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SUMMARY:JOHN WIESE | NEW MONUMENTS | MORALLY GRAY |  KUDLER | FRASER DUO
DESCRIPTION:NOISE TOURISM \nPerhaps it ís serendipity\, but maybe the level of excitement over the last several years has gotten out\, and our city is finally a must stop on any east coast tour itinerary. Either way\, we are thrilled that two separate tours\, John Wiese (solo) and The New Monuments\, have converged on Philly for a single night. And even though this is a star-studded affair\, this should by no means overshadow the fantastic Philadelphia based artists featured this evening: Morally Gray and the Kudler / Fraser duo. \nWHAT TO EXPECT \nJohn Wiese the prolific Los Angles based artist and composer who has worked with everyone from Wolf Eyes and Sunn O))) to Nico Vascellari at last years Venice Biennale\, will be performing a solo set with electronics and laptop. Expect frenetic noise assaults pulsating brutally in stereo. Expect strange things to happen in your inner ear as Wiese strikes on some acoustic phenomenon. But mostly\, expect it to be amazing. \nNew Monuments\, on its inaugural tour\, is a new collaboration between Don Dietrich founding member of the legendary Borbetomagus; percussionist Ben Hall\, who may be best known for Graveyards\, his collaboration with John Olsen (Wolf Eyes) and Hans Buetow (both Hall and Beutow appeared on bowerbird in 2006 in trio with NYC based Trumpeter Nate Wooley as Melee); and voice and string manipulator C Spencer Yeh\, who often performs under the project name Burning Star Core\, and redefines the word prolific. Here\, expect the unexpected. Fans of Dietrichís Borbetomagus may be surprised by a new facet of his playing\, while Yeh and Hall will likely bring a dimension that will appeal to both listeners of noise and free impov music. \nTHE PHILADELPHIA STORY \nMorally Gray is a tape and minimal electronics project of Mat Rademan (Newton / Breathmint Records) and Marc Zajack (Antler Piss / Deep Fried Tapes). At times the music can be restrained and even quiet\, but thatís just a prelude to the no nonsense noise assault you are about to be subjected to. But this is no amateurish freak out ñ even at heightened levels of intensity this duo is able to react in subtle and measured cooperation. \nIan Fraser and Jesse Kudler should be familiar to any close-watchers of Philadelphia’s small experimental music community. They play together frequently\, in the large group Benito Cereno and in smaller trios\, but this will be only their second-ever duo performance. Both share a fascination with re-purposed consumer tools: laptops\, tape players\, radios\, hacked guitar pedals\, guitars\, etc. Fearing neither silence nor harsh “un-musical” sounds\, the two embrace unexpected contrasts and turns in sound-making.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/john-wiese-new-monuments-morally-gray-kudler-fraser-duo/
LOCATION:Circle of Hope\, 1125 S Broad St. 2nd Fl\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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SUMMARY:BREAKFAST? / ARCHITEUTHIS WALKS ON LAND / TOSHI MAKIHARA / TATSUYA NAKATANI / LATRALMAGOG
DESCRIPTION:Breakfast? is a trio consisting of tenor saxophone\, electric guitar and drumset based in Philadelphia and Brooklyn. Their music is a blend of semi-composed\, semi-improvised newness; they exemplify a distinct\nand singular group aesthetic and musical vocabulary. They employ and enjoy the use of pulse (both abstracted and real)\, references to tonality and form to create comprehensible yet exciting and unusual\nmusic. Their focused and direct approach yields high impact and compact abstractions of stuff that normal people would listen to. \nMembers include Bryan Rogers (Shot x Shot\, Aerial Photograph\, Bobby Zankel)\, Amnon Freidlin (Normal Love\, Pepi Ginsberg\, West Philadelphia Orchestra) and Pete Angevine (SATANIZED\, illuminea\, A Storm of Light\, Pepi Ginsberg). \nARCHITEUTHIS WALKS ON LAND\nAmy Cimini – viola\nKatherine Young- bassoon\nNew York\, NY \nArchiteuthis Walks on Land is Amy Cimini and Katherine Young’s improvised project. Cimini (viola) and Young (bassoon) explore the full expressive parameters of the duo form\, working with the material and textural ranges of their instruments. Architeuthis’s music spans from a slowly unfolding intimacy to a jagged\, kinetic style. Both soloistic and often drone-oriented\, the duo draw on their interests in contemporary classical music (which