Composers Concordance Feb. 25, micro for sure!

There's *gotta* be a *lot* of microtonality in this! :)

P.O. Box 36-20548 PABT
New York, NY 10129, USA
info@composersconcordance.org
www.composersconcordance.org
212-564-4899 (& fax)

February 10, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Take a walk on the "Wild Side" with Composers Concordance's second
concert of the 2003-2004 season, Wednesday, February 25, 8 PM at
Makor, 35 W. 67th Street (between Columbus and Central Park West)
celebrating our 20th Anniversary! We're throwing out our music paper
(mostly) and letting our senses run amuck with an event curated by CC
associate-directors Bill Rhoads and Lev Zhurbin.

Rara Avis, a trio organized by composer Gordon Beeferman on piano,
with Seth Misterka on saxophones and Jeff Arnal on drums and
percussion, has the uncanny ability of making totally spontaneous,
improvised music seem fully composed. Pure sound magic, so come for
a dose of structured musical mayhem and surprise.

David First, a collaborator with legendary jazz pianist Cecil Taylor,
will continue his explorations into "Operation: Kracpot," for guitar
and laptop, where waves from the earth's magnetic field are
transposed and transformed into audio and visual information. Bring
your seat belts and space suits (no other attire necessary).

Percussionist/trombonist Stephen Moses (a.k.a. Drumbone), well known
drummer with rock bands Alice Donut, Rasputina, Stuffy Shmitt,
Voltaire, and Percy Jones, will present his unique and exciting
simultaneous performance of drumset and trombone, enhanced with his
signature syntheses of acoustic and electronic sounds.

And multi-instrumentalist, percussionist, turntable and frame drum
specialist Raz Mesinai will pull sound from his seemingly endless and
bewitching musical bag of tricks as can be heard on his recently
released recordings on John Zorn's Tzadik label, and on the Roir
label under his musical alter-ego, BADAWI. He will be performing his
Rooms with additional players Mark Feldman on violin, Okkyung Lee on
cello, Doug Wieselman on clarinet and Marcus Rojas on tuba.

It's time to look forward and exhilarate with new sounds to celebrate
our 20 years of sonic nerve and splendor, to hear music in the making
and bask in the ingenuity of some of the best improvisers/composers
in New York. Come join us in the modern atmosphere of our co-
producer Makor, where food and a cash bar add to the mix. Tickets
$20 (20 years, remember?).

Info: www.composersconcordance.org or 212-564-4899.