box Music and Vision Festival in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in February 2008.
Other composers featured on the concert include Eric Chasalow, David Ianni, Russel Pinkston, and Justin Casinghino. The concert will take place at Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA on April 27th, 2009 at 8PM.
