New Tzadik CD to be released in 2011 featuring chamber works
performed by Felix Fan, The Flux Quartet, Real Quiet, Blair McMillen,
Annie Gosfield, Sarah Cahill, and The Pearls Before Swine Experience
New CD by Lisa Moore featuring new works for piano and electronics
coming out on Cantaloupe in 2010
CONCERTS
World premiere of "The Blue Horse Walks on the Horizon"
inspired by the radio transmissions of resistance groups in WWII
World Premiere by the Jasper String Quartet at the Caramoor Festival
Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 7:30pm
Spanish Courtyard of Caramoor's Rosen House, Katonah, New York
https://tickets.caramoor.org/public/show.asp
NYC premiere by the Jasper String Quartet at The Stone
August 7, Saturday,
8 pm
plus EWA7 performed by Annie Gosfield, Roger Kleier, and Ches Smith
thestonenyc.com
READ THE NOTES on the string quartet
and on EWA7
ANNIE GOSFIELD AND ROGER KLEIER CURATE THE STONE
IN AUGUST, 2010 - details below
UPCOMING CONCERTS
AUGUST at the Stone
Roger Kleier and I had the honor of booking August at the stone in NYC, and are looking forward
to many concerts, with a program that includes 20 premieres, 11 new music for piano concerts, and much more...
The Stone is at 2nd St. and Ave C in New York City, all concerts $10 unless noted.
Stone Calendar August.com
The details, with full-length Gosfield concerts in RED :
August 2, Monday, 7-9
STONE SEMINAR -
ANNIE GOSFIELD Open to All $20
Annie will speak about her work, playing music and discussing her experiences combining acoustic instruments
with electronics, the nexus of composition and improvisation, and the commonalities of playing in dives, clubs,
and concert halls in an open, informal session at the Stone
August 3, Tuesday
8 pm,
pianist Sarah Cahill performs the NYC premiere of Gosfield's "Five Characters Walk Into a Bar"
as well as music by Carl Stone, Eve Beglarian, Terry Riley, Guy Klucevsek, Larry Polansky, and Mamoru Fujieda.
August 6, Friday
8 pm,
Blair Mcmillen performs Gosfield's “The Wanton Brutality of a Tender Touch”
as well as music by Judd Greenstein, Giacinto Scelsi, Daniel Felsenfeld, Erica Ball, and Derek Geary
August 7, Saturday,
8 pm
Annie Gosfield: From the Chamber to the Factory
NYC premiere of a new
String Quartet performed by the Jasper String Quartet,
and EWA7 performed by Annie Gosfield (sampling keyboards) Roger Kleier (guitar) Ches Smith (drums)
The Jasper String Quartet (J Freivogel, Sae Niwa,violins; Sam Quintal, viola; Rachel Henderson Freivogel, cello)
will perform the NYC premiere of "The Blue Horse Walks on the Horizon" inspired by the radio transmissions of
resistance groups in WWII, followed by Gosfield's trio performing "EWA7", a concert-length piece inspired by
factory sounds that was composed and premiered in the industrial environments of Nuremberg, Germany.
READ THE NOTES on the string quartet
and on EWA7
August 13, Friday, 8 and 10 pm
JOHN ZORN IMPROV NIGHT A Stone Benefit
John Zorn (sax) Annie Gosfield (keyboards) Roger Kleier (guitar) Ikue Mori (laptop) Shanir Blumenkranz (bass)
and many special guests
COME SUPPORT THE STONE AT OUR MONTHLY IMPROV RENT PARTY $20
August 14, Saturday, 10 pm
Roger Kleier's El Pocho Loco
Roger Kleier (guitar) Annie Gosfield (sampling keyboard) Trevor Dunn (bass)
Ches Smith (drums, percussion)
Roger Kleier returns to the Stone with his quartet,
with an emphasis on noisy instrumentals, improvisation, and electronic sound manipulations.
August 20, Friday, 8 pm
Annie Gosfield (sampling keyboards) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ha-Yang Kim (cello)
This new improvising trio features three musicians who have each developed their own unique vocabulary on their
respective instruments. Altered samples of piano and cello mirror, merge, and collide with their real-life
counterparts in a shifting landscape of sonic illusions, musical realities, and old fashioned noise.
August 21, Saturday,
10 pm, Ashley Bathgate, new cellist for Bang on a Can, performs Four Roses with Annie Gosfield,
in a collision of re-tuned cello and de-tuned piano.
August 26, Thursday, 10 pm,
Gosling plays Gosfield: Stephen Gosling performs Gosfield's "Five Characters Walk Into a Bar"
in the "New Music for Piano" series
August 27, Friday, 8PM Annie Gosfield chamber works
A concert of Gosfield’s chamber music that marries the purely acoustic to the noisily electronic in a
sometimes unholy union. Cornelius Dufallo performs the ethereal “Lost Signals and Drifting Satellites” for violin and
satellite sounds, Keith Kirchoff performs the very raucous “Lightning Slingers and Dead Ringers” for piano and sampler,
and Ne(x)tworks String Quartet performs “Lightheaded and Heavyhearted” for the first time.
Ne(x)tworks String Quartet is Cornelius Dufallo, Christopher Otto (violins) Kenji Bunch (viola) Yves Dharamral (cello)
August 28, Saturday,
8 pm
Hahn Rowe (guitar, violin) Roger Kleier (guitar) Annie Gosfield (sampling keyboards)
Three people who often share a pizza together meet not to eat, but to play together in a new improvising trio.
