Updated 25 February, 2005 – check back soon for more listings!
SEE NEW CALLS FOR WORK 2/25 -- deadlines this month & next . . .

NYC & PHILADELPHIA:

Two Prism Quartet performances this weekend: New York and Philadelphia

Program
Gerard Grisey - Anubis et Nout (1990)
for bass saxophone

Hugues Dufourt - Quatuor (1993)
for saxophone quartet, U.S. Premiere

Fabien L�vy - Durch, in memoriam G�rard Grisey (1998)
for saxophone quartet, U.S. Premiere

Philippe Hurel - Opcit (1984)
for tenor saxophone

Philippe Leroux - Du Souffle (2003)
for saxophone quartet, New York/Philadelphia Premiere

The PRISM Quartet presents the saxophone as viewed through the spectral lens of French composers from the last two decades. The music of G�rard Grisey, Philippe Leroux, Hugues Dufourt, Philippe Hurel, and Fabien L�vy - at once visceral, ethereal, and complex - uses as its inspiration the natural acoustical properties of sound to inform its rich texture, structure, and harmony. A fascinating musical language spoken through the timbre and resonance of the saxophone.

NEW YORK
Friday, February 25, 2005, 8:30pm
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at
Symphony Space
95th Street & Broadway, New York
$21 general, $18 seniors/students, $16 members
Box office: 212-864-5400
www.symphonyspace.org

PHILADELPHIA
Saturday, February 26, 2005, 8:00pm
Trinity Center for Urban Life
22nd & Spruce Streets, Philadelphia
Admission: $20 general; $10 students/seniors
Box Office: UpStages, 215-569-9700

PRISM Quartet
Timothy McAllister, soprano & tenor saxophones
Michael Whitcombe, alto saxophone
Matthew Levy, tenor saxophone
Taimur Sullivan, baritone & bass saxophones

info@prismquartet.com
www.prismquartet.com

PASADENA, CA:

Ensemble Green Concert

When: Friday February 25, 8 p.m.
Where: Neighborhood Church Chapel
301 N. Orange Grove Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91103
Information: (323) 464-6222
Tickets: $10
Program: "LA Composers 1.0"
Gradus by Stephen Hartke
Three Short Stories by Gernot Wolfgang
Concertino for Oboe and Six Instruments by Frederick Lesemann
nostalgia and melancholy by roger allen ward
Tientos by Ian Krouse

Special Guests
Jim Sullivan, Clarinets
Andrew Norman, piano
Connie Deeter, bass

VALENCIA, CA:

Sounding Out concert/performance event

Saturday 2/26
Main Gallery, CalArts
8pm
free food and drinks

Featuring work by such lovely folk as:
Adam Overton, Johnny Chang, Mas Sunami, Eric Clark, Yulia Zinovieva, Doug Barrett, Tonatiuh Avila, Karla Diaz, Mark So, Jacob Feinberg, Kasey Bindra, Alison Rootberg, Petros Sakelliou, Sarah Howe, Joe Kudirka, James Orsher, John Cage, Shawn Tracy and the Flipper Babies.

LA, CA:

Hugh Livingston Performances & Installations

saturday february 26: new sound installations, pinot noir tasting. 3-7pm

Situational sound production company Strings & Machines presents new works just for the occasion by Hugh Livingston [Train. Camelia Train. is timed with the passing of freight trains, with a custom 18-channel 'train surround' system and snippets of train songs lingering behind as the roaring engine passes; Cocktail Party provides talking heads to enliven any discussion] and Michael Zbyszynski [All Kinds of Time shows off some infrared motion sensors and allows the visitor to learn what kind of hand gestures will control the sound].

Pinot Noir tastings by Sasha Verhage (eno) and Bryan Harrington (Harrington Winery). Sponsored by Aspera Software, Strings & Machines, pov media. Technology sponsored by Sonic Impact, Encinitas, Calif.�

On hand to talk about sound installations, technology, and opportunities for collaborations with architects, landscape architects and visual artists will be Strings & Machines principals Hugh Livingston and Michael Zbyszynski. Our third Director, Margaret Schedel, arrives the following week to formally launch our Situational Music practice. Together we will be working on many exciting projects this spring and summer, including outdoor sculptural speakers (the prototypes were just delivered!), technology projects with Sonic Impact, public and private installations, Landscape Explorations, and even more Windows and Chairs. Soon it will all be available for study at www.stringsandmachines.com.

805 camelia, berkeley
one block south of gilman exit from 580
between 5th and 6th. look for the glass brick and the barrel over the door
day of event information 510.849.2386

Other Public Installations

LISTEN EDGEMAR
2415 Main Street Santa Monica
opened May 16, 2004

LISTEN EDGEMAR Volume II
2415 Main Street Santa Monica
opens May 15, 2005

HANJIN TERMINAL
Port of Oakland Building
530 Water Street Oakland
opens March 26, 2005

WINDOWS & CHAIRS
Oakland Art Gallery
Frank Ogawa Plaza Oakland
opens July 1, 2005

Other Things Way at the Bottom
Literally by popular demand, I am performing a concert on cello for the first time in 629 days. Hopefully this will satisfy everyone and I won't have to play again for another two years. The event is March 16, 830pm, in the new Disney Building designed by Frank Gehry in downtown Los Angeles. It sounds like a lot of Bay Area people will go, so this is the official notification. I was listed as a composer on the website; when I corrected the error my name was removed entirely. But visit here http://calarts.edu/redcat/season/20042005/mus/ei.html for the information. It will be the West Coast premiere of Roger Reynolds' Process & Passion, of which we made a critically acclaimed recording that was released last year. Six channel surround processing, etc. at the modular REDCAT theater. Lots of good restaurants. And celebrities. It's LA, after all.

LA, CA:

Street Angel Diaries: A Multimedia Work about the Homeless

On Sunday February 27, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. Mary Lou Newmark will present �Street Angel Diaries: A Multimedia Work about the Homeless� at the Leo Baeck Temple, 1300 N Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA.

An important social action cause comes to life through the arts. This interactive experience on homelessness awareness includes original live and recorded music, poetry, first hand accounts, soundscapes, storytellers, paintings by Robert M. Fisher, photos by Gary F. Clark, multimedia artwork, dance choreography by Alesia Young and percussion by John T. Coker. Composer-electric violinist Mary Lou Newmark will involve members of the community in the event. Admission: $10 members, $15 general public. Proceeds will support projects to combat homelessness.

To hear music clips from the show, go to www.greenangelmusic.com and click on the Music page.
Mary Lou Newmark
Green Angel Music

SEATTLE:

Live Music Invitation: Transform your upcoming Monday 2/28!
Mike Marlin (banjo) and Keith Eisenbrey (piano) at Gallery 1412

Dear friends, associates, troubadors, bards, and other sentient beings,

This is a quick note of invitation for you to come on out and hear some live music performed by myself and colleague Keith Eisenbrey next Monday evening at Gallery 1412 on Seattle�s Capitol Hill. The long running Sound of the Underbrush series� is a fine Seattle tradition and can make Monday night a satisfyingly creative start to an otherwise potentially mundane week. Please come hear and even participate�� in the second set if you fancy. Info below and hope to see you there!
� Mike

Monday, February 28
Sound of the Underbrush presents

Mike Marlin (banjo) and Keith Eisenbrey (piano)

Gallery 1412, 1412 18th Ave. (@ Union), 8pm.
Donation.

Mike and Keith revive their successful duet from a Sound of the Underbrush show last year that featured haunting melodies and explosive, percussive forays.

Mike Marlin is an experimental banjoist who treats the banjo as if it were a� vessel on a potter�s wheel to be molded, tweaked, squashed and� reformed. He summons the muse into his fingers and the occasional� eggbeater to elicit sounds alternately harsh and beauteous, reigning� improvisations of silvery, mahogany, and steel proportions unto the ears.� Mike has played with a variety of local and national improvisers over the� past 15 years and has participated in groups such as Plutopolis, Dubious� Duo, and the Pulp Ensemble. Come out and hear the five string banjo� transformed into a treasure trove of tantalizing topography.

Keith Eisenbrey is a pianist, Seattle composer, improviser, and co-founder of long running ensemble Banned Rehearsal. Keith has debuted several works� for the Seattle Composers Salon and has performed as a soloist and with� various Seattle musicians over the last two decades. He will undoubtedly� unleash some crisply turned pointercount when he settles into the gallery.

As always, the second set of the evening is open to any and all �musicians in the audience. So bring your instrument.

For more information visit: www.gallery1412.org

WASHINGTON, D.C.:

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FORUM resident new music ensemble at the Corcoran

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FORUM
resident new music ensemble at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
1973 ~ 2005

Monday, February 28, 2005

The Contemporary Music Forum invites you to join us for the third concert of our 2004 ~ 2005 season �

Frances and Armand Hammer Auditorium
Corcoran Gallery of Art
17th Street and New York Ave. N.W., Washington, DC.

