Sanctuaries: Faith was performed at the REDCAT Theater in the Walt Disney Concert Hall for the SCREAM 2007 AnalogLive! Concert. Performers on the program included Peter Grenader, Chas Smith, Allesandro Cortini, Thighpaulsandra, and Richard Divine. A review of this concert is found here:
http://amateurchemist.blogspot.com/2007/11/scream-2007-analog-live-at-redcat.html
Monday, November 26, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
A Special Thanks from Gary....
A very special thanks goes to Neil Leonard, who made this trip a reality. Without his already conceived Sguardi Sonora 2007 festival in place, the Sanctuaries Tour would not have been possible. As the dust is finally settling on the trip , it is now easy to see what a unique experience it was.
I would like to personally thank Anthony Baldino, Ann Chang, Arthur Chang, Jess Hewitt, Neil Leonard, Daria Trevisan and Pierce Warnecke for the hard work, friendship, and good times this June. And a special thanks to my wife Margaret for keep me in clean clothes and common sense throughout the journey....
Ann, Jess, Anthony, Daria, Neil, Gary, Pierce, and Art at La Marrana.
Margaret Craig-Chang with our La Spezia Host Giorgio Bendinelli in Portovenere.
Tara Labs provided the audio and power interconnects for the Sanctuaries Project. This included individual power and audio cables for each speaker, power bars and a 3000Watt(!) transformer for conversion to 120v. (The wiring system design was conceived with future installations of Sanctuaries in the US in mind, so the power cabling was fitted for 120v rather than 220v...). Thanks to Rebecca Barnhardt and the engineers at Tara for their efforts in our favor.
Blue Sky Monitors provided the 5.1 speaker system for the Sanctuaries Tour. This consisted of 5 x Blue Sky SAT 6.5 satellite speakers, 1 Blue Sky SUB 15 subwoofer, a BMC Mk II bass management system, and 5 of "The Stand" adjustable speaker stands. The 5.1 playback system performed superbly in all of the various spaces that we installed them in - including outdoors at San Galgano, where they were especially rich sounding.
A Soundfield SP422b Microphone was used to record the program at the various locations, and to sweep each of the spaces for creating virtual models of the rooms via the use of convolution reverb technology. Because the Soundfield mic is a single point microphone that later, when decoded yeilds up to 7.1 playback, it greatly simplified the set up and calibration for recording.
I would like to personally thank Anthony Baldino, Ann Chang, Arthur Chang, Jess Hewitt, Neil Leonard, Daria Trevisan and Pierce Warnecke for the hard work, friendship, and good times this June. And a special thanks to my wife Margaret for keep me in clean clothes and common sense throughout the journey....
Ann, Jess, Anthony, Daria, Neil, Gary, Pierce, and Art at La Marrana.
Margaret Craig-Chang with our La Spezia Host Giorgio Bendinelli in Portovenere.
Tara Labs provided the audio and power interconnects for the Sanctuaries Project. This included individual power and audio cables for each speaker, power bars and a 3000Watt(!) transformer for conversion to 120v. (The wiring system design was conceived with future installations of Sanctuaries in the US in mind, so the power cabling was fitted for 120v rather than 220v...). Thanks to Rebecca Barnhardt and the engineers at Tara for their efforts in our favor.
Blue Sky Monitors provided the 5.1 speaker system for the Sanctuaries Tour. This consisted of 5 x Blue Sky SAT 6.5 satellite speakers, 1 Blue Sky SUB 15 subwoofer, a BMC Mk II bass management system, and 5 of "The Stand" adjustable speaker stands. The 5.1 playback system performed superbly in all of the various spaces that we installed them in - including outdoors at San Galgano, where they were especially rich sounding.
A Soundfield SP422b Microphone was used to record the program at the various locations, and to sweep each of the spaces for creating virtual models of the rooms via the use of convolution reverb technology. Because the Soundfield mic is a single point microphone that later, when decoded yeilds up to 7.1 playback, it greatly simplified the set up and calibration for recording.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Sanctuaries Tour on the Associated Press
U.S. Musician Bring 'Surround-Sound to Italian Cathedrals
Saturday, August 4, 2007
(08-04) 14:33 PDT Los Angeles (AP) --
It was one of the more unusual summer concert tours veteran composer Gary Chang had undertaken, performing futuristic, electronic music in centuries-old sacred cathedrals.
Chang, who has composed dozens of soundtracks and scores for movies and television, recently returned from Italy, where he brought modern surround-sound-type compositions to some of the country's most venerable landmarks.
"It was kind of a monumental idea," Chang said with a laugh. "Let's send 500 pounds worth of gear halfway around the world and drag it around to churches."
But he'd been fascinated for decades by the acoustics of the ancient cathedrals and always wondered how they might sound when filled with electronic compositions that were filtered through a state-of-the-art 5.1 theatrical sound system.
Finally, last year, he completed a composition called "Elegy for Diana" that was heard by fellow composer Neil Leonard, and the two decided to put together the "Sanctuaries" tour. It took them to Italian cathedrals in Rome, Benevento, Venice, San Galgano and La Spezia.
"We requested that we could perform the music not in a special concert but during regular church hours," Chang said. "Regular people who would come to the church to worship could just come in and do their thing and the music would be there."
He and Leonard didn't know what to expect when they started but were pleased to discover the reaction was positive.
"At first there was just curiosity, but I think after hearing the music and hearing what 'Sanctuaries' is all about, many are very happy to have our project come to their community and church," he said.
He's hoping to launch a similar tour of the United States this fall before taking the music overseas again next year.
___
On the Web:
www.sanctuariestour.blogspot.com
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/08/04/entertainment/e143329D70.DTL
Saturday, August 4, 2007
(08-04) 14:33 PDT Los Angeles (AP) --
It was one of the more unusual summer concert tours veteran composer Gary Chang had undertaken, performing futuristic, electronic music in centuries-old sacred cathedrals.
Chang, who has composed dozens of soundtracks and scores for movies and television, recently returned from Italy, where he brought modern surround-sound-type compositions to some of the country's most venerable landmarks.
"It was kind of a monumental idea," Chang said with a laugh. "Let's send 500 pounds worth of gear halfway around the world and drag it around to churches."
But he'd been fascinated for decades by the acoustics of the ancient cathedrals and always wondered how they might sound when filled with electronic compositions that were filtered through a state-of-the-art 5.1 theatrical sound system.
Finally, last year, he completed a composition called "Elegy for Diana" that was heard by fellow composer Neil Leonard, and the two decided to put together the "Sanctuaries" tour. It took them to Italian cathedrals in Rome, Benevento, Venice, San Galgano and La Spezia.
"We requested that we could perform the music not in a special concert but during regular church hours," Chang said. "Regular people who would come to the church to worship could just come in and do their thing and the music would be there."
He and Leonard didn't know what to expect when they started but were pleased to discover the reaction was positive.
"At first there was just curiosity, but I think after hearing the music and hearing what 'Sanctuaries' is all about, many are very happy to have our project come to their community and church," he said.
He's hoping to launch a similar tour of the United States this fall before taking the music overseas again next year.
___
On the Web:
www.sanctuariestour.blogspot.com
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/08/04/entertainment/e143329D70.DTL
Friday, July 13, 2007
The 10 Annual Opening of The La Marrana Art Park, Montemarcello, Italy
La Marrana owner and host Gianni Bolongaro
La Marrana owner and hostess Grazie Bolongaro
Arthur and Gary Chang at the site of the Sanctuaries installation, erected on the path entitled "Located World - La Marrana" by Joseph Kosuth
Pierce
Anthony
Jess and Anthony
Neil
The Abbey at San Galgano
This has to be one of the most picturesque locations I have ever seen. The legend of the Knight Galgano, who, after a vision of St. Michael the Archangel, plunged his sword into a fissure of a rock to renounce war - transforming his sword into a cross. (This sword is found in a building on the hill above the Abbey's location). Though it has been centuries since the Abbey has had a roof, the acoustics of this space were magical.
