Environmental Sound Artists: In Their Own Words, a new book by Frederick Bianchi and V. J. Manzo published by Oxford University Press is now available. I have my own chapter in this book, largely about Bridge Music and touching on Tower Music, which wasn’t completed at the time of the book’s writing. The book recounts the philosophy, technology, aesthetics, and methodology of sound art from… Read more →
Author: Joseph Bertolozzi
LIVE AT THE FALCON – BRIDGE + TOWER MUSIC
#BRIDGEMUSIC + #TOWERMUSIC: A mutlimedia event with Joseph Bertolozzi! BASTILLE DAY, July 14, 2016 at 7pm THE FALCON 1348 Route 9W Marlboro, New York 12542 (845) 236-7970 info@liveatthefalcon.com https://www.facebook.com/events/255283524827842/?active_tab=highlights Read more →
NEW DOCUMENTARY ON BRIDGE MUSIC
Film maker Andrew Porter‘s new documentary Bridge Music looks at Joseph Bertolozzi’s trailblazing musical work on New York’s Mid Hudson Bridge. Here’s a few images from our interviews for the film. and here’s a link to the trailer. It is starting to make the rounds of film festivals and its first public screening will be 7pm, Friday June 17th, 2016 at the Arts Society of Kingston… Read more →
TOWER MUSIC @VASSAR COLLEGE
“A Photographic Diary of Joseph Bertolozzi’s Tower Music/Musique de la Tour” will be on view June 14-July 28, 2016 at the James W. Palmer III Gallery, Main Building, Vassar College. The exhibition is free and open to the public. The exhibition kicks-off with an opening reception on Tuesday June 14, 4:30-6:30pm. Palaia’s Tower Music book and Bertolozzi’s Tower Music CD will be available for… Read more →
AFFIXING CONTACT MICS ON THE EIFFEL TOWER
RAIN WHEEL – DESCRIPTION & DEMONSTRATION
A short description of the Rain Wheel I developed for Tower Music followed by a scene of it in action. Since there were no interior structures within which to drop beads for a “rain stick” effect (like I did for Bridge Music, Tower Music’s sister project in New York), I had to find a way to sustain the sound effect… Read more →
POSITIONING PLAYERS FOR TOWER MUSIC LIVE
This video demonstrates strategy behind the mic positioning and consequently the live player positions. Read more →
INITIAL REVIEWS OF TOWER MUSIC: SO FAR SO GOOD!
Here are some of the initial reviews of Tower Music / Musique de la Tour SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE “…irresistable…buoyant, resonant rhythmic entertainment….a witty and often beautiful array of rhythmic grooves and harmonic rhapsodies as if Steve Reich had been set loose on a giant Erector set. …the piece’s allure really comes from the vigor and inventiveness of Bertolozzi’s musical imagination…”… Read more →
BBC WORLD SERVICE COVERS TOWER MUSIC
BBC Weekend’s Anu Anand interviews composer Joseph Bertolozzi. Listen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03vbbb3 Read more →
NICE TOWER MUSIC STORY FROM NPR
Melissa Block reported a nice Tower Music / Musique de la Tour story on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition. Here it is: http://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2016/05/08/477040062/how-one-man-made-the-eiffel-tower-sing Read more →