Norman Lowrey

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Norman Eugene Lowrey (* 1944 ) is an American composer, action artist and music teacher.

Norman Lowrey studied at the Eastman School of Music and is a composition student of Pauline Oliveros . He is Professor of Music and Head of the Music Department at Drew University in Madison.

With funding from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation , he and Cynthia Poten initiated the River Sounding project in 1994 , in which artists created works under the impression of the sounds and silence of the Delaware River . The project included painters Doug and July Alderfer-Abbot , composer David Dunn , visual artists Alan Gussow and Nura Petrov, and poet and filmmaker Cecilia Vicuna .

Lowrey was best known for his singing masks, masks made of wood and ceramic, into which flutes, rattles and other musical instruments are integrated, so that each mask has its own voice. They were u. a. Exhibited at the New Jersey State Museum . Performances with the masks found u. a. at Plan B in Santa Fe, at Lincoln Center in New York and at The Deep Listening Space in Kingston / New York.

Works

  • ImpRov (ing) isation for cello and singing masks, 2011
  • Remember, Dream a Singing Mask Ceremony with sound / video Dreamscape by Norman and Ezra Lowrey , 2011
  • OneMany (OM) for Singing Masks, Electronics and Orchestra, 2010
  • Mysterium Magnum: Singing Mask Dreamsong Meditations , video ceremony for Singing Masks, electronics and orchestra, 2009
  • Onieroscape for Singing Masks and Electronics, 2009
  • Imp / Rov (ing) isation for Singing Masks and Electronics, 2008
  • In Whirled (Trance) Formations for virtual Singing Masks, 2006
  • Orchestrophonia for mechanical musical instruments and orchestra, 2006
  • Into the Deep (Dreaming) for Singing Masks, Surround Soundscape and Electronics, 2006
  • We Are Dreaming This: Transtemporal Dreaming for Singing Masks, Video, Surround-Soundscape and Electronics, 2005
  • Private Prayers / Public Rituals: For Peace for Singing Masks, Soundscape and Electronics, 2005
  • Private Prayers / Public Rituals for Singing Masks, Soundscape and Electronics, 2004
  • DreamWeaving for Singing Masks, Soundscape and Electronics, 2001
  • Invocation: Morning Walk With Buddha BigEars for Singing Mask, Soundscape and Electronik, 2001
  • RiverSoundMind for Singing Masks, Soundscape and Electronics, 2001
  • In Parallel: Dreaming Into Alternate Universes for Singing Masks, Surround SoundScape, Narration and Movement, texts by Fred Alan Wolf , 2001
  • ReVoicings for Singing Masks, Voice and Electronics, 2000
  • Spirit Talk: Conversations with the Singing Masks for Singing Masks, bird and river sounds and electronics, 2000
  • Spirit Dreams: Stories of the Singing Masks for Singing Masks, Narrator, Flussklänge und Elektronik, 2000
  • Dreaming W ... (ave) (edge) Gate from dream , 1996
  • Into the River of Longest Night: Celebrating Winter Solstice for four flutes, four horns, xylophone, narrator and river sounds, text by Theodore Roethke , 1995
  • riverdream through us A Listening Ceremony in Seven Dreamings for Singing / Listening Masks, river sounds, listeners and performers, 1995
  • from Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma for Voices and River Sounds, 1995
  • Spirit Dream A Mask Performance / Ceremony , 1993
  • To Hear a World ... , 1992
  • Out of the Wasteland , dance music, 1991
  • Interface Music for the Dance , 1989
  • whisperswithin , dance music, 1988
  • The Water Dances Music for the Dance , 1988
  • Voices of Possibility - Music and masks for dance , 1987
  • Music to Selected Sonnets of William Shakespeare for soprano and orchestra, 1985
  • Inside Out, A Journey to the Spirit World , play with masks and music, 1985
  • Inua Yua (Image's Person) , 1984
  • The White Canoe (A Ceremony of Transformation) for masks, speakers and gamelan, 1984
  • Inventing Voice for Masks and Gamelan. 1983
  • The Origin of Winter Holidays Ceremony , 1982
  • The Origin of Flute / Masks Ceremony , 1982
  • How Moon Acquired Phases Ceremony , 1982
  • Shamanic Voices for ceramic sculpture, music, choreography, videotape and narration, 1980–81
  • Earth Song for ceramic sculpture, music, narration and video tape, 1978–79
  • Dance Reflections for violin, soprano, treble recorder, narrator and piano, 1979
  • Trumantra for five trumpets, tape and audience, 1978
  • Waves for solo trumpet, narrator and prepared tape, texts by Virginia Woolf , 1976–77
  • Breaking Open for female choir and orchestra, 1976
  • A Child's Christmas in Wales Setting for narrator and orchestra, text by Dylan Thomas , 1974

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personal data
SURNAME Lowrey, Norman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lowrey, Norman Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, action artist and music educator
DATE OF BIRTH 1944