Pierce, Ann, Art, Gary and Jess.
Anthony calibrating the Blue Sky 5.1 Speaker System.
Neil, Pierce, Gary and Jesse.
Visitors take in the music in this unique setting.
Neil and Gary with Jesse behind the rig at San Galgano.
Musical Sidetrips
With the help of our La Spezia hosts Grazia and Gianni Bolongaro and Giorgio Bendinelli, we spent a few days while in La Spezia doing presentations and visiting sites in the La Spezia area that had the potential for musical activity.
The Fortress
Once a Military Facility, then a Jail, now a Conference Center, the Fortress is located at the far tip of the small island that creates the isthmus at Portovenere. We visited this location to consider the musical possibilities.
Neil playing in one of the many spaces at the Fortress.
The Naval Museum
Neil speaking on the local La Spezia TV News at the Naval Museum.
With interpreter assisting, Gary answers some questions for Local TV.
The Naval Museum hosted a gathering of prominent local citizens who met our group while we presented the Sanctuaries in this rather unusual site.
Marble Quarry
Mr. Bendinelli introduced us to a charming 85 year old man who took us high into the hills above La Spezia to try the acoustics of his marble quarry.
Neil playing in one of the underground spaces.
The Church of Saint Marie
The Fortress
Once a Military Facility, then a Jail, now a Conference Center, the Fortress is located at the far tip of the small island that creates the isthmus at Portovenere. We visited this location to consider the musical possibilities.
Neil playing in one of the many spaces at the Fortress.
The Naval Museum
Neil speaking on the local La Spezia TV News at the Naval Museum.
With interpreter assisting, Gary answers some questions for Local TV.
The Naval Museum hosted a gathering of prominent local citizens who met our group while we presented the Sanctuaries in this rather unusual site.
Marble Quarry
Mr. Bendinelli introduced us to a charming 85 year old man who took us high into the hills above La Spezia to try the acoustics of his marble quarry.
Neil playing in one of the underground spaces.
The Church of Saint Marie
The Festival of Media and Time Based Art, Benevento, Italy
Stage for evening events, which included performances by Pierce Warnecke, Anthony Baldino, Jess Hewitt, Marco Benda and Neil Leonard.
Many thanks to Rettore Mons. Mario de Santis for granting us permission to install Sanctuaries at the Basilica S. Bartolomeo AP, Benevento, Italy.
The Blue Sky 5.1 System in action at the Church of San Bartholomeo.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
June 20, 2007 - The second Sanctuaries installation took place in the Studio Theater leading up to the Sguardi Sonora 2007 Concert, which included such notable electronic sound artists as Olivia Block, Stephen Piccolo and Gak Sato, Pamela Z and Neil Leonard.
Olivia Block
Stephen Piccolo and Gak Sato
Pamela Z
Neil Leonard
Neil and Pierce Warnecke in the Studio Theater.
Gary, Pierce, Jess and Anthony discuss the installation setup.
Pierce, Gary and Jess lay cabling.
Anthony Baldino setting up a Blue Sky SAT 6.5 monitor.
Olivia Block
Stephen Piccolo and Gak Sato
Pamela Z
Neil Leonard
Neil and Pierce Warnecke in the Studio Theater.
Gary, Pierce, Jess and Anthony discuss the installation setup.
Pierce, Gary and Jess lay cabling.
Anthony Baldino setting up a Blue Sky SAT 6.5 monitor.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Church of San Lorenzo, Portovenere, Italy
June 16, 2007 - Our first installation was in the Church of San Lorenzo, Portovenere, Italy. Our installation team was Neil Leonard, Gary Chang, Pierce Warnecke, Daria Trevisan, Ann Chang and Arthur Chang. Many thanks to Bishop Don Franco for his permission to use the church while still open to the public.
Pierce Warnacke, Neil Leonard, Gary Chang and Arthur Chang in the Chapel San Lorenzo.
La Spezia Host Giorgio Bendinelli with Ann Chang.
Berklee Graduate Pierce Warnecke and Gary Chang laying cables.
Italian Sound Student Daria Trevisan and Neil Leonard listening.
Neil, Pierce and Gary moving the Blue Sky Subwoofer through the narrow streets of Portovenere.
One of many visitors to the church listening to the sound installation....
Sunday, June 3, 2007
"Sanctuaries" Program Notes
Santuaries – Gary Chang
Illusions
Faith
Forgotten Memories
Elegy for Diana
The idea of this program stems from a experience that I had while visting Sacre Cour in Paris a few years ago. It dawned me that, while many have visited these incredible spaces in the world, few have commented about what they sounded like. Sanctuaries is designed for such an environment of spirituality and meditation.
Much of my fascination with electronic music has been how our mind plays tricks with what we hear – as an autonomic function, we seems to make sense out of chaos. Illusions is a set of portamenti, where within four different voices move from one set tetrachord to another – 9 in all. These harmonic sign posts do set up the piece’s harmonic structure, but the interesting moments occur amidst the textures in between. Although each voice is relatively simple in timbre, many different “illusions” surface – bells, vox humana, orchestral and organ – the musical voice of the church.
Another of my interests in the use of modular analog synthesizers is the imposition of its electrical structure on one’s musical thought, and the discovery of new musical ideas that result from the exercise. Faith is based on twenty-six episodes – each being comprised of a triad which, in the “patch,” is being indeterminately modulated between a quarter note and eight note tremelo. The harmonic content of each triad was constructed from alternating descending intervals of major 3rds and minor 3rds, starting with A flat. (The first triad is an A flat minor, followed by an E major, D flat minor, etc.). Although Faith appears to be a linearly composed piece, it is really the result of how musical randomness can be.
Written in 1978, Forgotten Memories was first performed at The Sixth Annual Electronic Explorations in Los Angeles that early summer. Its performance received my first favorable reviews in the Los Angeles Times and the now defunct Synapse Magazine. This piece was written as something that I could perform live with my Serge Modular Music System, which I had built at Serge Tcherepnin’s Hollywood lab in 1976. A defining piece of an ambient style that would continue for years as backdrops in my film music, I revisited this work in 2006, bringing new incites to it from a view 28 years later. The Wiard Modular Music System is used for this new realization.
Some things are strangely clear. Elegy for Diana is written in memory of Diana Lee Chang, the muse of my life.
Illusions
Faith
Forgotten Memories
Elegy for Diana
The idea of this program stems from a experience that I had while visting Sacre Cour in Paris a few years ago. It dawned me that, while many have visited these incredible spaces in the world, few have commented about what they sounded like. Sanctuaries is designed for such an environment of spirituality and meditation.
Much of my fascination with electronic music has been how our mind plays tricks with what we hear – as an autonomic function, we seems to make sense out of chaos. Illusions is a set of portamenti, where within four different voices move from one set tetrachord to another – 9 in all. These harmonic sign posts do set up the piece’s harmonic structure, but the interesting moments occur amidst the textures in between. Although each voice is relatively simple in timbre, many different “illusions” surface – bells, vox humana, orchestral and organ – the musical voice of the church.
Another of my interests in the use of modular analog synthesizers is the imposition of its electrical structure on one’s musical thought, and the discovery of new musical ideas that result from the exercise. Faith is based on twenty-six episodes – each being comprised of a triad which, in the “patch,” is being indeterminately modulated between a quarter note and eight note tremelo. The harmonic content of each triad was constructed from alternating descending intervals of major 3rds and minor 3rds, starting with A flat. (The first triad is an A flat minor, followed by an E major, D flat minor, etc.). Although Faith appears to be a linearly composed piece, it is really the result of how musical randomness can be.
Written in 1978, Forgotten Memories was first performed at The Sixth Annual Electronic Explorations in Los Angeles that early summer. Its performance received my first favorable reviews in the Los Angeles Times and the now defunct Synapse Magazine. This piece was written as something that I could perform live with my Serge Modular Music System, which I had built at Serge Tcherepnin’s Hollywood lab in 1976. A defining piece of an ambient style that would continue for years as backdrops in my film music, I revisited this work in 2006, bringing new incites to it from a view 28 years later. The Wiard Modular Music System is used for this new realization.
