By popular demand, Moog Music has started offering 2 factory modifications for Etherwave theremins. One modification adds a red power LED so you can easily tell when your theremin is powered on. Interestingly, the original line of Etherwaves included a power LED, and I've always been curious why they removed it in later revs of the Etherwave.

Composer Elizabeth Brown will present the premiere of her Theremin Concerto 'Seahorse' with the Harry Partch Ensemble.

With this ensemble that specializes in works of Harry Partch and other composers who have written for the Partch Instrumentarium, the Theremin certainly won't seem odd on that stage at all.
Elizabeth's new work is scored for harmonic canon 1, adapted guitar, chromolodeon, diamond marimba, bass marimba, juststrokerods, and zoomoozophone as well as theremin! The program also includes Harry Partch's 11 Intrusions and should be a lovely evening.

Congratulations Elizabeth!
Hope some TW members in the area can make it, please let us know if you do.

Harry Partch Ensemble with Elizabeth Brown, Theremin
Beatrice Crawford Memorial Concert
Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Alexander Kasser Theater
Montclair, NJ
Phone: (973) 655-5112
Website: www.peakperfs.org
E-Mail: hermidar@mail.montclair.edu
Free, but tickets are needed.

This year's New York Theremin Society presentation will feature Kip Rosser in a Solo Theremin performance, accompanied by a 3-D Projection show of Stereoscopic images of World War by the Depthography Group.

This program brings Kip's unique and evocative theremin style together with an extremely rare collection of 200, 90 year old, French emulsion-on-glass stereo plates that recorded the brutality and devastation of the World's first "modern" war.

Looks like I missed the link to more info in this post. If you missed it do go check it out.

Since Santa and his gang have been thrust upon us by the stores even earlier this year, you may be getting an early start on your holiday shopping.

Check out the Lothars Online Shopping Emporium for those Aether-Heads on your list!
Besides their recordings (must haves for any Theremin Addict), they've added

The family and friends of Clara Rockmore and her sister Nadia Reisenberg have been very busy for the past few years.Since the initial formation of the Nadia Reisenberg/Clara Rockmore Foundation, we have been able to enjoy re-releases of classic, and some previously unavailable recordings by these remarkable sister virtuosos.

The foundation has just launched a new web site to serve as a public archive for these important musicians.

Monday, Nov 3rd, was the 15th anniversary of Lev Termen's passing into the Aether. This has been such an historic week, I was not able to do him the honor of a memento until today. Gosh, 15 years already, that man changed our lives. We cannot let him be forgotten!
Hope you have a moment this week to think of him.
Keep On Playing!