Category: News

BERTOLOZZI AT 60

Celebrate with me Monday, February 4, as WMHT-FM marks my 60th birthday with the broadcast of my work Suite Poughkeepsie for orchestra; Joel Eric Suben conducts SeattleMusic. Tune to 88.7 FM at around 1:40pm. It will also be streamed on wmht.org.  This piece was originally premiered in 1999 by The Hudson Valley Philharmonic conducted by Randall Fleischer at The Bardavon Opera House in Poughkeepsie, NY,… Read more →

TOWER MUSIC PERCUSSION 5TET – Last performance before tour

Here’s your last chance to hear Left Edge Percussion perform Joseph Bertolozzi‘s Tower Music Percussion Quintet live before their Spring 2019 tour. Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University  491 S Mountain, Ashland, Oregon 97520, hosts the Southern Oregon University Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Terry Longshore, Friday Nov. 30, 2018 at 7:30pm PST. Works to be performed include:… Read more →

“…A TOWERING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND…”

“…a towering achievement in sound” That’s the headline from a review of the successful premiere on Nov. 8, 2018 of Tower Music 5tet at Southern Oregon University, performed by Left Edge Percussion under the direction of Dr. Terry Longshore. Here’s a link to the whole article: “A Towering Achievement in Sound” The evening’s offerings included: – video projections of composer Joseph Bertolozzi harvesting sounds… Read more →

BEVERLY HILLS POSTER BOY

What can I say, I’m a poster boy in Beverly Hills for the Infinity Film Festival, and I didn’t even have to go on a diet! Thank you #BridgeMusic! The Bridge Music documentary by filmmaker Andrew Porter screens at the Infinity Film Festival on Nov 1st at 4:30pm in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Music Hall, 9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA. Last year… Read more →

BRIDGE MUSIC DOCUMENTARY PLAYS L.A.

The Bridge Music documentary by filmmaker Andrew Porter screens at the Infinity Film Festival on Nov 1st at 4:30pm in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Music Hall, 9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA. Last year the film was a Staff Pick and won the Audience Award at the 2017 Music Shorts Film Festival. The doc has screened at film festivals in San Diego, Detroit, Kingston, Beacon and New… Read more →

TOWER MUSIC PERCUSSION QUINTET AWARDED NEW MUSIC USA GRANT

Joseph Bertolozzi is pleased to announce that his arrangement of Tower Music for percussion quintet has been awarded a New Music USA Project Grant. Follow the project’s progress here. Dr. Terry Longshore will lead Left Edge Percussion, a contemporary percussion group in residence at the Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University, Ashland in the premiere performance November 8, 2018 in Ashland, OR.  Says Dr. Longshore: “This New Music USA grant… Read more →

Bertolozzi Band Music in Fresno

I was thrilled by the performance of my work “The Contemplation of Bravery” at the San Joaquin Valley Concert Band Invitational at Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall in Fresno, CA, Fri 4/13. Conducted by David Lesser w/soloist (the other!) David Lesser, it was commissioned for the Bicentennial of West Point – The U.S. Military Academy and premiered March 18, 2001 in Eisenhower Hall by the USMA Concert Band under the… Read more →