/happening.
/2010.
01.11.10 (mon) 8pm
monday evening concerts: mostly californian
zipper concert hall (200 s grand, la, ca)/$27 ($12 students)
I will be part of a large ensemble playing michael pisaro's 'the collection'
/2009.
12.13.09 (sun) 8pm
jürg frey: some places
the wulf. (1026 s santa fe #203, la, ca)/$0
'some places' performed by christine tavolacci (flute), mark so (stones), april guthrie (cello) and cassia streb (viola)
12.06.09 (sun) 230pm
mark so @REDCATlounge: lilacs
redcat, la/$0
lilacs [ashbery series] (2007)
mark so, piano
/recently.
11.19.09 (thurs) 8-11:15pm
the wulf. presents
@ the stone (ave c & 2nd st, nyc)/$0
8:00 - 8:45: Harris Wulfson; LiveScore
8:50 - 8:55: Eric km Clark; new piece
9:00 - 9:45: Mike Winter; for gregory chaitin
9:45 - 10:00: Pause
10:00 - 10:05 - Larry Polansky; 34 Chords
10:10 - 10:25 - Laura Steenberge; Lucifer in the Shadowlands
10:30 - 10:45 - Mark So; amid mounding evidence [readings 26], JOHN ASHBERY (2 short litanies), readings 32 - Landscapeople
10:50 - 10:55 - Laura Steenberge; Elevator Music
11:00 - 11:15 - Joe Kudirka; Love Letters
performed by: Mike Winter, melodica; Larry Polansky, guitar; Mark So, piano; Eric Clark, Violin; David Kant, Sax; Amanda Tabor, horn; Aaron Meicht, trumpet; Quentin Tolimieri, piano/melodica;
James Moore, guitar
11.07.09 8:00 pm
casey thomas anderson (la) and david kant (nyc) present
@the wulf. (1026 s santa fe #203, la, ca)/$0
casey thomas anderson - snow
david kant - Variations for Functions and Partitions of Time; Harmony #
(I performed in a version of kant's 'harmony #' for 6 musicians)
10.24-25.09 (sat-sun) 8pm/2pm/8pm
The Experimental Music Yearbook
rod music hall, calarts (valencia, ca)/$0
I performed christian wolff's complete 'small preludes' as a piano solo, and also in peter ablinger's 'amtsee bei regen' with christine tavolacci (flute) and eric klerks (guitar); and participated in sara roberts' audience piece 'red vine'
Saturday, October 24, 8 pm:
-RR48G (2009) Lewis Keller
-Small Preludes (2008) Christian Wolff
-Amtsee Bei Regen (2008) Peter Ablinger
-Red Vine (2009) Sara Roberts
Sunday, October 25, 2 pm:
-Oasis (2009) Liam Mooney
-10, 11, 12 (2009) Taku Sugimoto
-20091 (2009) Manfred Werder
Sunday, October 25, 8 pm:
-Tilework for Oboe (2003) Tom Johnson
-Josef, Lieber Josef Mein (2008) Quentin Tolimieri
-Adventures with Julie (2009) Anna Oxygen
-The Rocketship in Langley Park (2009) John P. Hastings
10.16.09 8:00 pm
the music of John Lely, James Saunders, and Laurence Crane
@the wulf. (1026 s santa fe #203, la, ca)/$0
(I performed with john lely and mike winter in lely's 'distance learning')
John Lely joins us from Bath, UK to perform works of his (Desk Bells, White Noise Machine, Parsons Code, Distance Learning), James Saunders (imperfections on the surface are occasionally apparent), and Laurence Crane (Bobby J.) with local musicians including members from the calarts experimental music workshop
10.15.2009 (thurs) 8pm
ok composer
rod, calarts/$0
gary schultz realized my piece in his name ('GERHARD SCHULTZ'), with guitar and sine tones
10.14.2009 (wed) 9pm - 1am
mark so: reading khôra
@the wulf. (1026 s santa fe #203, la, ca)/$0
mark so: reading khôra [readings 30] (2009)
mark so - piano/reader
a full reading of jacques derrida's essay "khôra"
(in the form of a piece composed in april at spiro arts, park city)
*please come for part or all, light refreshments available
10.11.09 (sun) 12-6pm
A DAY IN LA : Washington Boulevard Art Concert
washington blvd, la/$0
I composed a piece called 'small change' for this group project organized by stephen van dyck
[at about ten to 3, I set a penny down on a curb in the small park on the nw corner of washington & normandie]
10.06.09 (tues) 4pm
brenda hillman @ pomona college
crookshank hall, pomona college (claremont, ca)/$0
composer mike winter and I accompanied poet brenda hillman on percussion materials as she read a new work, 'pacific ocean', in the manner of an experimental p'ansori
10.04.09 (sun) 8pm
in memoriam harris wulfson
@ the wulf. (1026 south santa fe avenue #203, la)/$0
friends of harris present his music: LiveScore, Durations, lookatmeiamafish, ABIAVSS; performed by eric km clark, april guthrie, orin hildestad, danny holt, lewis keller, mark so, cassia streb, christine tavolacci, brian walsh and michael winter
09.26.09 (sat) 1-6pm
FESTIVAL (9) MI ALMA :
Mi Alma Art Park (4016 Santa Monica Blvd, la)/$0
included my piece 'down among the grasses and whatever insects' [ashbery series] (2008), performed by julia holter, gary schultz and myself
09.12.09 (saturday) 3-9pm
Klangkunstklang 09
Kultur & Kongresshaus (Aarau, Switzerland)/10 francs
Musik für Lautsprecher
Musik für Instrumente
Werke von Luc Ferrari, Michael Pisaro, Tim Parkinson, Manfred Werder, Stefan Thut, Taku Sugimoto, Taylan Susam, Craig Shepard, Howard Skempton, Antoine Beuger, Jürg Frey, Tom Johnson, Anastassis Philippakopoulos, Mark So, Pierre Thoma, Eliane Radigue, Peter Ablinger
*including 5 of my little name pieces
Jürg Frey, Klarinette
Stefan Thut, Violoncello
09.04.09 (friday) 10-11pm
Francesco Gagliardi - EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC series at the Ontological-Hysterical Theater
St. Mark's Church (131 East 10th Street at 2nd Avenue
New York, NY)/$6
Tabletop performances, experimental reenactments, recollections, super8 films. Works by G. Douglas Barrett, Mark So, Francesco Gagliardi, and others.
Francesco Gagliardi is a performance artist, historian of performance and filmmaker based in New York City. He studied theatre and philosophy in Italy and in the UK and has been working internationally as an actor, director and performance artist for over a decade. In 2000 he translated, directed, and performed in the first Italian production of Gertrude Stein's “Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights.” He is currently working on a series of invisible performances of mental tasks, and writing an essay on the photographic documentation of performance art. Programs of his work were recently presented in Los Angles (The Wulf, December 2008), Berlin (Miss Micks, January 2009) and Torino, Italy (quindicifebbraio, June 2009).
08.29.2009 (sat) 8pm
TRAUERMUSIK III: William Basinski / Jason Grier / Mark So / Sound Installation by Lucky Dragons
eighteen-thirty (1830 sunset blvd, echo park 90026)/
$7
(on melancholy of contentment)
TRAUERMUSIK
*Julia Holter, Tashi Wada and I will perform a new layered text piece I've made upon 'Anarchy' from Artaud's sensational book Heliogabalus, superimposed with my own texts
"I have found a definition of the beautiful. It is something intense and sad, something a bit vague... a contradictory impression of an ardor... and a desire for life together with a bitterness which flows back upon them as if from a sense of deprivation and hopelessness. I do not pretend that joy cannot associate with Beauty, but I will maintain that joy is one of her most vulgar adornments, while Melancholy may be called her illustrious spouse, so much so that I can scarcely conceive a type of beauty which has nothing to do with sorrow." -Charles Baudelaire
07.27.2009 (monday) 7pm
Several Silences - music by Beuger, Brogan, Pisaro, Sfirri, So, Werder
701 Center for Contemporary Art (Columbia, SC)/$10
Following composer John Cage, the folds experimental music and performance workshop, directed by composer and guitarist Jason Brogan, present as series of six “silences”, complex sonic landscapes where quietude, possibility and a heightened awareness of the presence of sound take precedence over “activity”. The program will include pieces by six of the most quietly radical contemporary composers.
Antoine Beuger, cantor quartets
Jason Brogan, metronomic irregularity
Michael Pisaro, harmony series nos. 11a-d
Sam Sfirri, I gave thanks for evening that brings out the lights
Mark So, this singular tale of the past
Manfred Werder, 2008 (1)
performed by the folds experimental music and performance workshop:
Jason Brogan, Nathan Koci, Sam Sfirri, Mark So, Ron Wiltrout
07.08.2009 (wednesday) 8pm
BANGS book party, to benefit the wulf.
the wulf. 1026 s santa fe ave #203 (at sacramento st)/$0
festing my new book with Manfred Werder: BANGS
copies will be available for purchase (reduced price), all proceeds to benefit the wulf.
- plus, music by Mark So & Manfred Werder
BANGS (2009, 48pp)
some writing through Manfred Werder's performance of BANGS by Mark So, begun summer 2006, Zürich
with text and images by Mark So and Manfred Werder
buy online
07.05.2009 (sunday) 3-6pm
mark so @redcat lounge
REDCAT 631 west 2nd st (at hope st)/$0
enjoy new pieces for 4 people surrounding the space, and half-price drinks
* ordinary education (the true course of events) [for Christian Wolff]
* half-asleep at your instrument table
with two different performances of 'ordinary education'
bookending a performance of 'half-asleep at your instrument table'
both pieces from my ongoing Ashbery series
made this April during a residency at Spiro Arts in Utah
performed by: Casey Anderson, Nathan Brown, Jason Grier, Catherine Lamb, Gerhard Schultz, Mark So, Tashi Wada, Michael Winter
07.02.2009 (thurs) midnight-midnight
* FESTIVAL (8) ARROYO :
lower arroyo park, pasadena/$0
FESTIVAL :, the ultimate guerrilla celebration of stuff and nothing, returns
" this time, a day in the park "
do or don't do anything in lower arroyo park on thursday 07.02
anywhere in the park, alive or dead -- FESTIVAL : doesn't care
Adam Overton may perform from the following:
- The Mating Habits of Lines (2007), Audra Wolowiec
- an inch off the ground (for sam sfirri) (2009), Adam Overton
- a hundred times (2009), Adam Overton
- Reading 2, for Joseph Raz (2008), FrancescoGagliardi
- A Few Silence, G Douglas Barrett
Gary Schultz may perform:
- bridge (paris 1870), Gary Schultz
Mark So may perform:
- A ride in common variety [Ashbery series] (2009), Mark So
- just walking around [Ashbery series] (2007), Mark So
& anyone may do any of these pieces or any others, or none...
( over 800 more are available at uploaddownloadperform.net )
"at any moment anything could happen, or nothing could happen"
--> FESTIVAL : <--
06.28.2009 (sun) 8-10pm
and the
associazione 15febbraio (via Baretti 31/a - scala sx - 4* piano, torino, italy)/$0
curated by francesco gagliardi
with Elena Russo Arman, Lorenzo Fontana, Francesco Gagliardi, Alessandra Novaga
program:
- Mark So - Nothing is Very Simple (remembered with affection)
- G. Douglas Barrett - A Few Silence
- Mark So - Some Forgotten Day (sparse winter)
- Francesco Gagliardi - Film 4: East of Eden
- Kerstin Fuchs - Viktoriapark Berlin-Kreuzberg August 2008
- G. Douglas Barrett - A Few Voices (Polyphony I-III)
- Adam Overton - Duet (For Tashi Wada)
- Kerstin Fuchs - Viktoriapark Berlin-Kreuzberg August 2008
- Francesco Gagliardi - Two Homes
- Amnon Wolman - Imaginary Piece – February 1999
- Francesco Gagliardi - Reading 4
- Amnon Wolman - Imaginary Piece – April 18, 1999
...
