Pehrson at "World Turning Festival"

For those in the New York City area, please come to an interesting
and varied evening of new music, Wednesday, August 20, 8PM as part of
the "World Turning Festival" at the Medicine Show Theatre, 549 W 52nd
3rd fl.

http://www.lovesphere.org/wtf/

The mighty cellist Dan Barrett will be performing my piece _CHAB_
(invert the letters to find the hidden motive...)

We just rehearsed tonight...

A work from 1991 this piece, although basically in 12-equal, uses
extensive use of glissandi and the harmonic series.

There will be lots of other interesting performances that evening,
which starts at 8PM. It should run most of the evening.

The "World Turning Festival" concentrats, in general, on cutting edge
music and jazz, so I'm particularly pleased to be included on the
program.

In fact, the promo advertises all the "young composers..." (ahem...)

Hope any of you can make it for a fun time (call xxx for a fun
time...) Tix only $10. Here's more info on the lineup:

>>>> Dr. Hoss¹s Isogloss
>>>> every Wednesday night in August, 2003 during the
>>>> WORLD TURNING FESTIVAL
>>>> presents
>>>> a Micro-Festival of Contemporary Music
>>>> Wednesday, August 20, 2003 8:00­-11:30 PM
>>>>
>>>> @ Medicine Show Theatre
>>>> 549 West 52nd Street, Third Floor
>>>> New York City
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> PROGRAM
>>>>
>>>> N.A.G. (Network Auralization for Gnutella):
>>>> World Turning Festival Mix (2003)
>>>> by Jason Freeman
>>>>
>>>> N.A.G. (Network Auralization for Gnutella) (2003) is interactive
software art which turns the process of searching for and downloading
MP3 files into a chaotic musical collage. Throughout the night, we
are hearing a search for music matching the words "world," "turning,"
and "festival." To download N.A.G. free of charge, visit
http://turbulence.org. N.A.G. is a commission of New Radio and
Performing Arts, Inc., made possible with funding from the
>>>> National Endowment for the Arts. For information about Jason
Freeman, see later in the program.
>>>>
>>>> Tuba Flip (1997)
>>>> by Hans Joachim Hesbos
>>>>
>>>> Postures(Hommage a Berio)
>>>> Jay Rozen, tuba
>>>>
>>>> Exoskeleton (1995)
>>>> Arthur Kampela, viola
>>>>
>>>> Dan Cooper (b. 1970, Manhattan), composer, songwriter, 7-string
bass guitarist, and flutist, worked for several years as music
assistant and secretary to nonagenarian American composer, conductor,
flutist, and electronic music pioneer Otto Luening, who mentored him
in composition, orchestration, and musical life in general. With
Luening's recommendation, Cooper was awarded an ASCAP Young
Composer's Prize for his electronic setting of Lewis
Carroll's "Jabberwocky." He has toured the world and played
>>>> many major venues as bassist for Decca recording artist Ute
Lemper since 2000.
>>>>
>>>> Gargoyles (1961)
>>>> by Otto Luening
>>>> for violin & electronics; re-mastered by Dan Cooper
>>>> Lynn Bechtold, violin
>>>>
>>>> Jabberwocky
>>>> by Dan Cooper
>>>> for electronic tape
>>>>
>>>> by GEORGE!
>>>> Tom Chiu, violin & Judy Dunaway, balloons
>>>>
>>>> PAUSE FOR SET-UP
>>>>
>>>> Nick Brooke's Tone Test, based on Edison's popular lipsynch
contests of the 1920s, was written with Guggenheim and Rockefeller
grants. His works have been played by the Nash Ensemble of London,
Orchestra 2001, the Paul
>>>> Dresher
>>>> Ensemble, and Gamelan Son of Lion.
>>>>
>>>> Just Sing
>>>> by Nicholas Brooke
>>>> for voice & tape from Tone Test
>>>> Kamala Sankaram, soprano
>>>>
>>>> Wrestling Monks
>>>> by Nicholas Brooke
>>>> Nick Brooke & Chris Miller, gamelan
>>>>
>>>> Chris Miller is a composer and performer whose installation
Drift was premiered this Spring at Engine 27. Chris played gamelan
for two years in Java, and studied composition at Wesleyan (Master's)
and ethnomusicology
>>>> (Doctorate).
>>>> Kamala Sankaram is a vocalist, accordionist, and sitarist. She
plays with the sitar trip-hop duo Loa and the gothic country band
Bellacqua; she appeared most recently in Phil Kline and Eve
Beglarian's Bilitis Project.
>>>> ..........................
>>>> Evan Hause (b. 1967, DeLand, FL) is a composer, percussionist,
conductor, bassist, guitarist, teacher, editor, writer, pianist,
and singer/songwriter. He grew up in North Carolina, played football
for Oberlin College and is a rock music, movie and travel buff.
Early influences:
>>>> parents, brothers, neighbors, Kiss, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Yes, Rush,
Iron Maiden, Mahler, Strauss, Ravel. Later influences too vast to
enumerate. Recent interests: the fusion of free improvisation, multi-
tempo, electronic, and modal music.
>>>>
>>>> Circe (2000)
>>>> World Premiere
>>>> by Evan Hause
>>>> Rebecca Kite, marimba (played with six mallets)
>>>>
>>>> Spelunk (2003)
>>>> by Evan Hause
>>>> Maureen Hurd, clarinet
>>>>
>>>> Circe was completed on 12/8/00. It was commissioned by Rebecca
Kite. Spelunk was completed on 2/8/03 and premiered 3/10/03 by
