AETHERPHON, global theremin family

Sounds good to me.

Not sure what I can offer, being 4000 miles and an ocean away, but  
you have my support.

Gordon


On 21 Sep 2010, at 17:10, kkissinger@... wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Great idea. Will be interested in helping with this.
>
> Note that I co-sponser the Kansas City Regional Electro-music
> festival, which is scheduled for July 22, 23, and 24 2010. As long as
> a theremin festival does not conflict with those dates, I would be
> able to help with this.
>
> All the best!
>
> -- Kevin
>
> Quoting David V <porphyrous@...>:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm sending this message to all of my subscribers on  
> spellboundradio and
> > aetherphon (I've you're on one but not the other, e-mail me and  
> I'll set
> > you up), plus Levnet and my Facebook and Twitter resources as  
> well. The
> > idea is that I establish a critical mass of interest and support  
> so that
> > it doesn't just become yet another flight of fancy that I end up
> > forgetting about. :-)
> >
> > For a couple of years now, I've been inspired by the theremin  
> festivals
> > put on by Moog, as well as Gordon's annual event in the UK, and even
> > Coralie's Swiss event. Last year, Olivia observed that I was perhaps
> > uniquely positioned to pursue a theremin festival, and I've been
> > pondering the idea for awhile now. Late last year, I arranged lunch
> > with Dr. Fred Willman, coordinator of Music Education at the  
> University
> > of Missouri at St. Louis, who turns out to be the only member of  
> UMSL's
> > music faculty who owns and plays a theremin! Total stupid luck, I  
> only
> > picked him to contact because of his position at the school. So  
> he had
> > some interest, but without more momentum, things didn't go  
> anywhere last
> > year. I'm hoping that we can get something rolling so that in two
> > years, Labor Day weekend of 2012 (assuming the world hasn't ended by
> > then ;-) maybe we can get something rolling.
> >
> > I struck upon the idea of UMSL as a host organization because  
> they would
> > have the facilities to host such an event, would be positioned to
> > scrounge for money to fund it, has a world class performing venue  
> (the
> > Touhill Arts Center, home of the Arianna String Quartet), has a  
> radio
> > station for the inevitable simulcasting, has a movie theatre for  
> showing
> > theremin movies, plus it's on the light rail line from the airport.
> >
> > If you have experience organizing festivals, I would like to hear  
> from
> > you. I would like to write up an organizational plan by the end  
> of the
> > year and at least sketch an outline of the event. If you think you
> > might be interested in attending a festival in St. Louis, please  
> drop me
> > a quick note about that too. If you have ideas about what you think
> > you'd like to see and hear at such a festival, I'm open to your  
> ideas.
> >
> > Thanks for your time, and I hope to get feedback from you!
> >
> > David V
> > Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin
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> >
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