Fifteen Minutes of Fame

17/12/2023

How does a composer wish a guitarist a happy birthday? They write him a piece! Happy Birthday Christopher Schoelen
http://www.musicavatar.org/categories/Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame-Featuring-guitarist-Christopher-Schoelen/index.html

08/12/2023

Just in case you missed it. Here is Keri Lee Pierson performing her Fifteen Minutes of Fame at Metropolitan Playhouse presenting the works of Avery Britt, Jim Dalton, Evan Gallagher, Aidan P. Fischer, Kirsten Johnson, Michael Todd Kovell, Ralph Lewis, Maria E Ljungdahl, Ben David Richmond, Marina Romani, Ryne J. Siesky - Composer, Chris Tilley, David Unger, William Vollinger, and Blair Whittington.

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame at the Metropolitan Playhouse with Keri Lee PiersonFifteen-Minutes-of-Fame features soprano Keri Lee Pierson singing 15 one-minute wo...

06/12/2023

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame Featuring Linda Chatterton and Maja Radovanlija

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for flute and guitar. Selected works will be premiered in Fall 2024 with Fifteen Minutes of Fame by Linda Chatterton and Maja Radovanlija
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21/11/2023

Fifteen Minutes of Fame featuring David Bohn with Melodica

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for solo melodica. Selected works will be premiered March of 2024 on Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring multi-instrumentalist David Bohn. This perfomrance will be presented as a live streaming online concert using Streamyard broadcast to multiple streaming platforms such as YouTube and Facebook. The selected works will also receive a recording session. For this Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame, we are looking for solo melodica works (no electronics) specifically written for David Bohn. Only works one-minute in length for melodica will be considered.

About the Melodica:
The melodica has a range from the F three ledger lines below the treble staff to the E three ledger lines above. Both one-handed and two-handed playing techniques are possible.

A video regarding the Melodica may be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCIJgU96Ukc

Submission Guidelines:
Deadline for works is January 15th, 2024.
Works are for melodica solo only. (no electronics)
No works over one minute (60 seconds) will be reviewed.
Works should be composed specifically for this call and performer.
All pieces must be premieres.
Multiple submissions are not accepted. Send your best work!
Works need to be submitted online at www.MusicAvatar.org
You will need to register with Music Avatar for free to submit your work online.
After logging in to Music Avatar, select the opportunity named "Fifteen Minutes of Fame featuring David Bohn" and press the "submit" button to start the submission process.
You will need to provide a maximum 50 word biography and (optionally) 50 word program note.
You will be able to upload a score as a PDF file (You are also encouraged to upload an audio realization of the work)
Must include the dedication to David Bohn on the score.
Performance notes should be included in the score.
Selected works will be broadcasted online to multiple video streaming platforms including Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo. No performance royalties will be paid. Selected composers will be asked to sign a consent form.
�Results will be announced via the Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame website.

�More can be found be found at: https://www.VoxNovus.com/fifteen-minutes-of-fame

About David Bohn
A native of Wisconsin, David Bohn received degrees in composition from the University of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the University of Illinois. His primary composition teachers were Joel Naumann, Yehuda Yannay, and William Brooks. He has taught theory at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin - Parkside and the University of Illinois. In his career as an multi-instrumentalist, he has given World or American premieres of hundreds of keyboard works. He currently resides in West Allis, Wisconsin, and is the music coordinator at Peace Methodist Church in Brookfield. He is President of the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers, and Vice President of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Organ Historical Society. Past calls/recording projects include three 15 Minutes of Fame calls, The Daniel Blitz Clavichord Project, The 100-Note Toy Piano Project, The COVID-19 Project, Twenty Seconds of 2020, 60 in 60 (more or less), Fifteen Minutes of Fame/One Minute More for Toy Piano, and Fifteen Minutes of Meditation and Contemplation.

#2024

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02/11/2023

Don't miss this great coming up soon!

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Monica Chew with Clavichord

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for clavichord. For this Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame, we are looking for clavichord works specifically written for Monica Chew.

Works should be for written for clavichord. The range is from F1-F6. The lowest octave has an additional set of four-foot strings that vibrate sympathetically. This helps boost the bass range and can introduce wolf sounds when the four-foot strings are out of tune.

The clavichord is fully chromatic and double-strung. Some clavichords are double or triple-fretted, which allows 2 or 3 keys to share the same string (or pair of strings), saving space and tuning time. This means that certain chord clusters may be impossible to play. The clavichord is unfretted and can play in any key.

