DAY 2 November 8, 2010 Not much to report. It was a day to recover from the flight, unpack and fully comprehend that I was about to ask the guardians of a world treasure to let me take a whack at it in the name of art. My room was very cozy (in fact it’s is advertised as the ‘Cozy… Read more →
Tag: American Composer
New Interview from DELOS
The Delos Insider has just released my interview with Lindsay Koob, ranging from Bridge Music to Tower Music. Click here and enjoy. Read more →
Organ Masterclass
Joseph Bertolozzi is teaching organ masterclass Thursday June 2, 2011, from 2:30pm – 5pm at Roosevelt High School Auditorium, 156 South Cross Rd., Hyde Park NY, 12538 on the Robert D. “Gus” Pratt Memorial Organ, newly installed and maintained by the NY Theatre Organ Society (John Vanderlee, curator) as an educational initiative. The program is free and open to the… Read more →
New Accordion Music
I have been working with Rocco Anthony Jerry on some new music for accordion. I was not familiar with this instrument (in terms of effectively writing for it), but Rocco had heard my music, asked if I’d be interested in composing for him and we have been working together for a few months now both online and in person. I… Read more →
Pitching the Eiffel Tower – 1/6
On Saturday November 6 (2010), I play the organ for a Bar Mitzvah at Vassar Temple and then jump in the car headed for the airport (I scheduled my trip so that I would leave immediately after the bar mitzvah and return for regular Friday night worship services the following week!). In four days I present my plans to the… Read more →
First things first…
In my next blog I’ll take you with me on my trip to Paris to pitch the idea of Tower Music to the tower’s administration (SETE), but first let me introduce you to Peter Emminger, Executive Producer of Tower Music. He helped develop the Bridge Music budget and timeline when it was still slated to be a live event. He… Read more →
Approaching the French
After having launched Bridge Music I had a working example of my original idea for Tower Music, where before all I had was a cool idea in my head. Always looking for some official endorsements for my projects (credibility is more important than financial support for these big projects…in the beginning anyway), I reached out to Congressman Maurice Hinchey, who… Read more →
Revving the engines
“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 →
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 →