Some things are strangely clear. Elegy for Diana is written in memory of Diana Lee Chang, the muse of my life.
Sanctuaries featured in Festival di Chiusdino
Info su " FESTIVAL DI CHIUSDINO":
XI° FESTIVAL DI CHIUSDINO 2007
PROGRAMMA
7 GIUGNO 2007 - CHIESA PENTOLINA - ORE 21,00
Quartetto di archi – Musiche di G.Tartini – J.S.Bach – O.Respighi – L.Boccherini- (Violino P.Fei – M.Raimondi – Viola J.Shepard – Violoncello V.Brunelli)
€10,00+1€ prevendita
12 GIUGNO 2007 – ABBAZIA DI SAN GALGANO – ORE 21,30 - Concerto di musica leggera con Franco Battiato in collaborazione con l’Associazione Bellaveglia: Concerto di Beneficenza. Concerto con Pianoforte e Quartetto di Archi – letture di Sgalambro. € 80,00 - € 60,00 - € 40,00 Prevendita diretta presso Corsini Dischi a Siena e Ufficio Turistico a San Galgano
(per info ed orari: 0577 756738)
28 GIUGNO 2007 - ABBAZIA DI SAN GALGANO
Sguardi Sonori 2007 - Gary Chang e Neil Leonard presentano "Sanctuaries"- Installazione Sonora dedicata al Sacro.
10€+1€ prevendita
6 LUGLIO 2007 – ABBAZIA DI SAN GALGANO – ORE 21.30
Concerto di pianoforte con Simona Coco – Musiche di W.A.Mozart
€ 12,00+1€ prevendita
8 LUGLIO 2007 – ABBAZIA DI SAN GALGANO – ORE 21.30
Orchestra Sinfonica diretta dal MAESTRO LU JIA – in collaborazione con la Lega del Chianti
€17,00+1€ prevendita
14 LUGLIO 2007 – PIAZZA DEL PLEBISCITO CHIUSDINO - ORE 21:00
Opera di W.A.Mozart “Così fan tutte” con l’orchestra Geminiani di Follonica diretta dal maestro P.Fei- regia M.Masini- Scenografia F.Fei- Maestro del Coro P.Felidei
€20,00+1€ prevendita
19 LUGLIO 2007 - CHIESA PENTOLINA - ORE 21,00 - Quartetto di fiati- 4 Sax
€10,00+1€ prevendita
29 LUGLIO 2007 – ABBAZIA DI SAN GALGANO – ORE 21:30
“La Conversione di Guglielmo” con Orchestra da Camera O.R.G. in collaborazione con il Comune di Scarlino
€ 15,00+1€ prevendita
01 AGOSTO 2007 – PIAZZA DEL PLEBISCITO CHIUDSDINO- ORE 21,30
Canzoni ed arie ed opere di opere ed operette ”LA PORTI UN BACIONE A FIRENZE”
10€+1€ prevendita
04 AGOSTO 2007 – PIAZZA DEL PLEBISCITO CHIUSDINO – ORE 21,30
Commedia Musicale Comica ”Fiorentini a Viareggio”di Raul Bulgherini con la partecipazione di S.Forconi – S.Giani – G.Brilli – A.Pecoraro – A.Ugolini
€15,00+1€ prevendita
06 AGOSTO 2007 - ABBAZIA DI SAN GALGANO – ORE 21,30
Direttamente da ZELIG il cantante cabarettista Sergio Sgrilli
€17,00€+1€ prevendita
02 o 07 AGOSTO 2007 - ABBAZIA DI SAN GALGANO – ORE 21,30
Concerto cameristico di duo di pianoforte e violino in collaborazione con l’Associazione Archinote 10€+1€ prevendita
09 AGOSTO 2007 PIAZZA XX SETTEMBRE CHIUSDINO – ORE 21,30
Concerto con i SANTIAGO – Litfiba Tribute Band – Entrata Gratuita
Informazioni, prenotazioni e prevendita presso:
Punto Informazioni Turistiche - Loc. San Galgano tel e fax 0577 756738
Workshop in La Spezia
In the course of the tour, we will hold a workshop on creative appications of sound recording and installation. In this workshop, we will be collecting sound with young musicians from the US and Italy. Utilizing Blue Sky Monitors and extensive Taralabs cabling, specific locations in La Spezia will be recorded using a Soundfield SP422B mic, which is a recording system that can yield from mono up to a 7.1 playback. Impulse Response Data will be recorded for analysis using "convolution reverb" technologies.
The student's myspace pages include:
drev
piercewarnecke
Here are some links that mention talks and a related workshop that Leonard held in 2006 at Università degli Studi di Padova and C. Pollini Conservatory.
Site Specific Sound Installation and Performance Seminar
Scuola di Dottorato in Storia e critica dei beni artistici, musicali e dello spettacolo
Class site
The student's final presentation is described here:
undo.net
teknemedia.net Italian
teknemedia.net English
The activities in La Spezia are coordinated by Gianni and Grazie Bolongaro of La Marrana di Montemarcello and Giorgio Bendinelli of the Associazione Amici del Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (CAMeC)
Colonel Sergio Cavanna of The SAVTAM Aeronautica Militare, Cadimare will host us this location.
The student's myspace pages include:
drev
piercewarnecke
Here are some links that mention talks and a related workshop that Leonard held in 2006 at Università degli Studi di Padova and C. Pollini Conservatory.
Site Specific Sound Installation and Performance Seminar
Scuola di Dottorato in Storia e critica dei beni artistici, musicali e dello spettacolo
Class site
The student's final presentation is described here:
undo.net
teknemedia.net Italian
teknemedia.net English
The activities in La Spezia are coordinated by Gianni and Grazie Bolongaro of La Marrana di Montemarcello and Giorgio Bendinelli of the Associazione Amici del Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (CAMeC)
Colonel Sergio Cavanna of The SAVTAM Aeronautica Militare, Cadimare will host us this location.
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Italian Post - Rome
SGUARDI SONORI 2007
Da Utente anonimo, Sezione Cultura
Inviato il Dom 27 Maggio, 2007 alle 11:39:10 AM CET
Musica
Sguardi Sonori 2007 è un Festival d’Arte con artisti provenienti da: New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Havana, Israele, Roma, Milano, Firenze, Perugia. E’ un evento che nasce dalla collaborazione tra musicisti/artisti che fanno parte di un circuito altamente professionale provenienti dall’Europa, Stati Uniti ed Israele. Le sezioni che compongono l’evento sono: ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, VIDEOARTE, MUSICA ELETTRONICA, IMPROVVISAZIONE SONORA, INSTALLAZIONI SONORE, DJ/Vjing pop.
Gli eventi si svolgeranno nei mesi di Giugno, Luglio e Agosto 2007.
Verrà presentata in prima mondiale una installazione sonora del compositore di colonne sonore di Hollywood Gary Chang, il cui titolo è “Sanctuaries”. L’opera nasce in collaborazione con Neil Leonard Professore di Music Synthesis Department della Berklee College of Music di Boston. L’evento avrà come luogo la suggestiva Abbazia di San Galgano a Chiusdino vicino Siena il giorno 28 giugno. Gli altri eventi sono programmati per il 20 giugno all’Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma nella sala Teatro Studio in cui insieme ad una installazione di Gary Chang, si incontreranno sul palco Neil Leonard, Olivia Block, Pamela Z, Steve Piccolo e Gak Sato. Successivamente la manifestazione si sposterà a Benevento il 21 giugno e a Venezia nei giorni 26 e 27 giugno nella suggestiva cornice dell’Isola di San Servolo in occasione della Biennale.