is how they first performed together more than seven years ago)\, free music\, and rock. Cimini and Young played together in the piratical folk-pop band The William Young and are part of the trio Civil War (with Adam Sonderberg) and the new music collective Till by Turning. They’ve worked with Fred Lonberg-Holm\, Jessica Pavone\, Jason Ajemian\, Aram Shelton\, Carol Genetti\, and Anthony Braxton\, among others. \nTOSHI MAKIHARA percussion\nTATSUYA NAKATANI percussion\nPhiladelphia / Easton\, PA \nToshi Makihara studied drums\, percussion and improvisation with Sabu Toyozumi\, a prominent percussionist in Tokyo. Since arriving in the United States in the late 1970’s he has worked with various new music ensembles as well as with numerous dance and theater companies internationally. Makihara has provided original music to Arden Theater Company\, Diversions Dance Company (Wales)\, Pennsylvania Ballet\, ZeroMoving Dance Company and Leah Stein Dance Company among others\,\nand has worked with musicians including Steve Beresford\, Peter Brotzmann\, John Butcher\, Nels Cline\, Eugene Chadbourne\, Tom Cora\, Amy Denio\, Thurston Moore\, William Parker and John Zorn. He has also collaborated with poets\, visual artists\, filmmakers and performance artists widely. \nTatsuya Nakatani is originally from Osaka\, Japan. In 2006 he performed in 80 cities in 7 countries and collaborated with 163 artists worldwide. In the past 10 years he has released nearly 50 recordings on CD. \nHe has created his own instrumentation\, effectively inventing many instruments and extended techniques. He utilizes drumset\, bowed gongs\, cymbals\, singing bowls\, metal objects\, bells\, and various sticks and bows to create an intense\, organic music that defies category or genre. His music is based in improvised/ experimental music\, jazz\, free jazz\, rock\, and noise\, yet retains the sense of space and beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music. \nIn addition to live solo and ensemble performances he works as a sound designer for film and television. He also teaches Masterclasses and Workshops at the University level. He also heads H&H Production\, an independent record label and recording studio based in Easton\, Pennsylvania. He was selected as a performing artist for the Pennsylvania Performing Artist on Tour (PennPat) roster as well as a Bronx Arts Council Individual Artist grant. \nLATRALMAGOG\nAL BERKHEIMER acoustic and electronic instruments\, percussion\nETHAN TRIPP acoustic and electronic instruments\, percussion\nPhiladelphia\, PA \nAl Berkheimer and Ethan Tripp have both been making experimental music in various forms since the late 90’s. Ethan focusing primarily on homebrew electronics\, improvised instruments and tape loops\, and Al\, on soundscapes and audio experiments. The two began playing music together in early 2007 at the behest of a mutual friend. After some initial discussion they decided the best way to get to the place they desired musically\, was to get together and improvise. The first experience of making improvised music together\, kick-started a weekly meet-up and recording session\, that has already produced to a large body of work. LATRALMAGOG is a continual exploration of sonic environments and the moods\, images and feelings they evoke. \n 
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/breakfast-architeuthis-walks-on-land-toshi-makihara-tatsuya-nakatani-latralmagog/
LOCATION:Circle of Hope\, 1125 S Broad St. 2nd Fl\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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SUMMARY:NEW TROMBONE
DESCRIPTION:FEATURING: \nMATTHIAS MULLER free improv trombone\nCHRISTIAN MARIEN drums\nDAN BLACKSBERG solo alto trombone\nSTEVE PARKER trombone\nLARRY TOFT trombone \nThe collaboration of Matthias Muller and Christian Marien started\, when Matthias joined the band ton in 2003. playing together in various projects in the following period\, they worked on a common musical language\, which resulted in their duo-playing in 2006. Not only due to the unusual combination of trombone and drums\, they are very consciously trying to overcome conventions and to avoid obvious musical solutions. Free improvised music which uses and at the same time questions the full range of musical parameters such as dynamics\, density\, rhythm\, sound\, form and tonality\, requires extreme alertness and concentration on the musical process of both musicians. the outcome is a raw music\, at the same