Robert Voisey

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Robert Voisey

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Img_capt = Robert Voisey in studio (2007)
Background = non_performing_personnel
Birth_name = Robert Voisey
Born = December 8, 1969
flagicon|USA Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
Voice_type = Tenor
Genre = electroacoustic music, chamber music, acousmatic music
Occupation = composer, impresario, singer
Label = Vox Novus, Capstone Records
Associated_acts = 60x60, Composer's Voice Concert Series [http://www.cdzabu.com/ ~CDZ]
URL = http://www.voxnovus.com

Robert Voisey (born 1969) is a composer and impresario of electroacoustic music and chamber music. [http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-ca-composers22jul22,0,2048821.story?coll=cl-music] He founded Vox Novus in 2000 to promote the music of contemporary American composers [ [http://www.voxnovus.com/about/FounderStatement.htm Founder of Vox Novus - Vox Novus - the new voice in contemporary music ] ] . Voisey is best known for producing the 60x60 project, which he started in 2003 in order to promote contemporary composers and their music. [ [http://www.revuecircuit.ca/articles/18_1/6.1-nouveautes-en-bref/ "Nouveautés en bref"] - Réjean Beaucage, Circuit Volume 18 Numéro 1 (2008)] [ [http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2005/12/sixty1.htm Malcolm Miller investigates Robert Voisey's '60x60' project ] ] [ Alexandra Jones [http://cvnc.org/reviews/2007/102007/ArtsNow.html "Gone in 60 Minutes: Electronic Compositions Showcased at NC State University"] , "Classical Voice in North Carolina", October 1st, 2007] He is also a Co-Director of the Composer's Voice Concert Series [ [http://www.voxnovus.com/ComposersVoice.htm Composer's Voice Concert Series - Vox Novus - the new voice in contemporary music ] ] [ [http://www.remarkabletheaterbrigade.com/indexrtb.htm Welcome to the home of RTB! ] ] as well as the Vice President of Programs for the Living Music Foundation. [ [http://dwightwinenger.net/stats.htm Legal Statistics Of The Living Music Foundation Corporation ] ]

Robert Voisey is a strong advocate for contemporary composition and produces and finds innovative formats in which to promote his and his contemporaries's music. "his 60x60 project... brings packaged electroacoustic concerts to venues worldwide..." He is quoted as saying, "My belief is that there is a hungry audience out there waiting to be inspired and touched by the music and ideas that today's composer has to offer." [ [http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=4789 "Composers & Productivity: The Embodiment of Discomfort"] By Dennis Báthory-Kitsz, NewMusicBox Published: September 13, 2006 ]

Voisey's composition have been performed at the A*Devantgarde festival, [http://www.adevantgarde.de/index.php?reqNav=biographies 9th A*Devantgarde festival ] Electronic Music Midwest festival, [ http://www.emmfestival.org/data/concertschedule.html Electronic Music Midwest EMM Festival 2007] the International Electroacoustic Festival at Brooklyn College, [ http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/spotlite/news/index.php?link=102405 2005 International Electro-Acoustic Music Festival at Brooklyn College to Honor Composer Noah Creshevsky] the Spark Festival, [ http://spark.cla.umn.edu/archive2005/schedule.html Spark Festival 2005 ] and the ThreeTwo festival, [ http://www.taimursullivan.com/threetwo/2002/index.html ThreeTwo Festival2002 ] as well as the TRANSreveLATION concert, [http://www.bram.org/sound/transrevelation.htmlTRANSreveLATION project] The Brick Elephant, [http://www.resoundings.net/PreviousConcerts.html Concert History at the Brick Elephant] Fine and Dandy, [ http://www.horsetrade.info/season10/Fine.html Fine and Dandy ] the August Art concert, [ http://www.augustart.com/index.html August Art website] the Composer's Voice Concert Series, [ http://www.voxnovus.com/ComposersVoice.htm Composer's Voice Concert Series] and the 60x60 project. [ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/Composers.htm 60x60 Composers ] His work routinely receives airplay on WKCR's Arts & Answers and Art Wave radio programs [ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wkcr/arts/load.html WKCR Art Programming ] as well as Max Shea's Martian Gardens on WMUA. [ http://www.masslive.com/weblogs/martian/ Martian Garden Playlist]

Involved in various types of multimedia, Robert Voisey collaborates with video, dance, poetry, stage performers and others. He has written for film and theatrical stage performances.

