Full Moon Lunacy Concert Nov. 21, 6 pm SLT

Oh, thank goodness! Another Full Moon Lunacy concert, #11/12 to be precise begins tonight on Music Island...join Aldo as he presents another hour of live improv...

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sea%20Turtle%20Island/57/23/22

A Solstice Celebration Dec. 22 @ 6:30 pm SLT

The celebration of the returning light is older than Christianity and more universal than western culture. AldoManutio Abruzzo has a way of blending the latest in electronic wizardry with his roots in early music and his Buddhist meditative experience. The results are unique and transformative.

Join us

AldoManutio Abruzzo, Fall Reflections, November 17

Saturday Oct. 17 @ 1 pm on Music Island, Sea Turtle Island

Music Island Artist-in-Residence, AldoManutio Abruzzo takes the stage this Saturday with some Fall Reflections in different shades and hues of natural splendor. Describing himself as a "recovering lutenist", Aldo has travelled centuries of music in his lifetime, incorporating the sounds of many periods and cultures into his musical musings on electric guitar.

Music Island fans will want to check out Aldo's new meditative CD download on the web.

Aldo and his friends Desdemona Enfield and Douglas Storey are also cooking up some mysterious surprises for the Solstice concert this year. I think we'll just have to wait for December to see what's under the .... ummmm..... winter holiday symbol of your choice.

Music Island is showcased as part of Innovation InfoIsland Grand Opening

Innovation InfoIsland Grand Opening:
SATURDAY OCTOBER 3

Come witness the birth of a grand idea – a sim devoted to the innovative thinking and projects of educators, librarians and information technologists!

The grand opening of Innovation InfoIsland will be a day-long celebration Saturday, Oct. 3.

Innovation InfoIsland will be home to wide ranging projects created by some of Second Life’s most innovative and imaginative residents. The intent of the sim is to give these thinkers, inventors and designers a place to work, create and display their ideas in a beautiful setting reminiscent of New Orleans.

The Grand Opening will showcase a taste of what will be in store: an eclectic variety of live music, discussion from a panel of distinguished professionals, singing and dancing by a talented duo, a book discussion and, of course, dancing! Keynote address will be delivered by Pathfinder Linden at 11 a.m. SLT. Throughout the day visitors are encouraged to tour the island, see some of the projects currently underway and talk to some of the project developers.

Here is the complete schedule of events. All times are SLT.

8 a.m. Studying Psychic Experiences with Rodolfo Mirabella and Maggie Larimore of The AZIRE Library on Innovation Infoislands. Mirabella and Larimore will talk about their research into the psychology of psychic experiences, training a new generation of researchers and the importance of Second Life libraries and museums to the education process. Their almost 30 years of collaboration in RL research and education has focused on the out-of-body experience, and the history of parapsychology.

9 a.m. - Book discussion of "The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm" by Tom Kelley and Jonathan Littman. The discussion will be led by Maxito Ricardo, who in real life is Tom Peters, founder and CEO of TAP Information Services, a company that helps libraries and other organizations innovate.

11 a.m. - Keynote, Pathfinder Linden, "Innovation in Education in Second Life"

12 p.m. - Music Island Concerts@Innovation Island presents violinist Young Zeid. Zeid (Xi Yang in RL) has had a distinguished music career, beginning with his solo debut at age 9. He studied at the Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China, and won the National Violin Competition in Shanghai. At age 17 he was a semi-finalist in the Jacques Tibaud International Violin Competition in Paris. He is a graduate of Indiana University School of Music at Bloomington. He is the the Assistant Concertmaster, guest conductor and soloist with the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Arcangelo Piano Quartet and Duo Appassionato. He is also the founding music director and conductor of the Youth Symphony of Florida.

1 p.m. - Music Island Concerts@Innovation Island presents the ambient electronic innovations of AldoManutio Abruzzo. Abruzzo performs a unique blend of improvisational ambient guitar with inspirations from classical and world music. He has studied classical guitar, Renaissance and Baroque lute, trombone and recorder and he records and performs under his project name of "usr/sbin."

