NM421 - July 5, 2013

The Drumstick’s Story

An hour before world renowned percussionist Lex Lipsnacker was scheduled to perform at Bung Hollow Symphony Hall, he was found dead – murdered – in his dressing room. Sgt. Pringler of the Bung Hollow Constabulary was baffled. There was, as far as he could tell, no motive for the crime, no sign of a struggle, and, except for the drumstick Lipsnacker was clutching in his right hand, no clue. But if the drumstick did have a story to tell, there was only one person in all of policedom who could decipher it. Lieutenant Adele Dinklaker, auspiciously on loan from the Royal Australian Navy, possessed a nose that was keener than a bloodhound’s. As soon as she arrived at the crime scene, she prized the drumstick out of Lipsnacker’s hand and smelt it. A minute, heavy with tension, passed. Then Dinklaker calmly said, “It was Colonel Mustard ... with a candlestick ... in the library.” Sgt. Pringler knew of no Colonel Mustard, and Bung Hollow didn’t have a library. But he was happy to let suspicion fall elsewhere, as he shoved the candlestick he was trying to conceal farther down his trousers – a move, unluckily for him, that did not escape the good lieutenant’s nose.

Sunday July 28, 2013 - 3:00 PM

Decade Selections with Suzanne Mueller Vox Novus called for three-minute solo cello pieces to be premiered by Suzanne Mueller 3:00 PM on Sunday, July 28, 2013 in a collaboration between Composer's Voice and the Summer Sundays Concert Series at Old Westbury Gardens, Old Westbury, NY. This concert celebrates Suzanne’s 10 years as Summer Artist-in-Residence at the Gardens. The theme of this call is “Decade”. Suzanne selected 6 pieces to be premiered on this concert.
Featuring composers: Masatora Goya, Bettie Ross, Kit Mills, Guy Shaked, Alexander Scheetz, and Michael Wiener.

Composer’s Voice Collaboration with Suzanne Mueller
Sunday June 28, 2013 3:00PM
Old Westbury Gardens
71 Old Westbury Rd
Old Westbury, NY
11590

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Composer’s Voice players- GRAPHIC SCORES FOR HARD EIGHT

Deadline: August 16, 2013

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Graphic Scores for Hard Eight to be premiered on December 8, 2013 for the Composer’s Voice concert Series at the Jan Hus Church in New York City. This call is for graphic scores which can be freely interpreted by any instrument or combination of instruments in an ensemble.

HARD EIGHT - Dice (commonly known as craps), is a game often played for money where the player (referred to as the shooter) rolls 2 dice hoping to roll a winning combination. The number 8 can be obtained 3 ways. The "easy way" by rolling a 6 and 2 or a 3 and 5, or the "hard way" by rolling a 4 and 4. "Hard" numbers are any 2 pair combinations: 2 and 2, 3 and 3, 4 and 4, 5 and 5, and 6 and 6. Betting on the "hard" number combination results in a larger return when it is thrown.

Composer's Voice
CALL FOR WORKS

Calling for Proposals for HARD EIGHT

Deadline August 8, 2013

Composer's Voice is calling for performance proposals for its concert scheduled December 8th, 2013. The theme for the concert is "Hard Eight" All proposals must be less than 8 minutes in total; applicants are STRONGLY urged to keep their proposals for performances between 4-8 minutes. The concert is a celebration of Composer's Voice founder and Director Robert Voisey for his 44th birthday.

Performance Proposals should include:
- Title
- Relation to theme – (program notes)
- Instrumentation
- Length of performance
- Biographies of performers and composers
- All proposals should be submitted by August 8, 2013 to composersvoicesubmit@gmail.com
- The email subject should read Hard Eight – your name - Title of Proposal

Chosen applicants will receive a performance slot on Composer's Voice concert December 8th, 2013 at Jan Hus Church in New York City, PR and administrative assistance from Composer's Voice, and the heartfelt appreciation of Robert Voisey. :)

Proposals should indicate if they need Vox Novus and Composer's Voice to help recruit musicians. Any and all questions should be address to composersvoicesubmit@gmail.com with "Hard Eight" in the subject heading.

Dice (commonly known as craps), is a game often played for money where the player (referred to as the shooter) rolls 2 dice hoping to roll a winning combination. The number 8 can be obtained 3 ways. The "easy way" by rolling a 6 and 2 or a 3 and 5, or the "hard way" by rolling a 4 and 4. "Hard" numbers are any 2 pair combinations: 2 and 2, 3 and 3, 4 and 4, 5 and 5, and 6 and 6. Betting on the "hard" number combination results in a larger return when it is thrown.

Rob Voisey will be turning 44 on this Composer's Voice concert in December; and it will be "hard" as the age suggests. *Crap* :)

Click here for more details
http://www.voxnovus.com/composersvoice/calls/