New Media New Music New England and the Hartford Sound Alliance present The Sync Effect, a program of new music works inspired by the video work of Gene Gort, Devan Mulvaney and Liz Stephens. In keeping with the long tradition of producing sound for moving pictures, composers Lief Ellis, Matt Sargent, Daryl Seaver, Bill Solomon and Ken Steen have written an evening of new works of acoustic and electronic music to be performed live with video projection. Instrumentation includes percussion, slide guitars, electric bass, ukulele, voice, cello, saxophones and trombone. Selections from Gene Gort's recent video series, "Still Lifes + Silent Movies," Devan Mulvaney's "Light Movement" and Liz Stephens' "Doors" will be featured.

The concert will be held on Saturday, November 21, 2009 in the Video Studio, second floor of the Hartford Art School, Renée Samuels Center, University of Hartford at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, but seating is limited. The project also will be streamed live online.

Hartford Sound Alliance is a collective of Hartford, CT-based composers and performers dedicated to the creation, performance and promotion of new music via composition, improvisation and sound installation, as well as intermedia and interdisciplinary projects. HSA wishes to be an inclusive organization to help further create a rich new music community in Hartford and surrounding communities.

New Media New Music New England is a curatorial project organizing works and events by artists and composers in the six New England states. Our aim is to create a loose network of producers and venues across the region to promote and raise the visibility of new works in the genre for live events, gallery installation and web projects.