| Fri Apr 2 | UCR IS IMPROVISING: International Festival of Improvised Music, Dance and Art Renée T. Coulombe, coordinator 7:00 p.m. Wade Matthews (alto flute, bass clarinet, electronic synthesis) and Valérie Métivier (dancer) 9:00 P.M. soNu Nina Sun Eidsheim (vocals) Gustavo Aguilar (percussion) Phil Curtis (composer/uncatagorizable music) Alan Lechusza (performer/composer) |
UC Riverside Performance Lab, ARTS 166 Admission: Free and open to the public (Limited seating - arrive early) Parking: $4.00 in Lot 2 (No fee with UC permit) |
| Sat Apr 3 | UCR IS IMPROVISING: International Festival of Improvised Music, Dance and Art 2:00 P.M. Alex Cline (percussion) Lisle Ellis (bass) Dana Reason (piano) Trio 5:00 P.M. Jane Rigler, flutist 8:00 P.M. Phil Gelb (shakuhachi) Shoko Hikage (koto) Tetsu Haitoh Trio (double bass) 10:00 P.M. Erroneous Funk Renee Coulombe (keyboards) Mark Graham (bass) Walter Gershon (percussion/sax) Brett Chassen (drums) |
UC Riverside Performance Lab, ARTS 166 Admission: Free and open to the public (Limited seating - arrive early) Parking: $4.00 in Lot 2 (No fee with UC permit) |
| Sun Apr 4 | UCR IS IMPROVISING: International Festival of Improvised Music, Dance and Art 2:00 P.M. Karl Berger ( pianist/vibraphonist/composer) and Ingrid Sertso (vocalist/poet) direct UCR Improvisers |
UC Riverside Performance Lab, ARTS 166 Admission: Free and open to the public (Limited seating - arrive early) Parking: $4.00 in Lot 2 (No fee with UC permit) |
| Sun Apr 4 | Physic3 :: sound art performance and installation featuring: Tom Heasely Liam Mooney Kadet Kuhne and Jen Boyd Jeremy Drake Leticia Castaneda David Kendall Albert Ortega Jeff Cain + Mike Robbins = Raven Chacon Wild Don Lewis Shane Hubert curated by Bob Bellerue |
Beyond Baroque 681 Lincoln Blvd Venice, CA 90291 310-822-3006 $10-7 sliding scale 8pm |
| Sun Apr 4 | GODOT'S EAR/EARS GODOT A NEW Surrealist Spoken Word and Music Evening "APRIL HUMMING" A Participatory Vocal Event by Bonnie Barnett Bonnie Barnett, Performance Leader with Hal Onserud, Double Bass & Dan Ostermann, Trombone Barnett's HUMs are participatory vocal events, in which all join their voices in a harmonious sound bath. Ms. Barnett has produced 66 HUMs since the project began in 1981. AUTO HUM in 1985 united radio listeners in their cars with studio participants, all humming along together. 1987 and 1988 brought 2 MacArthur Park HUMS to Los Angeles, in the pedestrian tunnels under Wilshire Blvd. In addition, there have been a number of multi-site events produced at the Electronic Cafe International in Santa Monica, using videophone technology, including SANTA MONICA/PARIS HUMMING (MURMURANT) (1992) and in 1999, as part of the World Festival of Sacred Music, The Americas Festival, MILLENNIUM HUM I. Most recently, Barnett produced a ROCK HUM, 2003, at the Eagle Rock Arts Center. You are invited to be a part of this tradition of participatory harmony -remember - anyone can hum... Please bring your vocal cords to the performance, your participation is essential and no vocal experience is necessary! Onserud and Ostermann will support the voices with instrumental drones. *************** Special Second Set *************** Elliot Levin, Winds and Words Elliott has performed with groups including Cecil Taylor's Ensemble, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Odeon Popes' Sax Choir, Scram!, New Ghost, Atzilut (Fourth World), and Talking Free Bebop. He has collaborated in performance with poets Miguel Algarin, Gloria Tropp, Mbali Umoja, Marty Watt, and Frank Messina & Spoken Motion among many others. Venues have included Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The United Nations, The U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Yale University, The Greek Theater, Watts Towers, Lollapalooza! and scores of galleries, clubs and theaters. Levin's poetry, "does it swing?", is published by Heat Press. Further bio info: ELLIOT LEVIN |
