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v1.1 August/September

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OMEZINE

v1.1 August/September

IN THIS ISSUE

A place for NEWand

EXPERIMENTALMUSIC

Aural Guide: What to Earthis FallAugust/September NewMusic Concert CalendarOpportunities andMissing PersonsWhich 20th CenturyComposer are You?

YOUR AURAL GUIDE:

THE PEOPLEWHO LEFT

Works by Keith Kelly. Keith Kelly (soprano, tenor sax, bass clarinet, flute); AriChersky (guitar); Shaun Lowecki (drums); Doug Stuart (upright bass)Availble from Edgetone Records

"The People Who Left is a way to name all of the folks (your own self included)who came before. They are gone and wil l always be gone. We are alwaysbecoming, but that also means we are always leaving. Final thoughts: You mustpay attention; you must not ignore what is now, or shirk away."

Edgy yet del icate, "The People Who Left" has a beautiful abil ity to invokenostalgia with modern sounds. Pairs well with whiskey on the rocks and hotsummer nights.

LINE UP

Electronic works by Antony T. Marasco

A 201 3 re-master of Marasco's debt album. I t's a digital sprucing up of beautiful ,stream-l ined material . Just because it's last season, doesn't mean it's out ofstyle yet.

Line Up is confidant and to the point. I t doesn't ramble, and is able to take thel istener on satisflying 2-8 minute journeys. We highly recommend listening withan imperial IPA of your choosing and a comfortable flannel shirt (weatherpermitting).

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SONIC FLUXThis electronic and electroacoustic compilation is the result of the hardworking mind-brains of composers Cody Brookshire and Brian Kelly. SonicFlux is released under EMPiRES (Electronic Music Production RecordingSeries), which is co-directed by Brookshire and Kelly.

Performers:Adam Cuthbert (trmpet),Wil l iam Price (toy sax)Elizabeth Kennedy Bayer (flute)Corey Klein (horn)

Composers:David BiedenbenderBrian KellyAdam CuthbertJoshua MarquezWil l iam PriceCody BrookshireElizabeth Kennedy BayerJ.L. Marie, John HenneckenJason H. Mitchell

"EMPiRES is a new music collective focusing on producing and publishingcompilation albums of electronic and electroacoustic music. . . . Here in thisfirst compilation volume, an abundance of metal ic timbres, can be found inmany works, contrasted by other works which focus on continuous flow intheir construction. Given these traits and the fusing of them as presentedwith this compilation, the album is titled Sonic Flux. "

We recommend listening with a Silver Bullet (gin, scotch, lemon peel).

Sweet Sounds from the Summerand What to Ear this Fall! !

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NEW MU S I CAUGUST -

AN EVENING WITH TERRY BOZZIO

8/1 7, Sunday, 7p, the MIM, $35+

A night of solo drumming on the world’s largest tuned drum & percussionset. Drawing from jazz, classical, & ethnic percussion styles, Bozzioenthral ls audiences with space, classical forms/structures, ambientelectronic loops, & atmospheric percussion effects.

TERRA JAVA SESSION #5

8/1 4, Wednesday, 7p-11 p, Terra Java Coffee Hose, $4

Album Release//Potluck//Canned Food Drive! fthia (az) album release w/Sondra Sun-Odeon & Jasmine Dreame Wagner (ny), Andrew is Tired (az)

NORTH SIGHT - JAZZ & NEW MUSIC TRIO

8/24, Sunday, 3p, Scottsdale Presbyterian Church, FREE

Presented by MusicaNova. Keith Kelly (clarinets), Alex Oliverio (guitar),Ben Hedquit (upright bass).

UNION 32 ALL-STARS play "BITCHES BREW"

9/5, First Friday, 7:30p, The Nash, FREE

Scott Zimmer (woodwinds), Keith Kelly (woodwinds), Brett Reed (vibes),Ted Sistrunk (bass), Joe Garcia (percussion ), Ryan Anthony (drums)

UNION 32 ALL-STARS play JAZZ-ROCK FUSION

9/20, Saturday, 7:30p, Paradise Valley Community College, FREE

Scott Zimmer (woodwinds), Keith Kelly (woodwinds), Brett Reed (vibes),Ted Sistrunk (bass), Joe Garcia (percussion ), Ryan Anthony (drums)

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PANGEAN ORCHESTRA

8/22 Friday, 7p, Tempe History Museum, FREE

Musicians from all continents and traditions unite on one stage forremarkable concerts where preconceptions and boundaries dissolve.Fuonder Colin O'Donohoe wil l lead members of the Pangeanmovement in this one night only event. Founded in Arizona, this grouphas recently found a new home in NYC.

C ALEND ARSEPTEMBER

LIVE AT THE LIBRARY - MR. TRIO

9/25, Thursday, 6:30p, Glendale Public Library

The Mil l Ave Chamber Players teams up with jazz combo Mr. Trio.

