60X60 Dance Nov 13 2009 Winter Garden (Photo credit: Larry L for school ) What do you call sixty one minute works presented in sixty minutes? Some may call it chaos, others may say its semi-schizophrenic, but until you have experienced the eclectic sonic experience known as 60x60 , you are missing out. The brainchild of composer Robert Voisey, Director of Vox Novus and an established composer himself, the 60x60 mixes give audiences the unique opportunity to explore new music in an eclectic fast-paced manner perfect for the 21st century audience.  Each 60x60 mix is unique, and many performance are accompanied by contemporary dance or video. Several video artists have contributed their skills to the 60x60 video mixes, including Patrick Liddell and Zlatco Cosic. Check out the 60x60 Video Mixes. Robert Voisey (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) 60x60 mixes are eclectic musical microcosms of the world, with many regional mixes, international mixes, and the Athena Mixes, which fe...

Logic Studio (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Below are three electronic music exercises that will help musicians, music students, and music educators work on their mixing and studio skills. As a music professor teaching sound synthesis I developed these exercises for my beginning Sound Synthesis students who were just beginning to use audio programs like Logic Studio and Garageband to create new music. Any musician can adapt and use these music exercises to work on basic audio skills, including use of audio effects, sound, noise, and music composition. I encourage musicians and music educators to adapt these projects to their own studios and classrooms as useful tools to expand their skills.  Project 1: Effects and Appropriation DESCRIPTION: Students use effects and editing techniques used in class to create a new piece using appropriated material. Students will learn to recognize different types of copyright licenses. Appropriated materials includes use of prerecorded ...

Averno New Music Resource interviewed talented contemporary composer Elena Ruehr about her newest release Averno , her musical inspiration, and some practical insights for today's emerging artist. This fall Avie Records released Averno, Elena Ruehr's album of music for chorus and orchestra featuring A merican poets:  Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, and Louise Gluck. The recording features the Trinity Choir, Wall Street, Julian Wachner conducting, with Novus NY O rchestra. Soloists are Naumberg/Queen Elizabeth winner Stephen Salters and award winning soprano Marguerite Krull . Poet Langston Hughes NMR: Your latest album, Averno, was released by Avie Records and includes music combined with American poetry. Tell us more about this project's inspiration and production.     Ruehr: The project came about initially through a commission from the Jebediah Foundation and the interest of conductor Julian Wachner and Baritone Stephen Salters.  Julian...

Graphic Notation The New Music Resource Composer Challenge This composer challenge is meant to expand your ideas about music and test your creativity. The time limit forces to you to simply create without thinking about editing or what you can or cannot logically do.  After you have completed your sketches, reevaluate them .  Think about how these ideas may work musically, how they can be improved upon, and how you would accomplish them. Think about how these ideas may change depending on scenario and location. How can you make your idea original?  Share your sketches and thoughts on the challenge in the comments below. NMR would love to hear about your ideas!  The NMR Composer Challenge You have 10 minutes to sketch 5 musical ideas for the following scenarios: 1. You have a trio (percussion, electronic keyboard, and poet) that will perform for 30 minutes live online. You have one rehearsal. 2. You are performing a solo work using your primary instrumen...

Lucinda McNary (Exclusive NMR Interview with Director, Animator, and Machinima Guru Lucinda McNary) NMR: Tell us a little bit about yourself. When and how did you become involved in filmmaking and machinima? McNary: I was born in Kansas City, Missouri and both my parents were artists and my father was also an architect.   All I ever wanted to do was draw and paint and then I discovered film making and found I loved animation because of the artistic element.   Machinima Film Vautrin I went to college and majored in Biology as at one time I wanted to be a doctor. I moved to San Francisco in the mid sixties and then New York in 1968. Then I came back to Kansas City in 1981. I met my husband Mark here and we moved to St. Louis in 1994 and moved back here about 6 years ago as he got a good job here.  I am married and have 18 year old twins, a boy and a girl who we adopted when they were 6 years old.My husband is Mark McNary and he is a DBA and Sy...