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** "Critically acclaimed composer Milica Paranosic has established herself as one of New York’s finest and most daring composers, performance artists, producers, and technologists. Her music was described as “Amazing...astonishing” (The New York Times), “Like liquorfilled pralines” (Germany’s Morgenpost), and “A painter, musical Jackson Pollack” (SEAMUS). Milica’s works range from onewoman multimedia shows and sound installations to operatic and symphonic works. Inspired by her travels and international collaborations, Milica imaginatively incorporates music of her Serbian homeland in addition to crosscontinental muses such as Brazil, Ghana and China, always striving to create new sound worlds in which contrasting concepts vividly coexist in unique textures. Milica is current codirector of Composers Concordance, music director of Gallery MC, and founder and director of ParAcademy. “Newmusic luminary” (The New York Times) and “leading exponent of the avantgarde flute” (Village Voice), Margaret Lancaster has built a large repertoire of new works composed for her that employ extended techniques, multimedia, and electronics fusing music, theater and movement. Performance highlights include Lincoln Center Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, Ibsen Festival, Santa Fe New Music, Edinburgh Festival, Tap City, New Music Miami, and Festival D’Automne. A member of Either/Or and Fisher Ensemble, she has been a guest of many groups including Argento, Counter)induction, and the New York Philharmonic. She has recorded on New World Records, OO Discs, Innova, Naxos and Tzadik, and was selected for Meet the Composer’s New Works for Soloist Champions project. Noted for her interdisciplinary performances, Lancaster, who also works as an actor, dancer, and amateur furniture designer, presents solo and chamber music concerts worldwide. Recent collaborations include playing Helene in the 7 year worldwide run of OBIEwinning Mabou Mines Dollhouse, BMP’s Kocho, and Fables on Global Warming with Karole Armitage’s ArmitageGone!Dance. www.margaretlancaster.com. Mrak is a piece I wrote for Margaret Lancaster and myself several years ago as a part of a larger (still in progress) project, focusing on sonorities of Margaret’s stunning, lush and diverse flute soundscapes layered over beats and vocals. 'Mrak' is 'darkness' in Serbian, often used for 'cool' or 'awesome' in Belgrade slang. ** Elainie Lillios’s music reflects her fascination with listening, sound, space, time, immersion, and anecdote. Awards include a 201314 Fulbright grant (Greece), First Prize–Electroacoustic Piano International Competition, Special Mention–Prix Destellos, Prize Winner–Medea Electronique Competition, and First Prize–Concours Internationale de Bourges. Recognition from Concurso Internacional de Musica Electroacustica de Sao Paulo, Concorso Internazionale Russolo, Pierre Schaeffer Competition, ICMA, and La Muse en Circuit. Elainie’s acousmatic is available on the CD Entre Espaces, produced by Empreintes DIGITALes, plus Centaur, MSR Classics, Irritable Hedgehog, StudioPANaroma, La Muse en Circuit, New Adventures in Sound Art, SEAMUS, and Leonardo Music Journal. www.elillios.com La fête de la huitièmme decennie weaves a fantasy about celebrations and the aftermath. It celebrates Francois Bayle’s 80th birthday and premiered October 27 2012 in Brussels, Belgium on a concert honoring him. ** As Speak Onion, Dan Abatemarco treads on, then completely explodes, the line between producer and noisician. He spews seething noise, giant deformed beats and absolutely wrong atmospheres in fits and starts until nothing sounds like what it sounds like anymore. Breakbeats and basslines enter innocently but end up processed beyond recognition and drowning in feedback. Synth sounds are stretched, manipulated, and left ruined as chilling shrieks. The resulting sonic abomination slips between the dimensions of experimentalism, harsh noise, and beatbashed breakcore. Dancefloor? Maybe. Slaughterhouse floor? Yes, definitely. Nonlinear Division is Dan’s contribution to Immigrant Breast Nest’s B’ak’tun Waning project from 2012. ** Mike McFerron is professor of music and composerinresidence at Lewis University, and he is founder and co director of Electronic Music Midwest (http://www.emmfestival.org). His music can be heard on numerous commercial CDs as well as on his website at http://www.bigcomposer.com. Shape Study: Music for Metamorphoses for fixed media was written at the end of 2008 for the Lewis University Theater Department production of Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses. An adaptation of Ovid’s eponymous narrative poem, this production of Zimmerman’s play was directed by Dr. Kevin Trudeau. Although the composition is, on one hand, intended to serve as a prelude to the production of this play, it is also hoped that the work stands by itself as an independent electroacoustic composition. Structurally, this composition reduces the distances between traditional foreground, middleground, and background musical layers, thus clouding these dimensions. Yet at the same time, this work strives to present a clear and logical dramatic shape by assembling spectral, dynamic, and spatial elements. Circuit Bridges: New Nodes a concert of electroacoustic music MULTIMEDIA SERIES Sunday, February 22, 2015 3:00 PM Reynolds Recital Hall Please turn off cell phones, pagers, and anything else that could make noise during the performance. Kindly hold your applause until the end of each set.

