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Sonic Arts @ GASP Archive: 2009 Friday, March 20, 2009 at 8 PM Rare east coast appearance by Turkish composer/performer Erdem Helvacioglu (guitar/electronics) with Neil Leonard (saxophones/electronics) GASP Gallery
$10 suggested donation, $6 with a student ID GASP is one block from the Brookline Hills stop Directions/Info: Gasp attempts to create a space for artistic exchange where artists will explore and propose new possibilities for contemporary practices, a site for collaboration between disciplines and fields in the contemporary cultural landscape. The Sonic Arts at GASP performance/installation series has featured: Phill Niblock, Pamela Z, Amnon Wolman, Ron Kuivila, io casino, Gary Chang, Richard Boulanger, Anthony Baldino, Pierce Warnecke, DREV, Mem1, Anne Rhodes, Landon Rose, Jonathan Chen, Julia Campbell, Joe Sexton, the Jitter class @ Berklee (Joe Branciforte, Daniel Patterson, Zachary Kramer, Ben 'Encanti' Cantil, Carson Whitley, Alex Molina), Max Ables ... and many more. Artist Bios ERDEM HELVACIOGLU is a renowned young Turkish composer/performer. He received commissions from the 2006 World Soccer Championship, 2009 Novelum Festival, 2010 Istanbul International Classical Music Festival, 2010 Bregenz Contemporary Music Festival, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Todd Reynolds, Kinan Azmeh, Margaret Lancaster, Cem Duruöz and Mesut Ozgen. His sound installations have been featured by Track 16 (Los Angeles ), Soemardja ( Indonesia), Köln Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Menier (London) and the 10th International Istanbul Biennial. His film music has been featured by film festivals in Cannes, Sarajevo, Locarno, Seoul, Sao Paulo, and Sydney. He received the “Best Original Soundtrack” award in the 2006 Mostramundo Film Festival. His solo album “Altered Realities” has been included in the “Best 20 albums of 2007” list in All About Jazz, Textura and Cyclic Defrost magazines. TIM TSANG is a Moogist, classical pianist, keyboardist, composer, and sound designer who plays and writes electronica, hip hop, and rock. Originally born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Tsang grew up mainly with classical influences, having begun piano studies at age five. After being awarded with an entrance scholarship, he went on to study Piano Performance at UBC (University of British Columbia), one of the biggest and most prestigious music programs in Canada. Having studied with renowned pianist/teacher Henri-Paul Sicsic (4th generation in lineage of Chopin), Tsang was well on his way to becoming a force in the world of Classical Music. Tsang was offered a major scholarship from Berklee College of Music. Originally majoring in Jazz Performance, Tim switched his focus on Music Synthesis, absorbing himself with knowledge and interest in modern music technology and sound design. In December 2007, after only three months of exposure to electronic music, Tsang went back to Canada and performed a full length set with pumping beats and fresh sounds at the Plaza Club in front of several hundred people. He also performed as the lead singer/rapper with the Sweetness Group which included the Ray Garraway, drummer of Grammy Nominated Artist "K-OS". NEIL LEONARD works as a sound artist, composer and saxophonist. His ensemble has featured Marshall Allen, Bruce Barth, Don Byron, Robin Eubanks, Uri Caine and Jamaaladeen Tacuma. Leonard performed and recorded with Boston Ballet, Bill Frisell, Vijay Iyer, Orlando ‘Cachaito’ Lopez, John Medeski, Butch Morris, Phill Niblock, Dave Samuels, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Steve Swallow, Evan Ziporyn. NEIL LEONARD works as a sound artist, composer and saxophonist. His ensemble has featured Marshall Allen, Bruce Barth, Don Byron, Robin Eubanks, Uri Caine and Jamaaladeen Tacuma. Leonard performed and recorded with Boston Ballet, Bill Frisell, Vijay Iyer, Orlando ‘Cachaito’ Lopez, John Medeski, Butch Morris, Phill Niblock, Dave Samuels, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Steve Swallow, Evan Ziporyn. Leonard’s Dreaming of an Island, (for orchestra, electronics and live-video) was premiered by Kirk Trevor and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. Leonard's composition Totems was premiered at Carnegie Hall by Byron and Caine. His Echoes and Footsteps was featured by the Tel Aviv Biennial for New Music, Issue Project Room (NYC) and the Auditorium di Roma. Leonard's collaborative work with visual artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons was featured by the 49th Venice