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contemporary music and arts festival
SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2012
2PM TO 10PM
ND 501 : 501 North I-35 : Austin, Texas
(just east of I-35 on 5th street)
Announcing the Fast Forward Austin 2012 Call for Scores
This year’s Fast Forward Austin features calls for scores in three categories: 1) Solo piano works for Vicky Chow, pianist of the Bang on a Can All-Stars 2) Saxophone quartet works for the Bel Cuore Quartet 3) Mixed chamber works utilizing 3-6 players for Precipice (flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano, and percussion) The call is open to composers of all ages. All works must be composed within the last ten years, and under ten minutes in length. Pieces may have previously received performances. A maximum of three scores may be submitted by each composer (one in each category). See complete … Continue reading
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FFA Artists to perform at Contagious Sounds in NYC on Feb. 23, 2012
Thursday, Feb 23 @ 7pm The Gershwin Hotel 7 east 27th street New York, NY Fast Forward Austin teams up with Contagious Sounds for an evening of performances by FFA 2012 artists Owen Weaver and the Bel Cuore Sax Quartet, joined by special guests Vicky Chow and Concert Black. We’ve always wanted Fast Forward to be about more than just the annual festival. It’s also about connecting the Austin scene to a larger, nation-wide conversation. Our show at the Gershwin is a first step in that direction. At the Gershwin, Austin musicians will share their stuff with New Yorkers and New … Continue reading
Unsilent Night Success!
Thanks to everyone for coming out to Austin’s first ever Unsilent Night! We’d love to see and share your photos and videos. Just use the upload tool below to send us your files.
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Austin Unsilent Night on Friday, Dec. 09!
Unsilent Night is an original composition by Phil Kline. Written specifically for outdoor performance in the month of December, it is a rousing street promenade in which the audience becomes the performer. Each participant gets one of four music tracks in the form of a cassette, CD, or Mp3. Together all four tracks comprise Unsilent Night. Carrying boomboxes, or anything that amplifies music, participants simultaneously start playing the music. They then walk a carefully chosen route through their city’s streets, creating a unique mobile sound sculpture. Here’s how it works: If you plan on using an mp3 player with portable speakers, you can … Continue reading
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FFA 2011
Compilation video and photos from Fast Forward Austin 2011. all photos by Elisa Ferrari
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ACE Innovation Fair
This Saturday, April 16, at 3PM, Fast Forward Austin co-directors Ian Dicke and Steve Snowden will give a short presentation at the ACE Innovation Fair about new music in the community. They’ll play some highlights from last weekend’s festival and talk about the process of bringing cutting edge music to new audiences. The workshop will take place at the ACE Academy Campus, 3901 Shoal Creek Blvd, at Congregation Beth Israel in the Education building, near the intersection of 39th and Shoal Creek Blvd. Check it out. More information here. Also not to be missed, Line Upon Line percussion will perform … Continue reading
Thank you!
With over 150 people in attendance, 8 hours of music, 8 ensembles, one killer In C jam, a food truck, baked goods, koozies, tats and tees, the first ever Fast Forward Austin was a HUGE success. We are so grateful to EVERYBODY who attended, volunteered, or performed. To top it off we’ve been able to give Anthropos Arts a healthy donation in support of their excellent programs that support free music lessons, workshops and performances in economically disadvantaged schools. Sometime during the raucous and joyful performance of In C, featuring artists from throughout the day and students from Anthropos, it … Continue reading
Fast Forward Austin call for scores results
After much deliberation a winner has been chosen in the Fast Forward Austin call for scores. We received 113 entries. The quantity and quality of these submissions was humbling and overwhelming. There were many many excellent pieces to choose from. After carefully considering all submissions, the selection committee and the Aeolus quartet picked Dan Visconti’s Black Bend as this year’s winner. Dan will attend the festival and Aeolus will perform Black Bend during their set at Fast Forward Austin. Additionally, we would like to recognize runners-up Ashley Fu-Tsun Wang and Michael-Thomas Foumai. Thank you to all who entered this year’s call for scores!
Kickstarter
Putting on a music festival takes a lot of resources and we’ve launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund some of this year’s event. It’s our first time presenting Fast Forward Austin and we need your help bringing it to life. Check out our kickstarter page and promo video, and help bring this vital music to the Austin community. As a small token of our enormous gratitude, we’re offering a host of delightful goodies for every contributor. Not to be missed!