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**  "Critically  acclaimed  composer  Milica  Paranosic  has  established  herself  as  one  of  New  York’s  finest  and  most  daring  composers,  performance  artists,  producers,  and  technologists.  Her  music  was  described  as  “Amazing...astonishing”  (The  New  York  Times),  “Like  liquor-­‐filled  pralines”  (Germany’s  Morgenpost),  and  “A  painter,  musical  Jackson  Pollack”  (SEAMUS).  Milica’s  works  range  from  one-­‐woman  multimedia  shows  and  sound  installations  to  operatic  and  symphonic  works.  Inspired  by  her  travels  and  international  collaborations,  Milica  imaginatively  incorporates  music  of  her  Serbian  homeland  in  addition  to  cross-­‐continental  muses  such  as  Brazil,  Ghana  and  China,  always  striving  to  create  new  sound  worlds  in  which  contrasting  concepts  vividly  coexist  in  unique  textures.  Milica  is  current  co-­‐director  of  Composers  Concordance,  music  director  of  Gallery  MC,  and  founder  and  director  of  ParAcademy.    “New-­‐music  luminary”  (The  New  York  Times)  and  “leading  exponent  of  the  avant-­‐garde  flute”  (Village  Voice),  Margaret  Lancaster  has  built  a  large  repertoire  of  new  works  composed  for  her  that  employ  extended  techniques,  multi-­‐media,  and  electronics  fusing  music,  theater  and  movement.  Performance  highlights  include  Lincoln  Center  Festival,  Spoleto  Festival  USA,  Ibsen  Festival,  Santa  Fe  New  Music,  Edinburgh  Festival,  Tap  City,  New  Music  Miami,  and  Festival  D’Automne.  A  member  of  Either/Or  and  Fisher  Ensemble,  she  has  been  a  guest  of  many  groups  including  Argento,  Counter)induction,  and  the  New  York  Philharmonic.  She  has  recorded  on  New  World  Records,  OO  Discs,  Innova,  Naxos  and  Tzadik,  and  was  selected  for  Meet  the  Composer’s  New  Works  for  Soloist  Champions  project.  Noted  for  her  interdisciplinary  performances,  Lancaster,  who  also  works  as  an  actor,  dancer,  and  amateur  furniture  designer,  presents  solo  and  chamber  music  concerts  worldwide.  Recent  collaborations  include  playing  Helene  in  the  7-­‐  year  worldwide  run  of  OBIE-­‐winning  Mabou  Mines  Dollhouse,  BMP’s  Kocho,  and  Fables  on  Global  Warming  with  Karole  Armitage’s  ArmitageGone!Dance.  www.margaretlancaster.com.    Mrak  is  a  piece  I  wrote  for  Margaret  Lancaster  and  myself  several  years  ago  as  a  part  of  a  larger  (still  in  progress)  project,  focusing  on  sonorities  of  Margaret’s  stunning,  lush  and  diverse  flute  soundscapes  layered  over  beats  and  vocals.    'Mrak'  is  'darkness'  in  Serbian,  often  used  for  'cool'  or  'awesome'  in  Belgrade  slang.    **  Elainie  Lillios’s  music  reflects  her  fascination  with  listening,  sound,  space,  time,  immersion,  and  anecdote.  