He collaborated with Anne Cammon in "India Songs". This included performances at the Bowery Poetry Club, the Nuyorican, Cornelia Street Cafe and "Beauty Keeps Laying Its Sharp Knife Against Me" [ [http://cdbaby.com/cd/brantlyon "Beauty Keeps Laying Its Sharp Knife Against Me"] LOGOchrysalis Productions 2008] [http://www.poetrymagazine.com/editors_choice/winte2007_08/anne_cammon_page1.htm Anne Cammon, editors choice on Poetry Magazine] ,a compilation CD of poets and music.

As a performer, Voisey has sung all over the world including venues such as Roulette in New York City. [http://www.roulette.org/events/2006_03.html Roulette]

Robert Voisey is also a member of the ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp (~CDZ) [ http://www.cdzabu.com/site/index.php?language=En&pageId=11&parentId=11 ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp (~CDZ) ] under the pseudonym, "Vox"." ~CDZ is a a non-profit organization where its members collaborate online in order to create electronic music available on the world wide web.

Robert Voisey has also been featured and interviewed on Noizepunk & Das Krooner show #21 [ http://www.kalvos.org/nkshows.html Noizepunk & Das Krooner show #21 ] and Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar #454. [ http://kalvos.org/playw03.html Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar #454, "The Catafalque of Valentines" ]

Robert Voisey's work, "Bounce" won best electroacoustic composition in [http://www.kalvos.org/kombat.html Komposer Kombat ] on the Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar

Robert Voisey belonged to the Brooklyn College Electro-Acoustic Ensemble where his work was featured on 3 CDs and several concerts at the International Electroacoustic Festivals,as well as composer concerts featured by the music department. [ [http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/pubs/bcmag/spr2003/bcmag.pdf Music Machines] Spring 2003, Brooklyn College Magazine]

Articles & Reviews

[http://cvnc.org/reviews/2007/102007/ArtsNow.html "Gone in 60 Minutes:" Electronic Compositions Showcased at NC State University"] Alexandra Jones , "Classical Voice in North Carolina", October 1st, 2007

[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1307713211.html?dids=1307713211:1307713211&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+22%2C+2007&author=Chris+Pasles&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=CLASSICAL+MUSIC%3B+CLASSICAL+MUSIC%3B+WRITERS'+BLOCK%3B+With+few+opportunities+and+much+competition%2C+young+composers+show+creativity+in+just+getting+heard.&pqatl=google "WRITERS' BLOCK"] , Chris Pasles "Los Angeles Times", July 22, 2007 [ http://articles.latimes.com/2007/07/22/calendar/ca-composers22 "WRITERS' BLOCK" Los Angeles Times]

[http://www.flyglobalmusic.com/fly/archives/uscanada_features/robert_voisey_time_and_motion.html "Time and Motion"] , Anne Cammon , "Fly Global Music Culture", May 26, 2007

[http://www.oberlin.edu/stupub/ocreview/2007/04/27/arts/In_Concert_60_Times_the_Fu.html "In Concert, 60 Times the Fun"] , Sophia Yan , "Oberlin Review", April 27, 2007.

[http://media.www.ntdaily.com/media/storage/paper877/news/2007/02/28/Arts/60x60.Project.Presents.60.Composers.In.60.Minutes-2747971.shtml "60x60 Project presents 60 composers in 60 minutes"] , Rachel Slade , "North Texas Daily", February 28, 2007

"Sound Sampler", Greg Haymes "Times Union", February 9, 2006.