The concert will begin at 8:00 pm

The Corcoran's new music ensemble in residence continues its 2004-2005 season with our third concert.� The Forum presents a varied selection of chamber works, featuring the Washington premiere of Music of Memory (1989,� for guitar) by DC composer Nicholas Maw in celebration of his 70th birthday year. Mr. Maw will be present at the concert and give a brief talk before the performance.� The program also includes the passionate Tom O�Bedlams Song (1961,� for tenor and cello) by Richard Rodney Bennett; Margaret Brouwer's� energetic Skyriding (1992,� for flute, violin, cello and piano); and the virtuosic but edgy Dream of Innocent III by Lee Hyla (1987,� for cello, piano, percussion).

Skyriding (1992)
Margaret Brouwer
flute, violin, �cello, piano

Tom O' Bedlams Song (1961)
Richard R. Bennett
tenor & ��cello

Music of Memory (1989)
Nicholas Maw guitar

Dream of Innocent III (1987)
Lee Hyla
amplified 'cello, piano, percussion

Performers
Clinton Adams, piano
Robert Baker, tenor
Lori Barnet, cello
Barry Dove, percussion
Stephen Marchionda, guitar
Courtney Orlando, violin
David Whiteside, flute �

Tickets are $20 general admission and $15 for Contemporary Music Forum and Corcoran Gallery of Art members. Tickets may be reserved in advance by calling the Corcoran�s Office of Public Programs at 202-639-1770 or visit www.corcoran.org and click on the calendar to purchase tickets online. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.

Due to limited parking in the area, please consider Metro or taxi.

Also in FEBRUARY - the CMF will be performing at
Loyola College ~ Tuesday, February 22, 2005
6:45 ~Pre-concert discussion
7:30 ~ concert

Skyriding (1992)
Margaret Brouwer
flute, violin, �cello, piano

Tom O' Bedlams Song (1961)
Richard R. Bennett
tenor & ��cello

Dream of Innocent III (1987)
Lee Hyla
amplified 'cello, piano, percussion

For up-to-date information, call 202-333-4529
or visit the CMF website at www.contemporarymusicforum.org

UPCOMING CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FORUM CONCERTS
Tuesday, February 22, 2005 � Loyola College, Baltimore
Monday, February 28, 2005 � Corcoran Gallery of Art
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 � Loyola College, Baltimore
Monday, April 18, 2005 � CMF Plugged In, Corcoran Gallery of Art

SANTA MONICA, CA:

RADICAL CUTS: Experiments in Music, Sound & Image

Friday March 4th & Saturday March 5th, 2005 @ 8pm
Crazy Space, 18th St. Art Center, 1629 18th St. #2, Santa Monica, LA
Suggested Donation: $5
curated by Adam Overton and Kadet Kuhne

Crazy Space proudly presents "Radical Cuts: Experiments in Music, Sound & Image," a weekend of sound performances and audio/video screenings that explore reactive space between the artists and their woks. The event will showcase new works by ANDRE VIDA from LA on Friday, and SCOTT ARFORD, TONY CROSS and MASAKO TANAKA from San Francisco on Saturday. There will be a reception for the artists on both nights.

FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2005, 8-10PM
>VIDATONE
This evening will showcase Los Angeles composer and performer ANDRE VIDA and his new series of animated scores for improvisers, the Vidatone Notation System. His system uses motion graphics as a primary element of musical scoring and interpretation. Eric Clark, a String Quartet, and other improvisers will perform a dynamic range of strategies interpreting Vida's notation system; with costumes by Leah Piehl and lighting by Jeanette Yew.

SATURDAY MARCH 5, 2005, 8-9:30PM
>REACTIVE
An evening of performances and screenings by three San Francisco artists, SCOTT ARFORD, TONY CROSS AND MASAKO TANAKA. ARFORD will perform TV-IV, live processing of audio/video feedback loops from TV monitors, and The Song of the Station, a live interpretation of his time-lapse video that is an homage to Giorgio DeChirico's poem. Marrow, by CROSS, is an improvisation involving intersecting textures created with violin, field recordings and live reprocessing of sounds. TANAKA's digital video �r.e.m� (2004) is an experimental short that repeats a process of random changes to let it achieve an arbitrary execution.

ARTIST BIOS:
ANDRE VIDA is a composer, performer, interdisciplinary artist, known for his integration of the voice with saxophone and development of alternative graphic and animated musical notations. He has performed and recorded extensively with Anthony Braxton. Other collaborators include Jamie Lidell, Bill Youngman, Kent Clelland, Kevin Blechdom, Cecil Taylor, Matt Valentine, Susie Ibarra and many others. His multi-disciplinary works have been performed at The New Music Circle, The Museum for the Contemporary Arts in St. Louis, Context Theater, The Knitting Factory, The Cooler and The REDCAT Center.

SCOTT ARFORD is one of the leading figures of new media arts in the San Francisco Bay area. His works include sound and visual performances, fully immersive multichannel sound and video installations, and (as Infrasound) low frequency spacial-acoustic explorations with Randy H.Y. Yau. Arford has presented his works throughout the US, Europe, Japan, Australia, China, Taiwan, and South America. Arford received a Bachelor of Architecture from the College of Architecture and Design at Kansas State University in 1991. Arford has presented dozens of performances by internationally acclaimed sound and media artists at his warehouse studio/performance space, 7hz.
www.7hz.org

TONY CROSS has been playing the violin since the age of 4. He has performed, recorded and/or toured with Tarentel, No Name Trio, Laughingstock, Dielectric Drone All-Stars, John Vanderslice, Alfred, and many others. He has composed and performed soundtracks for several short films, including "Oregon" (SXSW, Seattle, Odense, Berlin, Taos Talking Pictures, and Sci-Fi Channel), and "Uncovering Glen Canyon" (Taos Mountain, Flagstaff, Durango and Santa Fe Film Festivals). Tony lives in San Francisco and recently swam from Alcatraz to San Francisco in 1 hour and 27 minutes.
www.miltoncross.com

MASAKO TANAKA was born in Tokyo. She graduated from San Francisco Art Institute in 2004. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, working as a technical assistant of video project of asphodel ltd./recombinant labs, as well as developing her own works.

info: 310-829-9789 or 323-666-7993 during the week
contact: kadet@tektonicshift.com
DIRECTIONS from LA: Take the 10 fwy W, exit Cloverfield, Right on Cloverfield, Left on Olympic, Right on 18th. Parking in the lot or on the street. Minutes from Bergamot Station.

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

LONG BEACH, CA:

The Sounds Around III: Saturday, March, 5th at The Dome Room, Long Beach

Parabolic Productions & Ground Fault Recordings Present
The Sounds Around III
Saturday, March 5th 2005
Doors� 8:30pm / Show� 9pm
$7
The Dome Room�in the Lafayette
528 E. Broadway (corner of Broadway + Linden)
Downtown Long Beach

Performing:
Bastard Noise
AMK
Damion Romero
fin
EVERLOVELY LIGHTNINGHEART �

The Dome: On the ground floor of the Lafayette building in Downtown Long Beach is a 5,000 sq. ft. ballroom that features a 20 ft. parabolic domed ceiling directly above the dance floor. This is the third in a series of performances where we will be exploring the sonic capabilities of this unique and amazing performance space with various speaker & listening arrangements.

BASTARD NOISE (Los Angeles)
Formed in 1991, Bastard Noise co-existed alongside the power violence group MAN IS THE BASTARD until the aforementioned group�s demise in 1996. Bastard Noise creates sound at its best with an orchestra of home spun instruments, electronics and field recordings. Bastard Noise has many collaborative projects under its belt including works with such renowned artists as MERZBOW and THE LOCUST as well as BIZARRE UPROAR, BRUME, K2, AMPS FOR CHRIST, HERMIT, among others. Bastard Noise has too many releases too mention on such labels as Vermiform, Alternative Tentacles, MSBR, Helicopter, Groundfault, Slap A Ham, Deep Six, GSL, Release Entertainment, etc.

AMK (Los Angeles)
AMK's primary tool are records and the turntable, although he is quick to distance himself from the realm of DJ culture. His body of work resembles an assemblage of sounds regurgitated from broken records, scrambled and archaically pieced back together in disembodied forms. Simply put, he sculpts records, scratches records, cuts records, glues records, plays records, and puts out records. AMK is also the owner of Banned Production, a label that in its 15 years of existence has released over 115 recordings of experimental sounds.

DAMION ROMERO (Los Angeles)
Damion Romero is a sound artist/sculptor and visual artist from Los Angeles. Romero's main focus is with "resonant electro-acoustic feedback systems" using audio power amplifiers and a variety of transducers and "feedback regenerators" of his own design. The goal is to saturate the atmosphere with natural acoustic standing waves and pulses, large sounds, that are affected (or held in place) by very small movements in order to magnify an (as of yet indescribable phenomenon. Public performances have taken place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, San Diego, Seattle, New York, Tokyo, Osaka, and Matsuyama. His work under the name Speculum Fight has been released on numerous record labels worldwide.

fin�(Los Angeles)
L.A. sound experimentalist, musician and artist Geoff Brandin, internationally known as "fin"�has been performing spectacular performances in unconventional places since the early 90's. Brandin presents clever sound sculptures, questioning the site-specificity of sound and resonance, triggering a witty and complex confusion between visual and acoustic stimulus. While fin has been relitavely silent as of late, Geoff Brandin has been very active over the years playing guitar live with the likes of Merle Haggard and The Supreme Beings of Lesiure.� Geoff is also an active member of the Los Angeles version of AMK.