time brutal and peaceful\, ugly and nice. its aim to achieve the highest form of beauty at any time is overriding all musical decisions. \nMatthias Muller\, *1971\, played together with some of the outstanding German improvisors such as Frank Gratkowski\, Matthias Schubert\, Gebhard Ullmann and Rudi Mahall as well as Albert Mangelsdorff. His CD \, released on Jazzhausmusik in 2003\, was produced by musician\, festivalmaker\, producer and journalist John Corbett from Chicago. He played concerts in India\, Russia\, USA and many European countries. \nChristian Marien\, *1975\, plays in various ensembles such as\, “Momentum” and “Computerband”. He released CDs on\, 2nd FLOOR Edition and others. His recent artistic work concentrates on the development of his solo-playing (CD “sieben mal solo” released on Schraum in 2007) and on the collaboration with the performing artists. \nDan Blacksberg is a trombonist who is working to expand the range of the trombone in jazz and improvised music. A native and resident of Philadelphia\, he has been seen all around town with such local musicians as Jack Wright\, Toshi Makihara\, Sonic Liberation Front and with Bobby Zankel’s Warriors of the Wonderful Sound. He has appeared in concerts produced by Bowerbird and the Ars Nova Workshop. In addition\, Dan has performed with Anthony Braxton (the premiere of Composition 19 for 100 tubas)\, Taylor Ho Bynum\, Joe Morris\, Mike Pride\, Nate Wooley\, Katt Hernandez\, Daniel Levin and Joe Maneri in many venues in New York and Boston. \nDan holds a bachelor’s degree from the New England Conservatory of Music\, where he studied with musical luminaries Bob Brookmeyer and Ran Blake. At NEC\, Dan had the opportunity to work with Irene Aebi on the U.S. Premiere of her late husband Steve Lacy’s song cycle Futurities (2004)\, and with Gunther Schuller in the world premiere of his monumental work Encounters (2003). Dan is also one of the premiere trombonists in the world of Klezmer. Dan has performed with Frank London\, Michael Alpert\, Adrienne Cooper\, Alan Bern\, Aaron Alexander\, and the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra. He has performed twice at the Krakow Jewish Music Festival as well as the Montreal Jazz Festival and is a well known presence at KlezKamp and KlezKanada. \nTrombonist Steve Parker is active as a soloist\, chamber musician\, and arts educator. In the field of contemporary music\, he has been named a Fulbright Scholar by the US State Department to perform and commission works throughout Germany. Parker was awarded an ENCORE grant from the American Composers Forum to perform in the American premiere of David Lang’s MEN for solo trombone\, ensemble and video at the Gene Siskel Center in Chicago. He has commissioned and premiered over a hundred works in America and Europe. As a soloist\, Parker was a prizewinner in the International Trombone Association Lewis Van Haney competition in Helsinki\, Finland. He has soloed at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston\, SC\, BACKFABRICK in Berlin\, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago\, Roulette in New York\, and the Bowerbird series in Philadelphia. He has been invited to present solo recitals at Oberlin Conservatory\, the College Music Society at Northwestern University\, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee\, and College of Charleston in South Carolina. \nAs a chamber musician\, he is cofounder of In Freundschaft\, a duo with cellist Jason Calloway that specializes in the modern works of German and American composers. They are frequent performers on the Bowerbird series in Philadelphia and perform throughout the US and abroad. Parker is also a member of the New York-based 2nd Instrumental Unit Contemporary Ensemble and has soloed with the MAVerick Ensemble in Chicago. As an orchestral musician\, Parker has received fellowships with the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland to work with Pierre Boulez and Ensemble InterContemporain\, the Spoleto Festival\, the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara\, CA\, and the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge\, CO. He has performed with the Jacksonville Symphony\, Charleston Symphony\, Albany Symphony\, Harrisburg Symphony\, Monterrey Symphony\, and Sarasota Opera. Parker is active as an arts educator in Philadelphia where he is a Lead Teaching Artist for the Philadelphia Orchestra. As a Teaching Artist\, he helps to provide inner-city schools with