MILL AVE CHAMBER PLAYERS ALBUM RELEASECONCERT

9/28, Sunday, 3-5p, Central United Methodist Church

MACP performs Shostakovich, Debussy and Thomson.

ASU COMPOSITION STUDIO RECITAL

9/29, Monday, 7:30p, ASU Katzin Concert Hall , FREE

Join the School of Music Composition Studio for an evening of newworks written by undergraduate & graduate student composers.

CLARINET MUSIC FROM PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE

9/21 , Sunday, 2:30p, ASU Katzin Concert Hall , $5-9

Robert Spring and friends present an hour of varied music frombeautiful classics to world premiers.

DESERT'S EDGE DUO WITH CLARINETISTROBERT SPRING & PERCUSSIONIST J.B. SMITH

9/24, Wednesday, 1 0:20a, the MIM, $7

The performance features pieces written especial ly for the group, aswell as jazz inspired pieces and music with electronics and computergenerated sounds.

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CLASSICAL REVOLUTION: COMPOSITIONCOMPETITION II

9/20, Saturday, 7p, Tempe History Museum, FREE

Compsoers Jeremy Muller, Gil Dori, Bethany Brown, and MichaelMuchnij wil l be writing for mixed instrumental quartets that wil l bepremiered and repeated for audience and judge voting. CRPHX wil laward two winners & present their music in concert the fol lowingyear/season.

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Composition Competition

Entry fee: $250 USD.

Competition is open to all emerging native-born Antarcticans who are at least ¼Aztec and who are between 29 and 30 years old.

Scores must be written for double symphony orchestra with melodica solo, andmay be no more than one minute in length.

Pieces must have been composed within the last two weeks and may not havebeen performed publicly.

The winning composer wil l be required to provide their own performers.Winning composer must attend performance. No travel monies are available forcomposer or performers.

Committee is not responsible for scores, which wil l be promptly lost.

Please submit 1 2 copies of score and all parts. Electronic submissions wil l notbe accepted. Scores without a recording wil l be disqualified immediately. MIDIreal izations are not accepted.

OPPORTUNITIES andMISSING PERSONS

Missing Person: Pianist Bonapart Clavichord

Last seen before he fel l into a piano during a performance of George Crumb'sMakrokosmos. The performance was held in the basement of a bar inWil l iamsburg. Due to the fol lowing missed days of lessons, funeral gigs, anddog-walking appointments, Clavichord has fal len behind on rent, student loanpayments, and the rental fee for the basement of a bar in Wil l iamsburg. He iswanted by his landlord, the Department of Education, several pugs called"Pookie", and a bitter, hipster bar owner. I f he is found, please contact one ofthe few friends who weren't hanging on to Bonapart to squeeze out a few freeperformanes from him. Clavichord was last seen wearing decade oldspectacles, a black t-shirt, black pants, and decade old jogging shoes.

Yong, Enthusiastic Film Maker SeeksComposer/Sound Designer

The composer must have access to Final Cut Pro, Pro Tools, Logic, Abelton, aRoland TR-808, and a comprehensive analogue recording studio. The projectis expected to last 2-1 2 months and the compensation is $1 00 and heartburn.Applicants who can play fewer than 5 instruments wil l not be considered.

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Which 20th Century Composer are

YOU??Which do you enjoy most?A) MathB) DIY ProjectsC) Learning as many musical instruments as you canD) Practicing piano

How do you feel about melody?A) Fuck itB) 1 2 notes in a scale is VERY limiting. . . needs more for a good tuneC) Love it, love it, LOVE IT.D) Is it a folk melody? Then, yes.

What did you study in college?A) MathB) Music, but I dropped out becase it was lameC) SciencesD) Piano

How many Guggenheims have you been awarded?A) Psh, I have a MacArthurB) Rejected, twiceC) TwoD) One

What is one fun fact about yourself?A) I taught Stephen Sondheim everything he knowsB) I have mallets that look l ike TribblesC) I 've written way more operas than youD) I can "sl ing dissonances like a man"

If you answered mostly A:You might be Milton Babbit (1 91 6-2011 ). Math genius and composer. He tought bothmusic and mathematics at Princeton.

If you answered mostly B:You might be Harry Partch (1 901 -1 974). This guy was one of the first Westerncomposers to work with microtonal scales. Because of this, the instrments used toperform his work were custom made, usually out of found objects.

If you answered mostly C:You might be Wil l iam Grant Sti l l (1 895-1 978), the first African-American composer todo EVERYTHING- first to conduct a major American sympony orchestra, first to havean opera performed by a major opera company, first to have an opera performed onTV. The list goes on.

If you answered mostly D:You might be Ruth Crawford Seeger (1 901 -1 953). Ruth was the first lady composerto win a Guggenheim and was a leading authority on American folk music.

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Editors and Contributors

Paula Tesoriero

Margaret Anne Baer

Elizabeth Kennedy Bayer

Aaron Rosenberg

Alex Nohai-Seaman