Music Island: Five Years of “Virtual Concerts in the Park”
An article I recently published in my default identity in H+ magazine.
No concert at Music Island this week? Yes, but wait! It's time for the annual festival of SL Women in Music offered in partnership with Ohio State University's Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies. This year the festival will be a kick off event for16 Days of Action against Gender Violence with events in…

Atheene Dodonpa, soprano
Early Songs of the Anunciation & Advent Season
(live concert in 3D virtual reality)
Sunday November 20, 2011
12 noon SLT (Pacific Time)
Music Island, Sea Turtle Island
Atheene Dodonpa is the pre-eminent wandering minstrel of Second Life, entertaining townsfolk and castle dwellers alike with authentic music from many cultures delivered in her thrilling soprano, accompanying herself on…
In the context of a maillist discussion, this video was posted, sparking my comments as below.
SLCC 2011 The Creative Economy In Second Live by Sitearm Madonna aka James Neville from Sitearm Madonna on Vimeo.
It is interesting to note that Richard Florida moved to Canada, citing in part the Canadian national and Toronto civic understanding of…
Joaquin Gustav, latin guitar
Music Island, Sea Turtle Island
August 13, 2 pm SLT
Joaquin is a highly trained guitarist, born and received his music education in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the birthplace of tango. Out of his fingers comes an array of string sounds that blend the colors of Latin American…
PROGRAM:Muzio Clementi “Batti batti” dal Don Giovanni di Mozart Andrea Padova Waterscape in motion* Ferruccio Busoni Elegia n. 2 “All’Italia!” (in modo napoletano) Gioachino Rossini da “Péchés de Vieillesse” Vol. VII: Album pour les enfants dégourdis - n. 8 Barcarole …
Last week I read Thom Dowd's notice to the Early Music group with no surprise but with considerable sorrow and regret. The Second Life music pioneer was announcing the migration of his musical activities to Livestream & Livestream/Facebook. The rationale, he reported, was the ability to reach a larger audience. We will miss…
HEAVEN, EARTH, METAVERSE 12 pm PDT (SLT), 3 PM EDT, 9 PM in Italy BENITO FLORES, piano (Alessandro Marangoni in RL) Ars Cantica, choir Marco Berrini, conductor To view inworld you need a Second Life account and to be at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sea%20Turtle%20Island/57/23/22 at 12 noon Pacific Time or you can view on the old…
Sandia Beaumont (Piano) & Shprav Oodles (Organ) Steam Organ, Piano, Harpsichord, Wind… and words. SUNDAY MAR 27 12 NOON SLT Music Island, Sea Turtle Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sea%20Turtle%20Island/53/20/23 In First Life, as a solo pianist, Sandia Beaumont is regularly accompanied by symphonic orchestras. In Second Life, Sandia could only dream of having an…
Eveline Noth and Ensemble Saturday 19 Feb. at 12 pm SLT (PST) Music Island, Sea Turtle Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sea%20Turtle%20Island/57/23/23 If you attended Thom Dowd's concert with his colleague Eveline Noth in November then you know that you want to be there when the lovely Eveline Noth returns with 3 of her pre-professional students to present…
Rockcliffe University has graciously invited the Music Island concert series to be part of the distinguished educational and cultural offerings that the online university has been making happen in Second Life (and beyond) for the past three years. We'll be bringing selected representative concerts from the Music Island series to a newly created…