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A series of improvised music taking place in New York: Infrequent Seams:

www.myspace.com/infrequentseams

Infrequent Seams Series

Mar 4 2010      8:30 Ken Filiano, Michael Attias, Thomas Ulrich / James Ilgenfritz Trio w/ John O’Brien, Evan Mazunik
Mar 9 2010      8:30 Shayna Dulberger Quintet (Ben Gerstein / Jonathan Moritz / Chris Welcome / Thomas Fujiwara)
Mar 11 2010     8:30 Russ Flynn’s A More Perfect Union
Mar 16 2010     8:30 Evan Mazunik’s ZAHA
Mar 18 2010     8:30 James Ilgenfritz Trio featuring Ryan Mackstaller, Vinnie Sperazza
Mar 23 2010     8:30 Billy Fox’s Blackbirds & Bullets
Mar 25 2010     8:30 Peter Negroponte – drums (w/ Derek Beckvold, Shayna Dulberger, Tanya Kalmanovich)
Mar 30 2010     8:30 Brad Henkel Group

Le Grand Dakar Restaurant
285 Grand Avenue @ Clifton Place (near Lafayette)
Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
G train to Classon Avenue – head north on Lafayette, turn right on Grand
C to Clinton/Washington – head north on Washington, turn right on
Lafayette, right again on Grand.

From NY’s ISSUE Project Room:

03/05 @ 8pm – Object Collection
Composer Travis Just and his ensemble Object Collection present new and recent pieces for table-top guitars, piano, objects and string. performers: Devin Maxwell James Moore Jonathan Marmor Quentin Tolimieri Travis Just program: jamie jamie girl home telephone (Strawberryville) table-top guitar quartet I’m the loudest voice you’ve ever seen. piano, percussion, guitar, objects killing what’s already dead table-top guitar quartet Fabric for Jim table-top guitar quintet –pause– Everybody’s Everyone (it’s time to love [...]

03/06 @ 8pm – The Long and The Short of It: A Festival of Strings – Ne(x)tworks, Roger Kleier, Zeena Parkins & Jon Rose
A mini festival of strings in all sizes, shapes and uses curated by David Watson and Jon Rose. Jon Rose – violin / Zeena Parkins – electric harp Ne(x)tworks String Quartet. Cornelius Dufallo and Christopher Otto, violins; Kenji Bunch, viola; Yves Dharamraj, cello (excerpts from Morton Feldman’s String Quartet no. 2) Roger Kleier Jon Rose “Fences” [...]

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Selected shows coming to The Stone in April:

April 2010 at the Stone curated by Robin Holcomb and Wayne Horvitz

4/1 Thursday
8 pm
Amy Denio “Improvised Voice with Electronics”
Amy Denio (electronics, voice)

4/3 Saturday
8 and 10 pm
JOHN ZORN IMPROV NIGHT—A Stone Benefit
John Zorn (sax) Wayne Horvitz (piano) and many special guests
Your support keeps the Stone afloat! Come out and help New Music with our monthly Stone Rent Party! TWENTY DOLLARS

MONDAY APRIL 5—STONE SEMINAR 14
STEVE BERNSTEIN—The science of magic: creating a personal musical universe.
7PM to 9PM—TWENTY DOLLARS: Open to all. Insruments welcome.
The indefatigable leader of SexMob, Steven Bernstein speaks about “the systemless system.” This will cover creating a personal (and reliable) sound on your instrument, developing a specific language of rhythm and harmony that continues to evolve and the practice of practice. Steve will address composer, arranger, and instrumentalist.

4/7 Wednesday
10 pm
HNK Trio
Wayne Horvitz (keyboards) Le Quan Ninh (percussion) Briggan Krauss (sax)

10 pm
The Youngs
Eryn Young (vocals, percussion) Tim Young (vocals, guitar) John Schuller (bass) Special Guests (tba)
The Los Angeles-based “heavy mellow” band performs songs exploring inner and outer space.