Nella manifestazione Sguardi Sonori 2007 è prevista anche una sezione di videoarte internazionale e nazionale con artisti quali:
Candice Ivy, Harvey loves Harvey, James Nadeau, Jen Schmidt, Justin Beckman, Matt Gamber, Taha Belal, Carlo Fatigoni, Fathi Hassan, Alberto Magrin, Alessandro Pintus, Gianni Moretti, Marco Benda e Marilena Vita.
Con la sezione musica-immagini si compie pienamente il percorso della rassegna SGUARDI SONORI.
Gli artisti presenti sono: Gary Chang, Neil Leonard, Olivia Block, Pamela Z, John Duncan, Phill Niblock, Katherine Liberovskaya, Steve Piccolo e Gak Sato, Amnon Wolman, Ido Govrin e Liora Bedford, Patrizia Mattioli, Mauro Sambo, Ignazio Lago, CarDioTest, Fathi Hassan, Alessandro Pintus, Morena Tamborrino e Marco Benda Dj set. E’ anche previsto la partecipazione degli studenti della Music Synthesis Department del Berklee College of Music di Boston.
Hanno partecipato alla realizzazione dell’evento le seguenti Istituzioni
Pubbliche e Private nazionali ed internazionali:
Regione Lazio, Provincia di Roma, Comune di Roma, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Altrevie, Comune di Frascati, Provincia di Benevento, Regione Campania, Stregheventum, Comune di Venezia, Provincia di Venezia, Teatro Junghans, PIUTTOSTO PUCK, San Servolo Servizi, Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, TARALABS, WIARD Synthesizers, SOUNDFIELD, t.c.electronic, blue sky, Carlo Gavazzi Space, Telematic Solutions e BLOWUP Magazine.
L’evento è organizzato dalla Associazione Culturale FaticArt.
Comitato scientifico: Sandro Cecchi cell. 3471109355, scecchi@tiscali.it
Il Presidente
Carlo Fatigoni
Cell. 3334824310
e-mail: faticart@alice.it
Via Strada Eugubina, 217 – Bosco - Perugia
PROGRAMMA DELLA MANIFESTAZIONE
Roma
- 20 giugno dalle ore 18 (Auditorium)
Neil Leonard
Gary Chang
Olivia Block
Pamela Z
Steve Piccolo
Benevento (Mostre, Videoarte, Musica, Conferenza)
- 21 giugno dalle ore 17/20 (Chiesa da definire):
Esecuzione opera "Sanctuaries" di Gary Chang
Colloquio con Neil Leonard e Students of the Music Synthesis Department, Berklee College of Music
su "Nuove sonorità nella musica (colonne sonore, nuove visioni dei suoni, didattica, ecc.)
dalle ore 21 (Piazza Santa Sofia):
Gary Chang
Neil Leonard
studenti Berklee College Boston
Dj set Obo Music
Venezia (Isola San Servolo)
- 26 giugno dalle ore 20
Neil Leonard
Gary Chang
Amnon Wolman
Phil Niblock +Katherine Liberovskaya
Olivia Block
Patrizia Mattioli
Dj set Obo Music
- 27 giugno dalle ore 20
Ido Govrin + Liora Bedford
Steve Piccolo
Cardiotest con Fathi Hassan, Alessandro Pintus e Morena Tamborrino
Mauro Sambo + Ignazio Lago
John Duncan
Dj set Obo Music
Cattedrale di San Galgano
- 28 giugno tutto il giorno Gary Chang - Neil Leonard - Students of the Music Synthesis Department, Berklee College of Music Esecuzione opera "Sanctuaries"
Frascati, Villa Aldobrandini
- 14 luglio Marco Benda DJ Set
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Da Utente anonimo, Sezione Cultura
Inviato il Dom 27 Maggio, 2007 alle 11:39:10 AM CET
Musica
Sguardi Sonori 2007 è un Festival d’Arte con artisti provenienti da: New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Havana, Israele, Roma, Milano, Firenze, Perugia. E’ un evento che nasce dalla collaborazione tra musicisti/artisti che fanno parte di un circuito altamente professionale provenienti dall’Europa, Stati Uniti ed Israele. Le sezioni che compongono l’evento sono: ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, VIDEOARTE, MUSICA ELETTRONICA, IMPROVVISAZIONE SONORA, INSTALLAZIONI SONORE, DJ/Vjing pop.
Gli eventi si svolgeranno nei mesi di Giugno, Luglio e Agosto 2007.
Verrà presentata in prima mondiale una installazione sonora del compositore di colonne sonore di Hollywood Gary Chang, il cui titolo è “Sanctuaries”. L’opera nasce in collaborazione con Neil Leonard Professore di Music Synthesis Department della Berklee College of Music di Boston. L’evento avrà come luogo la suggestiva Abbazia di San Galgano a Chiusdino vicino Siena il giorno 28 giugno. Gli altri eventi sono programmati per il 20 giugno all’Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma nella sala Teatro Studio in cui insieme ad una installazione di Gary Chang, si incontreranno sul palco Neil Leonard, Olivia Block, Pamela Z, Steve Piccolo e Gak Sato. Successivamente la manifestazione si sposterà a Benevento il 21 giugno e a Venezia nei giorni 26 e 27 giugno nella suggestiva cornice dell’Isola di San Servolo in occasione della Biennale.
Nella manifestazione Sguardi Sonori 2007 è prevista anche una sezione di videoarte internazionale e nazionale con artisti quali:
Candice Ivy, Harvey loves Harvey, James Nadeau, Jen Schmidt, Justin Beckman, Matt Gamber, Taha Belal, Carlo Fatigoni, Fathi Hassan, Alberto Magrin, Alessandro Pintus, Gianni Moretti, Marco Benda e Marilena Vita.
Con la sezione musica-immagini si compie pienamente il percorso della rassegna SGUARDI SONORI.
Gli artisti presenti sono: Gary Chang, Neil Leonard, Olivia Block, Pamela Z, John Duncan, Phill Niblock, Katherine Liberovskaya, Steve Piccolo e Gak Sato, Amnon Wolman, Ido Govrin e Liora Bedford, Patrizia Mattioli, Mauro Sambo, Ignazio Lago, CarDioTest, Fathi Hassan, Alessandro Pintus, Morena Tamborrino e Marco Benda Dj set. E’ anche previsto la partecipazione degli studenti della Music Synthesis Department del Berklee College of Music di Boston.
Hanno partecipato alla realizzazione dell’evento le seguenti Istituzioni
Pubbliche e Private nazionali ed internazionali:
Regione Lazio, Provincia di Roma, Comune di Roma, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Altrevie, Comune di Frascati, Provincia di Benevento, Regione Campania, Stregheventum, Comune di Venezia, Provincia di Venezia, Teatro Junghans, PIUTTOSTO PUCK, San Servolo Servizi, Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, TARALABS, WIARD Synthesizers, SOUNDFIELD, t.c.electronic, blue sky, Carlo Gavazzi Space, Telematic Solutions e BLOWUP Magazine.
L’evento è organizzato dalla Associazione Culturale FaticArt.
