PERFORMANCE OF BONVENON AT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE | OCTOBER 2022
bonvenon for laurie spiegel (2022) for horn and mixed electronics will be performed by Emily and the composer, Rachel Devorah Wood Rome, on Friday, October 7, 2022 at 7pm at Connecticut College on the Faculty Showcase Recital. This performance of bonvenon includes visual projection collaged by the composer from Voyager Golden Record (1977), Arecibo message (1974) archives, and improvisation by Darryl Davis of the Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science (Boston) based on the sonic materials. The theme of the concert is Music and the Environment, and the program includes three other works for solo instrument and electronics.
Watch the livestream, and replay afterwards starting around 38:30: https://livestream.com/conncoll/2022-10-07-facultyshowcaseconcert
HORN INSTRUCTOR AT SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY
Emily has accepted the Instructor of Horn position at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT beginning Fall 2022. She will be teaching private lessons to undergraduate majors and non-majors, as well as coaching sections for large ensembles. Learn more about music at SHU on the website.
BONVENON AT BOSTON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE | JULY 2022
The premiere of bonvenon for laurie spiegel (2022) for horn and mixed electronics will take place on July 14, 2022 at the Charles Hayden Planetarium in the Boston Museum of Science. The event is part of the summer concert series by the New England Synth Fest. The music will be accompanied by visuals designed specifically for this performance in the immersive full dome environment of the planetarium. Link for tickets and more information.
PREMIERE OF NEW WORK FOR HORN AND ELECTRONICS BY RACHEL DEVORAH
Sonic artist Rachel Devorah Wood Rome has composed a new work for horn and mixed electronics to be premiered by Emily and the composer. (Unfortunately, the scheduled premiere on February 25, 2022 at Connecticut College was cancelled due to weather.)
Concert Note:
According to the Drake equation, humanity is unlikely to be the only advanced technological civilization in our galaxy. How would contact with another civilization rerender what it means to be human?
Bonvenon (2022) is creative research into what communication with another civilization might sound like to humans.
The hornist and the electronic musician transfigure archival materials in real-time from Messiaen’s “Appel interstellaire”(1971); Blind Willie Johnson’s “Dark was the night, cold was the ground”(1927); The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s “Wood Thrush” recording collection(2016-2020); a sun data sonification by A. Kosovichev from the Stanford Experimental Physics Lab/ESA+NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (1997); as well as an original sonification of prime Pythagorean triangles recorded by Driftless Winds.
Rachel previously worked with Emily and Colleen Thorburn by writing Citrina Migration for their horn and harp duo, Apple Orange Pair.
AWARDED 2022 CT OER GRANT
Emily has been awarded a grant by the CT OER (Open Educational Resource) Grant Program to develop supplemental materials for the textbook Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context, Esther M. Morgan-Ellis, Editor-in-Chief. The grant program’s goals are to increase college affordability by reducing/avoiding textbook costs as well as creating supporting materials. Emily will apply the resources she develops in her Music Appreciation course at Naugatuck Valley Community College, and publish them online under a creative commons license.
HORN INSTRUCTOR AT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
Emily has accepted the Instructor of Horn position at Connecticut College in New London, CT beginning Fall 2020. She will be teaching private lessons to undergraduate majors and non-majors, as well as directing the horn ensemble. Learn more about music at Conn College on the Music Department’s website.
APPLE ORANGE PAIR’S DEBUT ALBUM, SEEDS
Emily is featured on the debut album Seeds by horn and harp duo Apple Orange Pair. More information about Seeds, including ordering discs, MP3 downloads, and extensive liner notes available as a free PDF download are all available on Apple Orange Pair’s website.