Tag: Bertolozzi

VIRTUAL LECTURE: THE MAKING OF BRIDGE MUSIC

A nice way to take your mind off the pandemic for an hour… mark your calendar. I hope you can join us on Zoom, 1pm Sunday May 3, 2020. Details at https://www.facebook.com/events/259149281881220/ The Walkway Over the Hudson hosts this presentation as part of a broader partnership with myself and Bridge Music in the observance of both the Walkway’s 10th anniversary and… Read more →

PLAYING THE WORLD’S LARGEST PIPE ORGAN

Joseph Bertolozzi had the singular experience of playing the great pipe organ at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, the largest pipe organ in the world. Yes, that’s seven keyboards! Thanks to Nathan Bryson, Curator of Organs and Scott D Banks, Event Coordinator. Powerful, yes; smooth, yes; versatile, yes. But there was an unexpected phenomenon (N.B. this gets pretty technical, so… Read more →

Bridge Music 10th Anniversary Celebrations

– Celebrating a Decade of Music – Free and open to the public for ten years, Bridge Music has been and remains a touchstone of internationally recognized public sound-art. DAY OF THE EVENT – Saturday Aug 3, 2019 ACTIVITIES (all events are free): 2pm – Re-Dedication and Tour of the Bridge Music Installation with Composer Joseph Bertolozzi Johnson-Iorio Park, 281 Haviland Rd, Highland, NY 12528 We begin… Read more →

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 →