If you are in Houston, Texas on Feb 25, you can catch the premiere of my latest non-percussion composition: “Partita on ‘O Lumen Ecclesiae’” for organ. The concert will be performed by Dr. Anna Marie Flushce, O.P. at St. Justin Martyr R.C. Church Ashford Point Houston, TX Feb 25, 2017 7pm No tix required, and also on the program are… Read more →
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For Your Grammy Voting Consideration
The 2017 Grammy Awards ballots have gone out. Presented for your Grammy voting consideration: Tower Music / Musique de la Tour in the following categories: – #2 Album of the Year – #73 Best engineered album, Classical – #74 Producer of the year, Classical – #79 Best Classical instrumental solo – #82 Best Contemporary Classical Composition IRRESISTIBLE – The San Francisco… Read more →
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE REVIEW OF TOWER MUSIC
Bridge Music Guided Tour with Bertolozzi
Joseph Bertolozzi will lead a tour of his “Bridge Music” sound-art installation, Sunday October 9 at 2:30pm on the Franklin D. Roosevelt “Mid Hudson” Bridge. The public will get a chance to play along to the music; drumsticks will be provided. Free of charge and open to the public, this personally guided experience by the composer is hosted by the New York State Bridge Authority and Oxford University… Read more →
BRIDGE MUSIC AT THE BEACON INDEPENDENT FILM FEST
The new BRIDGE MUSIC film by Andrew Porter opens the 2016 Beacon Independent Film Festival, 7pm Fri 9/16. Here’s a link to the trailer. Come walk the red carpet with me! Read more →
TOWER MUSIC / BRIDGE MUSIC / OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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 →
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 →
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 →