- Adam Overton - For Performer and Hidden Object
06.12.2009 (fri) 8pm
Sam Sfirri - new works
the wulf. (1026 s santa fe ave #203, la)/$0
*for Dan Flavin
*...the sharpening line of crests, and the sky where without seeing them I felt the first stars tremble
performed by: sam sfirri, mark so, mike winter
06.02-11.2009 (tues...thurs) various
dogstar orchestra v 5
rod, clarts; highland park/$0
[katie clark and douglas wadle performed my piece, 'amid mounting evidence - readings 26 [ashbery series] (2008)]
now in its 5th season, the Dog Star Orchestra is an annual festival organized by Michael Pisaro, with new and classic works by a number of composers working in the experimental tradition
-- full details and documentation: dogstarorchestra.org
04.28.09 (tues) 6pm
mark so: some forgotten day (sparse winter) [ashbery series] (2009)
spiro arts, 1825 three kings dr, park city, ut/$0
a new 'melody' of winter sounds at spiro arts, park city
+ a reading by fiction writer justin quarry
04.25.09 (sat) 10pm
brogan, daly, so @ heaven gallery
1550 n milwaukee, 2nd fl, chicago/donations
jason brogan, electric guitar piece (2) (2009)
kieran daly, dance piece (iv) (2009)
mark so, non-lieux (18 musics after judith jockel) (2007)
+ marc riordan/daniel fandino duo
04.01.2009 (wed) 8:30pm
Trio with Organ - Tashi Wada
the wulf. (los angeles)/$0
performed with Jessica Catron, Orin Hildestad, Catherine Lamb, Mark So and Laura Steenberge
featuring dancers Simone Forti and Rae Shaolan Blum performing 'Icebergs'
03.25.2009 (wed) 2-5pm
studio apartments series : overton / so : 2 solo streams
314 s alexandria ave, #104 (la, ca 90020)/$0
an afternoon of experimental music/performance in two concurrent solo streams
new pieces involving movement, reading and silence
performed by adam overton & mark so in mark's apartment
adam overton:
- selections from posture series (2008-09) by adam overton
- selections from dance pieces (2009) by kieran daly
- an activity (2008) by jason brogan
mark so:
- pale full tiny / empty loose tight / bare huge lax (A) (2006) by istvàn zelenka
[a lecture in 3 parts: 30' / 45' / 15']
- an activity (2008) by jason brogan
- pale full tiny... (B)
- two deaths [ashbery series] (2007) by mark so
- pale full tiny... (C)
02.28.09 (sat) 7-10pm
artSpa presents: experimental music & massage
center for the arts, eagle rock (2225 colorado blvd, la, ca 90041)/$0
(cassia streb and gary schultz will join me in presenting the first realization of 'simply there' [to christian kesten] (2008), from my ashbery series, at approximately 9:15pm) artspa proudly presents some therapeutic experimental music & massage at the eagle rock arts center -- featuring live experimental music by (in order of appearance) cassia streb, francesco gagliardi, gerhard schultz, and mark so, while adam overton and his newly-formed army of amateur massage therapists (numbering currently in the single-digits, but growing) provide complimentary bodywork for the public; this event is being held in conjunction with the closing reception for the exhibition _needle in a haystack_.
01.30.09 (fri) 8pm
mark so : into the similarity of firmaments
the wulf.
1026 s santa fe ave #203 (entrance on sacramento st)
la ca/$0
cassia streb (viola) premieres my new evening-length piece for open room, field recording and tones, 'into the similarity of firmaments' [for cassia streb][ashbery series] (2009)
01.24.09 (sat) 1030pm
tavolacci/hildestad/chen play wolff/thut/so
the wulf.
1026 s santa fe ave #203 (entrance on sacramento st)
la ca/$0
christine tavolacci, orin hildestad and carolyn chen perform my new piece 'readings 28—is google hiding something?' [after kraig grady] (2008)
(w/mark so - reader)
in a program of music by christian wolff (for 1,2 or 3 people), stefan thut (eine/r 1-6) and myself
01.23.2009 (sun) 8pm
Sara Roberts - one for all and all for one
the wulf. (los angeles)/$0
a program of participatory pieces in which the
audience works as an ensemble, starting simple and building in complexity
01.17.09 (sat) 7pm
silent music @ the flood
the folds ensemble
flood gallery fine art center
109 roberts street, asheville nc
the folds experimental music ensemble plays music of antoine beuger, jason brogan, john cage, jürg frey, joseph kudirka, michael pisaro and sam sfirri
*prior to the concert:
a guerrilla-style realization of my piece 'a far and fatal corridor' [ashbery series] (2007)
in some open environment in the downtown river arts district (likely outdoors or semi-outdoors), sometime between the hours of 4 and 7pm...
(concert $10; preconcert performance $0)
01.03.09 (sat) 8pm
poem - jason grier
533 Gallery (533 S Los Angeles St 90013)/$0
with Adam Overton, Gary Schultz, Janet Kim, Jason Grier, Katie Clark, Mark So, Kelly Coats
/2008.
12.10.08 (wed) 10pm
Twin Performances: Violin/Viola to Harmonium - Tashi Wada
the wulf. (los angeles)/$0
performed with Orin Hildestad, Catherine Lamb and Mark So
12.07.2008 (sun) 2pm
Ensemble 303 Presents: Drones & Scones
the wulf. (los angeles)/$0
The Music of James Tenney, La Monte Young, c.t. anderson and John P. Hastings
In a Large Open Space - James Tenney
Composition 1960 #7 - La Monte Young
exchange symmetry as cultural model for these our withering years - c.t. anderson
Sonic Spiral - John P. Hastings
12.05.2008 (fri) 8pm
Duo Gagliardi Barrett and Guests
the wulf. (los angeles)/$0
Francesco Gagliardi - Two Films About Rome, Reading Piece #4
Kersten Fuchs - Victoria Park
G. Douglas Barrett - Performance Transciption (Two Films About Rome)
11.29-12.07.2008 (sat-sun)
as the parachute wanders through us: mark so, a solo show
sea & space gallery (4755 york blvd, los angeles)/$0
selected works, 2008
being all scores completed from
'as the parachute wanders through us' (7 july)
up to the opening of this show (29 november)
( 2 copies. )
11.22.08 (sat) 730pm
christian kesten - the room
the wulf. (los angeles)/$0
pre-lude 7.30pm
sound album by mari garrett
concert 8.00pm
o.T. (atem zunge lippen) | untitled (breath tongue lips)
christian kesten solo
zunge lösen | releasing the tongue by christian kesten
orin hildestad, adam overton, mark so (a.o.) - tongues
THE ROOM for 5 speakers and 5 instruments
words & music by christian kesten
catherine lamb, adam overton, brooke smiley, mark so, laura steenberge - speakers
eric km clark - violin, daniel rosenboom - trumpet, cassia streb - viola, douglas wadle - trombone, brian walsh - clarinet
11.15.08 (saturday) Noon-1pm
TIME AFTER TIME AFTER . . . For Chet Baker - Adam Overton, November 2005
LACMA/$0
[as part of machine project's day-long takeover of the los angeles county museum of art]
Steven Ziadie, Adriana Yugovich, Mike Winter, Tyler Waxman, Tashi Wada, Hana van der Kolk, Steven Tishkoff, Theresa Sotto, Mark So, Jess Ruvalcaba, Jessie Rothwell, Adam Overton, Andrea Neumann, Liam Mooney, Lauren Martinez, Matt Lucero, Phyllis Ling, Catherine Lamb, Christian Kesten, David Kendall, Robby Herbst, Asher Hartman, Samantha Gregg, Simone Gad, Willia Drew, Camille Dieterle, Nathalie Dierickx, Megan May Daalder, Claire Cronin, Eric km Clark, Richard Caceres, Allison Danielle Behrstock
11.14.08 (fri) 8pm
mark so : 2 x 3
the wulf. (1026 s santa fe ave #203, los angeles)/$0
negative volumes of the lives of strangers [ashbery series] (2008)
we have not such in our gardens [ashbery series] (2008)
clouds and grasses (2008)
nate brown, corey fogel, cat lamb, adam overton, mark so, tashi wada performing
10.03.08 (fri) 8pm
no sooner reached or rather long after (2008)
ucross foundation (ucross, wy)/$0
my second realization of this new piece for field recording, short and long tones, and open room
09.25.08 (thur) 4pm
no sooner reached or rather long after (2008)
ucross foundation (ucross, wy)/$0
i realized my new composition for field recording, short and long tones, and open room
09.24.08 (wed) 8pm
amid mounting evidence [readings 26] (2008)
ucross foundation (ucross, wy)/$0
i gave the first open performance of my latest piece in the readings series, for reading pianist
09.02.08 (tues) 730pm
readings 18 (2007)
virginia center for the creative arts (amherst, va)/$0
historian florence bernault read from shelley (in english) and colette (in french) and i played tones on harmonica and piano in this realization of my piece, from the ongoing readings series
09.01.08 (mon) 2pm
as the parachute wanders through us (2008)
the village green, los angeles 90016/$0
claire bergen and friends performed this new outdoors piece from my ashbery series in this unique urban environment
08.25.08 (mon) 3pm
performing the city: an urban performance workshop
sonic arts research centre, queen's u. (belfast, northern ireland)/$0
g. douglas barrett & francesco gagliardi performed my new piece 'rocks like us (the way back)' [ashbery series] as part of the 2008 icmc "roots/routes" conference in belfast
07.03.08 (thurs) 6pm-midnight
SITUATIONS|art. life. transitions. interpretations.
villa elisabeth (invalidenstr. 3, berlin-mitte)/$0
hte experimental performance group maulwerker presents work by george brecht, lucio capece, johnny chang, c.o.m. things, adam fong, ariane jeßulat, christian kesten, bengt af klintberg, kim kutner, lau mun leng, elana mann, pauline oliveros, adam overton, michael pisaro, mieko chieko shiomi, mark so (3 pieces from my ashbery series, outdoors), josh thorpe, steffi weismann, istván zelenka
07.03.08 (thurs) 8pm
incidental music: yoko ono, mark so, taku unami
galerie mark müller (gessnerallee 36, zürich)/$0
the experimental music group incidental music (manfred werder, stefan thut) premieres a piece from my ashbery series (two deaths, 2007), along with selections from 'grapefruit' by yoko ono and new work by taku unami
06.14-21.08 (sat-sat) 24hrs/8days
mark so : 7 days in june [for cassia and april]
highland park/$0
the duo guthrie & streb performs my week-long piece '7 days in june' (2007) to conclude their summer solstice series: a public "window" onto this performance will take place at 8pm on friday june 20, at 5336 monte vista st in los angeles (highland park); excerpts and documents from the week-long realization found at guthrieandstreb.com/7days
06.18.08 (wed) 8pm
new music collective
john rivers communication museum (58 george st, charleston, sc)/$5 (suggested donation)
jason brogan premieres my piece 'these offshore days, [ashbery series] (2007)
06.12.08 (thu) 12 noon
dogstar orchestra v4.6
rod, calarts/$0
michael pisaro : the rain of alphabets (harmony series no. 19) 2005
06.08.08 (sun) 630pm
dogstar orchestra v4.5
30047 madison way, val verde (castaic), ca 91384/$0
music by george brecht (motor vehicle sundown event, 1960), john lely (lazer organ, 2007), james orsher (this book is called slouching towards bethlehem, 2008), michael pisaro (long time, 2008), mark so (before the dark [a love poem] [ashbery series], 2007), mari garrett (cruise for... series, 2008), istvan zelenka (intact, 2007)
06.08.08 (sun) [2-]5-9pm
san fernando road project
san fernando road, north to south.../$0
[i will be getting an early start, north part of the great road...]
a roving art journey, in and out of car - participating artists: sara roberts, tucker neel, allison carter, danielle adair, hillary kapan, andrealLambert, david p. earle, carlin wing, mark so, phil stearns,robin myrick, laura vena, kyoung kim, daiana feuer, eric lindley, activist art groups fallen fruit and islands of la, and others; curated by stephen van dyck
06.06.08 (fri) 12 noon
dogstar orchestra v4.4
rod, calarts/$0
music by larry polansky (horse turds and roses, 1979), clay chaplin (pier to pier, 2008), jason brogan (fragments, 2008), alvin lucier (still lives, 1995), gavin bryars (jesus' blood never failed me yet, 1971), alison knowles (chair piece for george brecht, 1965), adam overton (what do we do now? performance, 2007)
06.05.08 (thu) 12 noon
dogstar orchestra v4.3
rod, calarts/$0
music by adrian tenney (2 songs, 2008), john cage (two, 1987), laura steenberge (song set, 2008), anastassis philippakopoulos (syrna, 2000), eric lindley (song set, 2008), morton feldman (for aaron copland, 1981), julia holter (song set, 2008), john cage (six, 1991)
06.04.08 (wed) 12 noon
dogstar orchestra v4.2
rod, calarts/$0
music by tom johnson (arpeggios for guitar, 2002), michael winter (a chance happening..., 2007), christian wolff (three pieces, 1979/80), morton feldman (vertical thoughts 2, 1963), kunsu shim (2 creeley songs, 2005), tim parkinson (quartet, 2006), peter ablinger (weiss/weisslich 5b, 1997)
06.03.08 (tue) 12 noon
dogstar orchestra v4.1
rod, calarts/$0
music by terry jennings (piano piece, 1960), jo kondo (the shape follows its shadow, 1986), stefan thut (drei 1-10, 2007), michael pisaro (distance 4, 1996), mark so (JOSEPH KUDIRKA, 2007), james tenney (swell piece for alison knowles, 1967), mafred werder (2008-3, 2008)
[dogstar orchestra 4 = casey anderson, tara boyle, jason brogan, scott cazan, clay chaplin, kathryn clark, rory cowal, rob esler, mari garrett, christa graf, john hastings, orin hildestad, danny holt, julia holter, eric klerks, eric lindley, rachel manderfeld, beth mcmullin, james orsher, adam overton, kathryn pisaro, michael pisaro, sam sfirri, mark so, laura steenberge, cassia streb, adrian tenney, nathan tenney, lisa tolentino, tashi wada, douglas wadle, mike winter]
05.23.08 (fri) 7pm
microfest 2008 - harmonic space ii
pasadena armory (145 n raymond, pasadena 91103)/$0
new works by lewis keller, laura steenberge, wolfgang von schweinitz, michael winter
04.25.08 (fri) 8pm
microfest 2008 - harmonic space i
pasadena armory (145 n raymond, pasadena 91103)/$0
new works by cat lamb, michael pisaro, tashi wada, douglas wadle
04.25.08 (fri) 645pm
microfest 2008 - harmonic space i
pasadena armory (145 n raymond, pasadena 91103)/$0
mark so : the mayan empire [to james tenney & christian wolff] (2006)
04.20.08 (sun) 8-10pm
public release!!* (info at routesandmethods.com)
vons p'king lot in echo park (between alvarado & glendale)/$0
i'll contribute some istvàn zelenka "lectures"...
04.18.08 (fri) 11pm
kerstin fuchs: experimental music for voice &...
roy o. disney music hall, calarts/$0
recent music for instruments and voice by antoine beuger (aus den liedern / 2007), carlo inderhees (lieder / 2007), michael pisaro (tombstones / 2006-8), kunsu shim (herbststücke (rilke) / 2005/7) and a new piece by petros ovsepyan -- performed by: kerstin fuchs (voice), christa graf (violin), james orsher (harmonium), adam overton (harmonica, guitar), michael pisaro (electric guitar) and mark so (piano)
04.14.08 (mon) 6pm
kerstin fuchs: experimental music for voice &...
UCSB music bowl & environs/$0
kunsu shim : herbststücke (rilke) - kerstin fuchs (voice, mark so (piano)
mark so : a vacant episode [ashbery series] - kerstin fuchs, james orsher, mark so, luke taylor
04.11.08 (fri) 8pm
sushi rolling concert
cat lamb's house (highland park)/$0
new pieces by tashi wada, michael pisaro, cat lamb and fresh sushi...
04.04.08 (fri) 9pm
music in (and out of) a house
1396 la loma rd, pasadena 91105 (casa kotz)/$0
new works by cat lamb, mark so... with orin hildestad, cassia streb, tashi wada
03.21.08 (fri) 830pm
4'33" and beyond...
redcat/$20-16-10
music from the experimental tradition, including works by beuger, brecht, brookshire, cage, frey, knowles, pisaro and tenney
03.08.08 (sat) 9pm
studio apartments series
101 s edgemont, la 90004 (christa's house)/$0
stephen "lucky" mosko: bow-vine song
mark so: dorothy stone (in memoriam)
tashi wada: duet
03.01.08 (sat) 8pm
freed reeds
sea and space explorations (4755 york blvd, la)/$0
several piece for accordions and harmoniums, including my 'a darkness of one's own' [ashbery series] (2007), performed on 4 harmoniums by aaron drake, julia holter, james orsher and tashi wada
02.29.08 (fri) 930pm
nude media nite 2
sea and space explorations (4755 york blvd, la)/$0
via telephone, a realization of adam overton's 'bath piece' [for mark so] (2007) performed in my bathtub
02.17.08 (sun) noon
brunch at chris kraus's haus
la/$0
more or less realizing my score 'frühstück' [for johnny] (2008), with rachel manderfeld, brian blanchfield, and alan & ariana too
02.07.08 (thurs) 8pm
flora by fauna
sea and space explorations (4755 york blvd, la)/$0
sound in space presents an evening of friendly things to do with plants -- works written for or by plants, including proposition by alison knowles, branches and child of tree by john cage, sticks by christian wolff and others...
02.01.08 (fri) 10pm
studio apartments series
1584 cerro gordo, la 90026 (tashi's house)/$0
joe kudirka : kids in sandbox [to, for and of mark so] (2007)
mark so: vineland turning [for christa and christine] (2008)
tashi wada: duet (2007)
01.27.08 (sun) 7pm
first sight scene: new works by southern california filmmakers
spielberg theater @ the egyptian (6712 hollywood blvd)/$9,$6
la filmforum presents this selection of new work by local experimental filmmakers; includes OPENING (2007) by madison brookshire, with live musical accompaniment by mark so (lap steel guitar), tashi wada (harmonium), douglas wadle (trombone)
01.23.08 (wed) 10pm
experimental music & massage at ANTAI GALLERY
712 n heliotrope dr, la 90029/$0
orin hildestad, cat lamb, adam overton, mark so, cassia streb, tashi wada & friend(s); new compositions, a few oscillators, a massage chair, two strings, some people;
pieces by cat lamb, mark so ('heliotrope' and '15'), tashi wada, christian wolff
01.06.08 (sun) 2pm-5pm, 9pm-??
experimental music & massage
at adam overton's (day) and tashi wada's (night) apartments/$0
chair massage by adam overton; experimental music by kerstin fuchs (berlin), james orsher (santa barbara), mark so ('readings 22 - the hollow core [to james benning]' & 'manly blue') (la), tashi wada (la), and others...
/2007.
12.13.07 (thurs) 9pm
studio apartment concert
100 n kenmore #214, los angeles/$0
two performances of my piece URSULA KWASNICKA (2007), ba da duos by antoine beuger; performed by christa graf orin hildestad, rachel manderfeld
12.08.07 (sat) 8pm
wonderers and their shadows on film
betalevel (963 n. hill st., la 90012)/$0
an evening of experimental films by madison brookshire, sandy ding, laida lertxundi and mary beth reed with live music by tony cantor, mark so, tashi wada and douglas wadle; i will be playing with tashi and doug alongside madison's wonderful film 'OPENING'
12.02.07 (sun) 8pm
new music new charleston
circular congregational church (150 meeting st., charleston, sc)/$10, $5 students, $0 under 18
new music collective premieres my piece 'waterfall of simplicity' [for earle brown] [ashbery series] on a program of new works
11.30.07 (fri) 8pm
artspa, week 4: touchy-feely music
sea and space (4755 york blvd, la 90042)/$0
new music by liam mooney, michael pisaro, mark so, tashi wada
11.25.07 (sun) 1pm-6pm
artspa, week 4: walk-in workshops
sea and space (4755 york blvd, la 90042)/$0 (donation)
mark so & adam overton : experimental music & massage
readings 19 - the system [ashbery series] (2007)
11.11.07 (sun) 3pm-5pm
mark so : late early works @ ucsb (10)
goleta county beach park
(ca. route 217 to sandspit rd. exit)/$0
-> sur la plage [for james orsher] (2006)
james orsher - suspended cymbal
-> just walking around [ashbery series] (2007)
performed by mark so
11.10.07 (sat) 6pm-8pm
mark so : late early works @ ucsb (9)
ucsb - north lagoon/$0
-> when the sun went down [to luke thomas taylor] [ashbery series] (2007)
performed by james orsher, mark so, luke thomas taylor
11.10.07 (sat) 11am-1230pm
mark so : late early works @ ucsb (8)
downtown sb farmers market
(santa barbara st. & cota st.)/$0
-> sigh of our present(blue sonata) [to manfred werder] [ashbery series] (2007)
(players tba)
-> readings 20 - syringa [for zackary] [ashbery series] (2007)
(players tba)
11.09.07 (fri) noon-3pm
mark so : late early works @ ucsb (7)
ucsb - u. center upper level food court/$0
-> new leaves (a mood survives) [ashbery series] (2007)
(players tba)
11.08.07 (thu) 515pm-7pm
mark so : late early works @ ucsb (6)
ucsb - music bowl/$0
-> always one stream is pointing north [ashbery series] (2007)
james orsher - harmonium
11.08.07 (thu) 4pm-530pm
mark so : late early works @ ucsb (5)
ucsb - clarence barlow's office (off the music bowl) /$0
-> readings 22 - the hollow core [to james benning] [ashbery series] (2007)
performed by mark so
11.07.07 (wed) 930pm-1am
mark so : late early works @ ucsb (4)
ucsb - karl geiringer hall/$0
-> lilacs [ashbery series] (2007)
mark so - piano
11.07.07 (wed) noon-6pm
mark so : late early works @ ucsb (3)
ucsb - davidson library entry plaza/$0
-> non-lieux (18 musics after judith jockel) [to joseph kudirka] (2007)
mark so - various materials and sounds
11.06.07 (tue) 1pm-330pm
mark so : late early works @ ucsb (2)
ucsb - music bowl/$0
-> six empty forms [to agnes martin] (2006)
for 1 and 2 oscillators (performers tba)
11.05.07 (mon) 2pm-415pm
mark so : late early works @ ucsb (1)
ucsb - north lagoon/$0
-> the roman empire [to michael winter] (2007)
michael winter - acoustic guitar
11.04.07 (sun) 8pm
liz kotz : WORDS TO BE LOOKED AT book launch
machine project (1200 D n. alvarado st.)/$0
featuring -
a short talk by the author, liz kotz
readings by eileen myles & mattias viegener
performances (realizations of text scores) by james orsher, michael pisaro, mark so and tashi wada
11.02.07 (fri) 8pm [715 talk]
la wholesale orchestra : who needs a summer job? (2)
murphy hall, loyola marymount university (1 lmu dr.)/$0
tashi wada : midway (2007) [1st peformance]
morton feldman : clarinet and string quartet (1983)