EVERLOVELY LIGHTNINGHEART (Long Beach)
Dust, leaves, blood, photo chemicals, rust, various metal objects, a tunnel, a barn, a monastery, a booby trap, various moldy basements, water, explosives, thread, tarot cards, an iron bison, the Los Angeles basin, the Mojave desert, a cat, a deer, potassium\cyanide, mass confusion, a friendship and a piano on fire in the middle of the street. This is the performance/installation/image and object making/ music and mayhem collaborative known as EVERLOVELY LIGHTNINGHEART

contact: parabolicproductions@yahoo.com
parabolicproductions.com coming soon!!
www.groundfault.net

PASADENA, CA:

Ashu's World of the Saxophone

Ashu's World of the Saxophone
A special duo of saxophone and piano
Sunday, March 6, 2005 at 2:30 pm �

Shumei Hall
2430 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA� 91107
Tel: 626 584 8841
Map: www.shumeiarts.org/map.html
Free Admission

Ashu, saxophonist, will perform along with Winston Choi, pianist.
Programs include Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Villa-Lobos and more.
This concert is supported by the Kawai America Corporation. �

By age 24, Ashu�had already established an extraordinary ability to communicate with audiences through an individually charismatic and moving performance style. While his virtuosity with the saxophone continues to thrill listeners, his artistry reaches far beyond this, demonstrating a unique personality and musical voice. He has repeatedly defied conventions by winning major competitions traditionally won by pianists and violinists. While most people have never heard the saxophone in concert music, Ashu aims to change this. �

Ashu has won numerous international and national competitions, and has performed as a recitalist and concerto soloist throughout the world. He made his recital debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall and, at age 16, made his concerto debut at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. Since then, performances have taken him to such locations as Norway, Switzerland, Hawaii, and the Caribbean.

Ashu also has won many major competitions traditionally won by pianists and violinists. Among his First Prizes are the International Heida Hermanns, National Federation of Music Clubs, National Midland-Odessa, International Kingsville Wind Instrumentalist, National Lennox, National George S. Howard, and National Alliance for Excellence Competitions. In addition, Ashu has been overall winner of the Houston Symphony, Keweenaw Symphony, Skokie Valley Symphony, and Northwestern University Concerto Competitions. Other awards include overall winner of the America Opera Society Competition, First Prize winner of the W.A.F.A Concerto Competitions, winner of the Interlochen Governor's Scholarship, and Grand Prize winner of the Houston Symphony Alice Flores-Smith Competition. �

"Very impressive and artistic - a real virtuoso"
-Leonard Hokanson, internationally recognized concert pianist �

"...just as much fun to watch him as it is to listen to him."
-Anshel Brusilow, Dallas Morning News �

For more details, please visit FULLERTON, CA:

MERGING VOICES: Fourth Annual Women in New Music Festival
���March 11-13th, 2005
���California State University, Fullerton

Featuring:
Pauline Oliveros and Joan Tower, Guest Composers in Residence
eighth blackbird and Diametric, Guest Ensembles in Residence

Works by Women Composers: Chen Yi, Joan Tower, Kaija Saariaho and Jennifer Higdon

International Electro acoustic Listening Room with Guest Composer, Pauline Oliveros

University Symphony Orchestra and University Singers, Featuring extraordinary women in music: Joan Tower?s "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman"
Friday, March 11 through Sunday, March 13, 2005
Performing Arts Center, CSUF Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton CA

Diametric ensemble, guest artists
�����8 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2005
�����Recital Hall, CSUF Performing Arts Center, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton CA
�����Tickets: $20 ($12 with advance Titan discount & $9 with advance CSUF student discount) �

Women's Electro acoustic Listening Room
���1-4 p.m. Saturday, March 12, 2005
���Recital Hall, FREE

Pauline Oliveros, Featured Guest Composer, Lecture
���4:30-6 p.m, Saturday, March 12, 2005
���Lecture, Panel Discussion with guest women composers
���Recital Hall, FREE �

eighth blackbird ensemble,
Performing works by women composers Chen Yi, Saariaho, Tower, Higdon
and works by George Crumb and George Perle
�� 8 p.m. Saturday, March 12, 2005
���Little Theater, CSUF Performing Arts Center, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton CA
���Tickets: $20 ($12 with advance Titan discount & $9 with advance CSUF student discount) �

University Symphony Orchestra, Kimo Furumoto, director
with cellist Bongshin Ko &
CSUF University Singers, John Alexander, director
Joan Tower, Featured Guest Composer
Presents Joan Tower's "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman," Dvorak's Cello Concerto
�� 4 p.m. Sunday, March 13, 2005
�����Little Theatre, CSUF Performing Arts Center, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton CA
�����Tickets: $15 ($10 with advance Titan discount & $6 with advance CSUF student discount)
������Featuring extraordinary women in music, the orchestra and friends

For further information for MERGING VOICES Festival contact pmadsen@fullerton.edu or go to website at faculty.fullerton.edu/pmadsen

NYC:

The Rejection Show "Failure is fun!" �

The Rejection Show returns to P.S. 122 on March 16th! Created and produced by writer and comedian, Jon Friedman, The Rejection Show is a comedic based event that embraces the rejected or �turned down� material of writers, comedians, cartoonists, and artists whom display their creative �failures� live on stage. ��

The Rejection Show
March 16, 2005
P.S. 122 @ 8PM

Hosted by Jon Friedman

Featuring:
Jessi Klein
(VH1, Rolling Stone Magazine)

Bob Wiltfong & Matt Oberg
(The Daily Show, Professional Opportunities Workshop)

Marisa Acocella & Matt Diffee
(Cartoonists, The New Yorker)

Todd Levin
(Author, tremble.com)

& an American Idol reject and Adam Cole-Kelly's Rejection Inspection!

March 16, 2005
P.S. 122 @ 8PM - $7
150 1st Avenue and 9th St.
F train to 2nd Ave., R to 8th St., 6 train to Astor Pl.
212.477.5829

Thank you,
Jon Friedman www.tremendousrabbit.com

George Mason University:

edgEnsemble
at George Mason University

HARRIS THEATER
Friday, April 1, 2005

MASTER CLASS: 3 PM ~ 5 PM
discussion and performance of Vox Balaenae

PRE�CONCERT DISCUSSION: 7:15 PM ~ 7:45 PM
with members of edgEnsemble and other guests

CONCERT: 8 PM

PROGRAM
Four Nocturnes by�George Crumb
violin and piano

Mundus Canus by�George Crumb
guitar and percussion

Eleven Echoes of Autumn (Echo I) by�George Crumb
violin, alto flute, clarinet, and piano

for two by Steve Antosca
violin and �cello
with interactive brain wave controlled animation using EEG and biofeedback

Vox Balaenae by George Crumb
flute, cello, piano

Performers
Lina Bahn, violin
David Whiteside, flute
David Jones, clarinet
Eric Ulreich, guitar
Ignacio Alcovar, �cello
Dan Heagney, percussion
Paras Kaul, interactive brain wave multimedia
Laurie Hudicek, piano

Tickets available through ticket.com or at the Harris Theater box office prior to the concert

adults: $20
students: $10
Mason students & students under 12: free

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT edgEnsemble at newmusic@edgEnsemble.org

FOR DIRECTIONS TO HARRIS THEATER ON THE GMU CAMPUS, VISITwww.gmu.edu

also

George Mason University�s Center for the Arts �presents
Mikel Rouse
Falling Kansas ~ a multimedia opera
www.mikelrouse.com
Wednesday, March 30 at 8 PM
in Harris Theater
George Mason University

Tickets $20 adults/$10 students

NYC:

Music by Adrienne Albert in FINDING CLAIRE in New York

Hi friends,

I'm pleased to let you know that a new play, FINDING CLAIRE, Written by Kim Merrill and Directed by Susan Einhorn will open in New York City on February 3rd with Original Music by Adrienne Albert (that�s me!).

All best,
Adrienne Albert
www.adriennealbert.com

FINDING CLAIRE stars:

Helen Gallagher*, a two time Tony Award winner
Geneva Carr* ���Shana Dowdeswell
Deirdre Madigan*

At the THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
February 3rd - February 6th, 2005
February 10-February 13th
February 17th - February 20th

Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 3 PM

For reservations, call Theater for the New City at (212) 254 - 1109
Or visit www.theaterforthenewcity.net/claire.htm to find out more and purchase your tickets online.