The clavichord is a quiet instrument and thus unsuited to chamber music. It is about as quiet as an acoustic guitar with an extended pianississimo range.

Selected works will be premiered in February 2024 on Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Monica Chew.

This performance will be presented as a live streaming online concert and broadcasted to multiple streaming platforms such as YouTube and Facebook.

Only works one-minute in length for clavichord will be considered.

Guidelines:

-Deadline for works is November 15, 2023

-Works are for clavichord solo without electronic accompaniment.

-No works over one minute (60 seconds) will be reviewed.

-Works should be composed specifically for this call and performer.

-All pieces must be premieres.

-Multiple submissions are not accepted.

-Works need to be submitted online at www.MusicAvatar.org

-You will need to register with Music Avatar for free to submit your work online.

-After logging in to Music Avatar, select the opportunity named "Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Monica Chew" and press the "submit" button to start the submission process.

-You will need to provide a maximum 50 word biography and 50 word program notes.

-You will be able to upload a score as a PDF file

-You are also encouraged to upload an audio realization of the work

-Must include the dedication Monica Chew on the score.

-Performance notes should be included in the score.

-Selected works will be broadcasted online to multiple video streaming platforms including Facebook, YouTube, etc. No performance royalties will be paid.

-Selected composers will be asked to sign a consent form for an online performance and archival on streaming platforms. (Composers retain their author rights.)

-Results will be announced via the Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame website and the Vox Novus mailing list.

More can be found be found at:

www.VoxNovus.com/fifteen-minutes-of-fame

Monica Chew

Monica Chew (she/her) is an Oakland composer and pianist who celebrates presenting rarely performed music and new works from around the world. A "gifted player with an affinity for deeply sensitive expression" (Whole Note), she has composed since 2017 and couldn't be happier about it. Her work has been featured as part of the Gabriela Lena Frank's Creative Academy for Music, Verdant Vibes, Hot Air Music Festival, and Left Coast Chamber Ensemble's Intersection program. Her writing has been reviewed as "monumental" and "stunning" by San Francisco Classical Voice. Prior to 2015, she worked nearly a decade as a principal software engineer on security and privacy at Mozilla and Google. She lives in Oakland with her husband, an 1899 Steinway B, a clavichord, and a disused violin.

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30/10/2023

And here is another version of Fifteen Minutes of Fame with Stas Venglevski without composer interviews and only music.

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Stas Venglevski Stas Venglevski performs 15 one-minute works written specifically for him and his bayan accordion. The com...

28/10/2023

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Stas Venglevski is being featured on Composer's Voice Concert Series take a look and listen at this great musician Stas Venglevski perform the one-minute works of Michalis Andronikou, David Bohn, Stephen de Filippo, John Kefala Kerr, Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, Rosita Piritore, Ryan Charles Ramer, Cornelia Schmid, David Unger, Robert Voisey, Anna Vriend, Willyn Whiting, Matthew Williamson, Yehuda Yannay, and Yuriy Zhikrivetskiy.

21/10/2023

Not in town? Don't miss this unique Fifteen Minutes of Fame live online here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VVA89z12ig
15
15 Different Musical Compositions
15 Different Dancers
15 Different Visual Artists

Opening Reception: Saturday October 21, 2023, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT (UTC-4)

A Special Performance of “Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame” at 8:00 PM EDT (UTC-4)
15 one-minute dance performances to 15 different contemporary compositions.

Fifteen Artists: Adam Dahlstrohm, Mariangela Fremura, Tim Kurtz, Anna Lekanidis, Bronwen McShea, Rifka Milder, Aris Moore, Sheryl Oppenheim, Chris Protas, Tyler Schrader, Daphne Stergides, Maria Paula Suarez, Dov Talpaz, Becky Yazdan, and Alice Zinnes.

Composers: Anthony Esland, Rossano Cariello, Ron Coulter, Jaime Cox, Mad Decorator!, David Drexler, Dougie Evans, Colin Gateley, Luis Miguel Delgado Grande, Tuan Hung Le, Joshua Malavé, Paul O'Hara, Matthew Tirona, Rodney Waschka II, and Julia Constance Wiger-Nordås.

Dancers: Craig Anthony Bannister, Pele Bauch, Maher Benham, Erin Bomboy, Douglas Dunn, Leann Gioia, Izzy Hanson-Johnston, Vanessa Knouse, Rachael Kosch, Virginie Mécène, Miki Orihara, Sara Pizzi, Kevin Predmore, Charles Rosario, and Oliver Tobin with choreography by Valerie Green, Steven Melendez, and Alex Roe.

First Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame with Dance

21/10/2023

If you are in town! Don't miss this cool event in a Art Loft in Tribeca.
(Performance at 8:00 PM.. don't be late... it's only 15 minutes long!)

15
15 Different Musical Compositions
15 Different Dancers
15 Different Visual Artists

Opening Reception: Saturday October 21, 2023, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT (UTC-4)

A Special Performance of “Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame” at 8:00 PM EDT (UTC-4)
15 one-minute dance performances to 15 different contemporary compositions.

Fifteen Artists: Adam Dahlstrohm, Mariangela Fremura, Tim Kurtz, Anna Lekanidis, Bronwen McShea, Rifka Milder, Aris Moore, Sheryl Oppenheim, Chris Protas, Tyler Schrader, Daphne Stergides, Maria Paula Suarez, Dov Talpaz, Becky Yazdan, and Alice Zinnes.

Composers: Anthony Esland, Rossano Cariello, Ron Coulter, Jaime Cox, Mad Decorator!, David Drexler, Dougie Evans, Colin Gateley, Luis Miguel Delgado Grande, Tuan Hung Le, Joshua Malavé, Paul O'Hara, Matthew Tirona, Rodney Waschka II, and Julia Constance Wiger-Nordås.

Dancers: Craig Anthony Bannister, Pele Bauch, Maher Benham, Erin Bomboy, Douglas Dunn, Leann Gioia, Izzy Hanson-Johnston, Vanessa Knouse, Rachael Kosch, Virginie Mécène, Miki Orihara, Sara Pizzi, Kevin Predmore, Charles Rosario, and Oliver Tobin with choreography by Valerie Green, Steven Melendez, and Alex Roe.

21/10/2023

15
15 Different Musical Compositions
15 Different Dancers
15 Different Visual Artists

Opening Reception: Saturday October 21, 2023, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT (UTC-4)

A Special Performance of “Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame” at 8:00 PM EDT (UTC-4)
15 one-minute dance performances to 15 different contemporary compositions.

Fifteen Artists: Adam Dahlstrohm, Mariangela Fremura, Tim Kurtz, Anna Lekanidis, Bronwen McShea, Rifka Milder, Aris Moore, Sheryl Oppenheim, Chris Protas, Tyler Schrader, Daphne Stergides, Maria Paula Suarez, Dov Talpaz, Becky Yazdan, and Alice Zinnes.

Composers: Anthony Esland, Rossano Cariello, Ron Coulter, Jaime Cox, Mad Decorator!, David Drexler, Dougie Evans, Colin Gateley, Luis Miguel Delgado Grande, Tuan Hung Le, Joshua Malavé, Paul O'Hara, Matthew Tirona, Rodney Waschka II, and Julia Constance Wiger-Nordås.

Dancers: Craig Anthony Bannister, Pele Bauch, Maher Benham, Erin Bomboy, Douglas Dunn, Leann Gioia, Izzy Hanson-Johnston, Vanessa Knouse, Rachael Kosch, Virginie Mécène, Miki Orihara, Sara Pizzi, Kevin Predmore, Charles Rosario, and Oliver Tobin with choreography by Valerie Green, Steven Melendez, and Alex Roe.

30/09/2023

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring multi-instrumentalist David Bohn

The Taishogoto (also known as the Nagoya Harp or Peacock Harp) was developed in the early 20th century. It consists of a course of three (or four) melody strings, which are fretted via a sort of keyboard arrangement, and one (or occasionally two) drone strings. The bridge for the drone string(s) is on a lower level than the melody strings.The melody strings are tuned to G, in octaves. The range of the fretboard is from the G below middle C to the F two octaves higher, plus a high G. The Drone string(s) are tuned to G, an octave lower than the melody strings. The melody strings are normally strummed to play all three strings, although single-string playing is possible, to play only the lower or higher octave. It is not possible to play more than one note at a time on the melody strings.

A native of Wisconsin, David Bohn received degrees in composition from the University of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the University of Illinois. His primary composition teachers were Joel Naumann, Yehuda Yannay, and William Brooks. He has taught theory at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin - Parkside and the University of Illinois. In his career as an multi-instrumentalist, he has given World or American premieres of hundreds of keyboard works. He currently resides in West Allis, Wisconsin, and is the music coordinator at Peace Methodist Church in Brookfield. He is President of the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers, and Vice President of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Organ Historical Society. Past calls/recording projects include three 15 Minutes of Fame calls, The Daniel Blitz Clavichord Project, The 100-Note Toy Piano Project, The COVID-19 Project, Twenty Seconds of 2020, 60 in 60 (more or less), and Fifteen Minutes of Fame/One Minute More for Toy Piano.

