Going quiet for "We Are All Mozart"
2006-12-30 by Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Hi Friends,
I'll be going 'under the radar' for 2007. Even though the "We Are All
Mozart" project (http://maltedmedia.com/waam/) has just 72 commissions to
date, I expect it will fill in some more.
In any case, it will be a lot of work and I won't be very visible online,
except in my blog.
The blog (http://maltedmedia.com/bathory/waam-blog.html) will post a
completed piece each day (if I can get it in web-friendly form).
I hope to see some of you at the Chamber Music America conference in
January in New York. I'll be in residence in Portugal most of April working
on WAAM as well as a project (with midwife (and my wife) Stevie Balch) on
birth song. My regular engraving and editing clients will have their work
done, but I won't be taking new clients until 2008.
Pasted below is the last mailing on WAAM. (O-List ensembles... You gotta
have a spare 50 bucks or so for a fanfare! C'mon!)
So Happy New Year everyone! See you in 2008!
Dennis
On New Year's Day, "We Are All Mozart" begins.
This is a composer advocacy project. I am asking for your participation.
In the nonpop/classical genres, composers are not awarded public and media
interest. They have become largely invisible in modern culture. Where an
informed public might name a dozen active authors or artists or film
directors, they would be hard-pressed to name two living composers.
"We Are All Mozart" is meant as a high-profile project for 365 days of
musical composition. Through word-of-mouth, 72 pieces have been
commissioned as of today. No, that's not yet critical mass.
Though it's a hefty number for a single composer, it needs quite a few more
to achieve part of the project's purpose: to raise the visibility of nonpop
('the music that used to be called classical') and reveal composers as
highly motivated and richly creative.
I'm asking you to participate. Usually composers come to ensembles and
presenters asking for their music to be played. With "We Are All Mozart,"
I'm asking you to commission a new piece from me for this project.
You might prefer to participate in the project by commissioning a composer
local to your ensemble. Please do so. Even though I'd like to meet the
critical mass of 365 pieces, this is a project about composers being
everywhere.
The commissions are economical and diverse. For details and open calendar
dates as well as a "Concert Music. Buy Local." downloadable bumpersticker,
please visit http://maltedmedia.com/waam/
Let me know if you will participate in "We Are All Mozart" by commissioning
a new work. (And if you can't, please tell others about it. Most
commissions have come from individual performers looking for repertoire.)
Dennis
Please participate in my 2007 project:
http://maltedmedia.com/waam/
My "We Are All Mozart" blog:
http://maltedmedia.com/bathory/waam-blog.html