| The VirtualConcert is the next generation in the creation and experience of
contemporary music. Created by composer
Mark Weber,
Joseph Franklin of the Relache Ensemble
in Philadelphia and Suzanne Fetscher of the Atlantic Center for Arts, the VirtualConcert
is an exploration of the creative uses of the internet for the composition of music.
During two residencies at Jack Straw, the West Coast site of this national project,
the Rand Steiger are assembling works
of music intended to be experienced both online and at concerts in the real world.
Your interaction and reaction are encouraged at all times- you will play an important
part in the shaping of these new works.
Please investigate the East Coast
component of this project to see what Mark Weber and the Relache ensemble
are constructing at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida.
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Music In Motion
was created by Joseph Franklin, Founding Director of Relache and Metadesign
Associates (META) in association with Suzanne Fetscher, Executive Director of
Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA) with funds provided by the Pew Charitable Trusts, Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. The mission of Music in Motion is to build audiences for the musical arts through a national network of collaborative residencies among composers, performing ensembles and host sites in the context of a variety of community outreach activities. The VirtualConcert is the second phase of the Music in Motion project.
In the first phase of this project, Jack Straw Productions hosted a
Music in Motion Event at its studios
on March 8th, 1996. Zeitgeist, a new music ensemble from Minneapolis, played
works in progress by Music In Motion commissioned composers Jarrad Powell and
David Mahler, in addition to performing compositions by Tony Stark and W.C. Handy.
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