2 p.m. Panel discussion "Innovation in Education & Libraries.

Panelists are:

Valerie Hill (Valibrarian Gregg) 2-2:10 pm

Valerie Hill is a school librarian and doctoral student at Texas Woman’s University School of Library and Information Studies.

Topic: Innovative Librarianship

Esther Grassian (Alexandria Knight) 2:10-2:20

Esther Grassian is an adjunct lecturer at UCLA Dept. of Information Studies & Information Literacy Librarian at UCLA College Library

Topic: Innovative Information Literacy

Elaine Plybon (Celestia Cazalet) 2:20-2:30pm

Elaine Plybon is a Chemistry teacher and Instructional Technology Specialist at the Jack E. Singley Academy in Irving, Texas. She is the chairperson for the Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council in Texas and serves on the Leadership Council for the Discovery Educator Network in Second Life.

Topic: Innovative Emerging Technology Trends

Sheila Webber (Sheila Yoshikawa) 2:30-2:40

Sheila Webber is a senior lecturer at the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, UK.

Topic: Innovative Media Literacy

Keith Mitchell (Larry Klugman) 2:40-2:50pm

Keith Mitchell is the Coordinator for Technology Initiatives for the Center
for Science and Mathematics Education- University of Texas in Austin

Topic: Building a Professional Development Community
with Second Life

Marianne Malmstrom (Knowclue Kidd) 2:50-3pm

Marianne Malmstrom is a Technology Teacher and machinimatographer.

Topic: Machinima in Education

4 p.m Krull Quar - Will discuss "Cool Tools in Second Life" and the dynamics of tying in real world informatics and Second Life. As well as discuss tools which allow administrators
and program developers to mine and collect data about their audience and participants. Show some of the tools available in Second Life that make it possible to interact with participants and viewers.

5 p.m. Kate Miranda and Jay Ackroyd - Music Island Concerts- - Virtually Speaking - stand at the intersection between the Arts and public conversations about the social, economic, political and scientific issues that confront the modern world. They will discuss the particular challenges and opportunities that confront them as content providers, the trajectories of their two programs, and their emerging collaboration.

6 p.m. Satin Galli and Erin68 Frog take to the stage to sing a mix of duets and solos highlighting the music of hit vocalists from the past 30 to 40 years. Come prepared to dance to their delightful music. Galli and Frog were winners of the Anthology Awards 2009 for Best Duo and the Live Entertainment Music Awards 2009.

7 p.m. Music Island Concerts @ Innovation InfoIsland will present a concert at the island jazz club, featuring Cindy Ecksol. Ecksol has been making and teaching music with voice, autoharp, fiddle and a variety of other instruments for as long as she can remember. She is particularly interested in traditional music of many varieties, and her repertoire includes everything from Irish tunes and Israeli dance music played on autoharp to dark Appalachian fiddle tunes from the mountains of West Virginia, as well as amusing modern songs about real life.

AldoManutio Abruzzo Sept 22-- Equinox Concert

The Balance of the Matter
September 22
5 pm SECOND LIFE TIME (PDT)
Music Island Concerts @ Sea Turtle Island

Our biggest celebrations as a species tend to focus on the extremes of our seasonal cycles, Mid-summer and Mid-winter solstice celebrations. In these times, hopefully the human species is evolving to have a considered and worshipful regard for the idea of balance.

Join us in musical contemplation of the balance of day and night, winter and summer, as the earth is perfectly balanced between the Light and the Dark, the Heat of the Sun and the Cold of Winter Nights.

I don't know what surprises Aldo may have in store for the concert audience on Tuesday night. (He is being unusually secretive). But every concert with Aldo has been a delight for the ears and senses and the hearts of listeners are filled with calm and contemplation.