Fifteen Minutes of Fame is 15 one-minute works by different composers written for a specific performer or ensemble.

Fifteen Minutes of Fame gives a variety of new music by living composers to audiences hungry to hear what is being created in today's music scene.

"...the 15 Minutes of Fame project of Vox Novus is a godsend. It organizes competitions whereby ensembles commission worldwide calls for submissions of approximately one-minute pieces, and then select their 15 favorites for premieres. The players, themselves emerging and without the funds for a traditional commission fee, get original works to present, while the likewise emerging composers get a chance for exposure and a premiere..." - Seth Gilman, NY Music Culture Examiner

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame was designed by producer and composer Robert Voisey to create an opportunity for composers to get their works performed and heard by audiences around the world.

The presentation of fifteen works in a short amount of time allows for the performance of composers works who would not normally get programmed on a chamber concert.

" The obvious strength of that approach is that it allows many composers to gain exposure in a short time span. But there is also an esthetic benefit... Since the pieces are performed in quick succession and each has a character of its own, the audience is treated to a kaleidoscope of styles; in turn textural and tonal, avant-garde and neo-romantic... like the entire smorgasbord of contemporary idioms was playing a game of musical chairs, so to speak, and the effect was thrilling. " - Damjan Rakonjac, Artificialist

20/09/2023

Don't miss this great new call for Fifteen Minutes of Fame with clavichord! It is a must!

With special guest, clavichord builder Martin Kather ([email protected])Be sure to check out Martin Kather's latest project with Jaroslav Tuma playing...

12/09/2023

https://fb.watch/n0m2i8xrlI/?mibextid=cr9u03

03/09/2023

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring TC4 Saxophone Quartet

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for TC4 Saxophone Quartet. For this Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame, we are looking for saxophone quartet works specifically written for TC4 Saxophone Quartet.

Works should be for written for saxophone quartet: soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones.

Selected works will be premiered in February 2024 on Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring TC4 Saxophone Quartet.

This performance will be presented as a live streaming online concert and broadcasted to multiple streaming platforms such as YouTube and Facebook.

Only works one-minute in length for saxophone quartet will be considered.

Guidelines:
-Deadline for works is September 30, 2023
-Works are for saxophone quartet without electronic accompaniment.
-No works over one minute (60 seconds) will be reviewed.
-Works should be composed specifically for this call and performer.
-All pieces must be premieres.
-Multiple submissions are not accepted.
-Works need to be submitted online at Music Avatar
-You will need to register with Music Avatar for free to submit your work online.
-After logging in to Music Avatar, select the opportunity named "Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring TC4 Saxophone Quartet" and press the "submit" button to start the submission process.
-You will need to provide a maximum 50 word biography and 50 word program notes.
-You will be able to upload a score as a PDF file - please include the parts at the end of the score.
-You are also encouraged to upload an audio realization of the work
-Must include the dedication to TC4 Saxophone Quartet on the score.
-Performance notes should be included in the score.
-Selected works will be broadcasted online to multiple video streaming platforms including Facebook, YouTube, etc. No performance royalties will be paid.
-Selected composers will be asked to sign a consent form for an online performance and archival on streaming platforms. (Composers retain their author rights.)
-Results will be announced via the Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame website and the Vox Novus mailing list.

TC4 Saxophone Quartet

Celebrated for their unique approach and virtuosic performances, TC4 has delighted audiences in the greater Los Angeles area, introducing audiences the exciting music of the saxophone quartet. TC4 uses their unique style to create a fresh environment for classical music; to reflect our lived experience and mixed culture, blending the known with the unknown. They have championed the music of living composers, including Andrew Sigler, Joel Love, Nina Shekhar, and Michael Markowski. The members of TC4 include Andrew Harrison, Isaac Lopez, Frances Cisneros, and Robert Alexander.

