Here is the newly invented musical instrument The Oxblood, gets its first performance as part of Monica Pearces new piece. https://vimeo/98089560 The Oxblood is designed and built by Anthony T. Marasco—is an electro-acoustic instrument consisting of four springs amplified by contact microphones. Each spring consists of a different thickness and tension and is suspended across the instrument’s solid wooden body, attached to steel L-shaped brackets. A handmade contact microphone is attached to each set of brackets in order to directly amplify the vibrations of the performers interactions with each spring. Each microphone is routed to a separate output channel, allowing the performer to command a wide array of amplification set-ups (such as 4-channel surround rings) as well as providing the freedom to manipulate each spring’s audio signal through individual effects processing techniques. The performer can excite the Oxblood’s springs through various scraping, plucking, bending, and snapping techniques. Due to the sensitivity of the contact microphones, percussive actions on the instrument’s body can also creative sonically intriguing rhythmic and tonal results. Anthony Marasco, Oxblood Inventor & Composer Anthony T. Marasco is a composer who takes influence from the aesthetics of todays Digimodernist culture, exploring the relationships between the eccentric and the every-day, the strict and the indeterminate, the raw and the refined, and the retro and the contemporary. These explorations result in a wide variety of works written for electro-acoustic ensembles, interactive computer performance systems for groups and soloists, multimedia installations, and film scores. An internationally recognized composer, he has received commissions from performers, ensembles, and institutions such as WIRED Magazine, Phyllis Chen, the Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, New Music Edmonton, Data Garden, andPLAY Duo, Dirty Paloma, Lebanon Valley College, MakeSh/ft Maker Community, Color Field Ensemble, the soundSCAPE International Composition and Performance Exchange, and the University of Scranton. Marasco was the grand prize winner of the UnCaged Toy Piano Festivals 2013 Call for Scores and a selected participant for the 2011 Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice’s Electronic Music Workshop. His compositions have been featured at festivals across the globe, such as the 2009 and 2011 soundSCAPE International Composition and Performance Festivals, the 2012 Penn State University Learning Design Summer Camp, and the 2013 Color Field Festival. In the summer of 2014, Marasco will serve as a featured sound artist for the Force Field Project in Philadelphia (working to create an interactive audio installation with Data Garden founder Joe Patitucci) and as one of six composers in the Rhymes With Opera New Chamber Music Workshop in New York City. In the fall of 2014, his piece Communiqué will be featured on the debut album release by Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, entitled Realign the Time. Marasco also builds and designs custom interactive computer systems and electroacoustic instruments for his own use and for the works of others. Recent instruments include the Oxblood—a series of amplified tension springs that can be individually routed to signal processing effects—and a set of prepared board games that can be used as physical controllers for digital software instruments. In addition to composing, Marasco also serves as a co-founder, performer, and instrument builder for Project Blue Book, a collaboration collective that serves to work with artists from all genres and mediums to create truly unique and experimental works of multimedia art. Launching in the summer of 2014, Project Blue Book’s first round of creations includes a robotic toy instrument for singer/song writer Alexa Dexa, a web-based “pen pal” piece with Canadian composer Monica Pearce, and a performance of a new graphically-scored piece by pianist and composer Tristan McKay. Holding a Masters of Music Composition degree from Towson University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lebanon Valley College, Marasco has studied with William Kleinsasser, Brian Hulse, Scott Eggert, and Will Redman. He serves on the adjunct faculties of the University of Scranton and the Pennsylvania State University, where he has taught and authored courses on western music history, digital music, ethnomusicology, and film music. He also currently serves as a Community Committee Member for the first ever Scranton Mini Maker Faire, which will create an open forum for creative members of the Northeastern Pennsylvania region and be held on October 4th, 2014. More information about his work can be found online at atmarasco
Posted on: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:50:14 +0000
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