Aldo plays a unique blend of improvisational ambient guitar. You have to hear it to believe it! In real life, this avatar studied classical guitar, Renaissance and Baroque lute, trombone, and recorder. He records and performs under his project name of "usr/sbin".

He contributes regularly to collaborative recording efforts for The Ambient Collective (http://www.ambientcollective.com/), has released an EP for the netlabel Mandorla Records (http://www.mandorla.com.mx/), where his work is also showcased in their MANDORLA AUTUMN TUNES NET-COLLECTION release, and regularly participates in the National Solo Album Month (http://usrslashsbin.angrek.com/audio/nasoalmo/).

His CDs are listed in iTunes and Rhapsody, as well as several other online music services. A quick search for "usr/sbin" with your favorite online service should turn up his recordings; if not, let him know! His recordings can also be heard regularly at http://www.stillstream.com

AldoManutio Abruzzo (RL: Dennis Moser, aka "usr/sbin")
http://audiozoloft.com
http://www.myspace.com/usrsbin

Aldo to perform on Virtually Speaking series

THURSDAY AUGUST 20 @ 5 PM SLT
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtually%20Speaking/156/152/26

Music Island concerts has entered a new partnership with the public affairs program "Virtually Speaking" to present musical programming to accompany selected public affairs events. Today AldoManutio Abruzzo provides a musical introduction to an appearance by Mike Connery, co-founder of "Music for America"


Interview @ 6 pm SLT

Michael Connery is the author of Youth to Power: How Today's Young Voters Are Building Tomorrow's Progressive Majority, a book about the role of the Millennial Generation in progressive politics. In addition to blogging at Future Majority, Michael occasionally contributes to MyDD, TechPresident and Huffington Post's "Off the Bus" blog.

A political junkie and accidental activist who became involved in politics during the early days of the Dean campaign, Mike is a founder of Music for America, and served as its Communications Director and Web Editor from February 2003 until December of 2004.

Michael is a Board Member of the Young Voter PAC, an At-Large member of the DNC Youth Council, and sits on the Advisory Board of HeadCount, a non profit that registers young voters at live music events. In 2003, he was the cofounder of a similar organization called Music for America, and served as its Communications Director and Web Editor in 2003 and 2004. In 2008, he was a National New Media Fellow with the Center for Independent Media.

Michael has a BA in English and Philosophy from Boston College and an MA in English from Indiana University in Bloomington.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtually%20Speaking/156/152/26

Perseids Festival off to rousing start August 7 to 14

Friday August 7 to Friday August 14
Catch a Falling Star A storytelling treasure hunt

Join us for the opening of a new virtual storytelling experience. Find the stories in the falling stars hidden around Sea Turtle Island. The author will be with us for the grand opening. Start point is at Sea Turtle Lodge.

Mary Overton is the RL writer behind SL avatar Meryl Villota. Overton experiments with text and story online at https://maryoverton.wikispaces.com . She is the author of a story collection, THE WINE OF ASTONISHMENT (La Questa Press), and her speculative fiction appears in anthologies and journals. A list of available published work can be found at http://www.amazon.com/Fiction-nbsp-by-nbsp-Mary-nbsp-Overton/lm/R1XO8TF0U8GX6L/ref=cm_srch_res_rpli_alt_1/103-1439095-1029430 .

Sunday August 9 to Friday August 14
From Falling Star to Meteor
Information Exhibit created by Ourania Fizgig
Music Island/Sea Turtle Island

Tuesday August 11 @ 4 pm
The Year of Astronomy Talk & Tour of the Year of Astronomy Simulation
The Lodge @ Sea Turtle Island
2009 is the International Year of Astronomy and Music Island is hosting a mini-festival in honour of the falling stars of summer, the annual Perseids Meteor Shower. Come prepared to listen for a few minutes and then head out on a tour of the IYOA2009 site

WEDNESDAY August 12 @ 4pm Drumming Circle & Story Telling
Share stories of falling stars. Bring your legends and family stories about falling stars to an informal campfire and drumming circle.

