Date: April 24, 2012
Source: WBEZ91.5
News Item: ‘Reality opera’ THE NEWS brings together a pop-culture video mashup with a live orchestra

Dutch composer Jacob Ter Veldhuis, aka JacobTV, looks beyond traditional instruments and vocal elements when composing songs. He’s long brought in sonic and visual elements of popular culture into his work. His latest work, THE NEWS, takes the continuous barrage of images, talking heads, bombastic commentators, politicians and political events, and even the vanity-driven pop stars that we’re exposed to daily, and constructs these images and sounds into a concert of social commentary he calls a “reality opera.” He explores contemporary politics, culture and news through this mashup of the 24-7 barrage of media we’re exposed to (click link to read more).

Source: WBEX91.5

The News - JacobTV, Photo: Courtesy of the artist

Friday, April 27, 2012 at 9:00PM
Byham Theater – Pittsburgh, PA

Friday, May 4, 2012 at 6:00PM and 9:00PM
Park West – Chicago, IL

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Date: January 13, 2012
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
News Item: Dutch Festival Will Celebrate Art, Culture, Cuisine

A pair of world premieres, as well as several U.S. premieres, are among the plans for Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Distinctively Dutch Festival, set to begin Feb. 18.

In all, 18 events will take place during the four-month festival of art and cultural exhibits and performances, which Gabri Christa hopes will make Pittsburghers more aware of the richness of the contemporary Dutch art world.

“I’m hopeful they will see the diversity of Dutch art, and that innovation is a large part of the Dutch cultural tradition,” says Christa, director of performing arts for the department for cultural affairs at the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York City, who assisted the Trust in organizing the festival. (click link to read more)

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review