At Thom Dowd (Thom Coard's) April 4 th concert on Music Island we were introduced to the new sound of the bass recorder as Thom and his student Gorse Ferrari presented an all-live concert for two recorders in various combinations, including Gorse's new bass. A large picture of the bass instrument was floating behind…
Kate Miranda
The medieval songstress with the haunting voice will sing songs from the canon of Hildegarde of Bingen. Atheene accompanies herself on lap harp, hurdy-gurdy and other period instruments as appropriate. Hildegarde (1098-1179) was a medieval mystic, prophet, writer, visionary and composer, an Abbess of the Bendectine order whose learning and writing was…
The March 21 performance at Music Island of Duo Appassionato was so full that one resourceful member of the audience, Fuzsea Lime, decided to launch a ship, sail it behind the stage and create extra concert standing room for a few avatars. His actions amused the crowd and was a practical solution as the stage…
Farewell to Winter, Welcome Spring! Duo Appassionato concertMusic Island (Second Life Slurl)Saturday , March 21, 2009, 12 noon SLTProgram:1) F. Mazas - Duet op 39, #1. in G Major for 2 violins Allegro maestoso Minuetto Rondo 2) Wieniawski - Capriccios for 2 violins op.18 # 2, E Flat Major #3, D…
AldoManutio Abruzzo (RL: Dennis Moser, aka "usr/sbin") http://audiozoloft.com/ http://www.myspace.com/usrsbin Aldo plays a unique blend of improvisational ambient guitar. You have to hear it to believe it! In real life, this avatar studied classical guitar, Renaissance and Baroque lute, trombone, and recorder. He records and performs under his project name of "usr/sbin". He…
Thom Dowd not only is a musician who has been performing in Second Life for several years but he is also an enthusiast who has helped several other musicians learn how to stream and assisted with connecting them to venues like Music Island to give their first concerts in virtual reality. Thom and his students…
Akito has been performing on Music Island since January 2008 and was given Artist-in-Residence status after several concerts and events. His concerts are always thoughtfully programmed and he takes care to prepare helpful notes for the audience and to introduce each piece with his own thoughts. Our audience came to love the man as much…
Classical performers in Second Life range from emerging and mid-career professional musicians, retired and semi-retired musicians, competent amateurs, music students, music educators, plus occasional cameo appearances by leading artists and ensembles. Some performers find it is a good way to work up new material and play it before a live audience before facing…
Because virtual reality is so new, artists and organizations have managed to create a great deal of buzz with concerts in Second Life. Two years ago, when the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic streamed a video of a concert into virtual reality it created headlines in the New York Times, the Liverpool Telegraph, and many other newspapers…
Second Life is an international community that is small enough to facilitate networking among people of shared interests. Second Life performers and creative artists are finding virtual reality a great place to learn about new projects and make connections that will help them with organizing concerts, shows and tours in other countries.
Faculties of music and individual music teachers are beginning to use virtual reality as one vehicle to train young artists, by providing fun performance opportunities that are no cost or low cost. Thom Dowd who teaches at Swiss Conservatory of Music is one of the Music Educators using Second Life as a performance opportunity…
