Lois Svard, Annea Lockwood - Annea Lockwood's Ear-Walking Woman flac album

Ear-Walking Woman DVD. by Lois Svard. A classically trained pianist with a postmodern sensibility, Lois Svard focuses on contemporary music, European as well as American. Composer Annea Lockwood writes: "Ear-Walking Woman (1996) is for prepared piano and exploring pianist and uses the classic piano preparations: dimes (to detune strings), screws, wiring insulation sheathing (to create a wood-block like sound when inserted between strings), bubble wrap, a rubber ball and cedar wood mothballs, a ceramic pestle, two round small stones (found on a beach in Greece), a.

Ear-Walking Woman, for prepared piano and exploring pianist, is an open-ended exploration; the piece determines which tools are used in each section, and the pianist is asked to listen closely to the sounds created by each action. The piece was commissioned by Lois Svard, and is dedicated to her. VIEW ALLAnnea Lockwood Fans.

Pianist Lois Svard won't be able to sit still during Lockwood's performance-art piece for prepared piano and exploring pianist. Sound artist Olivia Block showcases her highly personal blend of field recordings, chamber music and electronic sound environments on the second part. Posted: Thursday March 15 2012.

Annea Lockwood (born July 29, 1939, Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand born American composer. She taught electronic music at Vassar College. Her work often involves recordings of natural found sounds. She has also recorded Fluxus-inspired pieces involving burning or drowning pianos. Lockwood studied composition and completed a . us with honors from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.

Lockwood has fashioned an entirely new musical terrain in which pianist Lois Svard explores a sound landscape that is mesmerizing, eerie, and remarkably beautiful. Including: two performances (one video, one audio), demos of piano preparations, conversations with Svard and Lockwood, rarely seen black and white photos of Lockwood's earlier Piano Transplants and The Glass Concerts. DVD ntsc, Region: All ; Run Time: 68 minutes.

Duende (1998) Annea Lockwood/Thomas Buckner baritone voice, stereo ‘tape’, 25′ Commissioned by Thomas Buckner Recorded on Breaking the Surface (Lovely Music 2082). Monkey Trips (1995) 2 strings, 2 winds, 2 percussion, 17′ Commissioned by the Music in Motion project Recorded on New Zealand Women Composers (Lorelt CDs, 2003). Western Spaces (1995) flute, alto flute, zoomoozophone, percussion (4 players), 12′ Written for Newband.