Robert Voisey

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Robert Voisey
Robert Voisey in studio (2007)
Robert Voisey in studio (2007)
Background information
Birth name Robert Voisey
Born December 8, 1969
Flag of the United States Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
Genre(s) electroacoustic music, chamber music, acousmatic music
Occupation(s) composer, impresario, singer
Voice type(s) Tenor
Label(s) Vox Novus, Capstone Records
Associated acts 60x60, Composer's Voice Concert Series ~CDZ
Website http://www.voxnovus.com

Robert Voisey (b. 1969) is a composer and impresario of electroacoustic music and chamber music.[1] He founded Vox Novus in 2000 to promote the music of contemporary American composers [2]. Voisey is best known for producing the 60x60 project, which he started in 2003 in order to promote contemporary composers and their music.[3][4][5] He is also a Co-Director of the Composer's Voice Concert Series[6] [7] as well as the Vice President of Programs for the Living Music Foundation.[8]

Robert Voisey is a strong advocate for contemporary composition and produces and finds innovative formats in which to promote his and his contemporaries's music. "his 60x60 project... brings packaged electroacoustic concerts to venues worldwide..." He is quoted as saying, "My belief is that there is a hungry audience out there waiting to be inspired and touched by the music and ideas that today's composer has to offer."[9]

Voisey's composition have been performed at the A*Devantgarde festival,[10] Electronic Music Midwest festival, [11] the International Electroacoustic Festival at Brooklyn College, [12] the Spark Festival,[13] and the ThreeTwo festival, [14] as well as the TRANSreveLATION concert,[15] Fine and Dandy,[16] the August Art concert,[17] the Composer's Voice Concert Series, [18] and the 60x60 project. [19] His work routinely receives airplay on WKCR's Arts & Answers and Art Wave radio programs[20] as well as Max Shea's Martian Gardens on WMUA.[21]

Involved in various types of multimedia, Robert Voisey collaborated with Anne Cammon in India Songs. This included performances at the Bowery Poetry Club, the Nuyorican, Cornelia Street Cafe and Beauty Keeps Laying Its Sharp Knife Against Me[22][23],a compilation CD of poets and music.

Robert Voisey is also a member of the ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp (~CDZ)[24] under the pseudonym, "Vox." ~CDZ is a a non-profit organization where its members collaborate online in order to create electronic music available on the world wide web.

Robert Voisey has also been featured and interviewed on Noizepunk & Das Krooner show #21 [25] and Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar #454. [26]

Robert Voisey's work, "Bounce" won best electroacoustic composition in [27] on the Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar

Robert Voisey belonged to the Brooklyn College Electro-Acoustic Ensemble where his work was featured on 3 CDs and several concerts at the International Electroacoustic Festivals,as well as composer concerts featured by the music department.[28]

Contents

[edit] Articles & Reviews

"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 , "Music & Vision Daily", December 24, 2005

"From Irish Eyes to Short Attention Spans", Frank J. Oteri & John Schaefer, "Soundcheck", WNYC, New York, March 17, 2005

"Got a Minute? A Few Words on Music in 60 Seconds or Less", Robert Voisey with additional reporting by Frank J. Oteri, "NewMusicBox", May 1, 2004

[edit] Interviews

[edit] Discography

  • ripples in sand, 60x60 (2003) Capstone Records CPS-8744 released 2005
  • Mission: MARS, "BC Sound Serum", Brooklyn College Electro-Acoustic Ensemble released 2004
  • Hourglass: Base, "BCMix", Brooklyn College Electro-Acoustic Ensemble released 2003
  • Lullaby, Brooklyn College Electro-Acoustic Ensemble released 2000
  • Vol XXIV - From The Outskirts of The Milky Way - March 2007 - ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp(~CDZ)

– featuring the collaboration of Marsmalade, Angry Jane, JS, Martouk, Vox (a.k.a. Robert Voisey), Exorziser
[1] enceladus groove, [2] spelun king, [3] the folk , [4] polynesian escape, [5] dark oasis, [6] sitzprobe

  • Vol XXI - Haute cuisine – November 2006 - ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp(~CDZ)

