HIGHLIGHTS OF SUMMER SEASON While more activity is being added daily, here are some dates you won't want to miss! July 11 @ 1 pm Naftali Torok Roots of European Music, is a complementary concert to the following weeks program. Composers drew on the inspiration of the gypsy fiddle, klezmer music and…
Sharing a photo from Aldo's very well received concert on June 20th. His welcome to summer certainly warmed our hearts and put us in the summer mood.
Great new machinama of the Storm in a Tea Cup multimedia experience has been filmed and edited by artist, Christine Montgomery. This is what SL art is supposed to be all about. Collaborative: Original music composed by Christine Montgomery collaborating with Photographer R0bin Helsinki 3-Dimensional: Constructed environment built from Second Life…
Daily new avatars find Music Island and are often disappointed to not find musical things happening around the clock on their arrival. When I happen to be there and I explain that we present only "live music events", I often meet puzzlement from them. They do not know what I mean and do…
Midsummer's Eve is a time for magic in any reality and nothing will equal the magic of this concert in the warmth and beauty of the Music Island simulation in Second Life. If you haven't had the immersive experience of "being there" afforded by live music in virtual reality, there is nowhere better to…
On Friday June 19th at 4pm SLT 2 duos of RL classical musicians who have regularly been playing in SL as duos will be performing together in RL as a quartet. The quartet is piano, oboe doubling saw, violin, and violin doubling viola. The concert will be streamed live into SL and the quartet (Sisi…
A total of 36 avatars sat around the rim of virtual teacups to whirl through a multimedia art display for a 30 minute trip that ended in a final movement on the ground. The work was composed by Christine Montgomery and accompanied photography by R0bin Helsinki. An informative talk was given by the…
R0bin Helsinki, photographer Christine Montgomery, composer/musician Music, photography and a flying teacup. I'm not sure of all the craziness that these two have cooked up but I guess we'll find out. Artist chat to follow. Starting point: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sea%20Turtle%20Island/97/173/25 Don't have a Second Life account? Get a…
Saturday June 13 Prowess Rayna, piano@ 11:00 am Saturday June 13 Tip Corbett, composer presentation @ 12:30 pm Sunday June 14 Vlad Dysel, composer presentation @ 12:00 pm Three great events by composer/musicians within Second Life, all linked by a neo-romantic style that combines the romantic with the modern. This is new…
If you've planned, coordinated and hosted an event in real life and been involved in event promotion and publicity, you already know much of what you need to know in Second Life. But some aspects of hosting a virtual event are very unique. 1. Scheduling your event to not conflict with other events…
As a Piano & Synthesizer composer, Prowess incorporates extraordinary, fluid technique with her natural genius for melody and harmony to create not only balanced compositions but reflect nature in its micro- and macro-cosmic form. Prowess gave her first public performance in Second Life at Music Island more than a year ago and now is saying…
Calling themselves the "Music or Die" Flute Ensemble, a group of young students from the Fribourg conservatory gave their spring year end recital in an unusual venue... the virtual world of Second Life on Music Island. A supportive and appreciative audience of avatars whooped, applauded and even waved virtual lighters in encouragement of the…
