little black book

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Note: The beginning of this composition is very quiet, so please turn the volume up a little. The stills are in chronological order. "The man who wasn't there" is a 2001 neo-noir film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini, Tony Shalhoub, Adam Alexi-Malle, Richard Jenkins, Michael Badalucco, and Jon Polito among others. Composer (the composition is not connected to the film): Armando Bayolo "Armando Bayolo's music combines the audacity of popular music, the verve-filled rhythmic language of Latin America, and the pugnacity of postmodern classicism into a heady, formidable concoction." (Christian Carey, Sequenza21) Born in 1973 in Santurce, Puerto Rico to Cuban parents, composer Armando Bayolo began musical studies at the age of twelve. At sixteen he went on to study at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan, where he first began the serious study of composition. Mr. Bayolo's music, which the Washington Post hailed as radiant and ethereal, "full of lush ideas and a kind of fierce grandeur (which unfold) with subtle, driving power;" and which the Charlotte Observer says "deserves to be played many more times and in many more places" encompasses a wide variety of genres including works for solo instruments, voices, chamber and orchestral music. Recent premiere performances include Orfei Mors by cellist Phillip von Maltzahnn and the Society for New Music (Syracuse) and the Western Piedmont Symphony Orchestra; Kaddish:Passio:Rothko by the chorus and orchestra of the National Gallery of Art; Mix Tape by National Symphony Orchestra bassist and Peabody Institute professor Jeffrey Weisner; Absolute Music for trombone and orchestra with trombonist Philip Brown and the South Jutlands Symphony Orchestra of Soderborg, Denmark, who commissioned the work, under the direction of Maximiano Valdés; Caprichos by the ensemble Hexnut as part of the Karnatic Lab series in Amsterdam as well as various festival appearances throughout Holland; and Los Conquistadores by the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, Maximiano Valdés, conducting; Lullabies by Trio Montage at Carnegie Hall; Symphony: Savage Howls by the University of Oregon Wind Ensemble; and Tusch at Barge Music, among others. Upcoming performances in 2012-13 include the premieres of several major works including Sacred Cows by hexaCollective and Great Noise Ensemble; Cancionero Amoroso by Volti and Orfeón San Juan Bautista; the organ sonata, Obsessioneering, by David Troiano; the London premiere of Action Figure by ensemble Lontano; the Washington premiere of Tusch with Cornelius Dufallo; the world premiere of The Books of Bokonon by The Deviant Septet; the world premiere of Hesychasmos by Great Noise Ensemble; and performances of his second (Symphony: Cancionero Mudo) and third (Symphony: Savage Howls) symphonies by the Western Piedmont Symphony and the wind ensembles of The Ohio State University and Bowling Green State University (the latter concluding the 2012 edition of the Bowling Green New Music Festival). Mr. Bayolo's recent commissions include Little Black Book, commissioned by the Fromm Foundation for guitarist D.J. Sparr; Hesychasmos commissioned by the music department of the National Gallery of Art for Great Noise Ensemble; Cancionero Amoroso commissioned by Volti and Orfeón San Juan Bautista; The Books of Bokonon for The Deviant Septet; Obsessioneering for organist David Troiano; Lullabies, for Marguerite Levin and Trio Montage; Symphony: Savage Howls the wind ensembles of the University of Oregon, The Ohio State University, Arizona State University, Bowling Green State University and the Eastman School of Music; Absolute Music, a concerto for trombonist Philip Brown and the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra of Denmark; Caprichos for the Dutch group Hexnut, Ned McGowan, Artistic Director; Tusch for violinist Cornelius Dufallo; and a new work for the Chicago Si...