Electro-Music 2009

Back from Electro-Music 2009
and it was awesome! These pictures are from my performance there, it was a lot of fun.


(Photos taken by Hong Waltzer)

So, on to finishing my album... for real now...

NEWS

Tintinnabulation - Playing next week at Electro-Music 2009

October 31st at 12 noon... I know it's an early show, but it starts off a day of 19 performances and 7 workshops/demonstrations/lectures/etc...

$20 for the whole day!


Also... OTC has a first concert ready to go! January 23rd at the Paterson Museum at 7:30.
Music by:

Kevin Norton
Joe Branciforte
Barbara White
Michael Sperone
Bryan Rudderow

more concerts to follow!

Nothing entirely too interesting

OTC update:

October concert postponed until January... January 23rd. Same program, new date.


Other news:

I found a nice dresser and a desk at a garage sale. I purchased them.


Other relevant news:

Finished a transcription of a Samuel Coleridge-Taylor arrangement of "Oh He Raise A Poor Lazarus" for solo piano, for orchestra. That is to say, he arranged this old American Negro melody for piano, and I made it for chamber orchestra.

I met with Sean Lango about mixing/recording/helping with my album, and this will finally be finished in the near future.

On The Cusp New Music Ensemble

Hello all, I've been pretty busy planning a new ensemble: On The Cusp New Music Ensemble. Founded by myself and Bryan Rudderow, it is a performing ensemble dedicated to promoting/performing/nurturing the music and musicians of New Jersey.

We are planning several great concerts, including our first concert featuring the music of myself, John Link, Kevin Norton, Bryan Rudderow, Josh Lopes, and Joe Branciforte. Date/time is TBA.

Our second concert is scheduled for November 22nd at Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ. This will be a special benefit concert for Sierra Leone. It will feature newly arranged Sierra Leonean folk songs, music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Bryan Rudderow, and special guest speakers.

Bryan and I are doing a lot of work to prepare for these upcoming events, so I hope to see lots of people there! :) More details to follow.

-Mike

Jebble

Jebble is recorded!

www.mikesperone.com/compositions/

speaker icons = links to audio

8/10 - news update

So many things... I found my piano solo! pheww, That's a relief! I left it at a student's house by mistake. Well, I got it back and did some work on it, and it's starting to take shape. I've also started a new solo for percussion (unspecified) which I'm writing for Peter Jarvis.

So, I'm also recording my percussion quartet "Jebble," which is an arrangement of an earlier electronic only piece "Jebal"... it's a long, daunting task, but I'm almost finished. I hope to be done on Wednesday. :)

And last, but not least... I've got a gig at The Stone ! It's August 18th at 10pm, I'm playing a new composition by Steve Ruel, with Steve, Tyshawn Sorey, and a french horn player TBA. It should be awesome!

I've lost my piano solo!!

Ahhh! My worst fears have come to pass. The music notebook in which I'm writing my piano solo is lost... I hope that I left it where I teach today (Tuesdays) so that I will once again hold it today, in as little as 1 hour.
:(

But in other news I have some gigs coming up.
August 18th with Steve Ruel and Tyshawn Sorey at the Stone, performing a new composition by Steve Ruel.

September 12th with the Argento Chamber Ensemble at Le Poisson Rouge, performing "Music For 18 Musicians" by Steve Reich.

October 31st, Tintinnabulation, at Star Lake Music Camp for Electro-Music 2009

Also, I'm working on recordings... so be on the lookout for that. I'll post them when I'm done.