Biennial, Museum of Modern Art (NYC). Leonard composed the music for Relatives, by Tony Oursler and Constance DeJong featured by the Whitney Biennial. Leonard compositions were featured by festivals in Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Senegal, Spain, Sweden. Leonard is co-owner of Gallery Artist Studio Project in Boston. Leonard is a Professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He taught sound installation at the University of Padova and the C. Pollini Conservatory, Italy. Links: www.erdemhelvacioglu.comwww.myspace.com/erdemhelvacioglu www.moogist.com www.youtube.com/timtsang3 www.mfchicago.com www.brobot.net neilleonard.com neilleonardevents.blogspot.com myspace.com/neilleonardmusic 2008 Friday, December 5 @ 8:00 Beat de-constructions, circuit bending sound alterations by wizards of the Berklee College of Music Electronica Club
GASP Gallery
$10 suggested donation, $6 with a student ID GASP is one block from the Brookline Hills stop Directions/Info: Gasp attempts to create a space for artistic exchange where artists will explore and propose new possibilities for contemporary practices, a site for collaboration between disciplines and fields in the contemporary cultural landscape. The Sonic Arts at GASP performance/installation series has featured: Phill Niblock, Pamela Z, Amnon Wolman, Ron Kuivila, io casino, Gary Chang, Richard Boulanger, Anthony Baldino, Pierce Warnecke, DREV, Mem1, Anne Rhodes, Landon Rose, Jonathan Chen, Julia Campbell, Joe Sexton, the Jitter class @ Berklee (Joe Branciforte, Daniel Patterson, Zachary Kramer, Ben 'Encanti' Cantil, Carson Whitley, Alex Molina), Max Ables ... and many more. Artist Bios New York native Zach Lipkins has been involved with music since the age of 7, when he first played the drums. Since then, he has explored many percussive and melodic instruments alike. Initially showing a passion for music with a more aggressive edge, Zach was drawn towards acts such as Deftones and Incubus in his earlier days. When he began attending Berklee College of Music, his musical tastes began to expand, gyrating towards electronic music. Zach's sound as an artist has since evolved into a a blend of IDM, Trip-Hop and world influences, fused together with an organically electronic theme." Soffie Viemose is originally from Roskilde, Demark. She moved to Boston in 2007 to attend Berklee College of Music after receiving a scholarship. Soffie was featured on the 2008 Berklee Electronica compilation and was a finalist in the International John Lennon Songwriting contest for her single "Try". She has produced several music videos working with Danish visual artist Naja Ankarfeldt and is currently in the processing of recording her first album. Soffie's songs are supported by frosty, tranquil textures and minimalist, glitchy electronic beats, and feature her bold but delicate voice. Innocent Gunn is a collaboration between three members: Johannes Bochmann, Nick Meehan and Cecil Remmler. The group formed in 2007 in Boston, USA. Their intention was to develop a new way to create and perform house and techno in a live setting. Influences draw heavily on current European trends as well as the classic Chicago sound resulting in an innovative mix for the dancefloor. Innocent Gunn features live audio and visual performances utilizing four laptops. Each set is completely original and improvised, therefore providing a unique and dynamic experience every time. Elephant.Feed.Monkey: In this present day and age, electronic music can essentialy describe almost anything and everything within the realms of modern popular music. While most rely heavily upon pressing the "play" button at the right time, a growing movement has been in existence as of late where there are cries for "MORE". Elephant.Feed.Monkey is a live interplay between the rigidly "expressive" and the organically "mechanical". Any time is the right time to press that "play" button now. click. Links: Zach LipkinsSoffie Viemose Elephant Feed Monkey Friday, May 2 @ 8:00 BRUXISM
Saturday, May 3 @ 8:00 CALLITHUMPIAN CONSORT – music by Helmut Lachenmann and others
GASP Gallery