To find out more about the play, please visit: www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/finding1323.htm

All tickets are $10.00

Theater for the New City is located at 155 First Avenue
(between 9th and 10th Streets
*actors appearing courtesy of Actor's Equity Association

LA:

Performances of works by Marc Lowenstein

Sat Feb 5th
4PM, Newmann Hall, USC
Kristin's recital will include a premiere of Marc Lowenstein's Shiva for Oboe and (eek) electronics

Wed Feb 9th
8:30 PM REDCAT (basement of Disney Hall)
A Bassoon concert featuring Marc Lowenstein conducting Gubaidulina's Bassoon Concerto and his T'shuvah for Bassoon and string quartet with Sara Schoenbeck playing.

Sun Apr 10
4 PM Beverly hills Presbyterian Church
Marc's giving a recital of classical and folk music

LOS ANGELES, CA:

A listing of experimental and exploratory music performances in the Los Angeles area

Sunday 2/27 - Saturday 3/5, 2005

THIS WEEKEND:

* REDCAT (Fri, 2/25) -- 8:30 pm
Visual Music: See Hear Now!
- Richard Chartier and Ivan Pavlov
- Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tuttiv
calarts.edu/redcat/season/20042005/mus/vm1.html

* REDCAT (Sat, 2/26) -- 8:30 pm
Visual Music: See Hear Now!
- Skoltz_Kolgen
- Tom Recchion
- William Basinski & James Elaine
calarts.edu/redcat/season/20042005/mus/vm2.html

* ROSALIE AND ALVAS DANCE STUDIO, SAN PEDRO (Sat, 2/26) -- 8:00 pm
- Many Axxii: Brad Dutz, Susan Rawcliffe, Scott Wilkinson
www.alvas.com/performance_gallery.htm

WEEKLY SERIES:

* JAZZ ON A MONDAY VIBE, CLUB TROPICAL (Mon, 2/28) -- 8:30 pm
- Tim Davies Big Band
www.sensoundmusic.com/jazzonamondayvibe.html

* LINE SPACE LINE, SELAH (Mon, 2/28) -- 8:00 pm
- Gelnyk: Ezra Buchla, Bryan Crabtree, Corey Fogel
- Portland Bike Ensemble
www.linespaceline.org

* CRYPTONIGHT, CLUB TROPICAL (Thu, 3/3) -- 8:00 pm
- The Mentones:
www.obstacle.com/crypto/cryptonight/

ADDITIONAL EVENTS:

* R.O.D. HALL, CALARTS (Sun. 2/27) -- 2:00 pm
Microscore and 30-Second Music, Part II(a)
All-new music written for Johnny Chang and Jessica Catron
(Peter Ablinger, Adam Overton, Eric km Clark, Sean Clute, Kira Vollman, Susan Allen, Greg Hedley, Dan Krimm, Jessie Rothwell, Bob Clendenen, Shawn Onsgard, Kris Tiner, Steve Gregoropoulos, Andrea Leiberherr, Harold Budd, Kelly Hirai, Sabine Lara Vogel, James Orsher, Nicholas Chase, Phala Tracy, Tom Recchion, Mike Robbins, Nicholas DeMaison, Justin DeHart, Joe Berardi, Kraig Grady, Andre Cormier, Jeremy Drake, Hendrik Greidanus, Dan Stabler, Pauline Oliveros, Vinny Golia, James Tenney, Leticia Castaneda, Kathy Pisaro, Hans Koch, Alan Lechusza, Nicholas Schutz, Sayo, Jeroen Speak, Mitchell Brown, Jonathan Zorn, Chiyoko Szlavnics, Johnny Chang, Jessica Catron, Mark So)

Also live on the web at: http://shoko.calarts.edu/~studio/rod.html
www.calarts.edu/news/index.html

* LEO BAECK TEMPLE (Sun. 2/27) -- 2:00 pm
Street Angel Diaries: A Multimedia Work about the Homeless
- Mary Lou Newmark, John T. Coker, Alesia Young (Newmark)
www.greenangelmusic.com/ /www.leobaecktemple.org/

* ELECTRIC LODGE (Sun. 2/27) -- 7:30 pm
- Open Gate Ensemble: Will Salmon, Alex Cline, Bruce Fowler, William Roper, Pip Abrigo, Tuba Heatherton, Hannah Chodos, Bill Casale, Sarah Schonbeck
626-795-4989, www.electriclodge.org/

* BING THEATER, LACMA (Mon, 2/28) -- 8:00 pm
- New York New Music Ensemble (Christopher Rouse, Milton Babbitt, Morton Feldman, John Anthony Lennon /world premiere, Dorrance Stalvey)
www.lacma.org/lacma.asp?mypage=music

* REDCAT (Thu, 3/3) -- 8:30 pm
- George Crumb at 75
calarts.edu/redcat/season/20042005/mus/crumb.html

* REDCAT (Fri, 3/4) -- 8:30 pm
Visual Music: See Hear Now!
- Raster-Noton Artists: Frank Bretschneider, Olaf Bender (aka Byetone), Signal
calarts.edu/redcat/season/20042005/mus/vm3.html

* DI PIAZZA, LONG BEACH (Fri, 3/4) -- call for time
- Nels Cline with Banyan: Nels Cline, Mike Watt, Willie Waldman, Stephen Perkins, Norton Wisdom
www.dipiazzas.com

* CRAZY SPACE, 18th ST. ART CENTER (Fri-Sat, 3/4-5)
Radical Cuts: Experiments in Music, Sound & Image

(Fri, 3/4) -- 8:00-10:00 pm
- VIDATONE: Andre Vida, Eric Clark, a String Quartet, other improvisers
(Sat, 3/5) -- 8:00-9:30 pm
- REACTIVE: Scott Arford, Tony Cross, Masako Tanaka
www.tektonicshift.com/kadet_music.htm
www.18thstreet.org/

* OCEANVIEW PAVILION, PORT HUENEME (Sat, 3/5) -- 7:30 pm
- Conejo Concerto Orchestra, Thomas Osborn cond.
(Michael Glenn Williams)
www.cwoto.org
Also: (Sun, 3/6) -- 2:30 pm, SCHERR FORUM THEATRE,
THOUSAND OAKS CIVIC ARTS PLAZA

* THE DOME ROOM, THE LAFAYETTE, LONG BEACH (Sat, 3/5) -- 9:00 pm
The Sounds Around III:
- Bastard Noise
- AMK
- Damion Romero
- Fin
- Everlovely Lightningheart
www.groundfault.net/dome.htm

SAN FRAN, PORTLAND, SEATTLE TOUR:

Hawthorn Tour featuring Matt Howden and Tony Wakeford of Sol Invictus/Death In June

Check out the following info for the Hawthorn Tour featuring Matt Howden and Tony Wakeford of Sol Invictus/Death In June�with support from The Master Musicians of hop-frog. www.lighthousepromo.net/hawthorn.html

Sunday, March 6
presented by Dolchtag Promotions
SUPPORTING ACTS:
Master Musicians of Hop-Frog
DJ Merrick (SF Death Guild)
at DNA LOUNGE
375 Eleventh Street (at Brannan) San Francisco, CA
Doors at 8pm
21+ w/ valid ID
$15 advance, $18 door
Tickets available www.dnalounge.com

Portland - Sabala's at Mount Tabor
Wednesday, March 9
SUPPORTING ACTS:
The Arid Sea
Dorien Campbell & The Solme Strings (former members of Sumerland) at SABALA'S AT MOUNT TABOR
4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR
503.238.1646
Show at 9:30pm
21+ w/ valid ID

Seattle - The Vogue
Thursday, March 10
SUPPORTING ACTS:
The Arid Sea
The Blue Hour
at THE VOGUE
1516 11th Ave
Seattle, WA
206.324.5778
Show at 9:30pm
21+ w/ valid ID

CHICAGO:

LUX GALLERY: February events & March show by Derrick Fludd<

LUX Gallery of Art & Events is the brainchild of Sacha Warholic. This new gallery opened in December of 2004, and brings to Chicago a unique approach to art and culture. The gallery is more than a location� It is a cultural network that brings artists and musicians together in a pairing of intertwined creativity focusing on emerging and established contemporary art and music. LUX works to bring together different mediums-- photography, sculpture, painting, drawing and mixed media to show the power and diversity of art. Thursdays are the event nights at the gallery. The first Thursday will open the month�s art features, while the subsequent Thursdays will showcase the musicians in the LUX Gallery jazz series. The gallery is a place where refinement and creativity are accessible to anyone. The mix of music and art creates an environment that is social and stimulating.

