Electric Words Festival June 20th-29th

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>Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 19:48:44 -0700
>To: <ba-newmus-events@ella.mills.edu>
>From: Pamela Z <info@sfemf.org>
>Subject: Electric Words Festival June 20th-29th
>Reply-To: othermindslist@otherminds.org
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>ELECTRIC WORDS June 20-22 and 27-29, 2002
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>The San Francisco Electronic Music Festival and FOOTLOOSE present:
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>ELECTRIC WORDS
>A festival of Voice, Text, and Electronic Music
>Hosted and curated by Amy X Neuburg and Pamela Z
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>Six evenings of events featuring the works of thirteen artists running
Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays June 20, 21, 22 (hosted by Amy X Neuburg),
and June 27, 28, 29 (hosted by Pamela Z)
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>All shows 8:00 PM, Venue 9, 252 9th Street, San Francisco, Admission $10
to $15 sliding scale (per show), $25 for any three shows, or $40 for an
all-show pass
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>For Reservations, call 415.289.2000. Advance tickets can be purchased
through Ticketweb.com or at the Tix booth at Union Square
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>Footloose and The San Francisco Electronic Music Festival are proud to
co-produce this special event. ELECTRIC WORDS features thirteen composers
whose work centers on text and the human voice-- sung, spoken, sampled and
manipulated-- combined with real-time electronics. Hosts/curators Amy X
Neuburg and Pamela Z have chosen a diverse group of well-known and emerging
composer/performers, with a broad range of works including text/sound
composition, art-rock, improvisational works, and storytelling, and
featuring an assortment of non-conventional electronic instruments. The
festival will present three artists per night in different combinations,
with different material at every performance and a number of
collaborations. There will also be informal on-stage conversations, giving
each artist a chance to discuss his or her work.
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>The ELECTRIC WORDS festival line-up includes: Renowned radio producer,
text-sound artist, and electroacoustic composer Charles Amirkhanian;
Electronic percussionist Joel Davel on the Marimba Lumina and Lightning
gestural wands (with special guest-- pioneering electronic instrument
designer Don Buchla); Composer/author/music critic Kyle Gann from New York,
who will be in town to present microtonal works for text and synthesizer;
Allison Hennessy performing soulful songs and stories over electronic beats
and textures; The duo Hmmm... (Mark Briggs and Herb Heinz) with their
industrial ranting improv; Visiting from Dartmouth-- Eric Lyon, composer,
professor, and author of numerous computer tools performing a new
text-based work; Brazilian computer music composer and sound designer
Silvia Matheus presenting a work exploring the emotional breadth of human
utterance; Theatrical avant-cabaret songstress Amy X Neuburg, who uses
electronic drums to control effects and samples; Brass-p!
>layer and electronic music composer, Amanda Piasecki who will perform in
an interactive skirt made from 100 pieces of silverware; Storyteller, and
musique concrete composer, Dean Santomieri delivering poetic electronic
soundworks; Composer, sound installation artist, and instrument designer
Laetitia Sonami; Sample-based composer and cultural recycler Wobbly; and
vocalist/composer Pamela Z, performing works for voice, processing, video,
and the BodySynth controller.
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>(Visit http://www.sfemf.org/electricwords.html for full Festival Schedule.)
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>Calendar editors please note:
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>What: ELECTRIC WORDS: a Festival of Voice, Text, and Electronic Music
>When: June 20, 21, 22 and June 27, 28, 29 8:00 PM
>Where: Venue 9 252 9th Street, San Francisco
>Price: $10-$15 sliding scale (per show) $25 for any 3 shows $40 for an
all-show pass Info/reservations: 415.289.2000 Also Ticketweb.com, and Tix
at Union Square
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