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is 15 one-minute works written by different composers specifically for a musician or ensemble. Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame gives a variety of new music by living composers to audiences hungry to hear what is being created in today's music scene. The Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame project has featured more than 75 musician/ensembles premiering the works of over 1000 composers.

http://www.musicavatar.org/categories/Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame-featuring-saxophone-quartet-TC4/index.html

30/08/2023

20/08/2023

18/08/2023

Blast form the past! HIP by Luigi Morleo performed by
Thomas Piercy on clarinet and Vilian Ivantchev on guitar
presented on Composer's Voice Concert Series

HIP by Luigi Morleoclarinet: Thomas Piercyguitar: Vilian Ivantchev

15/08/2023

A little more toy to twinkle in your ears from David Bohn:

Dionicio Aguirre Treviño is a Monterrey-based composer who enjoys writing electroacoustic, acousmatic and chamber music, exploring the shared world between W...

05/08/2023

Strong Root by Sarai Hillman performed by Andrew WhiteOnly 4 Payments of 1995 by Jasmin Thomasian performed by Craig HultgrenRaqsa Qassira by Wajdi Abou Diab...

26/07/2023

Another cool one-minute Toy Piano piece by David Bohn

Andreja Andric (1973) is a Denmark-based Serbian composer and programmer, who thoroughly enjoys playful exploration of mathematical processes and chance. Wit...

23/07/2023

Another minute more with David Bohn on Toy Piano!

Ken Metz is a composer who loves music and has devoted his life to it. He teaches music theory and serves as assistant chair of the music department at the U...

22/07/2023

Today Fifteen Minutes of Fame is being presented on Composer's Voice Concert Series featuring the lovely and talented Mary Beth Orr performing horn and voice.

Here is a little sample of the show airing today.

Mary Beth Orr is an elite orchestral musician, soloist, and chamber musician, most recently a finalist for The American Prize, Bronze of the Global Music Awa...

19/07/2023

Counting down to Mary Beth Orr featured on Composer's Voice Concert Series. Take a listen to to this excerpt of Michael Laus piece for Fifteen Minutes of Fame

Mary Beth Orr is an elite orchestral musician, soloist, and chamber musician, most recently a finalist for The American Prize, Bronze of the Global Music Awa...

18/07/2023

Take a listen to Mary Beth Orr perform an excerpt of a work written for her by P.F. Strohm

Mary Beth Orr is an elite orchestral musician, soloist, and chamber musician, most recently a finalist for The American Prize, Bronze of the Global Music Awa...

18/07/2023

Take a listen to "Minute Details" by Mike McFerron performed by David Bohn

Mike McFerron is professor of music at Lewis University, and he is founder and co-director of Electronic Music Midwest (http://www.emmfestival.org). His mu...

16/07/2023

One Minute More of Bob Siebert. The first part of Bob Siebert's life was devoted to performing in a variety of venues, to establish himself financially and artistically. He background includes a BM and MM, major in composition, with the noted composer David Diamond. He devoted his time to composing and advocating performances of his music. Bob Siebert passed away on January 20th, 2022, just over a month after completing "The City Sleeps".

“The City Sleeps” was conceived while staying in NYC on holiday.

The first part of Bob Siebert's life was devoted to performing in a variety of venues, to establish himself financially and artistically. He background inclu...

16/07/2023

A little taste of Fifteen Minutes of Fame with Mary Beth Orr performing a work from Erik Branch

Mary Beth Orr is an elite orchestral musician, soloist, and chamber musician, most recently a finalist for The American Prize, Bronze of the Global Music Awa...

15/07/2023

Here is a little more of a bonus from Fifteen Minutes of Fame with David Bohn. https://youtu.be/p3AAd2DDur4 performing Paul Smith

Paul Smith is a composer and Senior Lecturer in Music based in Sydney, Australia. He specialises in writing opera and music for the toy piano. His operas dra...

14/07/2023

Here is another teaser for Mary Beth Orr being featured on Composer's Voice Concert Series performing a work from Jean-Pierre Vial

Mary Beth Orr is an elite orchestral musician, soloist, and chamber musician, most recently a finalist for The American Prize, Bronze of the Global Music Awa...

13/07/2023

Here is a little bonus from David Bohn's Fifteen Minutes of Fame
https://youtu.be/uSb0vd8K-8w

Ugo Raimondi is a composer awarded in several competitions such as: 1st prize and honorable mention at "Città di Albenga" 1st composition contest; 1st prize ...

13/07/2023

Here is a little teaser of Mary Beth Orr performing Fifteen Minutes of Fame. She will be performing this work by Jianing Yang on Composer's Voice concert series coming Saturday the 22nd https://youtu.be/99neULF5m-I

Mary Beth Orr is an elite orchestral musician, soloist, and chamber musician, most recently a finalist for The American Prize, Bronze of the Global Music Awa...