4/8 Thursday
8 pm
Neil Welch—Solo Saxophone
Neil Welch (saxophone)
Seattle saxophonist Neil Welch will perform a set of acoustic solo saxophone improvisations and compositional frameworks. Ranging from fierce deluges of sound to multi-faceted melodic layering, to noise, intervallic humming and subtle multiphonic movement, Welch’s solo performances cover a wide spectrum of sonic and melodic space. www.neilwelch.com

10 pm
Cuong Vu and SPEAK
Cuong Vu (trumpet) Andrew Swanson (tenor sax) Aaron Otheim (keys) Luke Bergman (bass) Chris Icasiano (drums)

4/9 Friday (JC)
8 pm
Wayne Horvitz Chamber Works
Cristina Valdes (piano) Olivia De Prato (violin) Josh Modney (violin) Victor Lowrie (viola) Isabel Castellvi (cello) Chris Speed (clarinet)
“These Hills of Glory” for String Quartet and improvising soloist. Performed by the Mivos Quartet and improvising soloist. “For Piano Alone in Four Parts” performed by Cristina Valdes.

10 pm
Sweeter Than the Day
Tim Young (guitar) Wayne Horvitz (piano) Tim Luntzel (bass) Dan Rieser (drums) Special Guest Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon)

4/10 Saturday
8 pm
Cristina Valdes with Nathan Davis
Cristina Valdes (piano) Nathan Davis (percussion)
Solo piano music by Horvitz, Ziporyn, JL Adams, Murail, Burgan and duos for percussion and piano.

10 pm
Music for Nica
Zubin Hensler (trumpet) Marty Ehrlich (sax) Chris Stover (trombone) Dave Hofstra (bass) Dan Rieser (drums) Wayne Horvitz (piano)
Compositions dedicated to the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter including compositions by Sonny Clark, Horace Silver, Thelonius Monk and more.

4/11 Sunday
8 pm
Tim Sparks
Tim Sparks (guitar) Cyro Baptista (percussion) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass)
Tim Sparks will play unique acoustic guitar renditions from his latest Tzadik release “Little Princess”.

10 pm
Curtis Fowlkes
Curtis Fowlkes (trombone)

4/13 Tuesday
10 pm
William Parker and Ellen Christi Duo
William Parker (bass) Ellen Christi (voice)

4/14 Wednesday
8 pm
Peter Blegvad
Peter Blegvad (guitar, voice)
Solo with an acoustic guitar doing songs which haven’t been heard on a NYC stage for many moons.

10 pm
Tim Hodgkinson with Thomas Lehn, Roger Turner and Special Guests
Tim Hodgkinson (sax) Thomas Lehn (synth) Roger Turner (drums)

4/15 Thursday
8 pm
25 O’Clock Band. The 25-year reunion
Dave Sewelson (saxes) David Hofstra (bass, tuba) Steve Moses (drums) Robin Holcomb (piano)

10 pm
Sex Mob
Steve Bernstein (trumpet) Kenny Wollesen (drums) Tony Scher (bass) Briggan Krauss (sax)

4/17 Saturday (KR)
8 pm
Erica Hunt and Robin Holcomb
Erica Hunt (poetry) Robin Holcomb (voice, piano)

10 pm
Empty Cage Quartet Double CD Release Party
Jason Mears (sax) Kris Tiner (trumpet) Paul Kikuchi (drums) Ivan Johnson (bass)
The bi-coastal Empty Cage Quartet (Jason Mears, Kris Tiner, Paul Kikuchi, Ivan Johnson) celebrates the release of two new albums (Gravity; Clean Feed Records, Take Care of Floating; Rude Awakening Presente). www.emptycagequartet.com

4/18 Sunday (JB)
8 pm
Larks, They Crazy
Robin Holcomb (piano) Marty Ehrlich, Doug Wieselman (reeds) Dave Hofstra (bass, tuba) Kenny Wollesen (drums)

10 pm
Prefecture Records Presents: Paul Kikuchi’s Portable Sanctuary featuring Roswell Rudd
Paul Kikuchi (drums, percussion) Roswell Rudd (trombone) Alexander Vittum (percussion, electronics) Kevin Farrell (bass, electronics)
Percussionist Paul Kikuchi presents his ensemble featuring his invented instruments with special guest Roswell Rudd. Opening will be a solo percussion/electronics piece by Alexander Vittum.