Comitato scientifico: Sandro Cecchi cell. 3471109355, scecchi@tiscali.it
Il Presidente
Carlo Fatigoni
Cell. 3334824310
e-mail: faticart@alice.it
Via Strada Eugubina, 217 – Bosco - Perugia
PROGRAMMA DELLA MANIFESTAZIONE
Roma
- 20 giugno dalle ore 18 (Auditorium)
Neil Leonard
Gary Chang
Olivia Block
Pamela Z
Steve Piccolo
Benevento (Mostre, Videoarte, Musica, Conferenza)
- 21 giugno dalle ore 17/20 (Chiesa da definire):
Esecuzione opera "Sanctuaries" di Gary Chang
Colloquio con Neil Leonard e Students of the Music Synthesis Department, Berklee College of Music
su "Nuove sonorità nella musica (colonne sonore, nuove visioni dei suoni, didattica, ecc.)
dalle ore 21 (Piazza Santa Sofia):
Gary Chang
Neil Leonard
studenti Berklee College Boston
Dj set Obo Music
Venezia (Isola San Servolo)
- 26 giugno dalle ore 20
Neil Leonard
Gary Chang
Amnon Wolman
Phil Niblock +Katherine Liberovskaya
Olivia Block
Patrizia Mattioli
Dj set Obo Music
- 27 giugno dalle ore 20
Ido Govrin + Liora Bedford
Steve Piccolo
Cardiotest con Fathi Hassan, Alessandro Pintus e Morena Tamborrino
Mauro Sambo + Ignazio Lago
John Duncan
Dj set Obo Music
Cattedrale di San Galgano
- 28 giugno tutto il giorno Gary Chang - Neil Leonard - Students of the Music Synthesis Department, Berklee College of Music Esecuzione opera "Sanctuaries"
Frascati, Villa Aldobrandini
- 14 luglio Marco Benda DJ Set
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Gary Chang's Wiard analog synthesizer
This instrument is the sound source of this project. An "Old School" Modular Analog Synthesizer born from influences of the Arp and Buchla Synthesizers of the past, the Wiard retains many of the idiosyncratic functions and workflow that were present on systems that were available in the 70's.
Sources of randomness such as the Woggle Bug module enable programming of music patches of a stochastic nature which can be finely tuned to yield surprisingly natural and musical sound.
Of course, part of the charm of music making on an instrument like this is the mass of patch cords and the seemingly chaotic tangle that results when deep into a patch....
Friday, June 1, 2007
Notes for the Sguardi Sonori Catalog
American Sound Art on the Italian peninsula
Last summer, I woke up in Carlo Fatigoni ’s countryside home in the hills of Umbria. Over espresso, we asked ourselves, “What if we staged a festival of media and time-based art in Italy?” I also asked “How could I contribute by showcasing North American artists that I have followed, presented and played with in recent years?” Drawing largely on the roster of artists that I presented at GASP Gallery in Brookline, we soon began to formulate the present festival. The result is the Sguardi Sonori festival that premieres this summer in Roma, Benevento, Torino, Venezia and Sienna.
Our exploration of 21st century sonic arts in the United States inevitably led to the work of minimalist composer and intermedia artist Phill Niblock. Now in his 70s, he has led the way for three generations of sonic artists. His use of thick, loud drones, filled with microtonal gestures create a unique omnipresent ambience, much like Giotto’s omnipresent Blue in the Scroveni Chapel in Padova.
Rome is an ideal city to hear the work of electro-diva Pamela Z. Through the use of interactive technologies, Z single handedly creates polyphonic vocal works in real-time, providing a unique opportunity to reflect on the rich traditions of vocal music that blossomed in Rome over the centuries.
Much like Rome, Hollywood fostered an unparalleled community of artists and artisans that collectively built center pieces of culture. For Sguardi Sonori, Los Angeles based composer Gary Chang appropriated the tools of the entertainment industry and repurposed them for use in sonic mediations for the Templar church in San Galgano, Sienna.
Amnon Wolman immigrated to the US from Israel and soon established himself as a protagonist in New York. His investigation of the nature of temporal relations in music led to a series of sound performances and installations that blend artistic wit and scientific inquiry in a mode that is reminiscent of Piero della Francesca.
I first heard Chicago based Olivia Block’s work when I presented her Rhime and Glaze at Berklee College of Music in Boston. This work examined the vast distance between silence and tonality, seemingly retracing the birth of sonic arts. The work did in sound what Luigi Russolo’s Futurist Manifesto did in words.
Europe has long been a haven for the finest artists from the US. Stephen Piccolo and John Duncan developed much of their most important work outside of the mother land, in much the same way as American jazz musicians thrived in Europe in the mid-20th century. Their work is evidence that the uniquely American approach to sonic arts continues to thrive and endure in the 21st century, all over the world.
Neil Leonard
Indianapolis, Indiana
May 2007
Last summer, I woke up in Carlo Fatigoni ’s countryside home in the hills of Umbria. Over espresso, we asked ourselves, “What if we staged a festival of media and time-based art in Italy?” I also asked “How could I contribute by showcasing North American artists that I have followed, presented and played with in recent years?” Drawing largely on the roster of artists that I presented at GASP Gallery in Brookline, we soon began to formulate the present festival. The result is the Sguardi Sonori festival that premieres this summer in Roma, Benevento, Torino, Venezia and Sienna.
Our exploration of 21st century sonic arts in the United States inevitably led to the work of minimalist composer and intermedia artist Phill Niblock. Now in his 70s, he has led the way for three generations of sonic artists. His use of thick, loud drones, filled with microtonal gestures create a unique omnipresent ambience, much like Giotto’s omnipresent Blue in the Scroveni Chapel in Padova.
Rome is an ideal city to hear the work of electro-diva Pamela Z. Through the use of interactive technologies, Z single handedly creates polyphonic vocal works in real-time, providing a unique opportunity to reflect on the rich traditions of vocal music that blossomed in Rome over the centuries.
Much like Rome, Hollywood fostered an unparalleled community of artists and artisans that collectively built center pieces of culture. For Sguardi Sonori, Los Angeles based composer Gary Chang appropriated the tools of the entertainment industry and repurposed them for use in sonic mediations for the Templar church in San Galgano, Sienna.
Amnon Wolman immigrated to the US from Israel and soon established himself as a protagonist in New York. His investigation of the nature of temporal relations in music led to a series of sound performances and installations that blend artistic wit and scientific inquiry in a mode that is reminiscent of Piero della Francesca.
I first heard Chicago based Olivia Block’s work when I presented her Rhime and Glaze at Berklee College of Music in Boston. This work examined the vast distance between silence and tonality, seemingly retracing the birth of sonic arts. The work did in sound what Luigi Russolo’s Futurist Manifesto did in words.
Europe has long been a haven for the finest artists from the US. Stephen Piccolo and John Duncan developed much of their most important work outside of the mother land, in much the same way as American jazz musicians thrived in Europe in the mid-20th century. Their work is evidence that the uniquely American approach to sonic arts continues to thrive and endure in the 21st century, all over the world.
Neil Leonard
Indianapolis, Indiana
May 2007
Sguari Soniri info in Italian
Sguardi Sonori 2007 è un Festival d’Arte con artisti provenienti da: New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Havana, Israele, Roma, Milano, Firenze, Perugia. E’ un evento che nasce dalla collaborazione tra musicisti/artisti che fanno parte di un circuito altamente professionale provenienti dall’Europa, Stati Uniti ed Israele. Le sezioni che compongono l’evento sono: ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, VIDEOARTE, MUSICA ELETTRONICA, IMPROVVISAZIONE SONORA, INSTALLAZIONI SONORE, DJ/Vjing pop.
Gli eventi si svolgeranno nei mesi di Giugno, Luglio e Agosto 2007.
Verrà presentata in prima mondiale una installazione sonora del compositore di colonne sonore di Hollywood Gary Chang, il cui titolo
è “Sanctuaries”. L’opera nasce in collaborazione con Neil Leonard Professore di Music Synthesis Department della Berklee College of Music di Boston. L’evento avrà come luogo la suggestiva Abbazia di San Galgano a Chiusdino vicino Siena il giorno 28 giugno. Gli altri eventi sono programmati per il 20 giugno all’Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma nella sala Teatro Studio in cui insieme ad una installazione di Gary Chang, si incontreranno sul palco Neil Leonard, Olivia Block, Pamela Z, Steve Piccolo e Gak Sato. Successivamente la manifestazione si sposterà a Benevento il 21 giugno e a Venezia nei giorni 26 e 27 giugno nella suggestiva cornice dell’Isola di San Servolo in occasione della Biennale.
Le mostre, “Italian Dreams” e “Sognando l’’Italia”, che costituiscono la sezione di Arte Contemporanea, saranno inaugurate il giorno 8 giugno a Venezia – Teatro Junghans (Giudecca) e vi rimarranno fino al 24 giugno per poi essere riproposte alla Rocca dei Rettori di Benevento dal giorno 10 giugno al giorno 8 luglio e alle Scuderie Aldobrandini di Frascati dal giorno 14 Luglio al 15 agosto.
