“Technically difficult,” “logistically doubtful,” politically improbable,” “you’re crazy, but good luck,”….I’ve heard it before. Sitting in my studio one day, about a year after Bridge Music was launched, it occurred to me that whenever anyone asked “what’s next?” I would say something to the effect of “getting to play music on the Eiffel Tower, my original inspiration, would be nice.”… Read more →
Author: Joseph Bertolozzi
Bridge Music to Tower Music
After launching Bridge Music I needed some time to decompress before embarking on Tower Music. Sampling the Mid Hudson Bridge’s sounds, writing the music, hearing the finished product and sharing it with others was fantastic, but that made up about only 10% of the work I did. Most of my time was spent drumming up support and waiting for official… Read more →
EIFFEL TOWER MUSIC IS A GO
Composer Joseph Bertolozzi has received permission from the Eiffel Tower administration to pursue his “Tower Music” project. With microphones placed on the tower’s surfaces, he will compose and record original music using only the natural sounds of the Eiffel Tower itself. Further plans call for a series of live concerts during the Tower’s 125th anniversary in 2014. This project is… Read more →
Considering Eiffel Tower Music
The whole idea for Tower Music began in 2004 when my wife, mimicking the way I play my percussion project The Bronze Collection, took a swing at a poster of the Eiffel Tower as if she was playing one of my gongs. Of course! Everything vibrates! Why not the Eiffel Tower? All one would have to do is locate where… Read more →
Bridge Music’s 3rd season
Joseph Bertolozzi’s Bridge Music Listening Stations were re-installed for their 3rd season. They remain in place at the towers of New York’s Mid Hudson Bridge from April 1 thru Oct 31. The Park Radios play year round on 95.3 FM within the parks that flank the bridge, namely Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie, NY and Johnson-Iorio Park in Highland, NY. While… Read more →
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AND MUSIC FOR “ECCENTRICITIES”
For the 100th anniversary of the birth of Tennessee Williams this year, here’s the concert suite adapted from my score to his play “The Eccentricities of a Nightingale.” The music (still available for revivals) marked the first professional public performance of my music. The link also offers the reviews and program notes. Read more →
PREMIERE OF TRANCES & VISIONS
French hornist David Lesser premieres Joseph Bertolozzi’s “Trances & Visions” in concerts with the Camerata Winds Saturday, March 5 at Grace Presbyterian Village, Dallas Texas and Sunday March 6 at Zion Lutheran Church, Dallas Texas. He is accompanied by David J. Korevaar on piano. The music’s dark tone suggests the utterances of a seer deep in meditation, a voice emanating… Read more →
Bertolozzi visits Notre Dame de Paris
I was going to be in Paris on Sunday, November 7, so I wrote to both Notre Dame Cathedral and titular organist Olivier Latry’s management company and asked permission to go up to the loft during Mass. I received word back from management that there are 4 titular organists who rotate duties [one from each of the 4 districts in… Read more →
BRIDGE MUSIC AT THE MID HUDSON CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
For the second year in a row the Mid Hudson Children’s Museum has become the winter location of Bridge Music. One of the installation’s Listening Stations is now available for museum-goers to hear. Museum Director Ed Glisson: “Children and parents are always intrigued with the idea of making music from the bridge steelwork. But, they recognize the concept first-hand as… Read more →
BERTOLOZZI & THE POUGHKEEPSIE BOYS CHOIR
I recently found these pictures from my year with the Poughkeepsie Boys Choir. We sang at many locations, including schools, the Mid Hudson Civic Center, the Poughkeepsie Galleria, the Grand Hotel, the Catharine St. Community Center (where we were based) several churches, and even a firehouse as a thank you to the fire fighters who responded to a fire at… Read more →