– featuring the collaboration of e-plastic, Snvl, Intentolla, eze, Vox (a.k.a. Robert Voisey)
[1] next door marmalade,[2] love me blender, [3] in memoriam of dishwasher sprites, [4] mario cleaning dishes, [5] undead steak

  • Vol XVIII - The New Voice of Chromatic Disgruntlement - August 2006 - ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp(~CDZ)

– featuring the collaboration of Snvl, Dr Chnolles, b.p.-y.m., Mike V + Vox Novus: Rob Voisey, Greg Bartholomew, Antonino Cuscina, Larry Gaab, David Morneau, David Newby, John Saylor, Jane Wang
[1] vogel's private hell, [2] da vinci downtown, [3] not asleep yet, [4] mr. glitch meets glitchbot, [5] dr. turbano, [6] urba lulkanto, [7] voltaire's underwear, [8] deep drag gone, [9] synq, [10] descent into chaos, [11] better late than never, [12] spidered sidewalks of glam, [13] do you dream in black and white?

  • Vol IX - Live in Kansas City – September 2005 - ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp(~CDZ)

– featuring the collaboration of M. Velouté, e-plastic, Snvl, Pablo, Fred, Don Malone (EMM - Roosevelt University, Illinois), Greg Dixon (EMM ), Robert Voisey (EMM - Vox Novus)
[1] Midwest, [2] elevator, [3] october, [4] existence, [5] hotels, [6] parallel audience, [7] mtv prairie, [8] longhorn steakhouse

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-ca-composers22jul22,0,2048821.story?coll=cl-music
  2. ^ Founder of Vox Novus - Vox Novus - the new voice in contemporary music
  3. ^ "Nouveautés en bref" - Réjean Beaucage, Circuit Volume 18 Numéro 1 (2008)
  4. ^ Malcolm Miller investigates Robert Voisey's '60x60' project
  5. ^ Alexandra Jones "Gone in 60 Minutes: Electronic Compositions Showcased at NC State University", "Classical Voice in North Carolina", October 1st, 2007
  6. ^ Composer's Voice Concert Series - Vox Novus - the new voice in contemporary music
  7. ^ Welcome to the home of RTB!
  8. ^ Legal Statistics Of The Living Music Foundation Corporation
  9. ^ [Composers & Productivity: The Embodiment of Discomfort] By Dennis Báthory-Kitsz, NewMusicBox Published: September 13, 2006
  10. ^ http://www.adevantgarde.de/index.php?reqNav=biographies 9th A*Devantgarde festival
  11. ^ http://www.emmfestival.org/data/concertschedule.html Electronic Music Midwest EMM Festival 2007
  12. ^ http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/spotlite/news/index.php?link=102405 2005 International Electro-Acoustic Music Festival at Brooklyn College to Honor Composer Noah Creshevsky
  13. ^ http://spark.cla.umn.edu/archive2005/schedule.html Spark Festival 2005
  14. ^ http://www.taimursullivan.com/threetwo/2002/index.html ThreeTwo Festival 2002
  15. ^ http://www.bram.org/sound/transrevelation.html TRANSreveLATION project
  16. ^ http://www.horsetrade.info/season10/Fine.html Fine and Dandy
  17. ^ http://www.augustart.com/index.html August Art website
  18. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/ComposersVoice.htm Composer's Voice Concert Series
  19. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/Composers.htm 60x60 Composers
  20. ^ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wkcr/arts/load.html WKCR Art Programming
  21. ^ http://www.masslive.com/weblogs/martian/ Martian Garden Playlist
  22. ^ Beauty Keeps Laying Its Sharp Knife Against Me LOGOchrysalis Productions 2008
  23. ^ http://www.poetrymagazine.com/editors_choice/winte2007_08/anne_cammon_page1.htm Anne Cammon, editors choice on Poetry Magazine
  24. ^ http://www.cdzabu.com/site/index.php?language=En&pageId=11&parentId=11 ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp (~CDZ)
  25. ^ http://www.kalvos.org/nkshows.html Noizepunk & Das Krooner show #21
  26. ^ http://kalvos.org/playw03.html Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar #454, "The Catafalque of Valentines"
  27. ^ http://www.kalvos.org/kombat.html Komposer Kombat
  28. ^ Music Machines Spring 2003, Brooklyn College Magazine

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