$10 suggested donation, $6 with a student ID GASP is one block from the Brookline Hills stop Directions/Info: Gasp attempts to create a space for artistic exchange where artists will explore and propose new possibilities for contemporary practices, a site for collaboration between disciplines and fields in the contemporary cultural landscape. The Sonic Arts at GASP performance/installation series has featured: Phill Niblock, Pamela Z, Amnon Wolman, Ron Kuivila, io casino, Gary Chang, Richard Boulanger, Anthony Baldino, Pierce Warnecke, DREV, Mem1, Anne Rhodes, Landon Rose, Jonathan Chen, Julia Campbell, Joe Sexton, the Jitter class @ Berklee (Joe Branciforte, Daniel Patterson, Zachary Kramer, Ben 'Encanti' Cantil, Carson Whitley, Alex Molina), Max Ables ... and many more. Artist Bios Vocalist ANNE RHODES is based in New Haven, CT. She holds a B.M. in Voice Performance from Boston University, and an M.A. in Experimental Music Performance from Wesleyan University. Anne specializes in collaborating with composers and improvisation, using extended vocal techniques while relying heavily on her classical training. She has performed with Portland Opera Repertory Theatre, the Crane School of Music Opera Ensemble, the Boston University Chamber Choir, the New England Conservatory Continuing Education Opera Studio, MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players, the Anthony Braxton Large Ensemble, the FLUX Quartet, Mirror Boiyz, and Connecticut Opera, and has premiered works by composers including Anthony Braxton, Neil Leonard, Taylor Ho Bynum, and Alvin Lucier.Rhodes is a member of the New Haven Improvisors Collective. composer and instrumentalist CARL TESTA is based in New Haven, CT and New York City. Originally from Chicago, Testa studied music with Donn DeSanto, at the U of C Lab School, as well as at the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) School of Music. He studied music and sociology at Wesleyan University with Anthony Braxton, Neely Bruce, Alvin Lucier, Ron Kuivila, Charles Lemert, and performed with Anthony Braxton, Aaron Siegel, Anne Rhodes, Angela Opell, Andrew Raffo Dewar, Gergely Kiss, Dave Ruder, Daniel Raimi, Dave Kadden, Philip Schulze, David Jensenius, and many others. Presently, he leads his own groups, and is a key member of Anthony Braxton's ensemble. Testa's compositional interests are focused on in writing for clarinet ensembles, for electronics, for voice, and for multimedia events. Bassist/composer BRUNO RÅBERG is originally from Sweden. At age 20 he moved to Stockholm to join Eje Thelin's band and stayed on for four years, recording and touring extensively. In 1981 Råberg relocated to the US to study with Miroslav Vitous at New Enland Conservatory. Råberg has performed throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, as well as North, South and Central America. He released 5 CDs as a leader and has performed with: Mick Goodrick, Matt Wilson, Bob Moses, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Yoron Israel, Billy Hart, Dick Oats, Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, Bobo Stensson, Thomas Gustavsson, Sam Rivers, Julius Hemphil, Jim Black, Bruce Barth, Bob Mintzer, Greg Osby, Jackie Byard, Ran Blake, George Russell, Miroslav Vitous, Regina Carter, Antonio Hart, Billy Kilson, Gene Jackson, John Medeski, John LaPorta, John McNeil, Rachel Z, Donald Brown, Bill Pierce, Smithsonian Jazz Orchestra with David Baker. Råberg is a Professor at Berklee College of Music. Jazz and classical saxophonist ALLAN CHASE has performed with Alan Dawson, Teddy Kotick, Mick Goodrick, Lewis Nash, Fred Hersch, and Andrew Cyrille. Chase’s debut recording with his own quartet, Dark Clouds with Silver Linings, was chosen as one of the top ten jazz CDs of 1995 by critics for the Boston Globe, Jazziz, and the Boston Phoenix. His second CD, Phoenix, was released in 2000. From 1981 to 1995, he was a member of Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet, which recorded six CDs and performed on 10 European concert tours. Since 1992, Chase has been a member of Rashied Ali’s quintet, Prima Materia, and has recorded four CDs with him. He has also performed chamber music with Marimolin and the Princeton Composers’ Ensemble. Chase has recorded with his own quartet and with Gunther Schuller, John Zorn, Dominique Eade, and Stanley Cowell, and has done studio recordings for feature films, popular music records, television, radio, and advertisements. Recordings on Coppens, Knitting Factory Works, Catalyst/BMG, Accurate, GM, Bridge, Cadence Jazz, YOUR Records, Northeastern. The CALLITHUMPIAN CONSORT is dedicated to the proposition that music is an experience. Founded by pianist and conductor Stephen Drury sometime in the1990's, we are an ensemble producing concerts of contemporary music at the highest standard. The Consort is flexible in size and makeup, in some cases performing as a full chamber orchestra. Its members pursue parallel solo and orchestral careers as well. Each musician is a soloist, enabling the group to tackle unusual repertoire in non-standard ensembles, or