christian wolff : i like to think of harriet tubman (1985)
frederic rzewski : coming together (1972)
10.20.07 (sat) 8pm
mark so at the maybeck studio
berkeley, ca/$0
mark so : readings 19 - the system [ashbery series] (2007)
10.12.07 (fri) 8pm
mark so & adam overton : new music
{ open } bookstore (2226 e. 4th st., long beach)/$0
new work by mark so & adam overton
10.06.07 (sat) 2pm
eva-maria houben : some tunes vols. I-III
uc- santa barbara, geiringer hall/$0
some tunes (2006) vols. I-III performed by calisa hildebrand (flute), james orsher (harmonium), mark so (piano) and michael winter (guitar)
10.03.07 (wed) 8pm
eva-maria houben : some tunes vols. I-III
dangerous curve/$10-7 sliding scale
an installation of vols. I-III of some tunes (2006), performed by mark so (piano), laura steenberge (contrabass) and tashi wada (harmonium)
09.23.07 (sun) 12-1pm
istvàn zelenka: phontaine
314 s. alexandria ave. #104, los angeles 90020 [from call box: #-1-0-4]/$0
I will give one of 37 in-home performances of istvàn zelenka's "phontaine" (1997-->), taking place this weekend as part of a worldwide decentralized sound installation, in conjunction with moments musicaux aarau: klangkunstklang 2007 in aarau, switzerland; this installation is organized by my friend, the composer jürg frey
09.22.07 (sat) 5-10pm
soundwalk 2007
east village arts district, downtown long beach/$0
i will be taking part in two hour-long (5-6pm, 9-10pm) group naps for a piece by adam overton at this year's soundwalk, at the starting area on Broadway; between these naps, adam will also be doing pieces involving touching and crying
09.21.07 (fri) 8pm (reception 7pm)
drip event (for george brecht)
pawn shop gallery (1355 westwood blvd, los angeles 90024)/$0
DRIP EVENT (for george brecht): an evening of realizations of "drip music", the influential event score of fluxus artist george brecht -- realizations by: miles ake, olivian cha, sharon cheslow, katie herzog, kelly kleinschrodt, elana mann, alison o’daniel, adam overton, nancy popp, vincent ramos, and mark so ("BRITTEN USA"); curated by natilee harren
08.26.07 (sun) 1-6pm
artspa #01 :: open house :: experimental music, chair massage & more
high energy constructs in chinatown, 990 n. hill st., suite 180, la 90012/$0 & donations
as part of artspa, i will perform my newest piece, 'non-lieux (18 musics after judith jockel) [to joseph kudirka]'
all afternoon, with lots of other stuff going on, including chair massage by adam overton: artspa info
08.16.07 (thurs) 730pm
zelenka 2, chang 1
dangerous curve gallery, 1020 e. 4th place, los angeles 90013/$10-7
istvan zelenka - yet [for johnny chang] (2007), AIRYA [for mark so] (2007)
johnny chang - documentation (3) - 30 seconds of...* [for jessica catron] (2007)
performed by johnny chang, david kendall & mark so
08.14.07 (tues) 12-3pm
experimental music & chair massage
whole foods market-glendale (check-out area) 331 n. glendale ave. 91206/$0
adam overton gives chair massages (11am-4pm)
& mark so performs new work (12-3pm) : readings 21--6 haibun [ashbery series]
08.11.07 (sat) 8pm
who needs a summer job (experimental music)
murphy hall, loyola marymount university, 1 lmu dr., los angeles 90045/$0
christian wolff - i like to think of harriet tubman (1984), berlin exercises (2000)
frederic rzewski - coming together (1971)
morton feldman - durations 1 (1961), vertical thoughts 2 (1962)
cornelius cardew - bourgeois songs (1973)
performed bt the wholesale orchestra--violins: christa graf, orin hildestad; viola, various: cassia streb; 'cello: april guthrie; piano: trevor berens; narrator, piano, various: mark so; voice: jessica tunick; bass clarinet: brian walsh; piccolo and alto flute: christine tavolacci; french horn: amanda tabor; viola, various: cat lamb; harmonium, various: tashi wada
07.30.07 (mon)
studio apartments series (3)
960 s. oxford ave. #312, los angeles (orin hildestad's apt.; entry code 08888)/$0
johnny chang: swan vestas (cutters choice) [2007]
mark so: sigh of our present (blue sonata) [ashbery series] [2007]
mike winter: 1 sample, x people, y seconds [2007]
realized by orin hildestad, mark so, mike winter
07.20.07 (fri) 8pm
experimental music @ the kunstraum & schmeide jazz lounge
kunstraum düsseldorf, 107E himmelgeisterstrasse/$0
g. douglas barrett : piano III. [2007]
antoine beuger : la part du peu [1992]
johnny chang : 3 encounters [2007]
joseph kudirka : pieces for mauser [2007]
(performed by g. douglas barrett, antoine beuger, johnny chang, joe kudirka, kathy pisaro, mark so, christine tavolacci)
07.19.07 (thur) 8pm
experimental music @ the kunstraum
kunstraum düsseldorf, 107E himmelgeisterstrasse/$0
mark so : a darkness of one's own [2007]
joseph kudirka : pieces for mauser [2007]
eva-maria houben : la solennité des silences [2006]
(performed by g. douglas barrett, antoine beuger, johnny chang, joe kudirka, michael pisaro, mark so, christine tavolacci)
07.18.07 (wed) 8pm
experimental music @ the kunstraum
kunstraum düsseldorf, 107E himmelgeisterstrasse/$0
g. douglas barrett - derivation[derivation{backyard [music] - vol. 4...or derivation VII. [2007]
james orsher : fifth music for man ray [2007]
micheal pisaro : my mind is drifting [2005]
mark so : JAMES ORSHER [2007]
james orsher : monodies for joseph kudirka [2006]
johnny chang : fuchschen alt [2007]
(performed by johnny chang, kirsten fuchs, tobias liebezeit, james orsher, kathy pisaro, michael pisaro, christine tavolacci)
07.18.07 (wed) 5pm
experimental music @ the kunstraum
kunstraum düsseldorf, 107E himmelgeisterstrasse/$0
mark so : readings 20 - syringa [2007]
(performed by johnny chang, kirsten fuchs, joe kudirka, james orsher, mark so, christine tavolacci)
07.15.07 (sun) 3pm
experimental music @ the kunstraum
kunstraum düsseldorf, 107E himmelgeisterstrasse/$0
mark so : there are 2(2) [2007] (taylan susam, 2 double-scoop ice cream cones)
07.14.07 (sat) 7pm
experimental music @ the kunstraum
kunstraum düsseldorf, 107E himmelgeisterstrasse/$0
mark so : always one stream is pointing north [2007] (james orsher, harmonium)
07.10.07 (tues) 12am
the studio apartment series (2) - roof
832 s. catalina ave., los angeles (mike winter's building)/$0
mark so : citroën d.s. 19 [2006] (christa graf, orin hildestad - violins)
mike winter : in tone [2006] (christa graf, orin hildestad - violins; tashi wada - harmonium)
07.06.07 (fri) 4pm
the studio apartment series : kick-off
832 s. catalina ave. #205, los angeles (mike winter's apartment; entry code #1929)/$0
mike winter : three (2007) - eric clark, christa graf, orin hildestad (violins)
mark so : [2 wallace stevens pieces]
until the wind blew (2007) - orin hildestad, christa graf (violins)
of the january sun (2007) - installation
06.27.07 (wed) 8pm
john cage, jason kahn, mark so @ galerie mark müller
galerie mark müller (gessnerallee 36, ch - 8001 zürich)/$0
john cage: 0‘00“ (1962)
mark so: the missing wall (2007)
jason kahn: fields (2007)
performed by manfred werder & jason kahn
06.16.07 (sat) 9pm(-ish)
mark so @ il corral
il corral (662 n. heliotrope dr., los angeles 90004)/$5
orin hildestad and cassia streb join me in performing two new pieces of mine: 'echo junction' [to richard cameron-wolfe] and 'friends' [ashbery series] (both 2007); also music by: raven chacon, pixel form, antony digennaro, wylie cable
06.14.07 (thurs) 2pm
dogstar, v. 3 (6)
rod, calarts/$0
hans w. koch – present, tense (2007) kathy pisaro, hans koch
bettina wenzel – wood will be our only wheat (2007) bettina wenzel
anne lebaron – trio (2007) hans koch, anne lebaron, bettina wenzel
morton feldman – piece for four pianos (1957) danny holt, katie clark, rory cowal, mark so
michael pisaro – pianos in the field (2007) danny holt, katie clark, rory cowal, mark so
06.08.07 (fri) 2pm
dogstar, v. 3 (5)
rod, calarts/$0
markus trunk – four stills (2002/07) april guthrie
james saunders – #080607–2 (2007) christa graf, mark so
tim parkinson – string quartet (2002) christa graf, april guthrie, orin hildestad, cassia streb
jürg frey – ohne titel (2 violinen) (1995/96) christa graf, orin hildestad
michael pisaro – ils (harmony series no. 18) (2005) madison brookshire, clay chaplin, christa graf, april guthrie, orin hildestad, michael pisaro, cassia streb, tashi wada
06.07.07 (thurs) 2pm
dogstar, v. 3 (4)
rod, calarts/$0
anastassis philippakopoulos – syrna (2000) kathy pisaro
taylan susam – for blinky palermo (2006) madison brookshire, lisa tolentino, tashi wada
carlo inderhees – 7 stimmen(1) (2001) clay chaplin, adam overton, michael pisaro, mark so, lisa tolentino, tashi wada
06.06.07 (wed) 1pm
dogstar, v. 3 (3)
rod, calarts/$0
markus trunk – leaflet (1993) danny holt
walter zimmerman – geduld und gelegenheit: hypernos (1987) danny holt, shirley hunt
morton feldman – two pianos (1957) katie clark, rory cowal
clay chaplin – splay (2007) clay chaplin
laura steenberge – contrabass étude (2007) laura steenberge
mari garrett – a pilgrimage to the sounds - 2 (with yasujiro) (2006) laura steenberge
06.05.07 (tues) 1pm
dogstar, v. 3 (2)
rod, calarts/$0
adam overton – for performer and hidden object (2006/7) adam overton, michael pisaro, mark so, cassia streb
adam overton – aura[l] studies (2006) michael pisaro, cassia streb
travis just – buildings let you down, move out (2003) adam overton, michael pisaro, mark so
mark so – a kind of sleep (2007) adam overton, michael pisaro, mark so
06.04.07 (mon) 1pm
dogstar, v. 3 (1)
rod, calarts/$0
christian wolff - duo for violins (1950) christa graf, orin hildestad
taku unami - stand (2006) april guthrie
cat lamb - as one (2007) christa graf, orin hildestad
christian wolff - hölderlin marginalia (2004) aaron drake, orin hildestad, michael pisaro, mark so
tashi wada – duet, third version (2007) christa graf, orin hildestad
05.26.07 (sat) noon
experimental music in the hague
het nutshuis (5 riviervismarkt, the hague)/$0
this program included the premiere of my piece 'collateral' (2005), performed by graham flett, jeremiah runnels, sander breure and taylan susam; also, music by christian wolff, joseph kudirka, antoine beuger and sander breure
05.18.07 (fri) 2pm
BIJOU festival
BIJOU theater, calarts/$0
marc sabat, mark so, tashi wada performing in 'opening' (2007), a composition for sound and film by madison brookshire
05.17.2007 (thurs) midnight-midnight
FESTIVAL (7) :
calarts/$0
FESTIVAL :, the ultimate guerrila celebration of stuff and nothing, returns to calarts 1 year later; this time, it's not just in the main gallery!
