Other Performances
Here's a collection of non-cartographic performances with links to calendar listings (), photographs (), audio () & video recordings () if available.
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3 Jun 2017
Jon Fischer / Danny Clay: Turntable Drawings
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor St, San Francisco, CALong Tone Choir performed in the premiere of Turntable Drawing No. 25 for three saxophones and multiple turntables. The concert also included Turntable Drawing No. 6 for three turntables, piano and guitar; Turntable Drawing No. 20 for three saxophones and three turntables; and the premiere of Turntable Drawing No. 8 for eight turntables without records.
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1 Oct 2016
Continuum
Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve, Vallejo, CAContinuum was a fourteen-hour performance installation that took place in an abandoned military bunker. This was the fifth iteration of a series of performances, with the durational writing of poet, Stephen Ratcliffe and the sensitive musicianship of the Thingamajigs Performance Group at the core. Continuum also included dancer Shinichi Iova-Koga, Noh actor Jubilith Moore, and the Long Tone Choir.
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19 Dec 2015
First Music/The Human Instrument an Evening of, for and from the voice
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16 Aug 2014
Neither Confirmed Nor Denied: An Opera of Coded Information
Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CAGino Robair's Neither Confirmed Nor Denied was a one-act opera inspired by the mysterious "number stations" heard on shortwave radios throughout the world since the late 1940s. These stations broadcast strings of numbers and words, which are read by a human or synthesized voice and surrounded by interesting identifiers (snatches of folk tunes, electronic tones, etc.). Neither Confirmed Nor Denied was inspired by the individual characteristics of such stations, using them as a model for creating a libretto and score that was generated in real time based on sets of instructions given to each performer, who then interpreted the instructions musically or through movement. Each artist, in effect, became a unique station, sonifying or visualizing encrypted data that served as each character's story. Because the stations were located throughout the four floors of the Meridian Gallery, each attendee had a highly personalized experience of the work as they navigated the building.
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5 Jul 2011
I, Norton
The Episcopal Church of Saint John The Evangelist, San Francisco, CA -
4 & 5 Jun 2011
Tower Ring
Oliver Ranch, Geyserville, CAPauline Oliveros’ historic composition, commissioned by the Oliver Ranch Foundation, was keyed to the eight, intertwining spiral stories of Ann Hamilton's Tower by a rising and descending gong and tiny bells played by audience members. In addition to the voices the Cornelius Cardew Choir, members of existing trios and quartets were part of the performance, including: the Deep Listening Band, Pauline Oliveros (conch/harmonica), Stuart Dempster (conch and dijeridu) and David Gamper (conch/overtone flutes); Horns of Hathor, Oliveros, Ione (improvisational spoken word) and Chris Chafe (long wire instrument); Timeless Pulse, Oliveros and percussionists George Marsh and Jennifer Wilsey. Mills College students joined in the performance; Brenda Hutchinson was Bell Mistress, Renko Dempster created real-time drawings during the performance and movement was guided by choreographer/dancer Christopher Pilafian.
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10 Mar 2011
LSG New Music Series
Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA -
24 Sep 2009
LSG New Music Series
Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA