In celebration of thingNY’s 10th anniversary, the theatrically-charged new music collective is collaborating with the Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center technical audio team to present a multi-channel sound and visual installation on the theme thingNY: 10 years in the (music) making, featuring a combination of lo-fi and hi-fi speakers in an immersive, interactive environment of sensory under- and overload.
In the style of thingNY’s first experimental opera, ADDDDDDDDD, the installation simulates our activity-saturated daily life. Hours upon hours of thingNY performances, studio recordings, rehearsal audio, downtime, life deliberations, and one-offs over a ten-year span, come alive within an interactive environment, where sonic fabric is manipulated by public participants through their exploration within the space. Woven interactive textures are intermittently clean-slated by a series of new, original electronic compositions by members of the ensemble.
Varying from state-of-the-art speakers to teddy bears bleeding sound through their bellies, the over-saturation of multiple senses is inescapable amongst the piles of group memorabilia and a decade of lovable junk. Welcome to our home.
The installation will be housed in the Harvestworks studio room. An opening reception will take place on Friday, July 21st at 7pm. The reception is FREE. Admission will be FREE and open to the public on Saturday and Sunday July 22 and 23 from 4-7pm daily. All ages are welcome. The core members of thingNY will be in attendance throughout.
Harvestworks
596 Broadway #602
New York, NY 10012
Subway: F/M/D/B Broadway/Lafayette, R to Prince, #6 to Bleecker
Support through New Music USA’s NYC New Music Impact Fund is made possible with funding from The Scherman Foundation’s Katharine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund
Delighted that my 2016 work Bandwidth (rev. 2017) for cello and electric guitar will be performed by Ashley Walters (vc) and Jay Sorce (elec gtr) at the Continuum Music Festival in Memphis, as part of a Nief-Norf Festival partnership.
Presented by Blueshift Ensemble in collaboration with Crosstown Arts, Continuum is a festival of collaborations among musicians and artists of diverse genres from Memphis and beyond, bringing to life unique performance experiences in the historic Crosstown neighborhood and juxtaposing performances by contemporary chamber music ensembles such as Nief-Norf and chatterbird, with blues, rock, and hip-hop artists, like Don Lifted and Rob Jungklas.
Thursday, August 3
7:30 p.m. – Nief-Norf, story booth
Crosstown Arts
438 N. Cleveland
Memphis, TN 38104
Click HERE for tickets ($25-60)
Click HERE for more information
Interdisciplinary artist Brandon Perdomo will host performers from NYC during an afternoon of contemporary theater, dance, with music by Erin Rogers and Dennis Sullivan (Popebama). The performance is also a culmination of his earlier workshops at Socrates: ‘Masks for MVMT’ Saturday Sculpture Workshop on July 22 and Living-Sculpture Garden pop-up installations on July 24 (12-2pm) and July 26 (7-9pm). Perdomo’s performative work has manifested as a modern presentation of dance and theater incorporating music, multi-media presentation, and practice from Ankoku Butoh.
FREE. NO RSVP REQUIRED.
Socrates Sculpture Park
32-01 Vernon Boulevard
Long Island City, NY 11106
info@socratessculpturepark.org
Music for Contemplation (MuFoCo), in cooperation with Our Lady of Mount Carmel Williamsburg presents a daylong workshop including silence, vocal meditations, and basic exercises to create music together. Over the course of the day, the group will create and rehearse new music and present it at a public concert in the evening. No prior experience necessary.
Lead by Craig Shepard (MuFoCo), Tony Geballe (Guitar Craft) and myself, the workshop begins at 9:30 am. Public performance at 8:05 pm. Suggested donation: $40 for workshop, $15 for the concert. Read about past workshops below. Everyone is welcome to join the concert which will include music coming into the world for the first time, created over the course of the day by workshop participants. To apply for the workshop, email craig[at]craigshepard[dot]net, tell us who you are and why you want to join.