LUX is very excited about the upcoming March show by Derrick Fludd. Mr. Fludd has had shows at the Claudia Hellwich Gallery in Hamburg, Germany and the Art Brick, Salander-O�Reilly Gallery in New York. He will also be included in the 2005 Florence Biennale Fortezza da Basso, Italy. His March show at LUX will be his Chicago debut. It will feature a series called Pathways and large work called �Random Thoughts.� �Random Thoughts� contains 225 6�X 6� canvases that are assembled in varying configurations each time it is shown. When completed, it forms a larger installation that is 96� X 96�. The Pathways series captures the beauty and the mystical/spiritual nature of art as seen through how we experience events. Imagine being able to lie on your back, close your eyes and watch the creation of a single thought. The Pathways show is the type of exciting new art that LUX Gallery will be showcasing. Below is a little more about LUX and Derrick Fludd.
http://dfmusic.net

LUX Gallery of Arts and Events Our varied interests require that the gallery be adaptable to accommodate a myriad of projects. The gallery is a 3000 square foot urban event space, elegant with a raw loft feel. It provides a comfortable yet professional atmosphere in which to experience the work of talented local, national and international artists and musicians working in a broad range of media and styles.

Upcoming Shows:
February -LUX Gallery presents Imaginary Botanicals by Philadelphia artist, Craig Stover, February 3 through February 27. March � LUX Gallery presents Pathways by Derrick Fludd. March, 3 through April, 3.

Upcoming Performances
January, 27 9:00 p.m. Jason Roebke, Ayako Kato and Michael Zerang
February, 10 9:00 p.m. D Bayne Septet
February, 24 9:00 p.m. Dave Rempis and Frank Rosaly duet with special guest Boston based pianist Pandelis Karyorgis

Derrick Fludd
1963, - American artist, b. Sarasota Florida. Derrick Fludd has been painting for the past 30 years his work embodies a wide range of materials and diverse subject matter. Mr. Fludd received his BFA from the school of visual arts in 1986 for painting and printing where he was in alumni instructor for lithography. From 1990 to 1994 he was co-founder of Tribeca arts school for painting and drawing.

Selected History:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Florence Biennale Fortezza da Basso
2005 Lux Gallery Chicago
1999 Claudia Hellwich Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
1997 Claudia Hellwich Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 Art Brick, Salander-O�Reilly Gallery New York
1996 Group Invitational Fellowship Provincetown
PUBLIC ART SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1991 The Red bench
1988 Rembrandt caf�
PUBLICATIONS
1991 The Still Good Hand of God by Michael Gellert

LUX
Gallery of Art & Events
Lux = a unit of illumination
At Lux Gallery, we strive to embody the definition of our name through our commitment to promoting both emerging and established contemporary artists.
3036 N. Lincoln Ave., Suite 3A. - Chicago, IL. 60657
Phone: 773-857-6141 Fax: 773-857-6143

LA, CA:

Verdehr Trio performs music by Gernot Wolfgang

Here's a heads-up regarding an upcoming concert at USC:

Hope to see you there!

Best,
Gernot

Upcoming concert:
Wednesday, March 23, 2005

"Impressions" for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, violoncello and contrabass at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles

Performers:
Gary Gray - clarinet
Judith Farmer - bassoon
Richard Todd - horn
Margaret Batjer - violin
Brian Dembow - viola
Stephen Erdody - violoncello
Nico Abondolo - contrabass

East Coast US Tour:

Somebody's Closet ON TOUR

Somebody's Closet conveys a contemporary mixture of jazz/funk and folk/rock fusion with a very earthy, rootsy tone. Brian Headlee kicks the infectious polyrhythmic grooves on the drum kit. Jeff Bujak splits his brain open to lay down the heart thumping low end with his left hand and the melodic key tones with his right, swapping leads with Justin Eck who adds stylishly percussive rhythms on acoustic guitar. His potent vocals mesh with the angelic, yet alluringly sultry voice of Christine D. Eck who also adds some spice with her array of world percussion instruments. The lyrical imagery spins out of the transcendental souls of Somebody's Closet and makes way to eager hearts all across the country.

11/27/04 SAT Monopole Plattsburgh, NY
12/04/04 SAT Paz's Amsterdam, NY
12/10/04 FRI Ray Kelley's Bridgeport, CT
12/17/04 FRI Bear and Grill Fairfield, CT
01/08/05 SAT Bromley Mountain Ski Resort Manchester Center, VT
01/14/05 FRI Kenny's Castaways New York, NY
01/28/05 @ Bear and Grill: 2000 Black Rock Tpke Fairfield, CT 06825 203-333-1522 9pm $5 21+
01/29/05 SAT Bromley Mountain Ski Resort Manchester Center, VT
02/02/05 WED Brighton Bar Long Branch, NJ
02/03/05 THU Velvet Lounge Washington, DC
02/04/05 FRI Riddles Pompton Lakes, NJ
02/05/05 SAT Al's Place Fairfield, CT
2/8/05 @ Bug Jar: 219 Monroe Ave. Rochester, NY 14607 9pm 18+ $5/21+ $7/under www.bugjar.com
02/10/05 THU The Nines Ithaca, NY
02/11/05 FRI Mezzanotte Lounge Syracuse, NY
02/12/05 SAT Monty's Krown Rochester, NY
2/16/05 @ Finnigans: 529 Route 130 North East Windsor, NJ 08520 9pm 21+ www.capitalcityconcerts.com
02/18/05 FRI Bear and Grill Fairfield, CT
02/19/05 @ Sully's Pub: 2071 Park St. Hartford, CT 06106 860-231-8881 w/Dharma Brown opening 10pm $5 21+
02/24/05 THU Nectar's Burlington, VT
02/25/05 FRI Beardslee Castle Little Falls, NY
02/26/05 SAT Bromley Mountain Ski Resort Manchester Center, VT
03/03/05 THU Savannah's Albany, NY
03/04/05 FRI Kenny's Castaways New York, NY
03/05/05 SAT Downtown Manhattans Syracuse, NY
03/10/05 THU Savannah's Albany, NY
03/11/05 FRI Club Caroline Saratoga Springs, NY
03/12/05 @ Paz's Private Pleasure Palace: Amsterdam, NY 518-842-9425 $10 Invite only
03/17/05 THU Savannah's Albany, NY
03/24/05 THU Savannah's Albany, NY
03/31/05 THU Savannah's Albany, NY
04/01/05 FRI Hotel Ellington Ellington, NY
4/10/05 SUN @ Sandbar Lounge 6752 Collins Ave. Miami Beach, FL 33141 305-865-1752 11pm 21+ FREE SHOW
04/16/05 @ Bear and Grill: 2000 Black Rock Tpke Fairfield, CT 06825 203-333-1522 9pm $5 21+ 4/21/05 @ The Haunt: 702 Willow Ave. Ithaca, NY 14850 9pm 21+
4/22/05 @ General Clinton PUb: 17 Clinton Plaza Dr. Oneonta, NY 13820 607-432-9592 9pm 21+ $3
4/30/05 @ Monopole: 7 Protection Ave. Plattsburgh, NY 12901 518-563-2222 10pm 21+ FREE SHOW!
5/6/05 FRI @ Sail Inn 26 S. Farmer Tempe, AZ 85281 480-921-1775 www.thesailinn.com 9pm 21+ $5
5/7/05 SAT @ Sail Inn 26 S. Farmer Tempe, AZ 85281 480-921-1775 www.thesailinn.com 9pm 21+ $5
5/13/05 FRI @ University of Maryland, Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union College Park, MD 20742 301-314-ARTS www.union.umd.edu 7:30pm All Ages $5/non-student $3/student

"Somebody's Closet breathes new life to the long lost art - real music." Scott Wellington, Miami New Times, 2004

Somebody's Closet was created in Tempe, AZ and now bases out of Northampton, MA. With several U.S. tours, 3 albums along with countless live recordings in circulation, and a 'Best Jam Band of 2003' award at the Arizona Infusion of Music Awards under the belt, Somebody's Closet's popularity grows by the day. Linking songs with segues and including mind altering jams, the live show is their main product.

"The music rises with nary a dull moment, and continues to do so throughout their set." Jessica Acuna, Encore Magazine, Wilmington, NC, 2004

Somebody's Closet:
www.somebodyscloset.com
info@somebodyscloset.com

NEW YORK CITY:

WET INK 2004/2005 SEASON AT A GLANCE

In 2004/2005 Wet Ink presents new music at the Bowery Poetry Club, with 8 split-bills featuring The Wet Ink Ensemble and Ensemble-In-Residence Zs, as well as Slow Six Ensemble, saxophonist Charles Gayle, James Fei?s Alto Quartet, avant-rock from Coptic Light, Timetable Percussion, improvisations by TRIO (Christian Wolff, Larry Polansky, and Kui Dong), and works by Earle Brown, Beat Furrer, Wolfgang Rihm, Frederic Rzewski, Salvatore Sciarrino, Christian Wolff, and members of the Wet Ink Composers Collective, among others.

Friday, January 21, 2005: TRIO / Zs Wet Ink presents the 4th annual Trio and Zs concert. Composer/performers Christian Wolff, Larry Polansky, and Kui Dong, come down from Hanover New Hampshire to split the bill with New York's brutal chamber sextet, Zs. Trio?s improvisations are sprawling in nature, running the gamut from lush diatonicism to pointalistic chromaticism to distorted noise and prepared piano sounds. Zs performs compositions by band mates Alex Mincek, Sam Hillmer, Matthew Hough, and Charlie Looker.