[http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2005/12/sixty1.htm "Ingenuity and madness?"] , Malcolm Miller , "Music & Vision Daily", December 24, 2005

[http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/2005/03/17 "From Irish Eyes to Short Attention Spans"] , Frank J. Oteri & John Schaefer, "Soundcheck", WNYC, New York, March 17, 2005

[http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=61tp00 "Got a Minute? A Few Words on Music in 60 Seconds or Less"] ,
Robert Voisey with additional reporting by Frank J. Oteri, "NewMusicBox", May 1, 2004

Interviews

* [http://www.kalvos.org/nkshows.html Noizepunk & Das Krooner show #21] Noizepunk & Das Krooner interviews Robert Voisey about his 60x60 project and a new work "Constellations", July 14, 2007
* [http://www.kalvos.org/shows/kalx0611.ram Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar show #523, "BoRenGurka 120x100"] Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar, June 11th, 2005
* [http://kalvos.org/playw03.html Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar show #454, "The Catafalque of Valentines"] Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar, February 14th, 2004

Discography

*"Sagittarius", [http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60music2 60x60 (2006-2007)] Vox Novus VN-002 released 2008
*"India Songs", [http://cdbaby.com/cd/brantlyon "Beauty Keeps Laying Its Sharp Knife Against Me"] LOGOchrysalis Productions 2008
*"tongues", [http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60 60x60 (2004-2005)] Vox Novus VN-001 released 2007
*"ripples in sand", [http://www.capstonerecords.org/CPS-8744.html 60x60 (2003)] Capstone Records CPS-8744 released 2005
*"Mission: MARS", "BC Sound Serum", Brooklyn College Electro-Acoustic Ensemble released 2004
*"Hourglass: Base", "BCMix", Brooklyn College Electro-Acoustic Ensemble released 2003
*"Lullaby", Brooklyn College Electro-Acoustic Ensemble released 2000
*"Vol XXIV - From The Outskirts of The Milky Way" - March 2007 - ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp(~CDZ)– featuring the collaboration of Marsmalade, Angry Jane, JS, Martouk, Vox (a.k.a. Robert Voisey), Exorziser [1] "enceladus groove", [2] "spelun king", [3] "the folk" , [4] "polynesian escape", [5] "dark oasis", [6] "sitzprobe"
*"Vol XXI - Haute cuisine" – November 2006 - ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp(~CDZ)– featuring the collaboration of e-plastic, Snvl, Intentolla, eze, Vox (a.k.a. Robert Voisey) [1] "next door marmalade", [2] "love me blender", [3] "in memoriam of dishwasher sprites", [4] "mario cleaning dishes", [5] "undead steak"
*"Vol XVIII - The New Voice of Chromatic Disgruntlement" - August 2006 - ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp(~CDZ)– featuring the collaboration of Snvl, Dr Chnolles, b.p.-y.m., Mike V + Vox Novus: Rob Voisey, Greg Bartholomew, Antonino Cuscina, Larry Gaab, David Morneau, David Newby, John Saylor, Jane Wang [1] "vogel's private hell", [2] "da vinci downtown", [3] "not asleep yet", [4] "mr. glitch meets glitchbot", [5] "dr. turbano", [6] "urba lulkanto", [7] "voltaire's underwear", [8] "deep drag gone", [9] "synq", [10] "descent into chaos", [11] "better late than never", [12] "spidered sidewalks of glam", [13] "do you dream in black and white?"
*"Vol IX - Live in Kansas City" – September 2005 - ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp(~CDZ)– featuring the collaboration of M. Velouté, e-plastic, Snvl, Pablo, Fred, Don Malone (EMM - Roosevelt University, Illinois), Greg Dixon (EMM ), Robert Voisey (EMM - Vox Novus) [1] "Midwest", [2] "elevator", [3] "october", [4] "existence", [5] "hotels", [6] "parallel audience", [7] "mtv prairie", [8] "longhorn steakhouse"

References

External links

* [http://www.voxnovus.com/composer/Robert_Voisey.htm A short biography of Robert Voisey]
* [http://www.voxnovus.com Vox Novus]
* [http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60.htm 60x60]
* [http://www.cdzabu.com/ ~CDZ]