Awards  include  a  2013-­‐14  Fulbright  grant  (Greece),  First  Prize–Electroacoustic  Piano  International  Competition,  Special  Mention–Prix  Destellos,  Prize  Winner–Medea  Electronique  Competition,  and  First  Prize–Concours  Internationale  de  Bourges.  Recognition  from  Concurso  Internacional  de  Musica  Electroacustica  de  Sao  Paulo,  Concorso  Internazionale  Russolo,  Pierre  Schaeffer  Competition,  ICMA,  and  La  Muse  en  Circuit.  Elainie’s  acousmatic  is  available  on  the  CD  Entre  Espaces,  produced  by  Empreintes  DIGITALes,  plus  Centaur,  MSR  Classics,  Irritable  Hedgehog,  StudioPANaroma,  La  Muse  en  Circuit,  New  Adventures  in  Sound  Art,  SEAMUS,  and  Leonardo  Music  Journal.  www.elillios.com    La  fête  de  la  huitièmme  decennie  weaves  a  fantasy  about  celebrations  and  the  aftermath.  It  celebrates  Francois  Bayle’s  80th  birthday  and  premiered  October  27  2012  in  Brussels,  Belgium  on  a  concert  honoring  him.    **  As  Speak  Onion,  Dan  Abatemarco  treads  on,  then  completely  explodes,  the  line  between  producer  and  noisician.  He  spews  seething  noise,  giant  deformed  beats  and  absolutely  wrong  atmospheres  in  fits  and  starts  until  nothing  sounds  like  what  it  sounds  like  anymore.  Breakbeats  and  basslines  enter  innocently  but  end  up  processed  beyond  recognition  and  drowning  in  feedback.  Synth  sounds  are  stretched,  manipulated,  and  left  ruined  as  chilling  shrieks.  The  resulting  sonic  abomination  slips  between  the  dimensions  of  experimentalism,  harsh  noise,  and  beat-­‐bashed  breakcore.  Dancefloor?  Maybe.  Slaughterhouse  floor?  Yes,  definitely.    Nonlinear  Division  is  Dan’s  contribution  to  Immigrant  Breast  Nest’s  B’ak’tun  Waning  project  from  2012.    **  Mike  McFerron  is  professor  of  music  and  composer-­‐in-­‐residence  at  Lewis  University,  and  he  is  founder  and  co-­‐director  of  Electronic  Music  Midwest    (http://www.emmfestival.org).    His  music  can  be  heard  on  numerous  commercial  CDs  as  well  as  on  his  website  at  http://www.bigcomposer.com.    Shape  Study:  Music  for  Metamorphoses  for  fixed  media  was  written  at  the  end  of  2008  for  the  Lewis  University  Theater  Department  production  of  Mary  Zimmerman’s  Metamorphoses.  An  adaptation  of  Ovid’s  eponymous  narrative  poem,  this  production  of  Zimmerman’s  play  was  directed  by  Dr.  Kevin  Trudeau.  Although  the  composition  is,  on  one  hand,  intended  to  serve  as  a  prelude  to  the  production  of  this  play,  it  is  also  hoped  that  the  work  stands  by  itself  as  an  independent  electroacoustic  composition.  Structurally,  this  composition  reduces  the  distances  between  traditional  foreground,  middleground,  and  background  musical  layers,  thus  clouding  these  dimensions.  Yet  at  the  same  time,  this  work  strives  to  present  a  clear  and  logical  dramatic  shape  by  assembling  spectral,  dynamic,  and  spatial  elements.      