05.05.07 (sat) 7pm
REDCAT film & video showcase
REDCAT, downtown los angeles/$0
mark so, tashi wada, d.c. wadle performing in 'opening' (2007), a composition for sound and film by madison brookshire
05.01.07 (tues) 10pm
sounding out - music by calarts composers
main gallery, calarts/$0
i will perform my new solo, 'a piece of traffic' [ashbery series] (2007) during this program of new works, as a kind of installation, concurrent with many other performances
04.27.07 (fri) 8pm
michael pisaro & mark so @ sandpaper
sandpaper books (3706 n. figueroa st., los angeles, 90065)/$0
antoine beuger: sekundenklänge (2007)
michael pisaro: black, white, red, green, blue (2004)
mark so: in november (2007)
performed by michael pisaro & mark so
04.20.07 (fri) 8-10pm
christian kesten @ dangerous curve
dangerous curve, 1020 4th place, los angeles/$10-7 sliding scale
a program of villa aurora composer and performance artist christian kesten's new work, with christian, christa graf, orin hildestad, lewis keller adam overton & mark so performing
04.20.07 (fri) 8pm
james orsher, mark so
berlin/$0
james orsher: dublings 1-4 (2006)
mark so: readings 18 (2007)
preformed by normisa pereira da silva, kerstin fuchs, james orsher
*rsvp to jnorsher@comcast.net as capacity is limited to 12-15
04.17.07 (tues) 830pm
santa ynez series finale
1843 santa ynez st., echo park/$0
music by andre cormier, christian kesten, mark so, christian wolff and others...
performed by johnny chang, mari garrett, christian kesten, michael pisaro, mark so, tashi wada
04.16.07 (mon) 5pm
breathing at tea-time
east library breezeway, joining the library and dance wings on the 2nd fl., calarts/$0
christian kesten: breathing solos (performed by christian kesten)
istvan zelenka: AIRYA [for mark so] (performed by mark so)
04.13/14.07 (fri.) midnight
music at midnight
rod, calarts/$0
new music by christian kesten (villa aurora resident composer) - cypress park & los angeles catalog
christian wolff - earle brown
mark so - 3 little name pieces (joseph kudirka, michael, christian wolff) & room
for 1, 2, 3 & 4 performers
performed by christian kesten, michael pisaro, mark so, tashi wada
03.27.07 (tues) 1230-230pm
laundry--tone
the helene wurlitzer foundation (taos, nm)/$0
1st realization of my piece 'laundry--tone' (for colleen), using e-bowed lap steel guitar; in collaboration with colleen anderson's laundry, drying on clotheslines behind casita no. 3 at the wurlitzer foundation
03.25.07 (sun) 5pm
poème
the helene wurlitzer foundation (taos, nm)/$0
informal 1st realization of my piece 'poème' on the grounds of the wurlitzer foundation
03.04.07 (sun) 6pm
(nichts, das ist)
the helene wurlitzer foundation (taos, nm)/$0
i gave the second performance my piano piece (nichts, das ist) (2006) at a gathering of resident fellows and members of the local community
01.28.07 (sun) 8pm
orin hildestad w/traci esslinger
mandeville recital hall, ucsd/$0
john cage [calarts folk hero]: 2 movements from cheap imitation
joseph kudirka [calarts alum]: monodies for antoine beuger
michelle lou: violin
arnold schoenberg: phantasy
mark so [calarts alum]: liberal plain song [for joseph kudirka]
tashi wada [current calartist]: violin
01.02.07 (tues) 1030am-330pm
'entre-moments: the earth and the sky' (1-10) by michael pisaro
main gallery, calarts/$0
i will give the first complete performance of this cycle of 10 pieces for piano in the 'entre-moments' series (2005-6) by composer michael pisaro
/2006.
12.08.06 (fri) 7pm
whatever comes between - readings 17 [2006]
art of music (707 central ave., nebraska city 68410)/$0
i'm performing my new piece 'whatever comes between' (latest in the 'readings' series), conceived around the poetic text 'room of rumor: tunings' by oswald egger, at this main street venue in nebraska city (it should go for about 3 hours); reading and piano
for details: khn center for the arts
11.11.06 (sat) 8pm
harmoniums @ machine
machine project (1200 D n alvarado st, echo park)/$0
david kendall, james orsher and tashi wada will play a three-harmonium version of my piece 'the buffalo skinners' (2006) on a program of experimental music performed on harmoniums; also, music by antoine beuger, thadeus frazier-reed, qusai kathawala and joseph kudirka -- for more info: www.machineproject.com
11.10.06 (fri) 9pm
new music by orsher & pisaro
sandpaper books (figueroa at ave 37, highland park)/$0
johnny chang, lewis keller, james orsher,tashi wada and i will perform james orsher's series of environmental transcriptions [subtitled 'documentary music 1-3']: 'B318,' 'Main Gallery,' and 'ROD' (all 2006); then, james orsher (harmonium) and michael pisaro (electric guitar) perform pisaro's 'a room outdoors' (2006)
11.04.06 (sat) 12pm - ?
FESTIVAL (6) DESERT :
giant rock airport (abandoned) - landers, ca/$0
materials (performance & readings):
antoine beuger - dedekin duos/ba da duos
excerpts from thomas claburn's "i feel better after i type to you"
james tenney - for percussion perhaps, or....(night) (1971)
mark so - 3 sounds in 3 stones [for christian wolff] (2006)/haley's comet, jupiter, the stars, the open field [late summer, 1985] (2006)
manfred werder - stück (2003) (2)
la monte young - poem to diane (1959)
11.01.06 (wed) 830pm
sounding out - new music by calarts composers
main gallery, calarts/$0
tashi wada (harmonium) and i (piano) will play my new 'rising landscape (in memoriam, james tenney),' and there will be new pieces by daniel corral, aaron drake, stina hanson, morgan jenks and eric lindley, too -- food, drink, and so on...
10.24.06 (tues) 8-10pm
FESTIVAL (5) COLD STORAGE :
cold storage: 1168 E. 5th Street, Los Angeles 90013/$0
a last-minute addition, an impromptu play in the dust in front of the thing, with:
james orsher: solo for harmonica 1jIII (2006)
mark so: rising landscape (in memoriam, James Tenney) (2006)
?? and ??
10.20.06 (fri) 1030pm
tender buttons
main gallery, calarts/$0
new pieces by recent calarts mfa grads g. douglas barrett ('piano i'), james orsher ('doublings 4'), mark so ('the nabataean empire - rekem in fall') and michael winter ('for michael pisaro') (and some old texts by gertrude stein)
10.18.06 (wed) 9pm
word art show
'the cube' studio, writing complex, calarts/$0
a recent score of mine, 'un coup de dés - readings 15', will be going up in this group show of works from various fields all interfacing with text-images -- the opening reception will be wednesday at 9pm, following a reading by ishmael reed in the writing program building
10.15-19.06 (sun-thurs)
salient lockup
5-day performance @ il corral (664 n. heliotrope dr., la)/$0
for the third year, i participated in stane hubert's 'salient lockup', a 5-day, 24-hours-a-day installation performance with a revolving cast of artists coming/staying/leaving on a chance-determined schedule; i was there late satuday night/early sunday (the 15th) 1:50-3:21am composing/performing '3 sounds in 3 stones (for christian wolff)' and late sunday night/early monday (the 16th) 2:41-3:55am composing/performing 'rising landscape (in memoriam, james tenney)'; for information: www.lotusalley.org
10.08.06 (sun) 3pm
FESTIVAL (4) KITCHEN :
314 s. alexandria ave. #104, los angeles/$0
there's a FESTIVAL : in my kitchen(!)
music for a small, grimy space, featuring:
'kitchen reading' (2005) and 'gram (2)' (2006) by mark so
and... ?
10.06.06 (fri) 830pm
sounding out - calarts music
main gallery, calarts/$0
johnny chang (violin) will perform a new new piece i've written for him, 'gram' (2006); johnny, james orsher, tashi wada and i will perform a quartet version of christian wolff's fantastic 'EARLE BROWN' (2006); i'll also be playing piano in joe kudirka's new piece 'moonshine' (2006); furthermore, new music by: tashi wada, stina hanson, aaron drake, laura steenberge, marc nimoy, daniel corral, bob ladue, devin smith and antoine beuger
09.18.06 (mon) 830pm
society of automatic music notators
cine studio space, manhattan/$0
new works by g. douglas barrett ('back yard IV'), james orsher ('b318' & 'main gallery'), mark so ('MAHLER'), mike winter ('in tone' & 'sort 1') and harris wulfson ('LiveScore') performed by the members of '"samn"'
09.12.06 (tues) 8pm
cold storage project hosts: privat-publikum (santa ynez series) no. 4
5th st & colyton (one block east of alameda st), downtown l.a./$0
johnny chang presents this layered event consisting of numerous transcriptions, including a 'symphonic' transcription i did of a chant by beatriz of dia as a version of johnny's realization of a piece by george brecht ('symphony 1962'), and johnny's own 'transcriptions (1): t. monk' (2006); for more information: routesandmethods.org
09.08.06 (fri) 8pm
privat-publikum (santa ynez series) no. 3
1843 santa ynez st., echo park (los angeles)/$0
this house concert chez johnny chang features a new piece i wrote for him, 'camel wides' (2006)
08.27.06 (sun) 6pm
cold storage project presents: american university of beirut medical center benefit concert
5th st & colyton (one block east of alameda st), downtown l.a./$0
i will have a piece, 'neoteric harmonies' (2006), performed by johnny chang, christa graf and orin hildestad (violins) on this wide-ranging program to benefit the american university of beirut medical center's (AUBMC) relief fund - please come, enjoy the music, and be generous; for more information: routesandmethods.org
08.26.06 (sat) 9pm
just / kudirka / orsher / so
the chop shop - obentrautstrasse 21, haus 17
(u-mehringdamm), berlin-kreuzberg/$0
performances of 'B318' by james orsher, 'the buffalo skinners' by mark so, 'sacred stone effigies of a decayed forest sanctuary' by joe kudirka and 'the only way to reform modern lettering is to abolish it.' by travis just; performed by martha agostini, brendan dougherty, frank eickhoff, kara feely, guido henneboehl, travis just, paula matthusen, owen molloy, james orsher, jesse seldess, anne vortisch, jennifer walshe, jeremy woodruff; information at www.objectcollection.us/chopshop.html
08.23.06 (wed) 8pm
privat-publikum (installation 2)
1843 santa ynez st., echo park (los angeles)/$0
the second night of intimate experimental music, chez johnny chang; front steps: lamonte young 'lecture 1960' realized by mark so, front yard: george brecht 'solo for violin' (johnny chang), front porch: antoine beuger 'monodies pour mallarme'(joseph kudirka), living room: johnny chang 'transcription (1): t. monk' (ensemble)
08.21.06 (mon) 8pm
cold storage project presents: joseph kudirka - lighthouse music
5th st & colyton (one block east of alameda st), downtown l.a./$0
the first performance of joe kudirka's 'lighthouse music' (2006); i'll be playing in this, along with several other fine local musicians
07.28.06 (fri) 1pm
canal songs 1
studio 1, koninklijk conservatoriam, juliana van stolberglaan 1 (den haag, nl)/$0
james orsher and elyssa shalla performed a program of music by
antoine beuger (three drops of rain / east wind / ocean), joseph kudirka (love letters/brought to a quiet haven), james orsher (doublings (4)), michael pisaro (harmony series 5) and mark so (neoteric harmonies)
07.27.06 (thur) 8pm
cold storage project presents: mark so - 2 pieces
5th st & colyton (one block east of alameda st), downtown l.a./$0
a program of 2 new pieces, 'salmonella kitchen' and 'atmosphere study (6),' performed by g. douglas barrett, orin hildestad, joseph kudirka, liam mooney, michael pisaro, luke thomas taylor and myself, as part of the ongoing cold storage project series, occupying a 40,000 sq. ft. concrete storage facility under construction in the warehouse/arts district downtown -- for full details, visit routesandmethods.org
07.20.06 (thur) 7pm
living-room concert - zelenka and wolff
1843 santa ynez st., echo park (los angeles)/$0
johnny chang presented a concert in his living room, consisting of music by hungarian-austrian composer istvan zelenka ('withinsideexplorer', 2002) and christian wolff ('berlin exercises', 2000/5), performed by g. douglas barrett, chang, michael pisaro and myself
07.19.06 (wed) 1230pm
(nichts, das ist)/(nothing, that is)
st. peter’s episcopal hall, cazenovia, ny/$0
pianist stephen pikarsky premiered my new piece '(nichts, das ist)' as part of the cazenovia counterpoint new music festival
07.10.06 (mon) 8-11pm
cold storage project: james tenney - in a large open space
5th st & colyton (one block east of alameda st), l.a./$0
i co-organized and performed in this grand event with michael parker and james orsher, a 3-hour performance (with 17 musicians) of james tenney's masterpiece, as part of parker's 'cold storage project' series, taking place within a 40,000 sq. ft. concrete cold storage facility under construction in the downtown arts/warehouse district; for video and sound from the performance, please visit routesandmethods.org
07.10.06 (mon) midnight - midnight
festival echo park (3)
echo park, l.a., ca/$0
you know the deal, experimental music, maybe happening, maybe not... i premiered my new piece 'goldwater revolution' while walking around the lake; johnny chang premiered his 'festival: echo park', performing with james orsher, g. douglas barrett and adam fong
07.01.06 (sat) 8pm
dogstar june (2) -- concert 6
rod, calarts/$0
michael pisaro: 'tombstones' + 'entre-moments'
doug barrett: 'derivation iii'
james tenney: 'swell pieces,' 'night'
(i will perform in most of these)
06.30.06 (fri) 8pm
dogstar june (2) -- concert 5
rod, calarts/$0
2 hours for piano (6) - michael pisaro, piano
heinrich schenker: reductions from 'der freie satz'
christian wolff: selections from 'incidental music'
(i'm not in this one, but it will be great!)
