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Electroacoustic Chamber Music of Judith Shatin Performed by Saxophonist Laura Venditti on May 28 at Centro Luigi di Sarro in Rome, Italy
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Judith Shatin’s Penelope’s Song for soprano saxophone and electronics will be performed by saxophonist Laura Venditti as part of her concert recital on Thursday, May 28 – 4:00 PM at Centro Luigi di Sarro, via Paolo Emilio 28 in Rome, Italy. This will be presented in conjunction with the exhibition Found Rome.
The composer writes about the work, “Penelope’s Song was inspired by Homer’s epic, the Odyssey, which is about the travails of Odysseus...It also tells of his wife, Penelope, Queen of Ithaca, waiting for him…This piece is a tribute to her, and sings of her own adventures. The electronics were created from a recording I made of local weaver Jan Russell working on wooden looms. I processed and shaped these materials, weaving a new sonic fabric, using RTcmix, running under Linux… The original version of Penelope’s Song was composed for and edited by violist Rozanna Weinberger, who performed the American premiere at the University of Virginia in March, 2004.” More about the piece at http://judithshatin.com/penelopes-song-soprano-sax-electronics/.
Other composers on the program include Jacob TV, Raffaele Riccardi and Wayne Siegel. For more information about the concert, visit http://www.centroluigidisarro.it/en/home.htm.
Laura Venditti was born in 1981 in Fondi (Latina), Italy and graduated in December 2009 with honors in Music and Saxophone from the Ottorino Respighi Conservatory of Music of Latina. Since then, she has been the winner of many Italian music competitions, and has performed concerts in Rome and throughout Italy as a soloist and with many different ensembles, including SouthZone Saxophone Quartet, ElectroSaxDuo, SaxDuoProject and MedFreeOrkestra. She has recorded Penelope’s Song for the 4Tay label. Much more about her at https://www.facebook.com/laura.venditti.54.
Called “highly inventive...hugely enjoyable and deeply involving” by the Washington Post and "exuberant and captivating" by the San Francisco Chronicle, Judith Shatin's music is renowned for its dramatic shape and imaginative blending of acoustic and digital media, as well as her work in each. Orchestras that have performed her music include the Denver, Houston, Virginia, Illinois, Knoxville, Minnesota, National and Richmond Symphonies. Her chamber and choral music is internationally performed and has been featured at festivals throughout North America and Europe. She has been commissioned by organizations and ensembles including the Barlow Foundation, Fromm Foundation, Kronos Quartet, Library of Congress, National Symphony, the Dutch Hexagon Ensemble, the Peninsula Women’s Chorus and the San Francisco Girls’ Chorus.
Innova Records has issued Judith Shatin's Time to Burn CD (http://www.innova.mu/albums/judith-shatin/time-burn), with a combination of chamber and electroacoustic music performed by the Cassatt Quartet, violist James Dunham, pianist Margaret Kampmeier and others. Her music can also be heard on the Ravello, Etcetera, Capstone, Centaur, Neuma, New World and Sonora labels. She is currently William R. Kenan Jr. Professor at the University of Virginia, where she founded the Virginia Center for Computer Music. Visit her online at http://www.judithshatin.com.
For more information about Judith Shatin, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Judith Shatin’s Penelope’s Song for soprano saxophone and electronics will be performed by saxophonist Laura Venditti as part of her concert recital on Thursday, May 28 – 4:00 PM at Centro Luigi di Sarro, via Paolo Emilio 28 in Rome, Italy. This will be presented in conjunction with the exhibition Found Rome.
The composer writes about the work, “Penelope’s Song was inspired by Homer’s epic, the Odyssey, which is about the travails of Odysseus...It also tells of his wife, Penelope, Queen of Ithaca, waiting for him…This piece is a tribute to her, and sings of her own adventures. The electronics were created from a recording I made of local weaver Jan Russell working on wooden looms. I processed and shaped these materials, weaving a new sonic fabric, using RTcmix, running under Linux… The original version of Penelope’s Song was composed for and edited by violist Rozanna Weinberger, who performed the American premiere at the University of Virginia in March, 2004.” More about the piece at http://judithshatin.com/penelopes-song-soprano-sax-electronics/.
Other composers on the program include Jacob TV, Raffaele Riccardi and Wayne Siegel. For more information about the concert, visit http://www.centroluigidisarro.it/en/home.htm.
Laura Venditti was born in 1981 in Fondi (Latina), Italy and graduated in December 2009 with honors in Music and Saxophone from the Ottorino Respighi Conservatory of Music of Latina. Since then, she has been the winner of many Italian music competitions, and has performed concerts in Rome and throughout Italy as a soloist and with many different ensembles, including SouthZone Saxophone Quartet, ElectroSaxDuo, SaxDuoProject and MedFreeOrkestra. She has recorded Penelope’s Song for the 4Tay label. Much more about her at https://www.facebook.com/laura.venditti.54.
Called “highly inventive...hugely enjoyable and deeply involving” by the Washington Post and "exuberant and captivating" by the San Francisco Chronicle, Judith Shatin's music is renowned for its dramatic shape and imaginative blending of acoustic and digital media, as well as her work in each. Orchestras that have performed her music include the Denver, Houston, Virginia, Illinois, Knoxville, Minnesota, National and Richmond Symphonies. Her chamber and choral music is internationally performed and has been featured at festivals throughout North America and Europe. She has been commissioned by organizations and ensembles including the Barlow Foundation, Fromm Foundation, Kronos Quartet, Library of Congress, National Symphony, the Dutch Hexagon Ensemble, the Peninsula Women’s Chorus and the San Francisco Girls’ Chorus.
Innova Records has issued Judith Shatin's Time to Burn CD (http://www.innova.mu/albums/judith-shatin/time-burn), with a combination of chamber and electroacoustic music performed by the Cassatt Quartet, violist James Dunham, pianist Margaret Kampmeier and others. Her music can also be heard on the Ravello, Etcetera, Capstone, Centaur, Neuma, New World and Sonora labels. She is currently William R. Kenan Jr. Professor at the University of Virginia, where she founded the Virginia Center for Computer Music. Visit her online at http://www.judithshatin.com.
For more information about Judith Shatin, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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