[UC-ODDMUSIC] Save the date: Udderbot recital August 20

[Jacob Barton]

do forward as much as you can stomach——thanks!
"World's First Udderbot Recital" Friday August 20 @ UC-IMC [image:
udderbot_fancy.jpg]Champaign-Urbana, July 30, 2010—Multi-instrumentalist and
composer Jacob Barton is happy to present his first full-length concert
featuring the "udderbot", a unique slide woodwind instrument invented in
2005.

A joint project of OddMusic-UC and UnTwelve, the concert will feature
adaptations of pre-existing music and new music commissioned especially for
the occasion. Sixteen composers, half of them Champaign-Urbana residents,
participated in the commissioning project.

The recital will take place at 8 PM on Friday, August 20, 2010, at the
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center. Admission is a $10-15 sliding
scale, with no one turned away for lack of funds. RSVPing is
encouraged.<http://udderbot.wikispaces.com/uddcital+rsvp>

Made of a glass bottle, a rubber glove, and water, the udderbot's quirky
appearance and unassuming timbre make it a "friendly" instrument; however,
with a range greater than the concert flute's, the udderbot is no mere
novelty. The recital will feature music for solo udderbot player; udderbot
with electronics; chamber music with traditional instruments; and multiple
udderbots. The udderbot will substitute for its electronic predecessor, the
theremin, for the oldest piece on this recital, Martinu's "Fantasie" from
1944. A majority of the music being performed is "microtonal", i.e. using
notes and intervals that fall "between the keys" of the piano (but are no
trouble at all for the udderbot).

Jacob Barton, the udderbot's chief advocate and only known virtuoso, grew up
in Virginia Beach, VA, where his musical hunger led him to learn piano,
saxophone, clarinet, bassoon, and musical saw. He studied composition at
Rice University, where he received a BMI Student Composer Award for
"Xenharmonic Variations on a Theme by Mozart". His passion for instrument
building led serendipitously to the collaborative invention and development
of the udderbot, which continues even today. Since 2005, Jacob has played
the udderbot in traditional bands, children's concerts, experimental music
venues, theater productions, New York City subway stations, and humanitarian
clowning missions in Ecuador.

The recital is a joint presentation between UnTwelve, a Midwest-based
organization dedicated to exploring the musical frontiers beyond the 12-note
system, and OddMusic-UC, a new compositional co-op and musical instrument
library out of the UC-IMC. OddMusic-UC aims to increase everyone's access to
unusual musical experiences, offering radio programs, performances, and
instrument making workshops. The udderbot can be built in under an hour
using materials available at a hardware store; even so, learning the
udderbot takes significantly more time and effort. Jacob will be leading an
all-ages udderbot marching band with OddMusic-UC this fall.
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