Here are Livia Vanaver and I at the French Embassy, taking the next steps toward bringing the Tower Music Dance Project to fruition. The plan is to convene the The Vanaver Caravan and percussive dancer extraordinaire Joel Hanna with several French dance companies & choreographers to present Tower Music in Paris as a public dance event much like last year’s… Read more →
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BRIDGE MUSIC: WINS 2022 “ART IN PUBLIC PLACES” AWARD
Arts Mid Hudson announces Bridge Music as the 2022 recipient of the 36th Annual Dutchess County Executive’s Arts Awards for Art in Public Places. Bridge Music is a free and open-to-the-public sound-art installation now in its 13th consecutive season. Using only audio samples from the Mid Hudson Bridge [railings, cables, etc.] for the content of its music with no further… Read more →
The Sampler – A Prophecy Fulfilled
The following remark is from the inventor of the sampler, a technology that digitizes recorded sound. It’s in reference to my #TowerMusic: “I also would like to thank you for making music with it in the way I intended. It is an honor to meet you. Best, Harry“ Harry Mendell and I connected in Spring 2021 after I read an… Read more →
TOWER MUSIC AT THE 130TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
My rendition of the French National anthem (“La Marseillaises”) using #TowerMusic samples kicked off the official 130th Anniversary of the Eiffel Tower on May 18, 2019. Watch/hear it at 0:26. Vive la Musique! Read more →
TM5TET in California
Left Edge Percussion, under the direction of Terry Longshore, continues its tour of the west coast with a performance of the Tower Music Percussion 5tet, Sunday May 5, 7pm at Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center, 101 Arbuckle Court, Weaverville, CA. 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 →
TOWER MUSIC 5TET PREMIERE APPROACHING!
This Thursday, Nov 8, 2019…details on the poster. #TowerMusic5tet premiere. Read more →
THE IMAGE OF TOWER MUSIC 5TET
Wow…this is a seriously cool image. Concert for #TowerMusic Percussion 5tet Nov 8 in Ashland OR, details on the poster. Go to http://www.terrylongshore.com/2016/08/left-edge-percussion/ and/or https://sou.edu/academics/music/about/ https://online.sou.edu/ 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 →