ELSEWHERE:
August 11, Bridgehampton Music Festival
"Real Quiet" perform "The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory"
http://www.bcmf.org/concert-season/overview/
August 29, 14:30 UIT festival, Den Hag, Soil Ensemble performs "Uphill Slides and Knockdown Dives"
in the show "Broeders en Zusters" in a collaboration with Soil and the Bloody Marys
September 10, 9PM(ish)
Todd Reynolds plays "Lost Signals and Drifting Satellites" for violin and satellite sounds
at the Bang on a Can Marathon in Philadelphia in the Live Arts Festival at the World Cafe
Marathon schedule
September 30-October 2 "The Annie Gosfield Project" in Los Angeles
Saturday October 2nd, 8PM - Annie Gosfield in Concert
An evening devoted entirely to Gosfield's music, showcasing the composer performing her own work,
and featuring many of LA's finest chamber players. The concert's centerpiece, EWA7, is an epic
industrial-inspired work for guitar, percussion and sampler.
Bert Green Fine Art, 102 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013 $20 online or at the door
More information for Annie Gosfield Project LA
November 7 Collinsville, CT
The Jasper String Quartet performs "The Blue Horse Walks on the Horizon"
Maxwell Shepherd Memorial Arts Fund Concert
Jasper quartet calendar
November 20, 8PM
The Eclipse Quartet and William Winant perform "Flying Sparks and Heavy Machinery" for string quartet and percussion quartet
Mills College, Oakland, CA
Mills college concert info
PAST CONCERTS
JULY 31 "Flying Sparks and Heavy Machinery" Conducted by Brad Lubman, performed by
Lauren Radnofsky, Todd Reynolds, and others, at the Bang on a Can Marathon at Mass Moca
massmoca.org
MARCH 2010
March 11 and 12, 2010
The FLUX Quartet performs "Lightheaded and Heavyhearted"
Bargemusic, Brooklyn, New York
bargemusic.org
March 13, 2010
The FLUX Quartet performs "Lightheaded and Heavyhearted"
Saint George the Martyr Church Toronto, CA, presented by The Music Gallery
http://www.musicgallery.org/
March 16, 2010
Jennifer Hymer performs "Broken Nails and Metal Tails"
For kalimba and electronics
Goethe Institute, Boston
http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos
March 28, 2010 at 4:00pm
Sarah Cahill performs the world premiere of "Five Characters Walk into a Bar"
Rosen House Music Room, Caramoor Festival, Katonah, New York
http://caramoor.org/html/greatartists.htm
Oni Buchanan plays "The Wanton Brutality of a Tender Touch"
on the road, in a program of Women Composers of the 21st Century
More information for all of the dates at Oni's website:
http://www.onibuchanan.com
March 1, 7:30pm
Hofheimer Theatre, Virginia Wesleyan College
Norfolk, VA
March 10, 12:10pm
National Gallery of Art Concert Series
West Building Lecture Hall, DC
March 17,
Newton Hall
Mercer University, Macon, GA
Keith Kirchoff performs "Lightning Slingers and Dead Ringers"
for piano and sampling keyboard on tour
More information for all of the dates at Keith's website:
http://www.keithkirchoff.com
March 2, 8PM, Virtuoso Series, Salt Lake City, Utah
March 5, 7:30PM, New Music Series, Provo, Utah
March 9, 8PM, The Stone, New York City
March 19, 7:30 PM, White Recital Hall, Kansas City
March 24, 8PM, Clark Univ., Worcester, Mass.
March 30, 7:30PM, Sharp Memorial Chapel, Tulsa
APRIL
April 18, 2010 at 4:00pm
Sarah Cahill performs the West Coast premiere of "Five Characters Walk into a Bar"
Old First Concerts, Old First Church, San Francisco, CA
http://www.oldfirstconcerts.org/performances/299/
April 24, 2010, 7PM
Aron Kallay performs "Lightning Slingers and Dead Ringers"
For piano and sampling keyboard
Steinway Piano Gallery, 314 N Robertson Blvd, West Hollywood, CA
(818) 397-6954
April 28, 2010
Darragh Morgan performs "Lost Signals and Drifting Satellites"
For violin and satellite sounds
Contemporary Music Festival, University of Leeds
http://www.leeds.ac.uk
Oni Buchanan plays "The Wanton Brutality of a Tender Touch"
on the road, in a program of Women Composers of the 21st Century
More information for all of the dates at Oni's website:
http://www.onibuchanan.com
April 9, 8pm
CNMAT (Center for New Music & Audio Technologies)
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
http://cnmat.berkeley.edu/
April 13, 8pm
Caldwell College Concert Series,
Caldwell, NJ
http://www.caldwell.edu/academics/music/caldwell_college_concert_series.aspx
April 18, 7pm
The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN)
Natick, MA
http://www.natickarts.org/index.php
April 24, 7:30pm
Smyrna Opera House
Smyrna, DE
http://www.smyrnaoperahouse.org/
Keith Kirchoff performs "Lightning Slingers and Dead Ringers"
for piano and sampling keyboard on tour
More information for all of the dates at Keith's website:
http://www.keithkirchoff.com
April 5, 5PM, Saint Cloud University, Minnesota
April 14, 7:30 PM, Elmhurst College, Illinois
April 29, 8PM, Manchester Metropolitan Univ., Cheshire, UK
MAY
May 16, 2010, 3PM
Aron Kallay performs "Lightning Slingers and Dead Ringers"
For piano and sampling keyboard, on a retuned 12-foot custom Rubenstein Piano
Rubenstein Hall, 109 Sierra St, El Segundo CA
(818) 397-6954
May 27, 2010
Lisa Moore performs "Brooklyn, October 5, 1941"
For piano, baseballs, and catcher's mitt,
Keys to the Future Festival
Le Poisson Rouge, New York
http://www.keystothefuture.org