Saranno presenti lavori di Fathi Hassan, Maria Magdalena Campos Pons, Carrie Mae Weems, Carlo Fatigoni, Florindo Rilli, Marco Zoi, Daniele Brocchi, Alberto Magrin, Laura Troiano e Gianni Moretti.
Nella manifestazione Sguardi Sonori 2007 è prevista anche una sezione di videoarte internazionale e nazionale con artisti quali: Candice Ivy, Harvey loves Harvey, James Nadeau, Jen Schmidt, Justin Beckman, Matt Gamber, Taha Belal, Carlo Fatigoni, Fathi Hassan, Alberto Magrin, Alessandro Pintus, Gianni Moretti, Marco Benda e Marilena Vita.
Con la sezione musica-immagini si compie pienamente il percorso della rassegna SGUARDI SONORI.
Gli artisti presenti sono: Gary Chang, Neil Leonard, Olivia Block, Pamela Z, John Duncan, Phill Niblock, Katherine Liberovskaya, Steve Piccolo e Gak Sato, Amnon Wolman, Ido Govrin e Liora Bedford, Patrizia Mattioli, Mauro Sambo, Ignazio Lago, CarDioTest, Fathi Hassan, Alessandro Pintus, Morena Tamborrino e Marco Benda Dj set. E’ anche previsto la partecipazione degli studenti della Music Synthesis Department del Berklee College of Music di Boston.
Hanno partecipato alla realizzazione dell’evento le seguenti Istituzioni
Pubbliche e Private nazionali ed internazionali: Regione Lazio, Provincia di Roma, Comune di Roma, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Altrevie, Comune di Frascati, Provincia di Benevento, Regione Campania, Stregheventum, Comune di Venezia, Provincia di Venezia, Teatro Junghans, PIUTTOSTO PUCK, San Servolo Servizi, Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, TARALABS, WIARD Synthesizers, SOUNDFIELD, t.c.electronic, blue sky, Carlo Gavazzi Space, Telematic Solutions e BLOWUP Magazine.
L’evento è organizzato dalla Associazione Culturale FaticArt.
Comitato scientifico: Sandro Cecchi cell. 3471109355, scecchi@tiscali.it
Il Presidente
Carlo Fatigoni
Cell. 3334824310
e-mail: faticart@alice.it
Via Strada Eugubina, 217 – Bosco - Perugia
Gli eventi si svolgeranno nei mesi di Giugno, Luglio e Agosto 2007.
Verrà presentata in prima mondiale una installazione sonora del compositore di colonne sonore di Hollywood Gary Chang, il cui titolo
è “Sanctuaries”. L’opera nasce in collaborazione con Neil Leonard Professore di Music Synthesis Department della Berklee College of Music di Boston. L’evento avrà come luogo la suggestiva Abbazia di San Galgano a Chiusdino vicino Siena il giorno 28 giugno. Gli altri eventi sono programmati per il 20 giugno all’Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma nella sala Teatro Studio in cui insieme ad una installazione di Gary Chang, si incontreranno sul palco Neil Leonard, Olivia Block, Pamela Z, Steve Piccolo e Gak Sato. Successivamente la manifestazione si sposterà a Benevento il 21 giugno e a Venezia nei giorni 26 e 27 giugno nella suggestiva cornice dell’Isola di San Servolo in occasione della Biennale.
Le mostre, “Italian Dreams” e “Sognando l’’Italia”, che costituiscono la sezione di Arte Contemporanea, saranno inaugurate il giorno 8 giugno a Venezia – Teatro Junghans (Giudecca) e vi rimarranno fino al 24 giugno per poi essere riproposte alla Rocca dei Rettori di Benevento dal giorno 10 giugno al giorno 8 luglio e alle Scuderie Aldobrandini di Frascati dal giorno 14 Luglio al 15 agosto.
Saranno presenti lavori di Fathi Hassan, Maria Magdalena Campos Pons, Carrie Mae Weems, Carlo Fatigoni, Florindo Rilli, Marco Zoi, Daniele Brocchi, Alberto Magrin, Laura Troiano e Gianni Moretti.
Nella manifestazione Sguardi Sonori 2007 è prevista anche una sezione di videoarte internazionale e nazionale con artisti quali: Candice Ivy, Harvey loves Harvey, James Nadeau, Jen Schmidt, Justin Beckman, Matt Gamber, Taha Belal, Carlo Fatigoni, Fathi Hassan, Alberto Magrin, Alessandro Pintus, Gianni Moretti, Marco Benda e Marilena Vita.
Con la sezione musica-immagini si compie pienamente il percorso della rassegna SGUARDI SONORI.
Gli artisti presenti sono: Gary Chang, Neil Leonard, Olivia Block, Pamela Z, John Duncan, Phill Niblock, Katherine Liberovskaya, Steve Piccolo e Gak Sato, Amnon Wolman, Ido Govrin e Liora Bedford, Patrizia Mattioli, Mauro Sambo, Ignazio Lago, CarDioTest, Fathi Hassan, Alessandro Pintus, Morena Tamborrino e Marco Benda Dj set. E’ anche previsto la partecipazione degli studenti della Music Synthesis Department del Berklee College of Music di Boston.
Hanno partecipato alla realizzazione dell’evento le seguenti Istituzioni
Pubbliche e Private nazionali ed internazionali: Regione Lazio, Provincia di Roma, Comune di Roma, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Altrevie, Comune di Frascati, Provincia di Benevento, Regione Campania, Stregheventum, Comune di Venezia, Provincia di Venezia, Teatro Junghans, PIUTTOSTO PUCK, San Servolo Servizi, Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, TARALABS, WIARD Synthesizers, SOUNDFIELD, t.c.electronic, blue sky, Carlo Gavazzi Space, Telematic Solutions e BLOWUP Magazine.
L’evento è organizzato dalla Associazione Culturale FaticArt.
Comitato scientifico: Sandro Cecchi cell. 3471109355, scecchi@tiscali.it
Il Presidente
Carlo Fatigoni
Cell. 3334824310
e-mail: faticart@alice.it
Via Strada Eugubina, 217 – Bosco - Perugia
Thursday, May 31, 2007
PRESS RELEASE
Gary Chang and Neil Leonard Illuminate Sacred Spaces in Italy
During the month of June, 2007, notable composers Gary Chang and Neil Leonard will visit several sites in Italy with the task of completing 5.1 installations of a program of music entitled "Sanctuaries," which are meditative ambient analog electronic music pieces composed by Chang and realized on a Wiard Modular Music System, specifically designed for playback in churches and other public locations. The tour is sponsored by Sguardi Sonori 2007, Festival of Media and Time Based Art, for which Leonard is a also a curator and Musical Director.
The cities in the tour will include Rome, Benevento, Venice, San Galgano and La Spezia. While in La Spezia, Chang and Leonard will also have access to the Naval base, where there are very large rooms (indoor drydocks for warships, for instance) and other interesting ambiances, such as marble quarries and museums, where further explorations in unusual ambient spaces will be recorded and cataloged.
Utilizing Blue Sky Monitors and extensive Taralabs wiring at each installation, each location will be recorded using a Soundfield SP422B mic, which is a recording system that can yield from mono up to a 7.1 playback. Recording will be achieved using a tcelectronic Konnekt Live, interfacing to a laptop computer and portable firewire drives. In addition, Impulse Response data will be collected from each of the locations to create a library of interesting convolution reverb spaces for McDSP’s Revolver.
Following the Italian journey, Chang and Leonard will give many presentations on the project, including a workshop presented by GASP Gallery in Brookline for senior students in electronic music at Berklee College of Music.
This project would not be possible without the generosity of sponsors, who include The City of Rome; The City of Venice; La Marrana - environmental art park and L’Associazione Amici del CAMeC - Centro di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia (for graciously coordinating recording and installation sites during a week long residency in La Spezia); Sguardi Sonori 2007, Festival of Media and Time Based Art; Blue Sky Speakers; TaraLabs Cables; tcelectronic digital audio interfaces and processors; The Wiard Synthesizer Company; Transaudio Group/Soundfield Microphones and The Berklee College of Music.
During the month of June, 2007, notable composers Gary Chang and Neil Leonard will visit several sites in Italy with the task of completing 5.1 installations of a program of music entitled "Sanctuaries," which are meditative ambient analog electronic music pieces composed by Chang and realized on a Wiard Modular Music System, specifically designed for playback in churches and other public locations. The tour is sponsored by Sguardi Sonori 2007, Festival of Media and Time Based Art, for which Leonard is a also a curator and Musical Director.
The cities in the tour will include Rome, Benevento, Venice, San Galgano and La Spezia. While in La Spezia, Chang and Leonard will also have access to the Naval base, where there are very large rooms (indoor drydocks for warships, for instance) and other interesting ambiances, such as marble quarries and museums, where further explorations in unusual ambient spaces will be recorded and cataloged.
Utilizing Blue Sky Monitors and extensive Taralabs wiring at each installation, each location will be recorded using a Soundfield SP422B mic, which is a recording system that can yield from mono up to a 7.1 playback. Recording will be achieved using a tcelectronic Konnekt Live, interfacing to a laptop computer and portable firewire drives. In addition, Impulse Response data will be collected from each of the locations to create a library of interesting convolution reverb spaces for McDSP’s Revolver.
Following the Italian journey, Chang and Leonard will give many presentations on the project, including a workshop presented by GASP Gallery in Brookline for senior students in electronic music at Berklee College of Music.
This project would not be possible without the generosity of sponsors, who include The City of Rome; The City of Venice; La Marrana - environmental art park and L’Associazione Amici del CAMeC - Centro di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia (for graciously coordinating recording and installation sites during a week long residency in La Spezia); Sguardi Sonori 2007, Festival of Media and Time Based Art; Blue Sky Speakers; TaraLabs Cables; tcelectronic digital audio interfaces and processors; The Wiard Synthesizer Company; Transaudio Group/Soundfield Microphones and The Berklee College of Music.
Schedule (as of May 31, 2007)
Confirmed Schedule
June 12/19 LA SPEZIA
Schedule tba
June 20 ROME
Venue: Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Teatro Studio, Roma
Event: Sguardi Sonori Festival of Media and Time Based Art
Concert works by Neil Leonard, Olivia Block, Pamela Z,
Steve Piccolo & Gak Sato
Sound Installation "Sanctuaries" by Gary Chang
June 21/22 BENEVENTO
Venue: Piazza Santa Sofia
Event: Sguardi Sonori Festival of Media and Time Based Art
Concert works by Neil Leonard and Anthony Baldino, Jess Hewitt, Pierce Warnecke (Students of the Music Synthesis Department, Berklee College of Music)
Sound Installation by Gary Chang, Chiesa di Santo Spirito, 5:00 PM
June 26/27 VENICE
Isola di San Servolo, Venezia, Italy
Venue: Chiesa di Santo Spirito
Event: Sguardi Sonori Festival of Media and Time Based Art
Concert works by Neil Leonard, Pamela Z, Phil Niblock & Katherine Liberovskaya, Pamela Z, Neil Leonard , Amnon Wolman, John Duncan, Steve Piccolo & Gak Sato, Duprass (Ido Govrin & Liora Bedford), Cardiotest with Fathi Hassan, Alessandro Pintus e Morena Tamborrino, Mauro Sambo & Ignazio Lago, Patrizia Mattioli
Steve Piccolo e Gak Sato
Sound Installation by Gary Chang, Chiesa di San Servolo
June 28 SAN GALGANO, Siena, Italy
Venue: Cattedrale di San Galgano
Event: Sguardi Sonori Festival of Media and Time Based Art
Sound Installation by Gary Chang and Neil Leonard - (Installation includes “Echoes and Footsteps” by Neil Leonard in addition to “Sanctuaries”)
June 29 – July 4 LA SPEZIA
June 29, 5:00 PM
Venue: Palazzina delle Arti
Event: Sound performance
Set by Neil Leonard and Anthony Baldino, Jess Hewitt, Pierce Warnecke (Students of the Music Synthesis Department, Berklee College of Music)
June 30
Ameglia - La Spezia, Italy
Venue: La Marrana id Montemarcello
Event: Sound performance and installation
July 1
La Spezia, Italy
Venue: Pop-eye festival
Event: Set by Neil Leonard and Anthony Baldino, Jess Hewitt, Pierce Warnecke (Students of the Music Synthesis Department, Berklee College of Music)
June 12/19 LA SPEZIA
Schedule tba
June 20 ROME
Venue: Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Teatro Studio, Roma
Event: Sguardi Sonori Festival of Media and Time Based Art
Concert works by Neil Leonard, Olivia Block, Pamela Z,
Steve Piccolo & Gak Sato
Sound Installation "Sanctuaries" by Gary Chang
June 21/22 BENEVENTO
Venue: Piazza Santa Sofia
Event: Sguardi Sonori Festival of Media and Time Based Art
Concert works by Neil Leonard and Anthony Baldino, Jess Hewitt, Pierce Warnecke (Students of the Music Synthesis Department, Berklee College of Music)
Sound Installation by Gary Chang, Chiesa di Santo Spirito, 5:00 PM
June 26/27 VENICE
Isola di San Servolo, Venezia, Italy
Venue: Chiesa di Santo Spirito
Event: Sguardi Sonori Festival of Media and Time Based Art
Concert works by Neil Leonard, Pamela Z, Phil Niblock & Katherine Liberovskaya, Pamela Z, Neil Leonard , Amnon Wolman, John Duncan, Steve Piccolo & Gak Sato, Duprass (Ido Govrin & Liora Bedford), Cardiotest with Fathi Hassan, Alessandro Pintus e Morena Tamborrino, Mauro Sambo & Ignazio Lago, Patrizia Mattioli
Steve Piccolo e Gak Sato
Sound Installation by Gary Chang, Chiesa di San Servolo
June 28 SAN GALGANO, Siena, Italy
Venue: Cattedrale di San Galgano
Event: Sguardi Sonori Festival of Media and Time Based Art
Sound Installation by Gary Chang and Neil Leonard - (Installation includes “Echoes and Footsteps” by Neil Leonard in addition to “Sanctuaries”)
June 29 – July 4 LA SPEZIA
June 29, 5:00 PM
Venue: Palazzina delle Arti
Event: Sound performance
Set by Neil Leonard and Anthony Baldino, Jess Hewitt, Pierce Warnecke (Students of the Music Synthesis Department, Berklee College of Music)
June 30
Ameglia - La Spezia, Italy
Venue: La Marrana id Montemarcello
Event: Sound performance and installation
July 1
La Spezia, Italy
Venue: Pop-eye festival
Event: Set by Neil Leonard and Anthony Baldino, Jess Hewitt, Pierce Warnecke (Students of the Music Synthesis Department, Berklee College of Music)
Sanctuaries Project Notes
SANCTUARIES
An installation by Gary Chang and Neil Leonard
San Galgano, Siena, Italy
NOTES: GARY CHANG
The music entitled "Sanctuaries" that I have composed for installation in churches is designed for such an environment of spirituality and meditation. The musics are ambient in quality, designed to fill the space with warmth and emotion, but never does the musics every confront the visitor - though there is some abstraction, the dynamics of the pieces are quite controlled, never overtly dramatic. In the best of all things, I am hoping that the music installation will simply be another contributor to the specialness of the Church's ambiance - my special prayer in the space. In loving memory of Diana Lee Chang.
