November 15, 2008 presentation made as part of Ohio State University Women Studies conference on Women Leaders in Virtual Reality

1. Virtual Concerts in the Park Click for Narration

2. Intrepid musicians in virtual reality

3. Who are they?

4. What can we learn?

5. Sinfonia Leeds Feb. 07

6. A Cedar Island project

7. Leeds—a model of SL collaboration click for Sinfonia Leeds concert slide show

8. A growing virtual music community

9. How? Why? Who?

10. How?

11. Performance Venues

12. Non-profit rates available

13. Many existing venues for artists

14. Venue challenges: lag

15. Venue challenges: tech support

16. Many venues are built principally to attract virtual shoppers to virtual businesses

17. Consultation on building a new non-profit music venue

18. Music Island launched

19. Weekly Live Concerts

20. Why present classical concerts in Second Life?

21. The Second Life audience

22. Open to new musical experiences

23. Accessibility of Artists

24. Music Education Opportunities

25. International Musical Networking

26. External Media Promotion

27. Second Life Promotion

28. Fun factor for artists

29. Who is performing in SL?

30. Expanding or Building Skills

31. Rewarded by appreciation

32. Connecting to real careers

33. Vehicles for RL connections

34. Not Possible in Real Life Concerts

35. Multi-media collaborations

36. New art forms in development

37. In Conclusion