Beauty Keeps Laying its Sharp Knife Against Me
60x60 (2004-2005)
60x60 (2004)
60x60 (2003)
60x60 (2003)
Constellations
- Sagitarius
- Cancer
- Fornax
- Orion
- Cassieopia

Scores
Dos_Palabras
flowing_streams
heavy_clouds
blank_pages
poetry_gone
another_love_parts
weep_tears_of_pain
forever_bound
when_bleeding_starts
Heavy_Heart
Pater_Noster
run_rabbit_run
taint
Foolish_Fantasies
In_the_Playground_of_Colors
Nervous_Energy
persistence_of_melancholy
Stark
Deep_Longings

Support
Vox Novus &
Culture Consumer

Buy the T-Shirt !
at Culture Consumer
 Robert Voisey Robert Voisey
Founder of Vox Novus
Vice-President of Programs, The Living Music Foundation
Artistic Director of 60x60
Co-Director of the Composer's Voice Concert series
Artistic Director of XMV - eXperimental Music Video

Robert Voisey (b. 1969) is a composer and impresario of electroacoustic and chamber music. His aesthetic oscillates from the Ambient to the Romantic. Voisey embraces a variety of media for his compositions, and pioneers new venues to disseminate his music and reach audiences. His works have been performed in concert venues and radio broadcasts around the world.


In 2008, Robert Voisey has had performances of his mobile work "Constellations" performed at Free Play 10: Listening Chamber at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. “Constellations” as well as is works, “hunger” and “Tainted Tree” have received performances in The Composer's Voice Concert series in New York City. “Tainted Tree” was also performed at Fine and Dandy in the East Village.


His work “Tempest” was performed at the 18th Biannual International Eletroacoustic Festival at Brooklyn College and is soon to be released on an album with the same title by Pogus Records.


A collaborative work, "deeper shades of forte", with the poet Anne Cammon received its debut at Fine and Dandy. "India Songs" another collaborative work with Anne Cammon has been performed at the Bowery Club's "Futurus Lux" annual poetry festival as well as in the variety show Fine and Dandy. This work has also been released on a CD by LOGOchrysalis Productions and is available on CDbaby. "India Songs"


A video version of his work, "hunger", has been receiving regular performances on XMV at Collective: Unconscious in Tribeca, New York.


Robert Voisey is also a member of chromatik_d_zabu.tmp, a collaborative electroacoustic ensemble that produces music completely online. During the past year, he has collaborated on more than 15 compositions, which are available for download over the Internet at the ~CDZ website.


As a presenter and producer of new music, Robert Voisey is the Artistic Director of the 60x60 project, Co-Director of the Composer’s Voice Concert series, Vice President of Programs for the Living Music Foundation, and Founder of Vox Novus. Producing and presenting over 100 concerts in more than 10 countries around the world, he seeks innovative and creative approaches to promote the music of today's composers.


Voisey is the Artistic Director of the 60x60 project, an annual event of worldwide concerts that highlights 60 composers who have composed works 60 seconds or less for an hour-long continuous concert. The "60x60" project started in 2003 and has created an annual yearly mix as well as alternate mixes such as the Pacific Rim Mix, Midwest Minute Mix, and others. Besides its annual world debut in New York City, in the project has received performances all over the United States and throughout the world including London, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sydney, Munich, Bucharest, Istanbul, St Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, and many others. 60x60 has been included in several festivals including the A*DEvantgarde, DMRN(Digital Music Research Network Festival,) Electronic Midwest Music Festival, Internation Electro-acoustic Festival at Brooklyn College and Spark,. This project represents a slice of the contemporary music scene as a showcase of music from composers around the world, writing today's music.

Voisey is also the Co-Director of the Composer's Voice concert series at Vox Novus. This series features and exposes emerging composers as well as accomplished underexposed composers from other regions. It is designed to display their compositional "voice" in a themed exposition dedicated specifically to promote their music. Since the start of his role as Director of the "Composer's Voice" concert series, he has organized and produced more than 20 concerts in New York City. Through this series he continues to empower composers to broaden their audience by creating a venue to have their music heard.

Voisey is the Vice-President of Programs at the Living Music Foundation. The Living Music Foundation's mission is the support of independent, professional and emerging composers and performers of post-modern art music in their struggle for the space and freedom of expression growing out of the need to relate to one's surroundings interactively. His role is to coordinate and raise funds for concert programs, including grant writing and project production.