NOTES: NEIL LEONARD
Echoes and Footsteps is a reflection on the sound of Italy, where I lived and work for much of 2006. The primary sources are the sound of cowbells recorded in the region of Lazio, and the songs of workers celebrating the end of the work day in the Palazzo di Ragione market in Padova. The pointed gestures of the bells and bursts of cathartic song were transformed using time-stretching and delay techniques. The resulting composition evolves in slow motion and outlines large sonic contours that celebrate the essence of daily life as I head it while living here.
GARY CHANG SHORT BIO
Sound artist and esteemed film composer Gary Chang worked his way up through the LA studio musician ranks playing with the best musicians in the country (e.g. Robbie Robertson, Herbie Hancock and Weather Report, Barbara Streisand and Henry Mancini,) later to compose music for many eminent filmmakers (including John Frankenheimer, Jonathan Demme and Stephen King). Few composers have mastered such a wide range of musical genres that Chang has (orchestral, electronic, installation, jazz, soundtrack, dance). Chang is a protagonist in the field of music synthesis. He has recorded on and programmed almost major every hardware and software synthesizer over the last thirty years, built dozens of custom systems, and designed a personal studio that is optimized for recording synthesizers in multi-channel and high definition audio. Chang won the National Endowment for the Arts Grant for Jazz Composers while attending California Institute Of the Arts. Chang is a pioneer in the use of 5.1 surround sound in cinema, concert and installation settings.
NEIL LEONARD SHORT BIO
NEIL LEONARD is a sound artist, composer and saxophonist. His compositions are a synthesis of concert, improvised and electronic musics that transcend categorization.
Leonard’s recently premiered works include Dreaming of an Island for orchestra, electronics and live-video (performed by Kirk Trevor and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra), Totems (performed by Byron and Caine at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City), and the music for Relatives (by Tony Oursler and Constance DeJong that was featured at the Whitney Biennial). His collaborative work with visual artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons was featured by premier venues for modern art including 49th Venice Biennial; Museum of Modern Art, NY; and presented by the U.S. State Department at DakArt/Dakar Biennial in Senegal.
Leonard is co-owner of Gallery Artist Studio Project GASP and curator of the GASP sonic arts series in Boston. His ensemble has featured Marshall Allen (Director of the Sun Ra Arkestra), Bruce Barth, Dave Bryant, Don Byron, Kenwood Dennard, Robin Eubanks, Frank Lacy, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and Uri Caine.
Neil Leonard is an Associate Professor in the Music Synthesis Department at Berklee College of Music.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mr. Chang and Mr. Leonard wish to thank Bruce Weisberg of Blue Sky Speakers, Rebecca Barnhardt of TaraLabs Cables, Ed Simeone of tcelectronic, Grant Richter of The Wiard Synthesizer Company, Bradley Lunde at Transaudio Group/Soundfield Mics, and Carl Dito at Coast Audio for their sage advice and contributing their companies' products on behalf of our project. Gary wishes to thank his family, Ann and Arthur Chang and Margaret Craig-Chang.
Special thanks goes to Stephen Croes and Kurt Biederwolf of Berklee College of Music for their continued support.
Thanks to Anthony Baldino, Jess Hewitt and Pierce Warneke, students of the Music Synthesis Program at Berklee College of Music for assisting with the installation.
Extra special thanks are extended to Carlo Fatigoni, Sandro Cecchi and Marisa Corazzol of Sguardi Sonori 2007. Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons of Gallery Artists Studio Projects GASP Gallery, Colonel Sergio Cavanna of The SAVTAM Aeronautica Militare, Cadimare – La Spezia Italy, and Gianni and Grazie Bolongaro of La Marrana di Montemarcello, La Spezia Italy and Giorgio Bendinelli of Associazione Amici del CAMeC, La Spezia Italy.
An installation by Gary Chang and Neil Leonard
San Galgano, Siena, Italy
NOTES: GARY CHANG
The music entitled "Sanctuaries" that I have composed for installation in churches is designed for such an environment of spirituality and meditation. The musics are ambient in quality, designed to fill the space with warmth and emotion, but never does the musics every confront the visitor - though there is some abstraction, the dynamics of the pieces are quite controlled, never overtly dramatic. In the best of all things, I am hoping that the music installation will simply be another contributor to the specialness of the Church's ambiance - my special prayer in the space. In loving memory of Diana Lee Chang.
NOTES: NEIL LEONARD
Echoes and Footsteps is a reflection on the sound of Italy, where I lived and work for much of 2006. The primary sources are the sound of cowbells recorded in the region of Lazio, and the songs of workers celebrating the end of the work day in the Palazzo di Ragione market in Padova. The pointed gestures of the bells and bursts of cathartic song were transformed using time-stretching and delay techniques. The resulting composition evolves in slow motion and outlines large sonic contours that celebrate the essence of daily life as I head it while living here.
GARY CHANG SHORT BIO
Sound artist and esteemed film composer Gary Chang worked his way up through the LA studio musician ranks playing with the best musicians in the country (e.g. Robbie Robertson, Herbie Hancock and Weather Report, Barbara Streisand and Henry Mancini,) later to compose music for many eminent filmmakers (including John Frankenheimer, Jonathan Demme and Stephen King). Few composers have mastered such a wide range of musical genres that Chang has (orchestral, electronic, installation, jazz, soundtrack, dance). Chang is a protagonist in the field of music synthesis. He has recorded on and programmed almost major every hardware and software synthesizer over the last thirty years, built dozens of custom systems, and designed a personal studio that is optimized for recording synthesizers in multi-channel and high definition audio. Chang won the National Endowment for the Arts Grant for Jazz Composers while attending California Institute Of the Arts. Chang is a pioneer in the use of 5.1 surround sound in cinema, concert and installation settings.
NEIL LEONARD SHORT BIO
NEIL LEONARD is a sound artist, composer and saxophonist. His compositions are a synthesis of concert, improvised and electronic musics that transcend categorization.
Leonard’s recently premiered works include Dreaming of an Island for orchestra, electronics and live-video (performed by Kirk Trevor and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra), Totems (performed by Byron and Caine at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City), and the music for Relatives (by Tony Oursler and Constance DeJong that was featured at the Whitney Biennial). His collaborative work with visual artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons was featured by premier venues for modern art including 49th Venice Biennial; Museum of Modern Art, NY; and presented by the U.S. State Department at DakArt/Dakar Biennial in Senegal.
Leonard is co-owner of Gallery Artist Studio Project GASP and curator of the GASP sonic arts series in Boston. His ensemble has featured Marshall Allen (Director of the Sun Ra Arkestra), Bruce Barth, Dave Bryant, Don Byron, Kenwood Dennard, Robin Eubanks, Frank Lacy, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and Uri Caine.
Neil Leonard is an Associate Professor in the Music Synthesis Department at Berklee College of Music.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mr. Chang and Mr. Leonard wish to thank Bruce Weisberg of Blue Sky Speakers, Rebecca Barnhardt of TaraLabs Cables, Ed Simeone of tcelectronic, Grant Richter of The Wiard Synthesizer Company, Bradley Lunde at Transaudio Group/Soundfield Mics, and Carl Dito at Coast Audio for their sage advice and contributing their companies' products on behalf of our project. Gary wishes to thank his family, Ann and Arthur Chang and Margaret Craig-Chang.
Special thanks goes to Stephen Croes and Kurt Biederwolf of Berklee College of Music for their continued support.
Thanks to Anthony Baldino, Jess Hewitt and Pierce Warneke, students of the Music Synthesis Program at Berklee College of Music for assisting with the installation.
Extra special thanks are extended to Carlo Fatigoni, Sandro Cecchi and Marisa Corazzol of Sguardi Sonori 2007. Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons of Gallery Artists Studio Projects GASP Gallery, Colonel Sergio Cavanna of The SAVTAM Aeronautica Militare, Cadimare – La Spezia Italy, and Gianni and Grazie Bolongaro of La Marrana di Montemarcello, La Spezia Italy and Giorgio Bendinelli of Associazione Amici del CAMeC, La Spezia Italy.
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