VisionIntoArt (VIA), the non-profit company founded by Brooklyn-based composer Paola Prestini, is pleased to announce the launch of a record label, VIA Records, with three inaugural albums this fall. The formation of the label expands upon VIA's already vast body of work, which, over the last ten years, has included commissioning and producing new music by a wide range of artists. VIA Records will help to broaden the canon of new multimedia works through the commissioning and recording of artists on VIA's roster.
On September 23, the label will release Anna Clyne's The Violin, featuring violinists Cornelius Dufallo and Amy Kauffman; and Prestini's multimedia opera Oceanic Verses, featuring Helga Davis, Hila Plitmann, Christopher Burchett, Claudio Prima and, under the baton of Julian Wachner, the DeCoda orchestra and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Then, on November 18, in collaboration with VIA Records, the Innova label releases Something of Life, the debut album from cellist Jeffrey Zeigler. The album features VIA-commissioned music by Glenn Kotche, Gity Razaz and Paola Prestini, as well as new compositions by Philip Glass, Felipe Perez Santiago and John Zorn.All three albums feature remarkable visuals commissioned by VIA-by Josh Dorman for The Violin, Ali Hossaini for Oceanic Verses, and S. Katy Tucker for Something of Life. The physical package for each release will be a beautiful box designed by Mogollon (Katy Perry, Nelly Furtado), including a DVD with these visuals and a CD with the music. Dorman's, Hossaini's and Tucker's work will also be streamable at www.visionintoart.com and downloadable with online purchases.Videos