Robert Voisey founded Vox Novus in 2000. This organization was created for the purposes of expanding the presence of contemporary music in the public's vision, empowering composers and contemporary musicians to create, produce, and promote their music. Vox Novus does this by the production of concerts, exposure on the Internet, and facilitating networking between professionals.


He has been invited to speak about his own music, the 60x60 project, and the promotion of new music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City,the University of Central Florida, and Duquesne University. He has also presented and introduced the 60x60 project to audiences all over the world including the University of Central Florida (Orlando, Florida), Electronic Music Midwest festival (Kansas City, Kansas and Romeoville, Illinois), Adelphi University (Long Island, New York), A*DEvantgarde festival (Munich, Germany), the Amadeus center (London, England), Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, Ohio), William Paterson University (Wayne, New Jersey), CalArts (Valencia, California), Harbor College (Los Angeles, California), International Electroacoustic Festival (Brooklyn, New York), and Collective: Unconscious (New York).


Robert Voisey received his undergraduate degree from S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook where he studied Computer Science Engineering, Mathematics, Studio Art and Music Performance. He earned a certificate of Composition at Tel Hai College in the Upper Galilee of Israel, where he studied with Oded Zehavi and Aiten Schteinberg. He also studied at C.U.N.Y. Brooklyn College where he studied with Noah Creshevsky and George Brunner.

After receiving his B.A. from Stony Brook University (SUNY), where he studied Computer Science Engineering, Mathematics, Studio Art and Music Performance, Voisey started his composition career in the Upper Galilee of Israel, at the College of Tel Hai. There he studied composition with Oded Zehavi and Aiten Schteinberg and composed his first chamber compositions such as taint for solo flute, "… a work of great presence… is a fascinating study of modulating note values, pitches, stop clicks and beautifully integrated melodic lines." - John de Clef Pineiro, New Music Connoisseur (March 2003 Vol.11 No.1); and "his post-romantic, Tears of Dew for cello and piano, [where] New Yorker Robert Voisey drew inspiration from Middle Eastern modes." - Michael Huebner, the Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama (August 2003)

He returned to the United States to Brooklyn College (CUNY) where he studied composition with Noah Creshevsky. "Voisey has developed an original and versatile system of interlocking, modulating modes that blend elements of eastern and western musical processes. The resulting compositions reflect a wonderful merging of spontaneous energy and disciplined technique." - Noah Creshevsky, former director of the Center for Computer Music and Professor Emeritus at Brooklyn College (CUNY).

Current Projects

The 60x60 project
- 60 compositions, 60 seconds long from 60 different composers for 1 hour of today's music

The Composer's Voice concert series
A series of chamber concerts in New York City highlighting contemporary composers from Vox Novus

XMV - eXperimental Music Video
An experimental music video night screened monthly at Collective: Unconscious

~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp
~cdz is a a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote independent cultural initiatives in the fields of music and video.
Articles & Interviews
Gone in 60 Minutes: Electronic Compositions Showcased at NC State University - Alexandra Jones , "Classical Voice in North Carolina", October 1st, 2007
"Writers' Block"
- Chris Pasles, "Los Angeles Times", July 22, 2007
"Time and Motion"
- Anne Cammon, "Fly Global Music Culture", May 26, 2007
In Concert, 60 Times the Fun"
- Sophia Yan, "Oberlin Review", April 27, 2007.
"60x60 Project presents 60 composers in 60 minutes"
- Rachel Slade, "North Texas Daily" February 28, 2007
"Sound Sampler"
- Greg Haymes, "Times Union", February 9, 2006.
"Ingenuity and madness?"
- Malcolm Miller, "MV Daily" December 24, 2005
"Got a Minute? A Few Words on Music in 60 Seconds or Less"
- Robert Voisey with additional reporting by Frank J. Oteri, "new Music Box", May 1, 2004
Interview on Noizepunk & Das Krooner show #21
Interview on Kalvos and Damian Show #454, "The Catafalque of Valentines"
February 14 (real audio stream)
**MP3 part 1 or
**MP3 part 1
**MP3 part 2 or
**MP3 part 2
"From Irish Eyes to Short Attention Spans"
- Frank Oteri & John Schaefer, "Soundcheck" WNYC, New York, March 17, 2005

 [ Vox Novus logo ]

[ Vox Novus - the new voice for contemporary music ]
- the new voice in contemporary music -

Home
|
Members
|
Music
|
Concerts
|
Resources
|
Site_Map
|
Contact