Voiseynvention (2009)

June 14, 2023

Voiseynvention (2009)

Voiseynvention was composed for Robert Voisey’s XL birthday. I took the letters in Robert’s name and created two musical mottos from them. One of the mottos was a simple numerical procedure which I have subsequently forgotten. The other procedure mapped the letters of his name onto a telephone keypad and then correlated the numbers on the keypads to pitches. Again, I’ve forgotten exactly what I did. I’ll let future theorists sort it out. They will like this sort of thing. Happy birthday, Rob!

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counterpoint, invention, piano, short, spiky

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Jay C. Batzner is a composer, zazen practitioner, sci-fi geek, comic book reader, amateur seamster, and juggler on the faculty of Central Michigan University where he teaches music theory, composition, technology, and electronic music courses. He has been many places and has done several things, some of which are rather impressive.

About Me

Jay C. Batzner (b. 1974) is currently on the faculty of Central Michigan University. He reads too many comic books and tries to find time for sewing and other various hobbies. Jay likes playing chess but loses a LOT of games.

Jay’s frequent interdisciplinary collaborations with choreographer Heather Trommer-Beardslee has led to several dance works based on student veterans, ecological succession, the Larry Craig scandal, and hyena behaviors. The hyena piece even includes puppets!

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