20/06/2023

Just in case you missed our live stream or couldn't come down to Metropolitan Playhouse to see us in person! Here is the link to Fifteen Minutes of Fame featuring Keri Lee Pierson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im5OdjxvJyo

Fifteen Minutes of Fame: Keri Lee Pierson and works performed by Deux SaisonsSoprano Keri Lee Pierson performs 15 one-minute compositions written just for he...

15/06/2023

Come watch a special "behind the scenes" recording session of this new Fifteen Minutes of Fame with Keri Lee Pierson recording the works ofAvery Britt, Jim Dalton, Evan Gallagher, Aidan P. Fischer, Kirsten Johnson, Michael Todd Kovell, Ralph Lewis, Maria E. Ljungdahl, Ben David Richmond, Marina Romani, Ryne J. Siesky - Composer, Chris Tilley, David Unger, William Vollinger , and Blair Whittington.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6m2AoFwUFA

04/06/2023

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Stas Venglevski

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame will feature accordionist Stas Venglevski. Stas Venglevski will be performing 15 one-minute works written specifically for him and his bayan accordion. The Bayan is an accordion that was developed in Russia in the very late nineteenth century. It features a button arrangement for the both hands (instead of the keyboard and buttons arrangement on most Western accordions), offering a wider range. It shines its best in the classic repertoire, often giving a sound akin to a large pipe organ.

The composers selected for this set of Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame are: Michalis Andronikou, David Bohn, Stephen de Filippo, John Kefala Kerr, Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, Rosita Piritore, Ryan Charles Ramer, Cornelia Schmid, David Unger, Robert Voisey, Anna Vriend, Willyn Whiting, Matthew Williamson, Yehuda Yannay, and Yuriy Zhikrivetskiy.��

And more information can be found at the following:�http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/featuring/Stas_Venglevski/��

His artistry, dazzling technical command, and sensitivity have brought Stanislav, "Stas," Venglevski, a native of the Republic of Moldova, part of the former Soviet Union, increasing acclaim as a virtuoso of the Bayan. A two-time first prize winner of Bayan competition in the Republic of Moldova, Stas is a graduate of the Russian Academy of Music in Moscow where he received his Masters Degree in Music under the tutelage of the famed Russian Bayanist, Friedrich Lips. In 1992 he immigrated to the United States.

Stas is an Accordionist, a Musician, an Arranger, an Entertainer and a Teacher. Stas founded Accordion XXI Century Series in 2010 so that the Midwest audiences can experience the amazing range of the Accordion and Bayan by bringing gifted artists from all over the world. In a concert setting, these gifted musicians share their skills and cultures to provide the audience with a unique musical experience. The performances feature the Accordion or Bayan in solo presentation and, when possible, in concert with other instruments.

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is 15 one-minute works written by different composers specifically for a musician or ensemble. Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame gives a variety of new music by living composers to audiences hungry to hear what is being created in today's music scene. The Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame project has featured more than 75 musician/ensembles premiering the works of over 1000 composers.

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is a Vox Novus project.
http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/featuring/Stas_Venglevski/

06/05/2023

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame features Oboist Ava Wirth. This unique live recording will present 15 one-minute works from different composers who all wrote specifically for Ava.

The composers selected for this Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame are: Daniele Corsi, Jim Dalton, David Heinick, Stanley M. Hoffman, William J. Joel, Michael Kosch, Andrea Montalbano, Juan Luis de Pablo Enriquez Rohen, Dominik Preuss, William Price, Michael Roth, Louise Vincent, Adam Walters, Blair Whittington and M.Williamson.

Ava Wirth is a Chicago based oboist with a focus on contemporary music. As a soloist, she has placed in competitions in the Midwest, including the 2019 Tuesday Musical Solo Competition Woodwind Division and the 2019 New Albany Symphony Orchestra (NASO) Concerto Competition Senior Division. As an avid supporter of contemporary music, Ava has taken part in commissions and recordings that promote new works. In 2018, she was principal oboist on the BGSU Wind Symphony CD, Trends: New Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1.

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is 15 one-minute works written by different composers specifically for a musician or ensemble. Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame gives a variety of new music by living composers to audiences hungry to hear what is being created in today's music scene. The Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame project has featured more than 75 musician/ensembles premiering the works of over 1000 composers.

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is a Vox Novus project.

You can find more about this performance of Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame at:
http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/featuring/Ava_Wirth/