News

• May 2009: Brad Meyer posted a video of his excellent performance of Gandrung:
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• May 10, 2009: MicroFest returns to Pomona College, featuring performances by the HMC American Gamelan, playing new works of Bill's including the premiere of Breath of the Compassionate for gamelan, electronics, and video. Quartet Euphoria will reprise its performance of Stellation, also with video, and pianist Aron Kallay will perform works of Kyle Gann. The gamelan will also perform works by David Doty and Lou Harrison. This concert is only one of a terrific line-up of MicroFest events, which are detailed on the MicroFest website.

• March 3, 2009: The UCI Percussion Ensemble played Gandrung, and on April 26 the UCI Cello Ensemble played California Mabommay.

• February 21, 2009: Quartet Euphoria premiered Stellation for live string quartet, electronic sounds, and video as part of the Ussachevsky Electronic Music Festival at Pomona College.

• January 2009: WNYC's SoundCheck selected Bill's new CD Imbal-Imbalan as a "pick of the week." You can read John Schaefer's review here.

• December 2008: The second edition of Bill's Music of the Peoples of the World has now been released by Cengage/Schirmer. This edition includes new chapters on Western Europe and North America, new sections on popular music, and new listening guides.
  

• November 20, 2008: Bill was interviewed on KPFK's Global Village program and played excerpts from his new CD Imbal-imbalan.

• November 2008: Gandrung was performed at Stetson University, and Static Cling was shown at TechArt 2008, DeKalb IL.

• October 2008: Imbal-imbalan from the CD of the same name was played on Scott Unrein's excellent podcast nonpop music. The show is still available in the archive (#49).

• September 2008: Bill Alves's new CD: Imbal-Imbalan: New Music for Gamelan is now available.

• July 2008: Bill Alves's Celestial Dance for orchestra and video projection was performed by the ÖGZM Orchestra, Vienna.

• May 2008: Susan Jensen and the HMC American Gamelan premiered Bill Alves's Concerto for Violin and American Gamelan at MicroFest.

• March 2008: Mode Records has released Por Gitaro, a CD of guitar works by Lou Harrison, performed by John Schneider. The disc includes Harrison's In Honor of the Divine Mr. Handel performed by Schneider and the HMC American Gamelan, directed by Bill Alves. Alves also wrote the program notes for the disc.

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