   

     

   

Circuit  Bridges:  New  Nodes  a  concert  of  electroacoustic  music  

 

   

M  U  L  T  I  M  E  D  I  A        S  E  R  I  E  S      

Sunday,  February  22,  2015  3:00  PM  

Reynolds  Recital  Hall      

Please  turn  off  cell  phones,  pagers,  and  anything  else  that  could  make  noise  during  the  performance.    Kindly  hold  your  applause  until  the  end  of  each  set.  

   

Circuit  Bridges:  New  Nodes  a  concert  of  electroacoustic  music  

   

le  son  de  la  lumière  -­‐  part  1                              Daniel  Blinkhorn      King  of  Iniquity                                      David  Morneau      Distorted  Mirrors                                      Chris  Cresswell      Appassionata                        Melissa  Grey                           (with  Harold  Jones,  flute  -­‐  Mioi  Takeda,  violin)      Lament  and  Sorrow:  in  memory  of  Liana  Alexandra        Robert  Voisey      Mrak                                      Milica  Paranosic                                    (with  Margaret  Lancaster,  flute)      La  fête  de  la  huitèmme  decenni              Elainie  Lillios      Nonlinear  Division                                Dan  Abatemarco  (Speak  Onion)      Shape  Study:  Music  for  Metamorphoses       Mike  McFerron  

 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    Circuit  Bridges  is  a  monthly  electroacoustic  concert  series,  held  at  Gallery  MC  in  New  York  City.  Our  mission  is  to  connect  with  similar  organizations  from  around  the  globe  that  foster  and  promote  innovative  electroacoustic  music  and  sound.  Our  concerts  feature  local  composers  and  sound  artists  and  those  from  visiting  communities  and  immerse  audiences  in  the  vast  wealth  of  electroacoustic  music  being  created  today.    Circuit  Bridges  is  dedicated  to  creating  a  community  for  creators  of  electroacoustic  music  and  strives  to  explore  all  that  is  included,  and  currently  being  innovated,  under  the  electroacoustic  umbrella,  such  as  sonic  art,  radio  art,  glitch,  circuit  bending,  electronica,  real-­‐time  improvisation,  network  performance,  audiovisual  composition,  mash-­‐up,  and  data  sonification.      New  Nodes  is  a  specially  curated  program  that  presents  a  cross  section  of  electroacoustic  being  made  today.  Circuit  Bridges  is  building  a  network  of  electroacoustic  artists  and  communities.  We’re  using  New  Nodes  to  establish  new  connections  that  will  enable  future  collaboration,  sharing,  and  growth.  A  healthy  network  of  electroacoustic  communities  allows  this  music  to  thrive.    Visit  CircuitBridges.com  to  learn  more.    **  Daniel  Blinkhorn  is  an  Australian  composer  and  new  media  artist  who  currently  resides  in  Sydney.  His  works  are  regularly  performed,  exhibited  and  presented  internationally  at  festivals,  concert  halls,  conferences,  galleries  and  other  loci,  and  his  creative  works  have  received  over  25  international  and  national  composition  citations.    le  son  de  la  lumière  -­‐  part  1:  In  1982  composer  Luc  Ferrari  scored  the  soundtrack  to  the  animated  film  Chronopolis  by  Piotr  Kamler.  The  moment  I  saw  the  film  I  was  struck  by  its  beauty  and  elegant  synchronicity  between  sound  and  

