Composer Anthony Cornicello (born in Brooklyn, New York, 1964) writes music that blurs distinctions between performers and electronics, timbre and harmony, composition and improvisation, and explores the boundaries of what may be considered post-classical concert music. His music is vibrant and visceral, full of rhythmic energy and harmonic sophistication, and his forays into live electronics have led to exciting combinations of instruments and processed sound. Cornicello’s background as a jazz pianist is evident not only in the rhythmic activity of his music, but also in his constant investigation of the rich sonorities available from a variety of instruments.
He has been commissioned to write music for the Scorchio Electric String Quartet, ModernWorks! (funding from Meet the Composer/ Commissioning Music USA), the Auros Group for New Music, the Prism Saxophone Quartet, the New York New Music Ensemble, David Holzman, the Group for Contemporary Music, and the InterEnsemble of Padova, Italy. His work has also been featured on the Guggenheim Museum’s “Works and Process” series. Cornicello’s works have also been performed by the Chicago Civic Symphony, Parnassus, ALEA III, Composers Concordance, Madeleine Shapiro, Robert Black, among many other outstanding groups and solo performers. His music has been presented as part of the Darmstadt International Festival of New Music as well as the June in Buffalo Festival.
Cornicello’s Second String Quartet has been recorded by the Atlantic String Quartet; the Second Sonata for Piano by David Holzman (Centaur). More recently, his Post-Modern Waltz was recorded by Eric Moe for Albany Records. A portrait CD of Cornicello’s works is scheduled for 2006 release on Albany Records.
As a performer, he has conducted or played piano in his own works on numerous occasions. While a graduate student at Rutgers, he formed and directed the Janus Ensemble, a group dedicated to contemporary music. More recently, Cornicello has begun performing on the laptop, using a variety of interfaces and the Max/MSP program. Those performances, mostly with EEE!, have had a notable impact on his music, as EEE!’s music ranges from hip-hop to experimental noise. EEE! is based at Eastern Connecticut State University, where Cornicello is an Associate Professor and Director of the Electronic Music Lab.
Cornicello received the Ph.D. from Brandeis University, where he studied with David Rakowski, Eric Chasalow, and Martin Boykan. His teachers also include Charles Wuorinen, Gérard Grisey, and Richard Beirach.
His current fields of interest include developing unusual interfaces for live computer music performances, as well as continuing to investigate resonance and spatialization. His recent and current projects (mostly for string instruments and electronics) have been exploring the latter two, and the series of experimental works ReZenant Garden, performed by EEE! have operated on all three areas of interest. Future projects will include works for instrumental groups or soloists and electronics, as well as turntablists.
Cornicello's works are published by C.F. Peters Corporation and APNM, and he is a member of BMI.
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Saturday, May 13, 2006
A political Blog: Save the Internet
When the Government is not trying to find out who we're calling (I call my Dad a lot, sometimes my sister, my friend Mike in NJ, amongst others, just to save the NSA people some time), they're now trying to apparently destroy the Internet. No, they're not trying to eliminate it, but they're trying to pass legislation that would make it easier for ISPs to direct you where they want you to go. An example would be if AT&T came up with a music-downloading site, they could turn on some filter to make iTunes incredibly slow.
What's at hand is Network Neutrality - an ISP allows equal access to all sites. The fight to protect Network Neutrality is gaining huge momentum - from both the left and right. Hey, they NRA is actually fighting for this. Of course, that might not stop the Republicans, who seem to act independently of public needs and demands.
Please go out and sign some petitions. I'm a member of MoveOn.org, and I've signed petitions at their site, and I've joined savetheinternet.org. It's a worthwhile cause, as I'm sure you'll agree.
You can read more about it in these places:
MoveOn.org's info page.
MoveOn member Mari Fetzer designed a FANTASTIC image with links to 5 things people can do today to preserve Internet freedom. See it here.
Several fun videos are now on the SavetheInternet.com Coalition website, including a great Halo mimick on Net Neutrality.
Comedy site "Ask A Ninja" has a unique perspective on Net Neutrality.
Two notes:
1.) You can bet that EEE! will be performing Ferlinghetti's Totalitarian Democracy again this Fall.
2.) I'll go back to my usual subject matter after this. Until the next intolerable act comes up, that is.
posted by Anthony Cornicello
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