Wednesday, February 23, 2005: Charles Gayle / The Wet Ink Ensemble The Wet Ink Ensemble performs compositions by members of the Wet Ink Composers Collective Alex Mincek, Sam Hillmer, Reiko Fueting and Brendan Connelly. Saxophonist Charles Gayle, one of New York's most guttural and aggressive improvisers, performs a solo set as his theatrical alter-ego, "Streets the Clown."

Wednesday, March 30, 2005: The Wet Ink Ensemble / Slow Six. The Wet Ink Ensemble performs various duo combinations by Alex Mincek, Sam Hillmer, Brendan Connelly, Christian Wolff and Nils Vigeland. They will be followed by the New York-based ensemble, Slow Six, lead by composer, performer, computer programmer, Christopher Tignor. Slow Six investigates consonance in every way. The harmonic palate is relentlessly agreeable, and textures are constantly soothing.

Wednesday, April 20, 2005: Timetable Percussion / Coptic Light (the band not the piece) Timetable Percussion trio performs works by Beat Furrer, Wolfgang Rihm, Hiroya Miura and others. They are followed by the avant-rock band, Coptic Light, whose bass and drums play aggressive free jazz/metal monolith in support of the guitar?s triumphant pop melodies.

Wednesday, May 18, 2005: Wet Ink Presents Salvatore Sciarrino's L'Opera per Flauto. Sciarrino is a master at dissecting instruments and finding in them the most intricate and delicate manners of expression. His works frequently allow his precious discoveries to teeter on the brink of inaudibility. Flautist Erin Lesser will perform a selection of movements from Sciarrino's magnum opus for solo flute, L'Opera per Flauto.

Wednesday, June 15, 2005: The Wet Ink Ensemble: Music from the Wet Ink Composers Collective For the final concert of the season, the Wet Ink Ensemble expands to 12 players for performances of new works by Wet Ink composers Alex Mincek, Sam Hillmer, Reiko Fueting and Brendan Connelly.

All concerts at 8pm. Bowery Poetry club is at 308 Bowery (btwn Houston and Bleecker)

www.wetink.org

Various US Cities:

Tod Machover performances in 2005:

Spring 2005
Boston, MA

New Work for Orchestra and Hyper-electronics.
Commissioned by the Boston Pops.
Premiere at Symphony Hall, Boston, Keith Lockhart conducting.

Fall 2005
�La Jolla, CA
STRING QUARTET using Hyperscore and projected graphics. Commissioned by the Ying Quartet.

Other projects for another note will include recordings, residencies in the US and abroad, a chamber work for a consortium of ensembles and chamber operas in development.�Up to the minute information about Tod can always be found at web.media.mit.edu/~tod/.

NYC:

Interpretations | 15th season
For upcoming Interpretations concerts, check out:
www.interpretations.info

Upcoming Interpretations concerts at Merkin Concert Hall include:

Feb 10, 2005 - Michael Harrison
Mar 3, 2005 - Neil Rolnick / Enik� Ginzery
Apr 14, 2005 - Thomas Buckner
May 5, 2005 - Paul Epstein / Charles Amirkhanian
May 26, 2005 - Bobby Few & Tom Chiu

NEW YORK CITY:

ARTS ELECTRIC 10th Season EMF is planning a lively and varied series of events in New York during its 10th anniversary season, including concerts, workshops, encounters, and installations. All events, with time, location, admission, and other details, are listed at Arts Electric as dates are confirmed: www.emf10.org/

UPCOMING ARTS ELECTRIC EVENTS:

Stephen Vitiello: The Smallest of Wings
Thursday, January 13 - Saturday, February 26
The Project, 37 West 57th Street, 3rd Floor, New York City
"Vitiello transforms incidental atmospheric noises into mesmerizing soundscapes ..."
www.arts-electric.org/cgi-bin/aecal_search.pl?keywords=vitiellony

Chamber and Computer Music by Drew Krause and Eric Lyon
Thursday, February 3, 8pm
Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York City
Performances by Margaret Lancaster and others
www.arts-electric.org/cgi-bin/aecal_search.pl?keywords=lyonnyc

Improvisionaries!: A Concert of Improvising Composers
Saturday, February 5, 8:30pm
Cutting Room, 19 West 24th Street, New York City
Flutist Margaret Lancaster, composer Eve Beglarian, and others
www.arts-electric.org/cgi-bin/aecal_search.pl?keywords=improvisionaries

Sinfonietta Moderna
Eric Chasalow's 'Trois Espaces du Son' (US Premiere)
Sunday, February 13, 8pm
Merkin Hall at Kaufman Center, 129 West 67th Street, New York City
www.arts-electric.org/cgi-bin/aecal_search.pl?keywords=chasalow

And more ...
www.arts-electric.org/cgi-bin/aecal_search.pl?keywords=nyc+february

CHICAGO:

Lampo Winter 2005 events

Jan 29 - Atau Tanaka (Japan/France)
Feb 12 - Phill Niblock (U.S.)
Mar 12 - CM von Hausswolff (Sweden)

Tanaka - Renaissance Society - 5811 S. Ellis Ave. 418, Chicago, Ill. (FREE)
Niblock and Hausswolff - 6ODUM - 2116 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Ill.

All events 9PM. Admission open to all ages.

Questions? Or to become a Lampo member, visit www.lampo.org

ATAU TANAKA
Jan 29 9pm Renaissance Society

Composer and intermedia performer Atau Tanaka presents his project, "Concrete Corps," a series of works for biosensor interface and electronic sound.

Tanaka uses physical gestures to articulate music and sound. He has been performing with the BioMuse since 1992, an invention that translates electrical signals (EMG) from the body into digital data. Here, he attaches sensors to his forearms, and then by tensing and relaxing his muscles he controls computers. In effect, the system makes his entire body a musical instrument. Sound sources are taken from animals, water, machinery and telecommunications devices.

Atau Tanaka (b. 1963, Tokyo) was studied electronic music with Ivan Tcherepnin at Harvard, and computer music at CCRMA at Stanford University. In the early 1990s he moved to Paris to conduct research at IRCAM. He is a co-founder of Sensorband with Zbigniew Karkowski and Edwin van der Heide, and has been artist in residence at STEIM (Amsterdam) and V2 (Rotterdam). In 1997 Tanaka moved to Japan for a project at NTT/ICC and came in contact with the noise music scene, playing with Merzbow, Otomo, KK Null and others. He is currently based in Paris and conducts research at Sony Computer Science Laboratories on future music systems.

Co-presented with the Renaissance Society. This concert is FREE and will take place in the gallery.

PHILL NIBLOCK
Feb 12 9pm 6ODUM

Drone lovers and lovers of all kinds celebrate as American minimalist composer Phill Niblock returns for his first Chicago performance since 2001.

Niblock's music is thick and layered, made with adjacent, sustained tones originally played on conventional instruments. He records these minute pitch differences and then overlaps and multi-tracks them. Anticipate a mesmerizing two-hour program. Niblock's films also will run continuously throughout -- beautiful unedited long takes of people from all cultures working with their hands.

Phill Niblock (b. 1933, Indiana) is an intermedia artist using music, film, photography, video and computers. He has presented his work around the world since the mid-1960s. He has received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Creative Artists Public Service Program, the City University of New York Research Foundation and the Foundation for the Contemporary Performance Arts. He has been director of the Experimental Intermedia Foundation in New York since 1985 and an artist/member since 1968.

Lampo was honored to present Phill Niblock's Chicago debut in March 2000.

CM VON HAUSSWOLFF
Mar 12 9pm 6ODUM

Hausswolff premieres a new audio work, and Lampo launches its first CD/book release -- all this and more amid our storied cinderblocks.

In August 2003, Lampo and partner Whitewalls brought Hausswolff here to initiate a multifaceted project for Chicago.

The Swedish artist collected sound sources from atop the John Hancock Building, selecting that location because it oversees the entire city. In the open air observation deck, he used contact microphones and atmospheric microphones to record building vibrations, passing breezes and excerpts of overheard speech from tourists. Hausswolff then returned to Stockholm to work in his studio for several months. These sources were transformed into a dense, low-end drone work which he calls, "There Are No Crows Flying Around the Hancock Building."

During his visit, Hausswolff and a small but fearless crew also spent nights driving around town, identifying forgotten buildings across the city. Their gear: a pick-up truck, several 4,000-watt spotlights, red filters and a noisy gas-powered generator. Once a site was selected, the building was washed in red light and Hausswolff took photographs. Sites included a gas station, church, supermarket, housing project, warehouse, correction facility and a hot dog stand. The result is a series of shots with an eerie spectral beauty. These images are collected in a new book titled "Red Empty (Chicago 2003)" published by Whitewalls/Lampo.

