Theremin World

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Armen Ra Plays the Theremin - Submitted by GordonC, 12/14/2005
A six minute clip of Armen Ra playing two pieces. The camerawork is very simple and gives a good, continuous view of his aerial fingering technique.

Chris Conway - Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Submitted by unclechristo, 6/27/2006
Performed live by Chris Conway at the 2006 Consonance Filk (filk = Sci-Fi folk music) Convention, Milpitas, California filmed by Tony Fabris. 4.5mb .mov - needs latest Quicktime

Gordon and the Theremin - Submitted by GordonC, 12/9/2005
A series of theremin related shorts by Gordon Charlton relating to the topic "Gordon's Progress" in the Theremin Newcomers Forum.

Jen Hammaker theremin solo on a Madonna cover - Submitted by Guest, 3/6/2006
Jen Hammaker of Stickerbook NYC takes a solo on JJ Appleton's performance of the Madonna song "Music." Filmed at The Million Poems Show, host Jordan Davis, live at the Bowery Poetry Club, New York City, February 8, 2006.

Jon Bernhardt performs Video Killed the Radio Star - Submitted by Jon B, 3/7/2006
Jon Bernhardt of the Lothars performed Video Killed the Radio Star to a MIDI accompaniment at Ethermusic 2005 and wowed the audience!

(This is hosted on youtube.com. Unlike Veoh, it doesn't require any special software to view)

Jon Bernhardt performs Video Killed the Radio Star (Windows Media, 7.3MB) - Submitted by Jason, 12/7/2005
Jon Bernhardt of the Lothars performed Video Killed the Radio Star to a MIDI accompaniment at Ethermusic 2005 and wowed the audience!

Jon Spenser Plays the Theremin - Submitted by GordonC, 12/17/2005
Jon Spenser of the Jon Spenser Blues Explosion demonstrates a most unusual playing style. More "explosion" than "blues"!

Musaire - Submitted by J_D, 6/16/2006
Two old clips of the very British 'Musaire' playing music and sound effects with his highly customised RCA - the UK's answer to Dr Hoffman?
British Pathe allow a free low quality download, but requires some basic details to allow you to download.

Pam Kurstin plays at Musikmesse 2006 - Submitted by Jason, 4/15/2006
A YouTube video of Pamelia Kurstin at the Moog Music booth at Musikmesse 2006 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Pamelia Kurstin Plays the Theremin Cello at Ethermusic 2005 (Windows Media, 6.7 MB) - Submitted by Jason, 12/7/2005
Pamelia performed for the audience at Ethermusic 2005 on a replica theremin cello produced by Floyd Engels.

Ross Marshall - Submitted by Guest, 4/15/2006
Ross Marshall plays the Theremin at the C.I.A. Club in North Hollywood, Ca. Short piece from the Bo-Hunks, Little rascles. 1998

Theremin Videos on Google Video - Submitted by GordonC, 6/27/2006
Worth checking from time to time as the service grows.

Theremin Videos on Veoh - Submitted by GordonC, 12/5/2005
Veoh is a free peer to peer video sharing service. Just install the free software, then search for "theremin", sit back, and enjoy!

Theremin videos on YouTube - Submitted by Jason, 3/6/2006
Yet another "broadcast yourself" video service with a surprising amount of theremin videos

Video on the History of Music - Submitted by GordonC, 12/18/2005
This is an old fashioned slideshow and audio tape covering the history of mechanical and electronic musical instruments from Pythagoras to Musique Concrete in fifteen minutes. The theremin gets nice coverage, as does one of Lev Termen's other instruments, the Rhythmicon.

Walking to the theremin - Submitted by Pekkanini, 2/16/2009
Swedish composer Pekkanini performs his third own song on the theremin