Church of the Annunciation
295 N 5th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
More info: www.mufoco.info
Facebook EVENT
REPORT ON VOCAL IMMERSION AND WRITING MUSIC TOGETHER:
https://www.mufoco.info/writing/2016/11/3/report-on-vocal-immersion-and-writing-music-together
In celebration of thingNY’s 10th anniversary, the theatrically-charged new music collective is collaborating with the Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center technical audio team to present a multi-channel sound and visual installation on the theme thingNY: 10 years in the (music) making, featuring a combination of lo-fi and hi-fi speakers in an immersive, interactive environment of sensory under- and overload.
In the style of thingNY’s first experimental opera, ADDDDDDDDD, the installation simulates our activity-saturated daily life. Hours upon hours of thingNY performances, studio recordings, rehearsal audio, downtime, life deliberations, and one-offs over a ten-year span, come alive within an interactive environment, where sonic fabric is manipulated by public participants through their exploration within the space. Woven interactive textures are intermittently clean-slated by a series of new, original electronic compositions by members of the ensemble.
Varying from state-of-the-art speakers to teddy bears bleeding sound through their bellies, the over-saturation of multiple senses is inescapable amongst the piles of group memorabilia and a decade of lovable junk. Welcome to our home.
The installation will be housed in the Harvestworks studio room. An opening reception will take place on Friday, July 21st at 7pm. The reception is FREE. Admission will be FREE and open to the public on Saturday and Sunday July 22 and 23 from 4-7pm daily. All ages are welcome. The core members of thingNY will be in attendance throughout.
Harvestworks
596 Broadway #602
New York, NY 10012
Subway: F/M/D/B Broadway/Lafayette, R to Prince, #6 to Bleecker
Support through New Music USA’s NYC New Music Impact Fund is made possible with funding from The Scherman Foundation’s Katharine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund
Thrilled to be a guest performer with the Adelphi Percussion Ensemble. We’re teaming up on Paul Pinto’s mini007 for 4 players.
Sunday, May 7 @7pm
Westermann Stage, Concert Hall
AU Performing Arts Center
Adelphi University
1 South Ave
Garden City, NY 11530
More info HERE
Delighted that “Jaw Box” was selected for performance at the 2017 mise-en Festival. Saxophonist Geoff Landman will perform the solo soprano saxophone work on the mise-en Festival marathon:
June 24, 2017, 4P-10P
Taipei Cultural Center
1 E 42nd St
New York, NY 10017
Sunday, April 23, 2017 @ 6:00pm-7:00pm
The Barrow Mansion
83 Wayne Street
Jersey City, NJ
FREE, all ages welcome
CVM joins Drawing Rooms to celebrate Earth Day weekend! We’ve invited New Thread Quartet to return to Barrow Mansion with a workshop performance of Not Less Than the Good, a 60-minute musical sunrise and celebration of morning as embraced by Henry David Thoreau in Walden. You can also catch the official premiere on June 2 at The Morgan Library.
More info HERE
Popebama plays the 2017 New Music Gathering at Bowling Green State University, hosted by the Mid-American Center for Contemporary Music.
New Music Gathering 2017
BGSU | May 11-13
DAY ONE | Thursday, May 11
5:00pm-6:30pm
Moore Musical Arts Center
Bowling Green, OH
Featuring:
Arlene Sierra
Jordan Ashley Curcuruto
Ian Dicke
Popebama
Installation 1: The New Music Remix Machine by Warren Enström & Jason Charney generates an evolving sonic tapestry using recordings submitted by the New Music community.
Full schedule of events: HERE
$50 Conference Pass Presale ($60 at the door)
$20 Day Pass
The Versipel Collective performs “Shimmering Dust” for flute/percussion at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans, featured alongside Terry Riley’s “In C,” Timo Andres’ “Safe Travels,” and other new works of the 21st century.
Saturday April 8, 2:00 pm-3:15 pm
St Mary’s Church at the Old Ursuline Convent
1116 Chartres Street
New Orleans, LA
Versipel event site HERE
French Quarter Festival HERE