udderbot proposal
"Sounding-Board Mark" especially:
this is for the ARTS Alumni Astral grant (http://www.artsawards.org/Alumni/Opportunities/Alumni%20Astral%20Grants/) and I have to finish it and send it all off by Monday What do you think? I still need 3 composers or so...and some really cheap venues...and what else?
A commissioning project for a new musical instrument, the udderbot!
- $500 commissions given to four emerging composers with an interest in microtonality, each for a 4 to 10 minute piece for solo udderbot, with or without electronics
- creation of "Composer's Guide to the Udderbot," a series of webpages, developed out of the conversation with the commissioned composers, and for the benefit of anyone wishing to write for the udderbot
- the remaining $500 to go towards performance expenses (keeping to very cheap or free venues, udderbot building/repair materials) and website expenses
- a series of lecture/performances at multiple venues (urbana, chicago, madison, milwaukee, houston, NYC, london are being looked into) in spring/summer 2008 which will include the performance of the 4 commissioned pieces.
my recent accomplishments
- 17 tone piano projects
- rice university gradjuwation
- BMI award
- articles for SEAMUS newsletters
evidence
- newspaper article (http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=109923&ran=153955)
- CD containing 3 shavings, wake up x3, foum, all about corn, elitism rumba, attention! x3, udderbot counterpoint
- link to the website (http://www.udderbot.com/udderbot/)
about the udderbot and me
- invented collaboratively in 2005, the udderbot is a versatile new slide woodwind instrument which can be constructed (at very low cost) from a bottle and a rubber glove
- performed at 10 shepherd school events, including humorous and outreach concerts
- upcoming performances include Minnesota Fringe Festival (Aug 2007) and Moondog Festival (Nov. 2007) (woooo!)
this is for the ARTS Alumni Astral grant (http://www.artsawards.org/Alumni/Opportunities/Alumni%20Astral%20Grants/) and I have to finish it and send it all off by Monday What do you think? I still need 3 composers or so...and some really cheap venues...and what else?
A commissioning project for a new musical instrument, the udderbot!
- $500 commissions given to four emerging composers with an interest in microtonality, each for a 4 to 10 minute piece for solo udderbot, with or without electronics
- creation of "Composer's Guide to the Udderbot," a series of webpages, developed out of the conversation with the commissioned composers, and for the benefit of anyone wishing to write for the udderbot
- the remaining $500 to go towards performance expenses (keeping to very cheap or free venues, udderbot building/repair materials) and website expenses
- a series of lecture/performances at multiple venues (urbana, chicago, madison, milwaukee, houston, NYC, london are being looked into) in spring/summer 2008 which will include the performance of the 4 commissioned pieces.
my recent accomplishments
- 17 tone piano projects
- rice university gradjuwation
- BMI award
- articles for SEAMUS newsletters
evidence
- newspaper article (http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=109923&ran=153955)
- CD containing 3 shavings, wake up x3, foum, all about corn, elitism rumba, attention! x3, udderbot counterpoint
- link to the website (http://www.udderbot.com/udderbot/)
about the udderbot and me
- invented collaboratively in 2005, the udderbot is a versatile new slide woodwind instrument which can be constructed (at very low cost) from a bottle and a rubber glove
- performed at 10 shepherd school events, including humorous and outreach concerts
- upcoming performances include Minnesota Fringe Festival (Aug 2007) and Moondog Festival (Nov. 2007) (woooo!)