4/20 Tuesday
8 pm
Alex Cline and Sustain
Jeff Gauthier (electric violin) Mark Dresser (bass) Alex Cline (drums, percussion)

10 pm
Josh Deutsch—The Ligeti Project
Josh Deutsch (trumpet) and his ensemble

4/23 Friday
8 pm
STRING TREK: LaDonna Smith and Misha Feigin
LaDonna Smith (viola, violin) Misha Feigin (guitar, balalaika)
STRING TREK is the touring name of the duo, LaDonna Smith and Misha Feigin. Their 2008 release, recorded in Krakow, Floating Bridges at www.myspace.com/stringtrek

10 pm
Tim Luntzel and Charlie Burnham
Tim Luntzel (bass) Charlie Burnham (violin)

4/24 Saturday (RK)
8 pm
Bobby Previte’s New Bump
Ellery Eskelin (tenor sax) Bill Ware (vibraphone) Ari Folman-Cohen (electric bass) Bobby Previte (drums)

10 pm
The Michael Bisio Quartet with guest artist Joe McPhee
Jay Rosen (percussion) Stephen Gauci (winds) Avram Fefer (winds) Michael Bisio (bass) Joe McPhee (reeds)

MONDAY APRIL 26—STONE SEMINAR 17
EVAN PARKER
7PM to 11PM—THIRTY DOLLARS: Open to all.
Maestro Evan Parker returns to The Stone for an intimate lecture/demonstration of how he accomplishes the impossible on the saxophone. A two hour Q&A about the saxophone followed by a two hour Q&A about improvisation/music. FOUR HOURS OF MAGIC WITH ONE OF THE GREATEST SAXOPHONE LEGENDS OF OUR TIME!

4/27 Tuesday
8 pm
Guy Klucevsek
Guy Klucevsek (accordion)

10 pm
Figeater with Beth Fleenor
Stephen Parris (electric guitar) John Seman (acoustic bass) Mark Ostrowski (drums) Beth Fleenor (clarinet)

4/29 Thursday (YT)
8 pm
Saris
Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon) Harris Eisenstadt (drums)
Long standing duo of the unusual instrumentation of bassoon and drums playing original compositions by both members as well as works by some of our favorites composers.

10 pm
Dylan van der Schyff, Sara Schoenbeck, Briggan Krauss and Okkyung Lee
Dylan van der Schyff (drums) Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon) Briggan Krauss (sax) Okkyung Lee (cello)

4/30 Friday (DS)
8 pm
Chris DeLaurenti—Phonopolis & Flap-o-Phone Nocturnes
Chris DeLaurenti (electronics)
Maker of the notorious “Favorite Intermissions” album, DeLaurenti presents field recordings that capture unusual confluences of sound, speech, music and “found soundscapes”—accidental field recordings and inadvertent intersections of audio glitches, improvisation and recording technology. He also plays the flap-o phone, a hand-cranked turntable made of cardboard, improvising with vintage performances by Igor Stravinsky. The first New York appearance of this Seattle-based sound artist since 2004.

10 pm
Dylan van der Schyff, Ellery Eskelin and Sylvie Courvoisier
Dylan van der Schyff (drums) Ellery Eskelin (sax) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano)

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From Stet Lab in Cork, Ireland:

Stet Lab featuring Paul Stapleton and Nick Williams

Monday, 8 March 2010
9:00 pm (doors: 8:45 pm)
Upstairs @ The Roundy [map…]
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland

Stet Lab, Cork’s monthly improvised music event, returns on Monday, 8th March 2010. Taking place upstairs at The Roundy, Castle Street, Cork, Stet Lab presents Belfast-based sound-sculptor, guitarist and electronic musician Paul Stapleton and Newcastle-based electronic musician and guitarist Nick Williams.

Originally from California, Stapleton is currently based at the Sonic Arts Research Centre at Queen’s University Belfast. He is an active improviser, instrument builder, ensemble director and installation artist who has shown work in a variety of locations across Ireland, Great Britain and North America. Improvisation is a key element in his work, especially in its intersection with environmental and social forces.

Joining Stapleton on the night will be sonic improviser and guitarist Nick Williams. Currently based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Williams’ work takes the form of cross-disciplinary performances enrolling new instruments and new electro-acoustic resources.

Collaboratively, Stapleton and Williams are, with dancer Mona McCarthy (from Cork, based in Newcastle), the interdisciplinary performance group theybreakinpieces. Through this group they have performed with artists such as Ben Evans, Jon Aveyard and Dan Reynolds.

The event will begin at 9:00 pm (doors open at 8:45 pm) and entry is €10 (€5).

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