06.29.06 (thur) 8pm
dogstar june (2) -- concert 4
rod, calarts/$0
arthur jarvinen: 'defrag 1' (arr. kudirka)
music of joseph kudirka
antoine beuger: 'ockeghem octets'
(i will perform in pieces by jarvinen and kudirka)
06.24.06 (sat) 8pm
dogstar june (2) -- concert 3
rod, calarts/$0
johnny chang: 'westphalian fragments (dortmund coast)'
james orsher: 'doublings' (2, 3)
antoine beuger: 'la part du peu'
(i will perform in all of these)
06.23.06 (fri) 8pm
dogstar june (2) -- concert 2
rod, calarts/$0
mark so: 'un coup de dés,' two note card pieces ('oxford classic white,' 'karteikarten')
christian wolff: 'tilbury' 2 and 3, 'x for peace marches,' 'sticks'
yoko ono: 'wood piece'
(i will perform in all of these)
06.22.06 (thur) 8pm
dogstar june (2) -- concert 1
rod, calarts/$0
music by cassia streb and cat lamb
arthur jarvinen: 'am saying it';
michael pisaro: 'decomposition of the real' (1.2 and 2)
(i will perform in pieces by cat lamb and michael pisaro)
06.10.06 (sat) midnight - midnight
FESTIVAL DOWNTOWN L.A. :
bunker hill, downtown los angeles/$0
a day-long guerrila celebration of experimental music in the heart of capitalism; included the premieres of my 'constellations (3)' (2005), 'field's landing' (2005) and 'neoteric harmonies' (2006), and the first vocal performance of my 'liberal plain song' [to joseph kudirka] (2005); also premiered were james orsher's 'untitled' (2006) and 'solo for harmonium iib' (2006); performing were christa graf (violin), orin hildestad (violin, voice), joseph kudirka (ukulele, voice), james orsher (harmonium, voice), christine tavolacci (piccolo, flute) and myself (glockenspiel, voice)
05.18.06 (thurs) midnight - midnight
FESTIVAL :
main gallery, calarts/$0
a day-long celebration of experimental music, completely impromptu and unplanned; included the premieres of my 'liberal plain song' [to joseph kudirka] (2005), performed by joe (piano), cat lamb (wurlitzer) and myself (glockenspiel), my 'atmosphere study (5)' (2005), performed by myself (with radio static), and the second performance of my 'radio music' (2004), as well as new work by stina hanson, luke thomas taylor and marc nimoy, an installation of the score 'noho homo' (2006) by mike richard, and the debut/swansong of the experimental improvising quartet 'radu' (harris wulfson, lewis keller, cat lamb, adam fong)
05.14.06 (sun) 8pm
reading wittgenstein
rod music hall, calarts/$0
johnny chang (violin) and james orsher (harmonium premiered my '4.022' on this program of over 20 2-minute pieces composed as realizations of propositions in ludwig wittgenstein's 'tractatus
logico-philosophicus'(1921) -- a production of the calarts experimental music workshop
05.13.06 (sat) 4pm
earle brown celebration
rod music hall, calarts/$0
i performed on piano in two realizations of brown's classic _folio_ pieces, 'november 1952' (realization by johnny chang), with violinist johnny chang, and 'december 1952' (realization by michael pisaro), with johnny chang (violin), james orsher (harmonium) and michael pisaro (electric guitar); i also played in 'new piece' (1971) along with several others, conducted by vinny golia
05.11.06 (thurs) 830-1130pm
center for integrate media performances
tatum lounge, calarts/$0
i performed (on harmonium) alongside many fine musicians, including eric km clark, cat lamb, lewis keller and felix salazar, in harris wulfson's inteactive 'livescore'
05.04.06 (thurs) 10pm
center for integrated media performances
black & white studio, calarts/$0
i premiered g. douglas barrett's 'derivation III' for piano solo; also featured were a new performance work by d. jean hester and a harmonium/electronics piece by james orsher
05.04.06 (thurs) 12 noon
new vocal music by calarts composers
main gallery, calarts/$0
my 'argo - for chanticleer' (2005) was premiered, along with diverse works by james orsher, adam fong, stina hanson, teri card and ryan tanaka
04.26.06 (wed) 1230pm
civic morning musicals - new music for voice, harp and piano
hosmer auditorium, everson museum of art (401 harrison st., syracuse, ny)/$0
my new 'trio landscape (for ursula kwasnicka)' (2006) will be performed by norma tippett (soprano), ursula kwasnicka (harp) and john spradling (piano) along with pieces for voice and harp by fellow californian elaine barkin
04.26.06 (wed) 8pm
germany mini-tour
audi-max, dortmund university (emil-figge-strasse 50)/$0
michael pisaro's 'harmony series no. 7b; 14; 20' and eva-maria houben's 'fast alle' and 'im nu' performed by calarts and dortmund university musicians
04.23.06 (sun) 7pm
germany mini-tour
kunstraum dusseldorf (himmelgeister strasse 107E)/$0
michael pisaro's 'harmony series 7a-c' and eva-maria houben's 'fast alle' and 'im nu', performed by calarts and dortmund university musicians
04.23.06 (sun) 12pm
germany mini-tour
kunstraum dusseldorf/$0
a program of new pieces by johnny chang ('goldsmith variations for mark so'), james orsher ('doublings 2') and my own 'mattes 3' performed by the three of us, as well as michael pisaro and percussionist elyssa shalla
04.22.06 (sat) 8pm
germany mini-tour
kunstraum dusseldorf/$0
michael pisaro's 'harmony series 8 (a-e); 12a' will be performed by michael pisaro and antoine beuger
04.22.06 (fri) ca. 3pm
guerrila performances
stiftung insel hombroich (near neuss, germany)/$0
james orsher and i performed 'stones' (1969) by christian wolff in the konzert- un veranstaltungs-raum and later, my piece 'there are two' (2006), outdoors
04.21.06 (fri) 730pm
germany mini-tour
stadtkirche st. petri, dortmund/$0
michael pisaro's 'harmony series no. 7c' and 'harmony series no. 5'; eva-maria houben's 'ein-toning', 'verschwindungen IV' and 'im num' performed by calarts and dortmund university musicians
04.21.06 (fri) 11am
germany mini-tour
evangelische kirche dortmund-eichlinghofen/$0
michael pisaro's 'appearance (1)' (1998) for organ, performed by eva-maria houben
04.20.06 (thurs) 7pm
germany mini-tour
studiobuhne, dortmund university (emil-figge-strasse 50)/$0
a concert of music by calarts and dortmund university composers, including new pieces by johnny chang ('ellipsis - interludes'), james orsher ('doublings 2') and my 'jungle-dortmund', performed by calarts and dortmund university musicians
04.18.06 (tue) 6pm
germany mini-tour
studiobuhne, dortmund university (emil-figge-strasse 50)/$0
in this opening concert of our mini-tour of germany, johnny chang, james orsher and i will join michael pisaro in performing his 'harmony series 1', and pisaro will and eva-maria houben will perform her 'litanies'
04.14.06 (fri) 8pm
'you too can play difficult music', a series of audience participation performances: james orsher presents - a notecard event
@machine project (1200 D north alvarado street, los angeles, ca 90026)/$0
i performed in a number of notecard compositions written on the spot by many composers, including joseph kudirka, james orsher, harris wulfson and myself; my own 'there are 2' and 'set this card afire and send it into the cash machine' were among the pieces performed
04.12.06 (wed) 2pm
WEDNESDAY HOUR #14
3rd floor c-wing breezeway, calarts/$0
adam fong, stina hanson, joseph kudirka, james orsher, christine tavolacci and i premiered johnny chang's 'goldsmith variations (for mark so)' (2006)
04.05.06 (wed) 2pm
WEDNESDAY HOUR #13
main gallery, calarts/$0
i premiered my 'music for any film' (2006) in a version for piano solo, with the film 'night and fog' (1955) by alain resnais
04.04.06 (tue) 830pm
sounding out - music by calarts composers
main gallery, calarts/$0
i had two new pieces premiered: 'oxford classic white' (2006), played by eric km clark, cat lamb, lewis keller, adam fong, james orsher and myself, and 'holes' (2006), which i performed on piano; i also participated in the premiere of a new version of james orsher's 'libra' (2006)
03.21.06 (tue) 1030pm
sounding out - music by calarts composers
main gallery, calarts/$0
my new piece 'the buffalo skinners (to john lomax)' (2006) was premiered by johnny chang, mari garrett, stina hanson, lewis keller, joseph kudirka, michael kudirka, james orsher, cassia streb and christine tavolacci
03.10.06 (fri) 730pm
the microscore project
university of auckland/$0
johnny chang and jessica catron gave the second performance of my 30-second piece 'switch' (2004) during the new zealand tour of their 'microscore project'
03.08.06 (wed) 4pm
WEDNESDAY HOUR #10
main gallery, calarts/$0
i premiered doug barrett's 'pedestrian (for mark so)' (2005), using 15 field recordings and maps
03.01.06 (wed) 1pm
WEDNESDAY HOUR #9
music wing breezeway, calarts/$0
i made my percussion debut on vibraphone and marimba alongside johnny chang, caleb epps, joseph kudirka and james orsher in the premiere of 'imaginary mindscape #113' (2005) by the mysterious composer "j. offher"
02.25.06 (sat) 8pm
california EAR unit plays calarts composers
r.o.d. music hall, calarts/$0
my new piece 'empire of the ants (for the california EAR unit)' 2006) was premiered, along with new works by doug barrett, johnny chang, stina hanson, james orsher and many others
02.22.06 (wed) 3pm
WEDNESDAY HOUR #8
3rd floor C-wing breezeway, calarts/$0
eric km clark, lewis keller, james orsher and i premiered lewis keller's 'long tones and silences 1' (2006)
02.19.06 (sun) 2pm
kathy pisaro - oboe
roy o disney music hall, calarts/$0
i will join oboist kathy pisaro in a performance of korean-austrian experimentalist kunsu shim's 'horen' (1995) for oboe and piano, and kathy will perform a new piece for oboe by michael pisaro
02.14.06 (tue) 12noon
noon concert
main gallery, calarts/$0
i will join oboist kathy pisaro in a performance of korean-austrian experimentalist kunsu shim's 'horen' (1995) for oboe and piano
02.13.06 (mon) 930pm
sounding out - new music by calarts composers
main gallery, calarts/$0
i'll have a new composition on this concert: 'bean medley' (2005) performed by lewis keller, cat lamb, marc nimoy, james orsher, harris wulfson and myself
02.12.06 (sun) 8pm
episode one of 'you too can play difficult music', a series of audience participation performances:
adam overton & mark so
@machine project (1200 D north alvarado street, los angeles, ca 90026)/$0
adam and i will split this evening of innovative interactive performances; i will present two new pieces: 'as it is - mattes 2' and 'readings 14' (both 2006), with musicians johnny chang, adam fong, james orsher and harris wulfson participating; details at http://www.machineproject.com/difficult/overton_so.php
02.07.06 (tue) 8pm
james orsher's concert
roy o disney music hall, calarts/$0
james will premiere a new piece i wrote for him, 'sur la plage' (2006) for suspended cymbal & french reader; i will be performing on 2 pianos in a group of 20 musicianss playing james's 'doublings' (2006); and i will join james, harris wulfson and adam fong in luke thomas taylor's '[for james orsher]' (2006)
01.29.06 (sun) 8pm
radu malfatti - portrait
r.o.d., calarts/$0
i will be playing in the calarts experimental music workshop's realization of 'sprachlos' on this concert of radu malfatti's ensemble works
01.29.06 (sun) 12pm-4pm
radu malfatti - solo works
main gallery, calarts/$0
i will perform 'nonostante II' (2002) for piano by the austrian experimental composer on this program of his solo music
01.28.06 (sat) 8pm
ok composer - music by calarts composers
r.o.d., calarts/$0
my piece '3 baby greens: radiccio, endive, romaine' (2005) will be premiered by cat lamb (viola), james orsher (harmonium) and myself (piano); also, i will perform two new piano solos - 'subtraction' by james orsher and 'for james orsher [for mark so]' by felix salazar
01.27.06 (fri) 8pm
jürg frey - portrait
roy o disney music hall, calarts/$0
i will perform, with violist cal lamb, frey's '(unbetitelt) IV' (1990) for viola and piano on this concert of the swiss experimental composer's chamber music
01.17.06 (tue) 830pm
sounding out - music by calarts composers
main gallery, calarts/$0
my piece 'whole-note gumbo' (2005) was premiered by 12 performers using low, sustaining sounds, and i performed james orsher's 'piano piece no. 3' (2005)
/2005.