Maureen Hurd in NYC. It was written both for Ms. Hurd and to
celebrate the 80th birthday of Leslie Bassett, a teacher of mine. EH
>>>> Maureen Hurd (DMA, Yale University; BM, Iowa State University)
teaches clarinet at Rutgers University.
>>>> ........................
>>>> Composer/guitarist/rapper Gene "Noizepunk" Pritsker has written
over one hundred fifty compositions, including chamber operas,
orchestral and chamber works, songs for hip-hop and rock ensembles,
electronic, etc. He is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation, an
eclectic quintet playing the NYC club circuit.
>>>>
>>>> Dead Souls
>>>> by Gene Pritsker
>>>> Greg Baker, guitar
>>>>
>>>> What Occurred In The Light, Goes On In The Dark
>>>> by Gene Pritsker
>>>> Dan Barrett, cello
>>>>
>>>> Since 1983 Joseph Pehrson (b. Detroit, 1950) has been co-
director of the Composers Concordance in NYC. Recently, pianist
Jeffrey Jacob released his Three Piano Pieces on New Ariel records.
His teachers included Leslie Bassett, Joseph Schwantner, Otto Luening
and Elie Siegmeister.
>>>>
>>>> CHAB (1991)
>>>> by Joseph Pehrson
>>>> Dan Barrett, cello
>>>>
>>>> CHAB is the letters of the most significant, and historically
popular, motive used in the work, and I¹m sure that, shuffling the
letters, the "hidden meaning" will be immediately apparent. This
piece was specifically written for Dan Barrett, and he premiered it
on his intense personal series "Bohemia Unlimited" in 1997.
>>>>
>>>> BRIEF PAUSE
>>>>
>>>> Davide Zannoni, born in Italy, started to play the drums at a
very young age. He managed to annoy his parents, at the same time
playing virtually any type of music on the planet. He then quit
performing and devoted himself to write music, creating a body of
works that reflect his omnivorous taste.
>>>> A critic in Italy recently hailed him as "An heir to Frank
Zappa", although this unfortunately refers only to musical language
and not royalties.
>>>>
>>>> Jikkai (The Ten Worlds)(2000)
>>>> World Premiere
>>>> by Davide Zannoni
>>>> Claire Chan, violin & Ling Cao, cello
>>>>
>>>> Jikkai, for violin and violoncello, is titled after a principle
in Nichiren's Buddism. Jikkai literally means "The Ten Worlds," which
are ten life-conditions that all human beings experience. They are
dynamic states, and each person constantly goes in and out of them
daily, usually with a tendency to experience some more than others.
They are:
>>>> Hell,
>>>> Hunger, Animality, Anger, Tranquillity, Heaven, Learning,
>>>> Realization, Bodhisattva, Buddhahood. The music tries to depict
the different emotions inherent in each state, their
interconnectedness, and the quick shifts between one state and
another. Different styles and compositional techniques have been used.
>>>> ............................
>>>> Gordon Beeferman and Estelle Woodward's duo focuses on
integrating live improvised music and dance. Primordial Forms
explores a dynamic and vocabulary that they have developed over
time. Their goal is to challenge conventional boundaries within
their fields and create work that celebrates and expands the time-
honored forms of improvisation. Gordon Beeferman is a pianist and
composer who has performed at venues such as the Cunningham
>>>> Studio, MATA Festival, and the Knitting Factory. His
compositions have been performed throughout the US.
>>>> Choreographer/performer Estelle Woodward studied at CalArts and
Bennington College and has performed extensively in NYC, as a soloist
>>>> and with her quintet Loophole. She is an organizer of Improvised
and Otherwise, a yearly festival in Brooklyn.
>>>>
>>>> Primordial Forms
>>>> Gordon Beeferman, piano & Estelle Woodward, movement
>>>>
>>>> Composer and media artist Jason Freeman (b. 1977, Miami, FL)
creates works which blur the boundaries between art and technology
and between composer, performer, and listener. For more information,
please visit
>>>> http://www.jasonfreeman.net.
>>>>
>>>> Telephone Etude #1: Shakespeare Cuisinart (2001)
>>>> by Jason Freeman
>>>>
>>>> Telephone Etude #1: Shakespeare Cuisinart (2001), an interactive
musical experience accessible via a toll-free telephone number,
enjoyed a wildly successful two-year run which attracted over 35,000
callers and earned an honorable mention for the Transmediale.02
award. Unfortunately, it was shut down to public access in April when
its host, TellMe Networks, ran into financial troubles. It is
presented tonight in a live performance version.
>>>>
>>>> N.A.G. (Network Auralization for Gnutella):
>>>> World Turning Festival Mix (2003)
>>>> by Jason Freeman
>>>>
>>>> Invencion #4
>>>> by Ignacio Baca-Lobera
>>>> David Schotzko, percussion
>>>>
>>>> Two Little Pieces
>>>> by Nathan Michel
>>>>
>>>> Le Livre de Claviers
>>>> by Philippe Manoury
>>>> David Schotzko & Adam Sliwinski, marimbas
>>>>
>>>> FESTIVAL WEBSITE: www.lovesphere.org/wtf
>>>>
>>>
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