Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar

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Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar is a contemporary new music program hosted by Kalvos and Damian, the alter egos of the composers Dennis Bathory-Kitsz and David Gunn. [1] Beginning in 1995, [2] the program aired for over 10 years on Goddard College's radio station WGDR 91.1 FM Plainfield, Vermont and is now archived on the Internet. [3] [4]

Contents

A "normal" show consisted of 2 hours playing contemporary new music works, fiction, and an interview of a new music personality. The show began with host, David Gunn, narrating his serialized fiction in the beginning. Afterwards they would play several contemporary works, a genre they dub as "non-pop". This would include works of their featured quest for that show.

The New York Times comments that "Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar (www.kalvos.org) continually document the breadth and vivacity of American musical creativity in a way that, given its relatively tiny audience, no concert promoter or station manager could possibly afford." [5]

Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar has interviewed hundreds of composers; some notable guests include: Laurie Anderson, Eve Beglarian, David Behrman, [6] Rhys Chatham, Noah Creshevsky, David Del Tredici, [7] Eric Salzman, Christopher DeLaurenti, Daniel Goode, Tom Hamilton, Joan LaBarbara, Mary Jane Leach, Paul Moravec, David Morneau, [8] John McGuire, Maggi Payne, Larry Polansky, Pauline Oliveros, Marco Oppedisano, Frank J. Oteri, Elliott Schwartz, Laurie Spiegel, Carl Stone, James Tenney, [9] Michael Torke, Robert Voisey, [10] [11] Peter Zummo, [12] and many others. [13]

Kalvos & Damian has also been host to the 60x60 project's Radio Request Extravaganza. [14] [15]

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References

  1. ↑ Sound Bytes of Truth by Kyle Gann, Village Voice July 6th, 1999
  2. ↑ "Index to New Music Playlists". kalvos.org.
  3. ↑ "Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar -- New Music Composers from Around the World". www.kalvos.org.
  4. ↑ "NewMusicBox". Archived from the original on 2005-12-20. Retrieved 2008-02-19.Retuning the Dial: Rethinking the Relationship between Radio and New American Music NewMusicBox Published: May 1, 2000
  5. ↑ Maverick Composers Boom and Crackle Online By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, New York Times Published: June 5, 2003
  6. ↑ David Behrman interview from Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar
  7. ↑ http://kalvos.org/deltred.html interviewed on Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar
  8. ↑ Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar show #548, Just a Heck of a Lot Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar, December 13, 2008
  9. ↑ Hermits of Re-Tuning (Show 115) James Tenney interviewed on Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar, August 2, 1997 (click to listen)
  10. ↑ Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar show #523, BoRenGurka 120x100 Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar, June 11th, 2005
  11. ↑ Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar show #454, The Catafalque of Valentines Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar, February 14th, 2004
  12. ↑ Peter Zummo page, from Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar's
  13. ↑ http://www.kalvos.org/shows.html Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar's guest list
  14. ↑ http://www.kalvos.org/upcoming.html Upcmign shows on Kalvos and Damian
  15. ↑ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/Events.htm 60x60 Events
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