Carl Michael von Hausswolff (b. 1956, Linkoping) is a composer, visual artist and curator. He lives and works in Stockholm. His main instrument is the tape recorder, which he has used extensively throughout his practice. Concerned with capturing hidden sound where supposedly there is none, he has made recordings of architectural space and ventured into performances of electronic interferences from "the other side" ("Operation of Spirit Communication"). He also is expert in the work of Friedrich Jurgenson, electronic voice phenomena (EVP) researcher who detected voices of the dead hidden in radio static. Hausswolff's own audio works are pure, intuitive studies of electricity, frequency and tone. Collaborators include Erik Pauser, with whom he worked as Phauss (1981-1993), Leif Elggren and John Duncan. Hausswolff was a Prix Ars Electronica prize-winner for Digital Musics in 2002.

His fascination with the color red appears in many projects, including "Red Pool" (Cities on the Move VI, Bangkok, 1999), "Red Night" (SITE Santa Fe, 1999) and "Red Mersey" (Liverpool Biennial, 2004). Additional major exhibitions include Documenta X in Kassel, the Johannesburg Biennial and the Venice Biennale. He curated the Goteborg Biennial, "Against All Evens," in 2003.

In 1992, Hausswolff and Elggren proclaimed the virtual Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland, all areas of no-mans land, territories between national boundaries on both land and sea, digital and mental spaces. This nation, ruled benevolently by Carl 1st and Leif 1st, has its own national anthem, flag, coat of arms, currency, citizens and ministers.

Lampo first presented CM von Hausswolff in February 2001, when he performed "Circulating over Square Oceans" with sonar, radar, oscillators and microphones. In August 2003 Hausswolff screened his video project "Hashima" at Lampo.

"There Are No Crows Flying Around the Hancock Building" and "Red Empty (Chicago 2003)" are made possible in part with support from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, the American-Scandinavian Foundation and the Governor's International Arts Exchange Program of the Illinois Arts Council.

DOWNTOWN LA, CA:

line space line (HAS MOVED to Selah!)

a weekly new and improvised music series
at Selah

For more information please visit www.linespaceline.org
or email contact@linespaceline.org.

line space line
Every Monday @ 8pm
Selah
1001 E. First St. #15
Los Angeles, California 90012
www.selahagc.org/
$10-5 sliding scale
venue: 213-626-0811
lsl line: 323-682-4060

line space line wishes to extend thanks to the proprietors Selah for hosting this series.

CULVER CITY, California:

"Jazz on a Monday Vibe"

Club Tropical
8641 W. Washington Blvd.
Culver City CA 90232

Salvadoran Food and Full Bar available
$5 entry
For more information check out the new "Jazz on a Monday Vibe" section of our web site: www.sensoundmusic.com/
info@sensoundmusic.com

CULVER CITY, California:

CryptoNight at Club Tropical in Culver City

Date: Every Thursday Time: 8:00 PM

Club Tropical, 8641 Washington Blvd. Culver City
Contact: 310-287-1918
8PM Thursday nights
All Ages - $10 for adults, $5 for students

Two Special nights at Club Tropical

Thursday, January 28, 2005 8PM - Mark Weaver and Brassum
*Wednesday*, February 2nd, 2005 - The Nels Cline Singers �

Thursday, January 28, 2005 8PM - Mark Weaver and Brassum
Brassum:
Mark Weaver - tuba
Michael Vlatkovich - trombone
Dan Clucas - cornet
Harris Eisenstadt - percussion �

Brassum plays all original music, celebrating the possibilities of 3 brass + percussion. Brassum combines Albuquerque tuba player/composer Mark Weaver with three of the west coast's finest creative music artists: Dan Clucas on cornet, Michael Vlatkovich on trombone, Harris Eisenstadt on percussion. �

*Wednesday*, February 2nd, 2005 - The Nels Cline Singers
Nels Cline - guitars
Devin Hoff - bass
Scott Amendola - drums, electronics �

The amazing Nels Cline Singers make their first L.A. appearance since the release of their new CD The Giant Pin at the end of 2004. Cline, fresh from touring with Wilco and recording with Banyan, is finally getting the recognition that is his due.� Don't miss the Singers as they play their way into our hearts.� Please note that Cyrptonight is on WEDNESDAY night for this week only.� Thursday February 3rd will be dark.

New York City:

TONIC events FEBRUARY 2005! HELP SAVE TONIC!

Since 1998 Tonic has been a haven for creative music. We have helped nurture the vital community of musicians and audiences who keep this music alive. Now we are in danger of closing and ask you to help us keep Tonic alive.

Over the past few years we have suffered a series of blows: our rent has doubled since 1998, our insurance costs have tripled, we�ve been robbed, and we�ve been plagued by the expense of maintaining a building in ill repair � including the collapse of our main sewer line.

Any of these things would be challenging on their own but together they�ve taken a more serious toll and we are now facing the threat of eviction.

A number of outstanding musicians have come forward to help save Tonic and throughout February we will be holding a series of fundraising concerts. If Tonic has been an important venue to you, we ask that you please attend as many of these concerts as possible.

Those who cannot attend but would like to help, please consider making a contribution.

For Tonic to survive we will need to raise a upwards of $100,000 in the next few weeks.

Only with your support can Tonic continue playing its role in presenting this important music to its fans. Our deepest thanks.

What you can do:
-attend the benefit concerts
-contact us about making a contribution
-write a testimonial about why Tonic is important
-spread the word

Come to the 1st fundraiser Wed, Feb 02
* John Zorn Improv - 8pm

Other fundraiser concerts to be announced soon.
For more info, please go to www.tonicnyc.com

Feb at Tonic:

--Wed, Feb 02--
* John Zorn Improv - Tonic Fundraiser at 8pm

--Thu, Feb 03--
* Gruff Rhys at 8pm
* phonomena in subTonic at 9pm

--Fri, Feb 04--
* Dime Store Dance Band plus The Vanity Set at 8pm
* Revolutionary Snake Ensemble at Midnight
* The Bunker in subTonic at 9pm

--Sat, Feb 05--
* Matt Darriau's Ballin' the Jack at 8pm
* Big Lazy at 10pm
* Groove Collective at Midnight
* Average Saturdays with rotating hosts & guests in subTonic at 9pm

--Sun, Feb 06--
* Metallic Falcons plus The Winter Pageant plus Dirty Projectors at 8pm

--Mon, Feb 07--
* Compositions by Alvin Lucier performed by Charles Curtis & Anthony Burr at 8pm

--Tue, Feb 08--
* Septeto Roberto Rodriguez at 8pm

--Wed, Feb 09--
* Langhorne Slim plus Trachtenburg Family Slide Show Players plus Kimya Dawson at 8pm

--Thu, Feb 10--
* Wonderland Afrobeat Orchestra plus The Trophy Wives plus Asiko at 8pm
* phonomena in subTonic at 9pm

--Fri, Feb 11--
* Benefit for Tonic: Hurray plus Doveman plus Stars Like Fleas at 8pm
* BIG A little a plus Parts & Labor at Midnight
* The Bunker in subTonic at 9pm

--Sun, Feb 13--
* Festival of New Trumpet presents an evening of Mardi Gras Brass Bands at 7:30pm

--Mon, Feb 14--
* The Syd Straw Heartwreck Show at 8pm

--Tue, Feb 15--
* Dog Show Party at 8pm

--Wed, Feb 16--
* T. Griffin Coraline plus Melomane at 8pm

--Thu, Feb 17--
* Heather Greene plus Keren Ann at 8pm
* Oscar Noriega, Jeff Parker, Kenny Wollesen & Trevor Dunn at 11:30pm
* phonomena in subTonic at 9pm

--Fri, Feb 18--
* Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra at Midnight
* The Bunker in subTonic at 9pm

--Sun, Feb 20--
* The Chris Stamey Experience with Anton Fier, Tyson Rogers, John Chumbris and special guests at 8pm

--Thu, Feb 24--
* Ben Lee at 8pm
* phonomena in subTonic at 9pm

--Fri, Feb 25--
* Isle of Citadel plus Talibam at Midnight
* The Bunker in subTonic at 9pm

--Sat, Feb 26--
* Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at 8pm
* Average Saturdays with rotating hosts & guests in subTonic at 9pm

--Sun, Feb 27--
* Mascott plus Antietam plus Ida at 8pm

--Mon, Feb 28--
* Little Theatre at 8pm

Please visit www.tonicnyc.com for details and schedule updates.

TONIC
107 Norfolk Street
(Between Delancey & Rivington)
212-358-7501 / www.tonicnyc.com

SAN FRANCISCO:

Meridian Music: Composers in Performance

Meridian Gallery
545 Sutter (between Mason and Powell)
SanFrancisco
415 398 7229
EMAIL: ryokan@value.net
www.meridiangallery.org
$10
$ 5 students, impoverished artists.

Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents concerts the first Friday of each month in the intimate setting of Meridian Gallery. The series has been underway since fall, 1998 and is curated by Philip Gelb.

