Vox Novus

Vox Novus is a New York City-based organization consisting of composers, musicians, and music enthusiasts which presents and supports new music.[1] Vox Novus was founded by Robert Voisey to promote contemporary composers[2][3] in 2000.

This organization was created for the purposes of expanding the presence of contemporary music in the public's vision, empowering composers and contemporary musicians to create, produce, and promote their music. Vox Novus does this by the production of concerts, exposure on the Internet, opportunity offerings, and networking between professionals. Vox Novus promotes and produces contemporary music using repeatable methods and models that composers can take and use on their own. This way contemporary music can reach an ever wider audience thereby continuing the advancement of culture and art.

Vox Novus has produced and promoted more than 500 concerts in over 30 countries around the world.[4] The organization is most noted for its 60x60 project,[5][6][7][8][9] the Composer's Voice Concert Series,[10][11] and Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame music project. Vox Novus has several other project endeavors such as Contemporary Quartets, Contemporary Recordings, Circuit Bridges, and xMV.

Vox Novus supports many other new music projects through its advocacy. It has engaged in several endeavors to promote and empower composers and their music in presentations of the greater cultural community.

One example is to produce a call for scores of new works written to celebrate the West Point Band's bicentennial for a concert in honor of Armed Forces Day.[12] Another project is a concert of music by living Armenian composers to commemorate the Armenian genocide centennial.[13]

It is also known for its resources for composers: Composers' Site, Music Avatar, NM421, and the American Composer Timeline.[14]

In 2015, Vox Novus celebrated its 15-year anniversary with a festival that included all of the concert series it produced: 60x60, Composer's Voice Concert Series, Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame, Circuit Bridges, and xMV. Two Composer's Voice concerts with Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame took place at Symphony Space in New York City.[15]

  1. ^ Omtumlande internationell timme By Camilla Dal, Gefle Dagblad
  2. ^ Pasles, Chris (July 22, 2007). "Classical Music; Writers' Block; With few opportunities and much competition, young composers show creativity in just getting heard".
  3. ^ "Vox Novus Founder". Voxnovus.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  4. ^ "Vox Novus History". Voxnovus.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  5. ^ "60x60 Project". Voxnovus.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  6. ^ "An Express Without Any Delays" By Roslyn Sulcas, The New York Times, November 17, 2008
  7. ^ "Sedbergh Music Festival breaks new ground". The Westmorland Gazette. June 4, 2010. Archived from the original on March 19, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  8. ^ "Minute hand to sweep performers on, offstage". The Columbus Dispatch. October 3, 2009. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  9. ^ "60x60: Wellington welcomes New Music's fastest-ticking clock | Contemporary Composition New Zealand News". Tokafi.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  10. ^ "Composer's Voice Concert Series". Voxnovus.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  11. ^ John de Clef Pineiro, October 20, 2002 Composer's Voice Concert, "New Music Connoisseur", March 2003 Vol. 11 No. 1
  12. ^ "Celebrating 200 Years of The West Point Band". www.musicavatar.org.
  13. ^ Presenting New Music to Commemorate the Armenian Genocide by Joseph Bohigian - New Horizons: SCI Student Members XLV: 2, March–April 2015
  14. ^ "American Composer Timeline". Voxnovus.com. May 25, 2000. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  15. ^ "Datebook | Latest News | the Village Voice".