to take part in experimental projects. Our repertoire encompasses a huge stylistic spectrum, from the classics of the last 100 years to works of the avant-garde and experimental jazz and rock. Active commissioning and recording of new works is crucial to our mission. We have worked with composers John Cage, Lee Hyla, John Zorn, Michael Finnissy, Franco Donatoni, Lukas Foss, Christian Wolff and many others. Recordings are available on Tzadik and Mode records. Intermedia artist JESSICA FELDMAN has a background in sound, sculpture and installation. She creates work that asks its audience to engage in dynamic relationships with their physical surroundings, with each other, with larger communities and with political questions. Recent pieces tend toward interactivity and often occur in extremely public or extremely private spaces. She makes use of sculptural materials, video and choreographic practices in addition to sound. Works have been performed, installed and exhibited internationally at art galleries, museums, concert halls, public parks, city streets, tiny closets and the internet and at NYC venues such as The Kitchen, Roulette, The Stone, The Tank, MonkeyTown and Tenri Cultural Institute. Her work has received grants/awards from the LMCC, the Max Kade Foundation, Columbia University, Meet the Composer and the Experimental Television Center, among others. NEIL LEONARD works as a sound artist, composer and saxophonist. His ensemble has featured Marshall Allen (Director of the Sun Ra Arkestra), Bruce Barth, Uri Caine, Don Byron, Kenwood Dennard, Robin Eubanks, Frank Lacy, Oriente Lopez, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and Uri Caine. Leonard’s Dreaming of an Island, for orchestra, electronics and video was premiered by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. Leonard's composition Totems was premiered at Carnegie Recital Hall by Byron and Caine. Leonard compositions were featured in festivals in Europe, North America, Africa, Middle East, Japan and the Caribbean. Leonard's collaborative work with visual artist Magdalena Campos-Pons was featured by the 49th Venice Biennial and MOMA, NY. Leonard has recorded for ECM, A&M, Accurate and Interval Recordings. Leonard is co-owner of Gallery Artist Studio Project (GASP). Leonard is Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music, and taught sound installation at the University of Padova and the C. Pollini Conservatory, Italy. Clarinetist TODD BRUNEL is an innovative, critically acclaimed cross-over classical and jazz musician. “Tremendous virtuosity and heart,†the Boston Globe. Guest appearances include Carnegie Hall, the Montreal Jazz Festival, the SEAMUS Festival, the International Woodwind Festival and Preservation Jazz Hall in New Orleans. He works with such groups as the Bristol Chamber Orchestra, the Butch Morris Ensemble, ALEA III, the Bulgarian Virtuosi and is a founding member of Musaner, the Rivera Brunel Method and the Circadian Rhythm Kings. He has premiered works by numerous composers and produces the ‘Vortex’ series for new and improvised music, a frequent Boston Globe ‘Pick of the week.’ Brunel holds an MM from the Brooklyn College Conservatory and a BM from the Boston Conservatory of Music and he currently teaches at the Powers Music School. You can visit him online at:
Links: www.stevelehman.comwww.annerhodes.blogspot.com www.carltesta.com www.orbismusic.com www.callithumpian.org www.jessicafeldman.org www.clarinetconspiracy.com
Friday, January 25th @ 8:00 Achille Succi - saxophone/bass clarinet
Friday, March 14th @ 8:00 Stephen Lehman – saxophone/electronics
GASP Gallery
$10 suggested donation, $6 with a student ID GASP is one block from the Brookline Hills stop Directions/Info: Gasp attempts to create a space for artistic exchange where artists will explore and propose new possibilities for contemporary practices, a site for collaboration between disciplines and fields in the contemporary cultural landscape. The Sonic Arts at GASP performance/installation series has featured: Phill Niblock, Pamela Z, Amnon Wolman, Ron Kuivila, io casino, Gary Chang, Richard Boulanger, Anthony Baldino, Pierce Warnecke, DREV, Mem1, Anne Rhodes, Landon Rose, Jonathan Chen, Julia Campbell, Joe Sexton, the Jitter class @ Berklee (Joe Branciforte, Daniel Patterson, Zachary Kramer, Ben 'Encanti' Cantil, Carson Whitley, Alex Molina), Max Ables ... and many more. Artist Bios Guitarist GARRISON FEWELL records for Soul Note, Koch, Accurate, Splasc(H) and Boxholder. Recently, Garrison recorded a live CD at Birdland (NYC) with John Tchicai (sax), Charlie Kohlhase (sax), Cecil