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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Italian pianist Alessandro Marangoni first met flute teacher Thomas Coard from Switzerland in Second Life where they both perform as (respectively) Benito Flores and Thom Dowd. Naturally when Alessandro's blossoming musical career took him to Switzerland, he paid Thom a visit. Lucky students at the conservatory had the chance to hear Alessandro perform…
Naftali Torok Sunday May 31 @ 12 pm SLT (Pacific Time) Music Island/Sea Turtle Island in Second Life, Gypsy and European folk fiddle music played around the campfire inspired some of the greatest works of classical music and in turn the themes of classical music were embraced and interpreted by folk fiddlers of the…
On Saturday May 23, Tanku Kaligawa (Anthony Lanman in RL) shared the following works with a small but fully engaged audience who participated in active dialogue with the composer about his musical ideas and process. URL's provide links to the scores of the works for those who may wish to review what…
Music Island/Sea Turtle Island Composer Presentation Classical Music for the 21st Century Anthony Joseph Lanman has become one of his generation’s most dynamic composers of contemporary concert music. Embracing his background in rock and metal, he has forged a new sound for a new generation, praised by Gramophone Magazine as “Intense” and…
SUCCESSFUL PAIRING OF COLLABORATIVE WRITING TOOL WITH COMPOSITION MAKES MAY 16 CONCERT/WORKSHOP SOAR! Over a period of about an hour, 45 separate individuals contributed the words that inspired a stream-of-consciousness live composition as created and played on acoustic piano by Paul Kwo, (Enniv Zarf in Second Life). The young composer/musician has been the spark-plug…
Enniv Zarf (Paul Kwo in RL) Saturday May 16 11 am SLT Music Island Enniv has consistently been one of the most energetic, prolific and creative voice in Second Life Music. The California-based composer has collaborated with photographers, visual artists and particle scripters to bring memorable artistic events to Music Island audiences. …
YOUNG ZEID, violin Saturday, May 9 @ 12 pm SLT Have you seen the film "The Red Violin"? The film tells the story of a perfect violin known as 'The Red Violin' for its rich red colour. At the film's beginning, the violin is being auctioned in Canada. As the bidding…