12.10.05 (sat)
bartleby: a performed reading
r.o.d., calarts/8pm/$0
i was involved in the calarts experimental music workshop's performance based upon melville's novella 'bartleby', which included various realizations of music by antoine beuger, george brecht, alvin lucier, manfred werder and christian wolff, and readings from 'bartleby' as well as analytic essays about 'bartleby' by giorgio agamben and gilles deleuze
12.07.05 (wed)
WEDNESDAY HOUR #6
L-shape gallery, calarts/3pm/$0
presented in loving memory of our great friend, Stephen "Lucky" Mosko
madison brookshire, james orsher christine tavolacci, harris wulfson and i performed 2 new works by joseph kudirka: 'Grey' and 'an ever open door'
11.29.05 (tues)
sounding out
main gallery, calarts/830pm/$0
i performed james orsher's 'null set/nihilism - for mark so' in an 18-minute ealization for piano solo
11.20.05 (sun)
ok composer
r.o.d. music hall, calarts/2pm/$0
i have a new piece on this concert of new studen music:
'coming together' performed by madison brookshire, lewis keller, cat lamb, james orsher, phil stearns, christine tavolacci & myself
11.16.05 (wed)
WEDNESDAY HOUR #5
c-wing breezeway, calarts/1pm/$0
james orsher and i performed my 2 piano piece, 'readings 7 - sixth investigation 1969.proposition 14.2.c (to joseph kosuth)' (2004)
11.13.05 (sun)
bartleby_1/logos prior logos
r.o.d., calarts/8pm/$0
i participated in the 'chorus of readers' for mike richard's 'bartleby_1' (based upon the novella by herman melville), and as reader/conductor in douglas c. wadle's 'logos prior logos', a modalogic exploration upon an oil painting by the composer
11.12.05 (sat)
topography (1)
r.o.d., calarts/2pm/$0
my new piece from the _blind documents_ series '8 IX 2003/7:58pm; no. 4' (2005) for piano, violin & tape was performed by johnny chang and myself on this concert of music with pield recordings/found objects curated by johnny chang; also featured were new works by chang and michael pisaro
11.09-10.05 (wed-thurs)
WEDNESDAY HOUR #4 - manfred werder 24-hour event
29644 teasedale pl, castaic/sunrise-sunrise/$0
i participated with many others in this day-long realization of manfred werder's 'fur eine(n) oder einige ausfuhrende(n)' (2001- )
11.06.05 (sun)
mark so /2 pieces
r.o.d., calarts/8pm/$0
a concert of two of my newest pieces:
'last pictures from biloxi' for string trio & flute, with johnny chang, april guthrie, cassia streb and christine tavolacci performing, and 'readings 13 (anatole)' for reader and any number of musicians (composed at the montana artists refuge last summer), with cassia streb reading and johnny chang, james orsher and myself playing musical fragments
11.02.05 (wed)
sounding out
main gallery, calarts/10:30pm/$0
anni rossi premiered my piece 'some notes for anni' using viola, her body and her voice, james orsher and john somers premiered my 'ellipsis' on e-bowed electric guitars, and i participated in james orsher's 'for any number of performers seated in chairs' on this concert of new student music
10.26.05 (wed)
WEDNESDAY HOUR #3
lot 5, calarts/noon/$0
aaron drake, joyce hwang, james orsher, michael pisaro and i premiered adam fong's 'auto chimes' for 5 car horns
10.19.05 (wed)
WEDNESDAY HOUR #2
c-wing breezeway, calarts/3pm/$0
i performed in james orsher's 'for x performers' and madison brookshire's 'intersections'
10.18.05 (tues)
readings 12
main gallery, calarts/7-11pm/$0
a four-hour version of my new piece, in a large ensemble realization, including (probably): lewis keller, christine tavolacci, joyce hwang, michael pisaro, madison brookshire, mari garrett, melinda rice, april guthrie, cat lamb, mitch michalik, adam overton, james orsher, andrea lieberherr, adam fong, cassia streb, myself and/or (perhaps) others
10.18.05 (tues)
noon concert
main gallery, calarts/noon/$0
michael pisaro (guitar) and i (tuned glasses) premiered johnny chang's 'arc de cercle'
10.14.05 (fri)
dog star 5
r.o.d., calarts/8pm/$0
my 'landscape for 6' was premiered by april guthrie, lewis keller, joe kudirka, james orsher, christine tavolacci and myself; additionally, i perticipated in michael pisaro's 'so little to do (harmony series no. 6)', and james orsher's 'ch+' and joe kudirka's 'canon' were premiered
10.12.05 (wed)
WEDNESDAY HOUR #1
cafe breezeway, calarts/2pm/$0
this new series, curated by james orsher & myself, kicked off with a performance of my 'atmosphere study (1)' (composed last summer at the montana artists refuge), realized by madison brookshire, eric km clark, joe kudirka, james orsher, michael pisaro, chrristine tavolacci, harris wulfson and myself
10.11.05 (tues)
noon concert
main gallery, calarts/noon/$0
i'll be playing, along with many others, in james orsher's 'new dehli train station' for hindi reader, bull horn and a large number of synthesizers
10.07.05 (fri)
houben, wolff, pisaro
rod, calarts/8pm/$0
i'll be in the experimental music workshop's concert of new works by eva-maria houben ('im nu') and michael pisaro ('harmony series 7b'), as well as christian wolff's 'fits and starts' -- also performing will be eva-maria houben's dortmund university experimental music group
10.04.05 (tues)
noon concert
main gallery, calarts/noon/$0
michael pisaro (guitar) and i (piano) premiered my new 'landscape for 2'
09.29.05 (thurs)
easy piano music - james orsher
rod, calarts/8pm/$0
james orsher performs a program of experimental piano music, with his own music plus pieces by me ('piano'), joe kudirka, cat lamb, lewis keller, jacob feinberg and michael pisaro ('distance 3' -- in which i will be performing along with joe kudirka and james)
9.03-07.05
salient lockup (click for more)
il corral (click for location/directions)/9.03 12am-9.07 11:59pm/$5
i will participate in stane hubert & polychrome's 5-day "endurance" event at il corral in los angeles, the sequel to last year's "texas shanesaw massacre" -- many artists will come and go (use the link above to see a full schedule); i will be there sun (9.04) 5:15-5:56pm, mon (9.05) 1:51-2:05pm and tues (9.06) 9:50-11am
8.14.05 (sun)
homemade instrument day: the mad scientists of music
lincoln center out of doors festival, nyc/$0
sara roberts led the first public performance of 'a round of vowels' (2004), a piece i composed for 12 or more of her "earbee" recording/looping devices
7.30.05
ex.mus.MT (4)
montana artists refuge, basin/630pm/$0
for the final performance of my residency at mar, i presented 'readings 13', my new composition for reader and any number of musicians, based upon stephane mallarme's text 'a tomb for anatole' (1879) -- i performed using stones, cookie sheet and singing glasses, and once more, members of the community participated: randy rachlis, reader; MJ williams, trobone; nancy owens, violin
7.23.05
ex.mus.MT (3)
montana artists refuge, basin/730pm/$0
2 for piano
for this third concert of my stay at mar, i presented my new 104-minute 'piano piece 2005' as well as 'readings 8 [IMMANENCE]' (2004)
7.16.05
ex.mus.MT (2)
montana artists refuge, basin/7pm/$0
the second concert of my residency at mar, featuring a solo 76'45" performance i gave of my new 'kitchen reading' in the kitchen of my residency apartment
7.9.05
ex.mus.MT (1)
john simms' place, prickley pear creek, mt/5pm/$0
the first of four concert of experimental music i organized during a july residency at the montana artists refuge in basin, mt; featuring first performances of major works from the experimental tradition, and two new pieces of mine:
constellations (1)
atmosphere study (1)
with members of the community and fellow "refugees" participating
6.21-23/28-30.05
experimental music series
r.o.d., calarts/$0
many pieces, new and old, from the experimental tradition -- new works by michael pisaro, carlo inderhees, david kendall, mark so and others, as well as alvin lucier's 'chambers'
6.11-12.05
the crook: a revival
los angeles theater center/830pm/$5
i contributed some piano playing/arranging for bob bellerue's soundscore to this postmodern revision of america's first musical, 'the black crook' (1866)
5.18.05
two5 (1991)
main gallery, calarts/11am/$0
trombonist nate brown and i (piano) performed this late work of john cage's
5.12.05
new media night - 'soundmarks'
r.o.d., calarts/8pm/$0
adam overton and i performed my 'small vertical grid', in a version for electronics and prepared piano; james orsher and i performed doug barrett's 'tunneling' for two pianos and electronics
5.09.05
graduate composers concert
REDCAT/830pm/$18-10
the calarts new century players play compositions by calarts graduate composers, including my new piece 'field - to james tenney' for a large ensemble; there will also be pieces by teri card, mike winter, adam fong, johnny chang and eric km clark
5.08.05
chamber music by calarts composers
r.o.d./2pm/$0
i'll have a new piece, 'islands' for flute, violin and piano, on this concert of new chamber music by calarts students
5.04.05
sounding out
calarts main gallery/8pm/$0
a concert of new student music
i will have a new piece: pluto & charon
for oboe & violin
4.13.05
main gallery piece
main gallery, calarts/330-730pm/$0
i participated in james orsher and d. jean hester's installation-performance, along with joe kudirka, christine tavolacci, jacob fineberg, petros sakelliou and many, many more
4.10-14.05
the invisible performance workshop
r.o.d./11pm/$0
adam overton curated this fine series; i participated on night 3 (4.12), performing in 'for piano(s) and performers' alongside (and across from) rachel arnold, raven chacon, april guthrie, joe kudirka and james orsher
4.11.05
the music of christian wolff
r.o.d./8pm/$0
i participated in the experimental music worshop's concert of the music of christian wolff, which included 'ordinary matter', 'madrigals', 'for 1, 2, or 3 people', changing the system', 'fits and starts' and 'instrumentalist(s)-singer(s)'
4.09.05 <;br>
music for one note
r.o.d/11pm/$0
many interesting new pieces by calarts composers, and composers from the outer-world...
i will have a new piece:
'blue/grass is greener' for two (on one note), played by eric km clark and johnny chang (violins)
i will also be performing in a new piano piece by mike winter
3.26-27.05
_blind documents_ on radio wandelweiser
www.wandelweiser.de
a reprise 24-hour 'cycle' of 8 pieces from my _blind documents_ series
3.24.05 (thurs)
mark so - 2 pieces
r.o.d./8pm/$0
a concert of two of my newest pieces:
'5 typographies' (68') for one performer and two sounds, played by michael pisaro (electric guitar);
'readings 11' (52') for reader (w/tape), lamp, flute & piano, with christine tavolacci (flute), michael
pisaro (piano) and myself (reader/lamp/tape/etc.)
