Avant Music News

From Wayward Music:

THU. 3/18, 7:30 PM – Splash! Soprano Janna Wächter and pianist Roger Nelson perform cowboy songs + art songs by Aaron Copeland, Ivan Sokolov, Charles Ives, and Libby Larsen + piano music by Morton Feldman and Jarrad Powell + and Wächter’s new “Contemporary Cowboy”

FRI. 3/19, 8 PM – Nonsequitur presents Karen Bentley-Pollock premiering new works for violin and electronics by Charles Norman Mason, Dorothy Hindman, Michael Angell, Brian Moon, Zack Browning, David A. Jaffe, Dan Tepfer, & Alex Shapiro

SAT. 3/20, 7:30 PM – Splash! Soprano Janna Wächter and pianist Roger Nelson perform cowboy songs + art songs by Aaron Copeland, Ivan Sokolov, Charles Ives, and Libby Larsen + piano music by Morton Feldman and Jarrad Powell + and Wächter’s new “Contemporary Cowboy”

COMING UP:

THU. 3/25, 8 PM – Danny Holt, original solo music for piano & percussion (simultaneously!)

FRI. 3/26 – Benefit for Seattle Occultural Music Festival, 10 minute sets by 10 guitarists: Dave Knott, Lori Peterson, Tom Baker, Resistor, Ken Jacobson, Timm Mason, Sky Lynn, Demian Johnston, Mark Schlipper, & Crystal Perez

SAT. 3/27 – flutist Clifford Dunn and his new ensemble Racketology

THU. 4/1, 8 PM – Earshot presents Wayne Horvitz, Le Quan Ninh, Briggan Krauss trio

FRI. 4/2, 8 PM – Zachary Watkins & Tiffany Lin, crazy piano machines

SAT. 4/3 – Danse Perdue, butoh w/ live music

FRI. 4/9, 8 PM – Earshot & Nonsequitur present Gebhard Ullman Clarinet Trio + JA Deane, electric guqin/lap steel

SAT. 4/10, 8 PM – Jay Hamilton & the Turtling Dithers present FRED, a new musical

WED. 4/14 – Improvised Music Project, artists TBA

THU. 4/15 – Improvised Music Project, artists TBA

FRI. 4/16 – Improvised Music Project, artists TBA

SAT. 4/17 – Wally Shoup, saxophone pyrotechnics

FRI. 4/23, 8 PM – Nonsequitur presents Peter Garland, ensemble works performed by pianist Cristina Valdes, mezzo-soprano Emily Greenleaf, trombonist Chris Stover, flutist Sarah Bassingthwaighte, clarinetist Jesse Canterbury, members of Pacific Rims Percussion Ensemble

SAT. 4/24, 8 PM – Nonsequitur presents Peter Garland, solo piano works performed by the reclusive composer himself

FRI. 4/30, 8 PM – Jack Straw Productions Rachel Matthews, new chamber music performed by violinists Ingrid Matthews and Mikhail Shmidt, violist Helen Callus, clarinetist Laura DeLuca, and others

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From Los Angeles New Music:

Pianospheres: Joanne Pearce Martin
March 16, 2010 from 8pm to 10pm – Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School
From the PianoSpheres website: Stephen Hartke: Post-Modern Homages Meyer Kupferman: Distances Gabriela Frank: Sonata Andina György Ligeti: Chromatische Phantasie Gernot Wolfgang: Theremin’s Journey f…

March 18
Thursday
ResBox 03.18
March 18, 2010 from 8pm to 11pm – Steve Allen Theater
From the Facebook event page: big march box is gonna be a good… RONIT KIRCHMAN + TORSTEN MÜLLER http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsten_Mueller http://myspace.com/ronitkirchman MARCELO RADULOVICH htt…

March 19
Friday
qqq/Ain Soph Aur/Jean Baudin
March 19, 2010 from 9pm to 11:45pm – Silver Factory Studios

March 20
Saturday
Devin Sarno & G.E. Stinson, Jean Baudin, The Constant Collection
March 20, 2010 at 10pm to March 21, 2010 at 12am – The Bootleg Theater
THE CONSTANT COLLECTION (10pm) Los Angeles-based ensemble featuring: Philip A. Ruiz (bass), Anthony Marquez (electronics), Jazmine Rampas (violin), Talip Peshkipia (bells), Johnny Luna (guitar), Mark…

From NY’s ISSUE Project Room:

03/17 @ 8pm – Toomai String Quintet
The Toomai String Quintet is an ensemble devoted to performing music from the classical and contemporary repertoire while exploring and arranging music from around the world. Winner of the 92nd St. Y’s 2007 Music Unlocked! Competition for emerging ensembles, the Toomai String Quintet is dedicated to creating engaging interactive concerts for audiences of all ages. Hailed [...]

03/17 @ 9pm – DAN JOSEPH ENSEMBLE, with special guest THOMAS BUCKNER
The Dan Joseph Ensemble was founded in 2001 by New York-based composer Dan Joseph as a vehicle for his growing body of intricate, post-minimal compositions. With a unique instrumentation anchored by hammer dulcimer and harpsichord with a mix of winds, strings and percussion, the ensemble sound is harmonically rich and deeply resonant, evoking a musical [...]

03/18 @ 8pm – loadbang
New Music quartet loadbang (Alejandro Acierto, bass clarinet; Jeffrey Gavett, baritone; Andy Kozar, trumpet; Will Lang, trombone) make their Issue Project Room debut with a program dedicated to the unique and satisfying aroma of brand-new commissions (which is, by the way, pthalate-free.) loadbang has been working with composers for nearly two years to build a repertoire

From Philly’s Ars Nova Workshop:

Thursday, March 18, 8pm
THE RESPECT SEXTET
perform the music of Sun Ra and Karlheinz Stockhausen
with Eli Asher, trumpet; James Hirschfeld, trombone; Josh Rutner, reeds; Red
Wierenga, keyboard + accordion; Malcolm Kirby, bass; and Ted Poor, drums
The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street

Friday, March 19, 8pm
CHRIS SPEED’S YEAH NO
Chris Speed, tenor saxophone + clarinet; Shane Endsley, trumpet; Ted
Reichman, accordion; Skuli Sverrisson, el. bass; and Jim Black, drums
International House Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut Street
$12 General Admission