Care packages off to Haiti:
Some gifts for the New Year at the Bazilo School |
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Yay! We sent all the goodies to Haiti: three boxes full of donated kids' clothes for the Bazilo students (and Buckyball t-shirts for the teachers), a generator to make their electricity more reliable, and tucked within all of this-- three refurbished laptops! Now the Bazilo kids can learn technical skills too.
Two of the three computers have cameras, so we hope they will produce some short videos about their daily lives that we will be able to share with the world. |
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Wonder what you could do with that old speaker, here's a good example |
This short video from the NPR show "Science Fridays" website illustrates an easily overlooked fact: sound is wind. For most frequencies, of course, it is not noticeable, and you will not get your hair blown away by your stereo. But without the pressure conveyed by the air molecules to your eardrums, you would not hear anything, either. So....yes-- you could try this at home!
video of flying objects powered by a speaker |
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About "Evolution":
"Guitarist Jake Hertzog is carrying the flag high and making his mark on the style on Evolution." Robert Iannapollo
Coda Magazine
About "Words Beyond":
"Attention, trio décoiffant ! Avec un sens remarquable de la mise en espace et une maîtrise déconcertante de styles les plus divers". Jean-Jacques Taïb
Jazz Hot (France)
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More reviews of Dava Sobel's New Book |
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A new year, new and ongoing projects on the burner, will be realized, and we will be sharing these, in this newsletter as usual. As you can see on the left we have sent care packages to the Bazilo School in Haiti, and are waiting for confirmation of arrival. Everything was shipped in a truck that made its way by boat to Port-au-Prince.
On the musical side of things, Jake Hertzog's new release "Evolution" is still gathering good reviews. The latest is from Coda Magazine, and Jake is about to spend some time in Germany with Victor Jones' group for a concert and master class. Alon Nechushtan keeps us on the edge with his eclectic performing career; he is soon to perform a duo with violonist Alica Svigals.
Sarah Pillow is about to release a very unique recording of songs for organ and voice, with pieces by Mozart, Mahler, Wolf, Vierne, Sullivan and Ellington (that's Duke to you, bub) Also, Perpetual Motion, the show about Music and Science from the dawn of discovery, is coming to the Flint Institute of Art and U. Michigan in Ann Arbor. The interactive video mix by Marc Wagnon, is being remotely controlled by four iPhones (see picture below) projected on a wide screen behind the performers. This makes it possible to tightly coordinate the video with the live performance.
To wrap up the month-- we have three new videos on our YouTube channel!
So plenty to keep you entertained and thinking for the rest of January, among all the other things fulfilling your busy lives. |
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New Videos from the Buckyball Showcase and a special annimation. |
Jake has demonstrated again and again how relevant his musical vision is for the 21st century, and that he will definitely be counted when the dust settles. Here is a burning performance of "Timeline". Timeline video
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Sarah Pillow has been a pioneer of the crossover between rock/jazz and 17th century music. In 2000 Sarah released "Nuove Musiche" a genre-bending album. This song by Henry Purcell is one of the most striking cuts on the album. Rarely performed live, this video translates all the energy of this uniquely electrifying performance Dido's Lament video
Marc Wagnon is synchronizing all of the tunes from his latest recording, "Earth is a Cruel Master" with video creations, combining the manipulation of images from nature and science with videos from live performances. This latest is based on the song "Embarquement", an invitation to voyage to distant and familiar shores Embarquement
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Sarah Pillow:
January 27 6:30 PM Trattoria Allegria MAPC, 921 Madison Ave. NYC
at Madison Ave. Presbyterian Church
Galileo's Daughters:
March 7 Perpetual Motion at the Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
March 9 Perpetual Motion at the Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan
Alon Nechushtan:
January 17, 2012 Israel Embassy
Duo with the fantastic violinist Alica Svigals
January 18, 7:30-10:30 Antibes bistro
Reunion Trio
Jake Hertzog:
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Mon Feb 6 - Fri Feb10 Women in Jazz - Germany
Rhythm Section Workshop (with Victor Jones, and Anne Lieberwirth),Composition/Arrangement workshop (with Angelika Niescier and Julia Huelsmann)
Saturday Feb 11
-Workshop Finale Concert (at 11am)
-8pm – The Festival Concert in the Opera house in Halle with Angelika Niescier featuring Julia Huelsmann
March 24 9pm Somethinjazz
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