3.22.05 (tues)
adam fong - compositions
r.o.d./8pm/$0
petros sakelliou and i will perform adam's 'elementary studies' for two (2) pianos
3.20.05 (sun)
cassia streb - viola
r.o.d./8pm/$0
cassia and i will play morton feldman's 'viola in my life (3)' for viola and piano
also, hear a great new piace by mike winter for viola and live electronics (filter III)
3.14.05
7 X 2004/12:14am [_blind documents_ series] (2005)
a new piece for nine, in three "choirs": 4 winds, 3 strings, harp+piano
graduate composers concert
r.o.d., calarts
8pm
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2.27.05
SWITCH (2004)
in a program of 30-sec "microscores" presented by johnny chang (violin) and jessica catron (cello)
r.o.d., calarts
8pm
$0
2.26.05
1 X 2004/12:27am (for nate brown) [_blind documents_ series] (2005)
a new piece for trombone (nate brown) and piano (moi)
"souding out" student music concert
mail gallery, calarts
8pm
$0
2.02.05
readings 10 - SKIES (to eileen myles)(2005)
my new piece for violin (christa graf), flute (christine tavolacci) and reader (moi)
"ok composer" student comp concert
r.o.d., calarts
8pm
$0
1.28-29.05
_blind documents_ (2003-4) on radio wandelweiser
www.wandelweiser.de
a 24-hour streaming internet "radio" program of my music
(8 pieces from the _blind documents_ series)
10.00am-10.00am CE(uro)T
$0
/2004.
December 17
Fluxus event -- I will have two new pieces, RADIO MUSIC and READINGS 9 - ULYSSES, in this concert of notecard-/text- score realizations. Main Gallery, CalArts. 730pm
December 11
the stupid/boring piano music of Joe Kudirka -- Michael Pisaro and I will join our friend Joe Kudirka in a concert of his great piano music, new and old, including Piano Piece for Ben Vautier, Bad Pianos Are Best, Piano Solos 1-3 and For Any Number of Keyboard Instruments. R.O.D., 2pm
November 17
James Orsher and I will perform a new piece for 2 pianos by Doug Barrett during a concert of music by student composers in the CalArts main gallery. 8pm
November 13
ok composer -- my new 'string quartet (4.15.04 12:48pm)' will be performed by Christa Graf, Melinda Rice, Catherine Lamb and April Guthrie during this concert of new music by CalArts composers. I will also be playing harpsichord in Joe Kudirka's Remnants of an Ancient Race of Hunters for 4 winds and harpsichord. R.O.D., 8pm
November 11
James Tenney at 70 -- the Bozzini String Quartet (from Montreal), the CalArts experimental music workshop (which I am in) and others perform landmark experimental pieces by composer James Tenney at REDCAT in Downtown Los Angeles. For more info, click here. 8pm ($20/16/10)
November 9
Quiet Music at Night -- Vicki Ray, Michael Pisaro, Joe Kudirka, Anni Rossi and Albert Ortega performed quiet music from the experimental tradition, including music by Mark So, Joe Kudirka, Gavin Bryars, Morton Feldman, Steven Yi, Albert Ortega and Jason Thomas. Starting at 10pm in the CalArts main gallery, and going until...
November 8
Music of James Tenney -- I will participate in the experimental music workshop's program of innovative pieces by Jim Tenney, including "Chamber Music," "(Night) For Percussion, Perhaps, Or...," three "Swell Pieces," "Harmonium #7" and "In a Large, Open Space." The concert begins at 8pm in R.O.D., then moves out into the main gallery.
October 26
I'm giving a recital of my newest piano music, including pieces from the "every 15 minutes series." Performing with me will be Michael Pisaro, Jason Thomas, August Friscia and others. 8pm in R.O.D. (at CalArts)
October 19
I will present my newest piece in the readings series, "readings 8 [IMMANENCE]" for piano, as well as "Scene aux Champs" for snare drum, in a concert of new student music. CalArts main gallery, 8pm.
October 15
August Friscia and I will perform Jim Tenney's marvelous "Flocking" (1993) for quarter-tuned pianos. Headlining the concert will be Jim Tenney's performance of Charles Ives' "Concord Sonata." Jim will also be joined by Lorna Eder in Ives' pieces for quarter-tuned pianos. 8pm, R.O.D.
October 7
I participated as pianist in the first performance of Michael Pisaro's "Reading Spinoza." Michael was reader, and the 3-hour performance was accompanied by gorgeous video of snow falling on the countryside, made by Munich artist Christoph Nicolaus. 8pm, R.O.D.
August 17
I have found a new web host for mp3 files of my music and have begun uploading them. Click here to access these files!
May 14
"readings 5 (lessness) for Samuel Beckett and LaMonte Young" - I performed this latest piece from the readings series in a session of Jim Tenney's course on tuning systems at CalArts. I constructed a glass harmonica from glasses found in my home and in thrift stores, tuning with variable abounts of water to achieve LaMonte Young's tuning from "The Well-Tuned Piano." I then distributed the 19 interval classes of the tuning randomly, twice, against the 60 x 2 sentence structure of Samuel Beckett's text "Lessness," and performed the work using the text as score.
May 3
"Glacial Drift" - The New Century Players will premiere my new piece for flute, violin, harp, 2 pianos and marimba at the Graduate Composers Concert. 8pm in R.O.D.
May 2
Two of my recent pieces, "Projection" for violinist Maria Stefanova with piano, composed as accompaniment to an experimental video, and "Louisiana, And [readings 4]" for solo piano, will be performed during the CalArts chamber music showcase at REDCAT Downtown Los Angeles. 3pm, $6-$12 (visit www.redcat.org for ticketing info and directions).
May 1
"Theatre of Attention" - The culminating performance of this semester's experimental music workshop, consisting of Michael Pisaro, Raven Chacon, Jessie Rothwell, Michael Winter, myself and several others, will emerge intermittently from the silence/darkness of R.O.D., starting at 8pm.
April 30
A new piece from the "_blind documents_" series for wind ensemble will be premiered in an all-wind concert; 8pm in R.O.D.
April 28
Three new pieces from the "_blind documents_" series and a new text score will be performed along with Michael Pisaro's new piece "Interference" at the smell Downtown. Performing in addition to myself and Michael will be Andrea Lieberherr, Jen Boyd, Colette Alexander, John Maus and Jonathan Marmor. Go to www.thesmell.org for info and directions. 9pm, $5.
April 24
Quiet Night - Another night of very quiet music from the American tradition, with music by Michael Pisaro, Mark So, Morton Feldman, Joe Lake, Petros Sakelliou, Raven Chacon, Mike Winter, Andrea Lieberherr, Sciarrino and others. Featuring performances by Vicki Ray, Michael Pisaro, Andrea Lieberherr, Wayla Chambo, myself and many, many more. CalArts Main Gallery, 11pm-3am.
April 13, 14, 15
I performed "every fifteen minutes" for typewriter, paper, blind typist, hammer and nails during chance-determined time slots in Stane Hubert's 5-day piece, "The Texas Shanesaw Massacre" in the Stevenson Blanche Devereaux Gallery at CalArts.
April 13
"Louisiana, And [readings 4] - 8 durations for Michael Pisaro" - Michael Pisaro will premiere this new piece of mine at his piano recital; 8pm in R.O.D.
April 7
"Spanish Omelet - Readings 3" (for oboe and soprano with castanets)/"Quaoar and Sedna" (for oboe and clarinet) - These new pieces of mine will be performed in the CalArts Main Gallery as part of the first in a new series of student music concerts. 8pm.
March 4
"8 IX 2003 / 7:58 pm; No. 2A" from the "_blind documents_" series will be featured in the New Media Night 2 concert at 8 pm in R.O.D. The piece is for piano, heat sinks and tape, and composer Jen Boyd will be performing on her own set of electronically adapted heat sinks.
February 25
A program at The Smell in downtown L.A. featuring three new pieces from the "_blind documents_" series, along with a new piece by Michael Pisaro, was rained out. It will happen later this spring.
February 22
Violinist Maria Stefanova premiered two new pieces of mine on her recital in R.O.D.: "Film Piece" for violin, cello (Rachel Arnold), and vibraphone (Mike Robbins) and "Projection" for violin and piano (Mark So). Both accompanied short experimental films commissioned especially for the concert.
February 10
My string quartet "Prose / Poem [readings 2]" received its CalArts premiere at the second OK Composer concert of student works in R.O.D. Playing were Maria Stefanova, Noriko Yamaga, Mark Menzies, and Rachel Arnold.
February 7
"Readings 3 - Spanish Omelet" - Oboist Kristin Olsen premiered this new piece of mine at her graduation recital in R.O.D., along with soprano & castanetist Allyson Ramsey.
February 3
I played electronic keyboard in performances of new experimental works by CalArts alums Jonathan Marmor and John Maus. Also participating were Mike Richard, Lee Weisert, Zack Scott, and Michael Pisaro. The concert, which took place in R.O.D., also featured Antoine Beuger's "Cantor Quartets."
January 29
"Score Shredding" - I assisted composer Jason Thomas and others in bidding a fond adieu to some of the more rancid examples from the trash heap of music history, including lackluster works by Debussy, Bach, Britten, Brahms, Augusta Read Thomas, Schoenberg, and many others. This was to have been a "Score Burning," but due to the Santa Clarita Fire Marshall's intervention, it became a decidedly more entertaining event, taking place in the loungey atmosphere of CalArts' Tatum cafe, then proceeding to the Main Gallery, where the shreds were littered to the floor from high above, creating a most satisfying art pile that students rolled around in for hours. Photos.
January 25
"Le Bergsonisme" - I played piano in the first full (1 hour) performance of Mike Richard's latest text-based work in R.O.D. Other performers included the composer, Michael Pisaro, Sara Was, Colette Alexander, David Kendall, Mike Richardson and Albert Ortega.
January 17
The Laberinto Quartet (James Mark, Noriko Yamaga, Mark Menzies, Rachel Arnold) premiered my string quartet, "Prose / Poem [readings 2]," at the National Board Meeting of the American Composers Forum in Los Angeles.
/2003.
December 25
As you may have noticed, the links to my mp3.com page are down. This is because mp3.com no longer exists. I am currently exploring ways to bring those files back online.
November 22
Samuel Beckett's "Company" - I contributed the voicing structure, read portions of the text, performed with an overhead projector, typewriter, and clothesline, and composed ad performed a brief piano interlude for this collective experimental reading of the text staged by the CalArts experimental music workshop in R.O.D. Participants included Martin Loyato, Ezra Buchla, Aileen Campbell, Mike Richard, Yooka Hyun, and Dave Kendall, and the performance was coordinated/directed by Michael Pisaro. Recordings coming soon!
November 18
"A Night of Very Quiet Music" - Vicki Ray, Mark So, Michael Pisaro, Andrea Lieberherr, Jen Boyd, and Mike Richard performed quiet sounds from the experimental tradition for 4-1/2 hours, including pieces by Morton Feldman, David Mahler, Michael Pisaro, Mark So, Mike Richard, and Jacob Feinberg. This concert took place in the CalArts Main Gallery. Recordings coming soon!
November 17
"Le Bergsonisme" - I played piano in the premiere of my friend Mike Richard's new composition, a work-in-progress built on Gilles Deleuze's critical text Bergsonism. The other performers were Mike Richard, Michael Pisaro, Jeff Cain, Zack Scott, Dave Kendall, Albert Ortega, and Michael Richardson, and the performance was in Roy O. Disney Music Hall at CalArts.
November 16
"_blind documents_I" - this was my mid-residence composition recital in Roy O. Disney Music Hall at CalArts, featuring seven brand new pieces from the _blind documents_ series. In addition to myself, the musicians included Michael Pisaro, Maria Stefanova, Kim Turney, Mike Robbins, Mike Richard, Liam Mooney, Jennifer Jester, and Colin Corcoran. Recordings coming soon!
November 3
"23 IX 2003/8:04pm" from the _blind documents_ series was premiered by the New Century Players (CalArts faculty ensemble) in Roy O. Disney Music Hall at CalArts. The performers were Vicki Ray, Susie Allen, Michael Pisaro, Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, and Rachel Rudich.
October 14
"Vendre le Vent" - I was the piano solist in Vinko Globokar's outrageous Situationist chamber orchestra piece from 1973. The other performers included Colin Corcoran, Kim Turney, Jen Boyd, and several others, conducted by Mark Lowenstein in Roy O. Disney Music Hall at CalArts.
July 23
Prize-winning pianists Matthew and Stephen Pikarsky performed in the premiere my composition AIR, a piece for two pianists playing inside the piano. The performance was part of the Cazenovia Counterpoint Winds of Change festival, and took place in Cazenovia, NY.