Toca Loca performs Halo Ballet on a festival dedicated to art in video games.
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Halo Ballet at Vector Game Art Festival
Tagged with: halo ballet, interaccess, toca loca, toronto, vector game art festival
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Halo Ballet on Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques
Toca Loca performs Halo Ballet on Montréal’s preeminent new music festival.
Podcast Interview with Paul Steenhuisen
Paul Steenhuisen has been putting together a very interesting series of podcast interviews with composers, including Elliott Carter, Vinko Globokar, Jonathan Harvey, Kee Yong Chong, and the composers in AMP. His interview with me is now available, direct from his…
Tagged with: amp, culture no.2, gregory oh, interview, kiss around the world, love in the time of connectivity, paul steenhuisen, podcast, toca loca
Posted in News and Events
Posted in News and Events
Halo Ballet 90-second promo
Toca Loca put together a promo video for Halo Ballet, based on some entertaining rehearsal footage. If you’re still not sure what a ballet set in the Halo video game environment would look like, this video will enlighten you. Toca…
Halo Ballet première footage
Greg Oh and friends premièred Halo Ballet in Toronto on the X AVANT festival in Oct 2010, but the video recording of the piece mysteriously disappeared. Now it’s been found, posted below.
Shadow Songs/ Halo Ballet at Ottawa Chamberfest 2011
Toca Loca takes Halo Ballet to the Ottawa Chamberfest, also paired with Christine Fellows and Shary Boyle. Halo Ballet is my piece for virtual dancers, choreographed within the Halo videogame environment and performed “live” by gamers alongside the ensemble.
Short Biography
Aaron Gervais is composer of new classical/avant-garde music, born in Edmonton, Canada, and represented by Art Music Promotion. He received a Bachelor of Music with Honours from the University of Toronto, and a Master’s degree from the University of California…
Tagged with: alberta foundation for the arts, Biographical, canada council, chan ka nin, chinary ung, continuum, culture no.1, ensemble contemporain de montréal, flüsse-einflüsse, gaudeamus, iscm, knights orchestra, koninklijk conservatorium, martijn padding, masterclasses, mata, new wave festival, nieuw ensemble, nouvel ensemble moderne, philippe manoury, socan, socan awards, soundaxis, tapestry new opera works, toca loca, ucsd, university of toronto
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Halo Ballet at Open Ears
Gregory Oh, Toca Loca, and the “Halorinas” reprise Halo Ballet, originally premièred in Oct 2010. This time, they are performing the version with electric guitar.
Newsletter: News, Concerts, Events, & Critical Thought
This is a reprint of the first edition of my e-mail newsletter. For some time I’ve had a newsletter signup form on my website but this is the first time I’m actually sending a newsletter out! I plan on doing…
Tagged with: dance, dissemination, experiment, follow up, gregory oh, halo ballet, luciane cardassi, newsletter, oksana g, piano, première, supercollider, tapestry, toca loca, ucsd, x avant
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Posted in Blog, News and Events
Halo Ballet on the X AVANT Festival’s Dance Dance Revolution
Gregory Oh and Toca Loca première my new piece, Halo Ballet (Bipolar Disorder NOS) on the X AVANT Festival’s all-dance programme. Halo Ballet is a piece for live performers (piano, keyboard, percussion, harp or guitar) and electronic dancers, performed in…
Tagged with: dance dance revolution, festival, Georges Aperghis, greg oh, halo ballet, harp, John Oswald, music gallery, nord, percussion, piano, première, toca loca, toronto, x avant
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- My response to @elcush's The Bacon-Wrapped Economy http://t.co/PFKEL7p9eH
- My latest blog post, looking at the difference between crowdfunding and traditional philanthropy:http://t.co/PFKEL7p9eH
- My latest article: Working for Free: Helpful or Harmful? http://t.co/TvNqXlxT54 a composer's response to @tanehisi Atlantic piece
- Composition Lessons: The Dirty Projector’s “Police Story” and on how to write for voice http://t.co/1ze2kTuBF0
- A friendly review of my premiere at Other Minds last weekend: http://t.co/d1EspIr1Q9
- The @OtherMindsSF Festival was pretty great this year, thanks to all involved.
- Soundcheck for @OtherMindsSF complete, come check out the show tonight, premiere of my piece.
- Apparently my "Machiavellian Guide" now ranks for the search term "iconoclast composer". ;-) http://t.co/tRwTLccA7R
- I will be interviewed by Sarah Cahill on @kalw_radio tonight for the @OtherMindsSF Festival, 8:00pm PST, check it out.