WEDNESDAY August 12 @ 6:30 pm SLT AldoManutio Abruzzo, composer/musician WITH Desdemona Enfield & Douglas Story Artists RISE AND FALL OF THE PERSEIDS
a special concert on the occasion of the best light show of the summer, the Perseid Meteor shower.

Exciting Summer on Music Island

HIGHLIGHTS OF SUMMER SEASON

While more activity is being added daily, here are some dates you won't want to miss!

July 11 @ 1 pm Naftali Torok Roots of European Music, is a complementary concert to the following weeks program. Composers drew on the inspiration of the gypsy fiddle, klezmer music and other folk traditions to inspire, enliven and paint the landscapes in their classical works. Experience the original sources of this rich musical literature

July 19 @ 12 pm SLT American Roots, is a concert in the lighter vein with Cindy Ecksol. Cindy plays authentic American folk music of the sort that has been an inspiration to American classical composers in the same way that gypsy fiddlers inspired Dvorak.

July 25 @ 12 pm Vivaldi's Summer, a concert with violinist Izabela Jaworower. Izabela has been performing one movement of the work each season through the year, beginning with "Winter" in December '08. Here in high summer, she brings us the third movement, with complementary repertoire for a hot weekend at Music Island.

August 1 @ 12 pm Benito Flores Peace Festival Concert. The rising star of the Italian piano keyboard returns to the Music Island stage in support of the Peace Festival (additional Peace Festival events will be happening at Music Island, throughout the Cedar Island region and across Second Life) See the video here.

August 1 @ 2 pm Enniv Zarf, piano Peace Festival Concert. The busy and multi-talented Enniv has been away from Second Life for some months. His prodigious contributions to the Second Life arts have sure been missed. We're all glad he's back at Music Island for this concert during the SL-wide Peace Festival.

PERSEIDS FESTIVAL

August 9-14 From Falling Stars to Meteors. Informative Display on Music Island.

August 11 @ 4 pm International Year of Astronomy--Lecture and Tour, Ourania Fizgig. Begins in the Lodge on Sea Turtle Island

August 12 @ 4 pm Storytelling Campfire and Community Drumming. Drum, Talk share under the night sky on the evening of the biggest lightshow of the summer.

August 12 @ 6:30 pm AldoManutio Abruzzo, composer/musician WITH Desdemona Enfield and Douglas Story, artists. Multimedia extravaganza concert.

August 15 @ 1 pm Duo Appassionato Anniversary Concert. One year of great music in Second Life-- to be streamed live into Second Life Community Conference in San Francisco.

August 29 @ 12 pm Young Zeid, violin. Young brings down the curtain on summer with a show-stopping concert.

AldoManutio Abruzzo Concert

Sharing a photo from Aldo's very well received concert on June 20th. His welcome to summer certainly warmed our hearts and put us in the summer mood.

AldoManutio Abruzzo--Summer Solstice Concert

Midsummer's Eve is a time for magic in any reality and nothing will equal the magic of this concert in the warmth and beauty of the Music Island simulation in Second Life. If you haven't had the immersive experience of "being there" afforded by live music in virtual reality, there is nowhere better to start. If you are a longtime resident of Second Life, you know that this is a concert not to be missed.

While any performance by AldoManutio Abruzzo (RL Dennis Moser) is special, if only for the improvised nature of his music, this one will be very different. Having returned from 11 days in Croatia, where he recorded several hours of "live" field recording audio, he will be sharing his creative process by combining parts of these field recordings with his live improvisations into a new work of music; one that incorporates the sounds of the spaces and people of Dubrovnik and Zadar, Croatia. One of the featured sounds will be that of the Zadar "Morske orgulje" ("Sea Organ"), designed by architect Nikola Bašić ... more information on this amazing sound installation/sculpture can be found here

Please join us in this special event that celebrates the beginning of Summer with music from the elements, of both Man and Nature.