musical instruction\, instruments and tickets to Philadelphia Orchestra concerts. He is currently working with filmmaker Danny Anker to implement a new music curriculum inspired by the documentary\, Music from the Inside Out\, throughout the Philadelphia Public School system. Parker has a BM Oberlin Conservatory where he received the Deans Talent Award to study with Jim DeSano and Robin Eubanks and holds a BA from Oberlin College in Applied Mathematics. He has a MM from Rice University where he studied with David Waters and David Kirk. At the Musickhochschule Trossingen in Germany\, he studied with Abbie Conant and Mike Svoboda. \nTrombonist Larry Toft performs frequently around the Delaware Valley.  Being located in Philadelphia gives him the opportunity to perform a wide range of musical styles such as jazz\, classical\, salsa\, reggae\,\nBalkan\, and funk. The avant-garde has always inspired Toft’s music and he works it into his performances whenever possible. He is a regular member of Bobby Zankel’s Warriors of the Wonderful Sound as well as numerous other local big bands including the Phil Giordano Orchestra\, and the Lars Halle Jazz Orchestra. He has performed with salsa legends Johnny Pacheco of the Fania All-Stars\, Lalo Rodriguez\, Michael Stewart\, and Johnny Rivera. A Graduate of Temple University\, he studied with former Philadelphia Orchestra’s trombonist Tyrone Breuninger and jazz with Don Collins and Luis Bonilla of the Village Vanguard Orchestra.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/new-trombone/
LOCATION:Circle of Hope\, 1125 S Broad St. 2nd Fl\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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SUMMARY:NEW TROMBONE
DESCRIPTION:MATTHIAS MULLER with CHRISTIAN MARIEN (trombone; drums) \nfree improv \nDAN BLACKSBERG (solo alto trombone) \nfree jazz \nSTEVE PARKER (trombone) \nnew and avant garde compositions for trombone \nLARRY TOFT (trombone) \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nThe collaboration of Matthias Müller and Christian Marien started\, when Matthias joined the band “Olaf Ton” in 2003. Playing together in various projects in the following period\, they worked on a common musical language\, which resulted in their duo-playing in 2006. Not only due to the unusual combination of trombone and drums\, they are very consciously trying to overcome conventions and to avoid obvious musical solutions. Free improvised music which uses and at the same time questions the full range of musical parameters such as dynamics\, density\, rhythm\, sound\, form and tonality\, requires extreme alertness and concentration on the musical process of both musicians. the outcome is a raw music\, at the same time brutal and peaceful\, ugly and nice. its aim to achieve the “highest form of beauty” at any time is overriding all musical decisions. \nMatthias Müller\, (1971)\, played together with some of the outstanding German improvisors such as Frank Gratkowski\, Matthias Schubert\, Gebhard Ullmann and Rudi Mahall as well as Albert Mangelsdorff. His CD “Bhavan”\, released on “Jazzhausmusik” in 2003\, was produced by musician\, festival maker\, producer and journalist John Corbett from Chicago. He played concerts in India\, Russia\, USA and many European countries. \nChristian Marien\, (1975)\, plays in various ensembles such as “Olaf Ton”\, “Momentum” and “Computerband”. He released CDs on “Leo-records”\, “2nd FLOOR Edition” and others. His recent artistic work concentrates on the development of his solo-playing (CD “sieben mal solo” released on Schraum in 2007) and on the collaboration with the performing artists “Ritsche&Zast”. \n  \nDan Blacksberg is a trombonist who is working to expand the range of the trombone in jazz and improvised music. A native and resident of Philadelphia\, he has been seen all around town with such local musicians as Jack Wright\, Toshi Makihara\, Sonic Liberation Front and with Bobby Zankel’s Warriors of the Wonderful Sound. He has appeared in concerts produced by Bowerbird and the Ars Nova Workshop. In addition\, Dan has performed with Anthony Braxton (the premiere of Composition 19 for 100 tubas)\, Taylor Ho Bynum\, Joe Morris\, Mike Pride\, Nate Wooley\, Katt Hernandez\, Daniel Levin and Joe Maneri in many venues in New York and Boston. Dan holds a bachelor’s degree from the New England Conservatory of Music\, where he studied with musical luminaries Bob Brookmeyer and Ran Blake. At NEC\, Dan had the opportunity to work