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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                CONTACT: FORREST TOBEY
April 24, 1996                               (410) 243-7252
                              forrest@gigue.peabody.jhu.edu

                THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ENSEMBLE
                               AND
                THE MOUNT VERNON UNITARIAN CHOIR
                           IN CONCERT
                     FORREST TOBEY, DIRECTOR
                                
   FEATURING TWO WORKS FOR ENSEMBLE AND CONDUCTED ELECTRONICS
             FOLLOWED BY CARRL ORFF'S CARMINA BURANA
                                
The Mt. Vernon Unitarian Church in Alexandria, Virginia presents
an innovative concert featuring its 45 voice choir and a
professional chamber orchestra (performing under the name of "The
Twenty-first Century Ensemble"). The concert features two works
that employ a groundbreaking new interactive computer music
system for following the gestures of a conductor, allowing for
the precise and expressive control over the electronic aspects of
the performance. By using an infrared gestural sensing wand (the
"Buchla Lightning") and running software created by
conductor/composer Forrest Tobey, the computer becomes an
integrated member of the ensemble, responding to the conductor's
gestures as a trained ensemble member would respond, adjusting to
fluctuations in tempo, dynamics, styles of articulation and
timbral balance.

CONCERT DATE:  Saturday, May 18     Mt. Vernon Unitarian Church
CONCERT TIME:  8 PM                 1909 Windmill Lane
ADMISSION:     $10                  Alexandria, VA  22307
                                   (410) 243-7252
Seating is limited. Reservations can be made via email at 

forrest@gigue.peabody.jhu.edu,
or via telephone at 703-790-1889 or 410-243-7252.

The Program:

Rejoice in the Lamb by Benjamin Britten

     The organ accompaniment for this choral masterpiece has been
     re-orchestrated for synthesized sound and is controlled by
     the conductor in performance.
     
Three Etudes for Conducted Electronics and Orchestra by Forrest
Tobey

     This world premiere features the precise interaction between
     the 16-member chamber orchestra and the electronic aspects
     of the composition through the use of the conductor-
     following system.
     
Carmina Burana by Carl Orff

     The concert will conclude with a performance of this
     enduring classic (without electronics, of course).