Presented By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD)
Guest Recital: John Sampen, saxophone and Mark Bunce, composer/engineer
Distinguished saxophonist John Sampen and composer/engineer Mark Bunce are both in residence at Bowling Green State University and have traveled all over the world, offering unique masterclasses and concert presentations for the saxophone and the electronic medium. Their tours have included recent trips to the Northwest, the Carolinas, the Southwest, New England, and many other locations throughout the mainland USA. Additionally, they have toured Alaska, Hawaii, Italy, Greece and Canada.
“Mysterious Morning” represents their 2011 multi-disciplinary presentation and is designed as an exciting “seamless” musical experience featuring projected visuals, interactive electronics and theatrical activities. Representative composers include John Cage, Toru Takemitsu, Morton Subotnick, Fuminori Tanada, Marilyn Shrude, William Bolcom and Mark Bunce. Actual composer voices are heard via recorded readings and poetry, thus bringing the composer “spiritually” into the live concert space.
The media presentation begins with contemplative "pre-concert" chance music of John Cage as the audience enters the performance hall. Special lighting effects lead directly into Marilyn Shrude’s TROPE which is enhanced by an animated visual projection.
This is immediately followed by Toru Takemitsu’s DISTANCE, a work for soloist and sho or Japanese mouth organ which is presented here with interactive sounds and visual images of Japanese rock gardens.
Fuminori Tanada’s MYSTERIOUS MORNING III features virtuosic music for soprano saxophone; the music paints descriptive and haunting sound images representing the title.
SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT by composer/engineer Mark Bunce was created especially for concert tours with John Sampen. This new composition explores the beginnings of the universe through interactive electronics and film.
The theatrical SHORT LECTURE ON THE SAXOPHONE by William Bolcom offers a satirical view of the instrument and its infamous past. Sampen intertwines humorous verbal anecdotes with quoted and original saxophone excerpts while visual overhead projections accent the "lecture". And finally Morton Subotnick⊃s energetic IN TWO WORLDS contrasts traditional acoustic sounds with 20th century technology.
“Mysterious Morning” represents their 2011 multi-disciplinary presentation and is designed as an exciting “seamless” musical experience featuring projected visuals, interactive electronics and theatrical activities. Representative composers include John Cage, Toru Takemitsu, Morton Subotnick, Fuminori Tanada, Marilyn Shrude, William Bolcom and Mark Bunce. Actual composer voices are heard via recorded readings and poetry, thus bringing the composer “spiritually” into the live concert space.
The media presentation begins with contemplative "pre-concert" chance music of John Cage as the audience enters the performance hall. Special lighting effects lead directly into Marilyn Shrude’s TROPE which is enhanced by an animated visual projection.
This is immediately followed by Toru Takemitsu’s DISTANCE, a work for soloist and sho or Japanese mouth organ which is presented here with interactive sounds and visual images of Japanese rock gardens.
Fuminori Tanada’s MYSTERIOUS MORNING III features virtuosic music for soprano saxophone; the music paints descriptive and haunting sound images representing the title.
SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT by composer/engineer Mark Bunce was created especially for concert tours with John Sampen. This new composition explores the beginnings of the universe through interactive electronics and film.
The theatrical SHORT LECTURE ON THE SAXOPHONE by William Bolcom offers a satirical view of the instrument and its infamous past. Sampen intertwines humorous verbal anecdotes with quoted and original saxophone excerpts while visual overhead projections accent the "lecture". And finally Morton Subotnick⊃s energetic IN TWO WORLDS contrasts traditional acoustic sounds with 20th century technology.
Cost
- Free - no tickets required
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