McBee (bass) and Billy Hart (drums). Garrison has performed in the US, South America, Africa, Caribbean, Canada and Europe. He has played with Khan Jamal, Cecil Bridgewater, Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, Jay Clayton, Zbigniew Namyslowski, and Cameron Brown. Garrison has taught in conservatories throughout Europe and teaches at the Sant Anna Arresi Jazz Festival (Sardegna) with William Parker, Anthony Braxton, Muhal Richard Abrahms, Anthony Cyrille and Roscoe Mitchell. Garrison is Professor of Guitar and Ear Training at Berklee College of Music. Saxophonist, bass clarinetist ACHILLE SUCCI hails from Modena Italy. He leads the group Atman with Fabrizio Puglisi and Alberto Capelli that has hosted guest soloists Louis Sclavis, Ab Baars and Ernst Rejiseger. Achille Succi plays in Uri Caine's "Othello Suite" and other projects led by Louis Sclavis, Ettore Fioravanti's, Simone Guiducci, Paolino Dalla Porta, Nicola Pisani, Giorgio Gaslini and Franco D'Andrea; As winner of the "Pépinières Europeénnes pour jeunes artistes" he collaborated with Danish composer Pierre Dorge and his "New Jungle Orchestra." Achille Succi released two CDs, "Shiva’s dance” and "Terra". He teaches improvisation and clarinet at Roccella Jonica Jazz Festival, Siena Jazz summer workshops and Conservatory of Ferrara. Bassist/composer BRUNO RÅBERG is originally from Sweden. At age 20 he moved to Stockholm to join Eje Thelin's band and stayed on for four years, recording and touring extensively. In 1981 Råberg relocated to the US to study with Miroslav Vitous at New Enland Conservatory. Råberg has performed throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, as well as North, South and Central America. He released 5 CDs as a leader and has performed with: Mick Goodrick, Matt Wilson, Bob Moses, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Yoron Israel, Billy Hart, Dick Oats, Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, Bobo Stensson, Thomas Gustavsson, Sam Rivers, Julius Hemphil, Jim Black, Bruce Barth, Bob Mintzer, Greg Osby, Jackie Byard, Ran Blake, George Russell, Miroslav Vitous, Regina Carter, Antonio Hart, Billy Kilson, Gene Jackson, John Medeski, John LaPorta, John McNeil, Rachel Z, Donald Brown, Bill Pierce, Smithsonian Jazz Orchestra with David Baker. Råberg is a Professor at Berklee College of Music. Named a Rising Star on the alto saxophone in 2006 and 2007 by the Downbeat Magazine International Critics Poll, STEVE LEHMAN is a saxophonist and composer whose work resides on the cutting-edge of contemporary music. He has been recognized as one of today's truly original creative voices by The Wire, The New York Times, The Village Voice, and by National Public Radio. A former student of both Jackie McLean and Anthony Braxton, he has performed and recorded throughout the United States and Europe with his own ensembles, and with those led by Anthony Braxton, Dave Burrell, Mark Dresser, Vijay Iyer, Oliver Lake, and Meshell Ndegeocello. An award-winning composer, Lehman's pieces for large orchestra and chamber ensembles have been performed by the Janacek Philharmonic, members of Ensemble 21 and Ensemble Sospeso, and by the pianist Marilyn Nonken. Lehman's recent electro-acoustic music has focused on the development of computer-driven models for improvisation, based in the Max/MSP programming environment. Since 2006, Lehman has been a doctoral candidate in Music Composition at Columbia University where he is a departmental fellow. NEIL LEONARD works as a sound artist, composer and saxophonist. His ensemble has featured Marshall Allen (Director of the Sun Ra Arkestra), Bruce Barth, Uri Caine, Don Byron, Kenwood Dennard, Robin Eubanks, Frank Lacy, Oriente Lopez, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and Uri Caine. Leonard’s Dreaming of an Island, for orchestra, electronics and video was premiered by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. Leonard's composition Totems was premiered at Carnegie Recital Hall by Byron and Caine. Leonard compositions were featured in festivals in Europe, North America, Africa, Middle East, Japan and the Caribbean. Leonard's collaborative work with visual artist Magdalena Campos-Pons was featured by the 49th Venice Biennial and MOMA, NY. Leonard has recorded for ECM, A&M, Accurate and Interval Recordings. Leonard is co-owner of Gallery Artist Studio Project (GASP). Leonard is Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music, and taught sound installation at the University of Padova and the C. Pollini Conservatory, Italy. |
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