Saturday, May 24, 2008

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Live @ WINDOW today


(original poster here)






Today (3pm, 2/28) i will be doing the last performance at WINDOW. You can watch live webcam shots at the Window website, with the sound to follow at a later date.... In the meantime, feel free to indulge in your voyeuristic tendencies.


3pm, 2/28: New Zealand Time
6pm, 2/27: Los Angeles
9pm, 2/27: NYC
3am, 2/28: Berlin





From "Window":

"Experimental violinist and composer Johnny Chang will be performing a short selection of pieces from his London and Los Angeles compositions in conjunction with a field recording work via radios by Sonya Lacey

The event kicks off a three-day stint for Johnny at Window, as he'll be conducting less formal performances from 3 - 5pm on Wednesday and Thursday, activating the space with a range of sounds, from delicate amplified paper and dried vegetation to pure tones and field recordings."


Window, is curated by a trio of current (and former) art students from Elam School of Fine Art in Auckland. It is an alcove located in the foyer of the Auckland University Main Library. Their group blog, Window Scene focuses on happenings in electronic art, new media, and digital culture in New Zealand.

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Monday, February 11, 2008

MICROSCORE PROJECT @ Wine Cellar



1 violinist - 32 composers


australia, canada, croatia, finland, england, italy, new zealand, u.s.a.


[new 30-second music & microscores]


february 20, 7pm
wine cellar
(st kevin's arcade, k'rd)

auckland, new zealand

exit (or entry by koha



pre-show listening : live show from the cellar, vancouver
(march 2006, music on main series)

part 1
part 2

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Sunday, January 20, 2008

Billy Bragg out doing his thing at the Big Day Out in Auckland two days ago. I was happy to hear this song from Mermaid Avenue...

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

STRING UTOPIA ?
(same old string music ?)





December 16, 2007
7pm

Cross Street Studios
Upstairs, 27 Cross Street,
Newton, Auckland 1010
NEW ZEALAND



















Photo by Brian Latta


On December 16th, I will be presenting music by Pauline Oliveros, James Tenney, Peter Ablinger as well as premiering a microscore of Auckland composer Samuel Holloway. Violinist Yid-ee Goh will also be in for some violin duets by Swiss composer Jürg Frey and Serge Prokofiev.

Entry by Koha

Pauline Oliveros: String Utopia
(versions: 2violins, violin & electric guitar/ 2 laptops / violin & laptop)

Jürg Frey: "Untitled"
(for 2 violins)

Hans W. Koch: Cut-Off Frenquencies
(violin and electronics)

Serge Prokofiev: Sonata for Two violins

Peter Ablinger: Violin and Noise (Veronika)
(for violin and cd-playback)

Samuel Holloway: Dualities 1

James Tenney: Koan

...and a set of violin & two laptop improv with and Jim Gardner (175 East) and Charlotte Rose (The Committee)

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Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Gestural Control: An Interactive Installation


Saturday 13 October @ 7.30pm-10.30pm

Studio 1, Kenneth Myers Centre,
Shortland St
Auckland
New Zealand




Postgraduate Students of Sound715 Creative Sound Design and Installation at the University of Auckland present a series of creative works and installations that make use of interactive technologies such as gestural controllers, sensors, video tracking devices, and modular computer programmes. The works seek to challenge the boundaries of musical performance through the assimilation of naturally occurring events, generated events, audience participation and intuitive interaction as strategies of real-time control in live digital performance.

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Tuesday, May 01, 2007

"The Sleep of Reason..."; 175 East in Concert



Musical Director, 175 East, James Gardner writes:

A concert featuring newly commissioned works by (New Zealand Composers) Phil Dadson and Ross Harris.

175 East are fortunate to be joined for this concert by two extraordinary guest musicians: Richard Haynes (clarinets and soprano sax) and Mark Knoop (piano) in a very varied programme that also includes the world premiere of Aaron Cassidy's solo soprano sax lung-twister 'asphyxia' as well as fine works by Lyell Cresswell, Morton Feldman, Michael Finnissy, James Gardner and Wolfgang Rihm.

Neither this nor our Auckland concert will be recorded by Radio New Zealand Concert so you need to be there on the night if you want to hear this music.

Make a difference and turn up this Friday to help keep music alive and kicking in New Zealand!



TWO CONCERTS

Friday May 4
7.30pm

St Andrew's on The Terrace

Wellington, New Zealand



Saturday May 5
7.30pm

Hopetoun Alpha

Auckland, New Zealand






Both events: Door Sales only $20 ($10 concs)



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