with Irene Aebi on the U.S. Premiere of her late husband Steve Lacy’s song cycle Futurities (2004)\, and with Gunther Schuller in the world premiere of his monumental work Encounters (2003). Dan is also one of the premiere trombonists in the world of Klezmer. Dan has performed with Frank London\, Michael Alpert\, Adrienne Cooper\, Alan Bern\, Aaron Alexander\, and the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra. He has performed twice at the Krakow Jewish Music Festival as well as the Montreal Jazz Festival and is a well known presence at KlezKamp and KlezKanada. \n  \nTrombonist Steve Parker is active as a soloist\, chamber musician\, and arts educator. In the field of contemporary music\, he has been named a Fulbright Scholar by the US State Department to perform and commission works throughout Germany. Parker was awarded an ENCORE grant from the American Composers Forum to perform in the American premiere of David Lang’s MEN for solo trombone\, ensemble and video at the Gene Siskel Center in Chicago. He has commissioned and premiered over a hundred works in America and Europe. As a soloist\, Parker was a prizewinner in the International Trombone Association Lewis Van Haney competition in Helsinki\, Finland. He has soloed at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston\, SC\, BACKFABRICK in Berlin\, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago\, Roulette in New York\, and the Bowerbird series in Philadelphia. He has been invited to present solo recitals at Oberlin Conservatory\, the College Music Society at Northwestern University\, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\, and College of Charleston in South Carolina. As a chamber musician\, he is cofounder of In Freundschaft\, a duo with cellist Jason Calloway that specializes in the modern works of German and American composers. They are frequent performers on the Bowerbird series in Philadelphia and perform throughout the US and abroad. Parker is also a member of the New York-based 2nd Instrumental Unit Contemporary Ensemble and has soloed with the MAVerick Ensemble in Chicago. As an orchestral musician\, Parker has received fellowships with the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland to work with Pierre Boulez and Ensemble InterContemporain\, the Spoleto Festival\, the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara\, CA\, and the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge\, CO. He has performed with the Jacksonville Symphony\, Charleston Symphony\, Albany Symphony\, Harrisburg Symphony\, Monterrey Symphony\, and Sarasota Opera. Parker is active as an arts educator in Philadelphia where he is a Lead Teaching Artist for the Philadelphia Orchestra. As a Teaching Artist\, he helps to provide inner-city schools with musical instruction\, instruments and tickets to Philadelphia Orchestra concerts. He is currently working with filmmaker Danny Anker to implement a new music curriculum inspired by the documentary\, Music from the Inside Out\, throughout the Philadelphia Public School system. Parker has a BM Oberlin Conservatory where he received the Dean’s Talent Award to study with Jim DeSano and Robin Eubanks and holds a BA from Oberlin College in Applied Mathematics. He has a MM from Rice University where he studied with David Waters and David Kirk. At the Musickhochschule Trossingen in Germany\, he studied with Abbie Conant and Mike Svoboda. \n  \nTrombonist Larry Toft performs frequently around the Delaware Valley. Being located in Philadelphia gives him the opportunity to perform a wide range of musical styles such as jazz\, classical\, salsa\, reggae\, Balkan\, and funk. The avant-garde has always inspired Toft’s music and he works it into his performances whenever possible. He is a regular member of Bobby Zankel’s Warriors of the Wonderful Sound as well as numerous other local big bands including the Phil Giordano Orchestra\, and the Lars Halle Jazz Orchestra. He has performed with salsa legends Johnny Pacheco of the Fania All-Stars\, Lalo Rodriguez\, Michael Stewart\, and Johnny Rivera. A Graduate of Temple University\, he studied with former Philadelphia Orchestra’s trombonist Tyrone Breuninger and jazz with Don Collins and Luis Bonilla of the Village Vanguard Orchestra.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/new-trombone-2/
LOCATION:Circle of Hope\, 1125 S Broad St. 2nd Fl\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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