image.  In  particular,  the  composer’s  response  to  the  impossible  shapes  conjured  by  the  animator,  in  which  he  seemed  to  capture  the  light  reflected  from  the  shapes.  When  I  was  provided  with  the  opportunity  to  use  some  of  Luc  Ferrari’s  original  samples  from  his  recorded  archives,  I  set  about  creating  a  work  that  reflects  my  own  impressions  of  his  musical  oeuvre.  The  resulting  composition  gravitates  conceptually  around  the  film  Chronopolis.    **  David  Morneau  is  a  composer  of  an  entirely  undecided  genre.  Described  by  Molly  Sheridan  as  a  "shining  beacon"  of  inspiration,  his  diverse  work  illuminates  ideas  about  our  culture,  issues  concerning  creativity,  and  even  the  very  nature  of  music  itself.  His  eclectic  output  has  been  described  variously  as  "elegantly  rendered",  "happily  prissy",  "impressive",  "unusual,  esoteric,  and  offbeat".  His  recent  album,  Broken  Memory,  "absolutely  wrecks  shop.…  For  that,  David  Morneau  wins."  Morneau  is  Artistic  Director  of  Circuit  Bridges  and  Composer-­‐In-­‐Residence  at  Immigrant  Breast  Nest.  Find  out  more  at  http://5of4.com    In  2012  I  curated  a  compilation  album  for  Immigrant  Breast  Nest  called  B'ak'tun  Waning.  Each  month  that  year,  on  the  21st,  we  released  a  new  track  by  a  different  artist  as  a  countdown  to  December  21,  2012—the  much-­‐hyped  Mayan  apocalypse.  King  of  Iniquity  is  my  contribution  to  the  album,  released  on  February  21,  2012,  which  was  also  Mardi  Gras.  It's  a  potent  mixture  of  bass  trombone  drones,  swirling  synths,  and  splintered  dub-­‐step  beats  "bursting  into  a  million  ruined  colors  that  that  let  you  see  forever."    **  Originally  from  Cazenovia,  NY,  Chris  Cresswell  (b.  1988)  is  a  young  composer  who  is  gaining  recognition  for  his  work  in  a  wide  variety  of  music  genres,  from  large  and  chamber  ensembles,  solo  works,  vocal  works,  electro-­‐acoustic  works  and  collaborations  with  video  artists.  Graduating  Magna  Cum  Laude  from  Syracuse  University  in  2011  with  a  Bachelor’s  of  Music  in  Composition.    Distorted  Mirrors  –  The  second  in  my  Audifiler  series,  an  ongoing  project  of  works  built  using  heavily  manipulated  digital  samples.  These  works  were  created  using  small  fragments  of  preexisting  material  that  are  then  heavily  manipulated  using  a  variety  of  digital  music  programs.      While  trying  to  come  up  with  an  idea  for  the  piece,  I  stumbled  upon  a  saxophone  quartet  and  sampled  a  short  section  of  the  piece.  The  sample  was  so  catchy  that  it  became  the  focal  point  for  the  entire  piece.  It  reoccurs  throughout  the  entire  work  against  varying  backdrops.  Each  time  the  sample  reappears  it  changes  based  on  the  surrounding  textures  as  if  motif  is  moving  through  a  series  of  fun  house  mirrors.    **  Composer  Melissa  Grey’s  projects  include  concert  works,  electroacoustic  performances,  installations,  food+music  events  and  collaborations  with  artists  and  architectural  designers.  Grey  is  currently  Artistic  Director  of  Circuit  Bridges,  a  monthly  electroacoustic  concert  series  held  at  Gallery  MC  in  New  York  City.  Previous  curatorial  work  includes  60x60  New  York  Minutes  Mix  (2012),  Transrevelation  (2007)  and  Sonic  Channels  (2006).  www.melissagrey.net    Appassionata  (2010)  is  a  film  collage  and  musical  composition.  Artist  Angela  Grauerholz  invited  composer  Melissa  Grey  to  interpret  a  fragment  of  music  that  Ludwig  Wittgenstein  had  scribbled  down  in  his  journal  in  1931.  Accompanying  this  music,  he  wrote:  “That  must  be  the  end  of  a  theme  which  I  cannot  place.  It  came  into  my  head  today  as  I  was  thinking  about  my  philosophical  work  and  saying  to  myself,  I  destroy,  I  destroy,  I  destroy.”  Wittgenstein’s  attempt  to  consider  the  implications  of  the  limitations  language  places  on  human  experience  is  reflected  in  this  piece  where  the  meaning  remains  open,  and  several  sensibilities  and  forms  of  expression  are  merged  into  one.  The  film  collage,  by  Grauerholz  and  Réjean  Myette,  was  constructed  as  a  response  to  Grey’s  resulting  composition,  in  a  dialogue  that  reconsiders  image-­‐sound  hierarchy.    **  “With  few  opportunities  and  much  competition,...composers  show  creativity  in  just  getting  heard.”  And  in  Chris  Pasles’s  article  in  the  Los  Angeles  Times,  Robert  Voisey  is  highlighted  as  one  of  those  composers.  Composing  electroacoustic  and  chamber  music,  his  aesthetic  oscillates  from  the  Romantic  to  the  Post  Modern  Mash-­‐Up.  His  work  has  been  performed  in  venues  throughout  the  world  including:  Carnegie  Hall,  World  Financial  Center  Winter  Garden  Atrium,  and  Stratford  Circus  in  London.  Voisey  has  been  profiled  and  music  broadcasted  on  HEC-­‐TV  public  television  in  St  Louis,  Elektramusik  in  France,  as  well  as  radio  stations  all  around  the  world  including:  Cityscape  NPR  St.  Louis  Public  Radio;  Arts  &  Answers  &  Art  Waves  on  WKCR,  Upbeat  with  Eva  Radich  on  Radio  New  Zealand;  and  Kol  Yisrael  Israeli  Radio.    Lament  and  Sorrow  –  In  Memory  of  Liana  Alexandra  and  dedicated  to  Serban  Nichifor;  two  of  my  dear  colleagues,  composers,  and  friends.