For parking we recommend the Stockton garage on sutter and stockton, only 2 blocks away and costs only 5 dollars for the night after 6 pm.

For more information please see www.meridiangallery.org or contact phil@philipgelb.com

Recently Posted and Ongoing

INTERNET:

Iridian Radio

www.iridianradio.com

If you want to hear provocative "new music" that really is new, or at least created in the last couple of decades, then check out Iridian Radio. You'll hear music of artists such as John Adams, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Iva Bittova, Tan Dun, Kronos Quartet, Meredith Monk, Steve Reich, and many more.

Not only is Iridian Radio's broadcast quality and programming unique to internet streaming broadcasts, but the station home page also provides further info on the artists and purchasing links for their recordings. This is a free service -no fees or subscriptions needed to listen.

If you think Iridian Radio is an important outlet for this music, please forward the station info to others that might be interested.

Iridian Radio is a fully legal Live365.com station and pays royalties to the artists programmed.

INTERNET:

DRIFT Radio: from New Media Scotland

To listen to the stream, visit the DRIFT website at www.mediascot.org/drift

New Media Scotland
P.O. Box 23434, Edinburgh EH7 5SZ
Tel. +44 131 477 3774
info@mediascot.org
www.mediascot.org

INTERNET:

New American Radio Website Project

New American Radio
http://somewhere.org/NAR/NAR_home.htm

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. is pleased to announce its redesigned, updated and expanded NEW AMERICAN RADIO (NAR) website that includes full-length radio art programs by American and European artists. Currently available are works by Terry Allen, Jacki Apple, Diamanda Galas, Sheila Davies, Suzan-Lori Parks, Gregory Whitehead and others. Additional programs will be added to the site in the coming months.

A weekly series distributed to public radio stations nationwide from 1987-1998, NEW AMERICAN RADIO includes over 300 original works commissioned from such artists as Pauline Oliveros, Rachel Rosenthal, Christian Marclay, Alvin Curran, and Carl Hancock Rux. During its 15 years of broadcast life, NAR became known-nationally and internationally as the principal source of radio experimentation in America, ranking with such high-profile international programs as ABC Australia's The Listening Room. Its works, which won numerous prizes in competitions worldwide, were aired throughout North America, Europe and Australia. Although now off-air, NAR enjoys an active afterlife on the Internet, where full-length programs, audio excerpts, scripts and other artist writings are available.

An amazing cultural mirror of its time, both in regard to the issues it dealt with and the techniques and strategies used by its artists, NEW AMERICAN RADIO is also being archived in the World Music Archive at Wesleyan University, CT, where it will be accessible both on location and on-line to students, educators, artists, scholars, and the general public. The archive is made possible by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.

For more information, please contact Helen Thorington at newradio@turbulence.org

INTERNET:

Spongefork Radio

Spongefork Radio
: a community version of sleepbot where listeners can add music to the playlist as well as listen to it

INTERNET:

Intercontinental spontaneous jam session

New artwork by Icelandic artist Pall Thayer, the Intercontinental spontaneous jam session is now open and accessible at www.this.is/pallit/isjs

This piece explores abstract imagery created via a musical interface to combine the inherently abstract qualities of music with randomness and multi-user interactivity to create a truly abstract image that contains no references to the physical world.

Pall Thayer
myndlistama�ur/kennari
artist/teacher
Fj�lbrautask�lanum vi� �rm�la (www.fa.is)

INTERNET:

ARTPORT from the Whitney Museum of American Art

http://www.whitney.org/artport -- read more !!!

INTERNET & NORTHWESTERN University:

Home, an interactive, navigable web work, contains the work of 17 artists

Home, an interactive, navigable web work, contains the work of 17 artists. These include: a screenwriter, a photographer, a set designer, film and video makers, and sound and computer artists. Each has a unique perspective on the meaning of home, this most universal and basic of necessities.

Primary collaborators Drew Browning and Annette Barbier will be at the Block Museum at Northwestern University to demonstrate and talk about the work during the following times:

on Tuesday, Sept. 25 from 12-5 PM
and Friday, Sept. 28 from 6:30 - 8 PM with a gallery talk at 7:15 PM.

Home is permanently on line via the Block web site at: http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/art_tech/virtual.html

For directions, see: http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/welcome/directions.html

The development of Home was supported by a grant from the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts at Northwestern University.

Contributing artists from the Northwestern community include: Dave Tolchinsky, Michelle Citron, Sam Ball, David Downs, Rives Collins, Linda Gates, Dan Brintz.

INTERNET:

Post Media Network

Michele Thursz, the former Director of Moving Image Gallery, is proud to present her latest project the Post Media Network:

http://www.michelethursz.com/

The network operates as a physical and virtual structure composed of editorial, curatorial, and artists projects that stresses the different perspectives and uses of the electronic and computer-based mediums.

Post Media is an action demonstrating the continuous evolution of the term and uses of media. The network promotes actions of collaboration, representation and market utilization of all media.

The Network

Portfolios showcase the artists on the network, the digital studio and the marketable physical and virtual objects.

Represented artists:
Cory Arcangel, Betty Beaumont, Carlos Casado, Andy Deck, Jody Elff, Angie Eng, Fakeshop, Katrin Grotepass, Yael Kanarek, Willy Le Maitre & Eric Rosenveig, Golan Levin, Michael Mandiberg, Kevin & Jennifer McCoy, Yucef Merhi, Sally Minker, Joseph Nechvatal, Michael Rees, Carlos Zanni, screaMachine and net.ephemera (Mark Tribe).

Developed by Claire Barliant (senior editor of artbyte), Dialogue features conversations with the artists to reveal their history and process.

The archives document the on going exhibitions and events presented or affiliated with all past and present network participants.

Director: Michele Thursz
Design: Ray Canapini
Dialogue: By Claire Barliant
Intern: Seraphina Tisch

"All data is created equal" -- Arcangel

INTERNET:

Announcing the Launch of the Website for: "Re: Duchamp Traveling Exhibition"

La Biennale di Venezia: 49th International Exhibition of Art-- Concomitant Exhibitions

http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/duchamp

"The Re: Duchamp Travelling Exhibition is a project that has been evolving over time. It has traveled to various cities in Germany, Poland, Chile and Israel, as well as New York City. It is the ongoing work of Abraham Lubelski, and incorporates the work of over 250 other artists, including Nam June Paik, Dennis Oppenheim, Carl Andre, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Taylor Mead, Larry Weiner, David Humphrey, Inka Essenhigh....

The Re: Duchamp Travelling Exhibition at the 49th Venice Biennale* is an installation of clotheslines from which artwork is hung.** The idea for this installation is derived from Marcel Duchamp's infamous benefit exhibition organized on the Premises of the Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies, 451 Madison Avenue, New York, October 14th - November 7th, 1942, in which he criss-crossed the entire gallery with one mile of string. This entanglement, which the public had to negotiate when they came to view the art, stood as a metaphor for the difficulties encountered in attempting to understand modern art.

The current exhibition uses this Duchampian metaphor to point to connectivity as much as any difficulty that might hinder an appreciation of art in the digital age---art whose nature may be partially or completely ephemeral, time-based, or immaterial, and which might be conveyed digitally or housed virtually. Re: Duchamp celebrates the process of visual sampling in a world where the line between original and copy has been blurred, and the medium is the readymade.

** Participating artists were asked to e-mail their submissions as digital files. These were printed out, placed in plastic sleeves and brought to Venice for installation. Hung from criss-crossing lengths of string at the Church of S. Maria Ausiliatrice, they resemble so many Tibetan prayer flags, the wind and the Web conveying and disseminating their messages.

* At the 49th Venice Biennale, the Re: Duchamp Travelling Exhibition forms part of the Markers Project, which involves organizations in Venice including the Peggy Gugghenheim Collection, the Biennale Arti Visive, and the Municipality of Venice itself." [--notes, Joy Garnett]

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: MARK AMERIKA, DANIEL GARCIA ANDUJAR, DOUGLAS DAVIS, CHRISTOPH DRAEGER, PETER FEND, JOY GARNETT, PAUL GARRIN, KEN GOLDBERG, WANG GONGXIN, MARINA GRZINIC & AINA SMID, WENDA GU, INGO GUNTHER, LIANG-MEI HUANG, JON IPPOLITO, EDUARDO KAC, OLGA KISSELEVA, TINA LAPORTA, JENNY MARKETOU, MARCELLO MAZZELLA, PAUL D. MILLER aka DJ SPOOKY, MTAA, OLU OGUIBE, ANDRES SERRANO, HANI RASHID (ASYMPTOTE ARCHITECTS), MARK TRIBE & KERRY TRIBE

Curated by: CRISTINE WANG http://www.tribes.org/dystopia
Media Sponsor: NY ARTS MAGAZINE http://www.nyartsmagazine.com
Web Design: FIRST PULSE PROJECTS http://www.firstpulseprojects.org

For More Information contact: Cristine Wang tel: 917.318.0081

http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/duchamp

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