Celtic Arts Center 4843 Laurel Canyon Blvd (at Riverside Drive) Studio City, CA 91607 818.760.8322 Suggested Donation is $10 8pm |
| Sun Apr 4 | Philip Gelb Shoko Hikage Tetsu Saitoh and Alex Cline and a trio with Dan Clucas Tony Bollas and Kelly Wright. |
Open Gate Theater Concert Series Women's 29th Century Club 5105 Hermosa Avenue (corner of Colorado Boulevard and Hermosa) (less than a mile east of our usual venue the Center for the Arts) Eagle Rock, CA Admission is $10. Free parking is plentiful. Further information can be obtained by calling (626) 795-4989 PLEASE NOTE THE UNUSUAL CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THIS EVENT |
| Mon Apr 5 | Clay Chaplin - solo performing Digital Voice Obliterations: improvisations for laptop and Stupid Thing and Transient Error Jeremy Drake - electric guitar Noah Phillips - electric guitar G.E. Stinson - electric guitar |
line space line The Salvation Theater 1519 Griffith Park Blvd Silverlake, California $5.00 - $10.00 (sliding scale donation) |
| Wed Apr 7 | California EAR Unit Gone Global The EAR Unit goes international with a world premiere from Polish "audio artist" Marek Choloniewski, who creates new sound forms with elements of performance and computerized visual arts. The global theme continues with Gerhard Stabler's Spices, Berislav Sipus's raucous Tin Hattie, Nicola Sani's suave Oltre il deserto Spazio, and the ethereal Intermezzo by Gavin Bryars. |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art 5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036 323-857-6000 |
| Thu Apr 8 | Hair Police (Lexington, KY) Kites (Providence, RI) Prurient (Providence, RI) John Wiese Pedestrian Deposit |
The Smell (on Main between 2nd & 3rd) Downtown LA 8pm - $5 - All Ages |
| Thu Apr 8 | James Carney Group James Carney - Fender Rhodes Piano Dan Lutz - Contrabass Scott Amendola - Drums |
CryptoNight @ Club Tropical 8641 Washington Blvd Culver City 2 blks E. of the Helms Bakery club info: 310-559-1127 show info: 310-287-1918 $10 / $5 with student ID / all ages great Salvadoran food / full bar |
| Fri Apr 9 | Henry Grimes Quintet featuring Bennie Maupin Dan Clucas Jane Getz Alex Cline |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art 5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036 323-857-6000 5:30-8:30 |
| Sat Apr 10 | Henry Grimes Quintet featuring Bennie Maupin Dan Clucas Jane Getz Alex Cline + singer Dwight Trible |
World Stage 4344 Degnan Blvd. Los Angeles, CA (323) 293-2451 9:30 & 10:45 p.m. |
| Sun Apr 11 | GODOT'S EAR/EARS GODOT A NEW Surrealist Spoken Word and Music Evening "Wildwords Blown So Sweet" {Poetry, Theater, Music} Gregg Bell, Actor, Story Teller, Poet Judy Liggett, Poet Susan Rawcliffe, Original flutes and ocarinas Ron George, Tambellan Keyboard Gregory Bell has acted in or directed over 75 plays and toured North America twice. With time off to teach yoga, he penned a (award winning) solo play, Alms For Oblivion, and continues to write, act and direct. Judy Liggett often finds in nature inspiration for her poetry. Having a musical background, she enjoys multimedia expression by having her work set to music. Belonging to several Los Angeles writing and literary groups, she reads her poetry and makes artistic presentations. Susan Rawcliffe delivers original sounds that defy conventional notions of music-making and transport patient listeners into otherworldly realms rife with sonic epiphanies.... The clay instruments that the San Pedro-based sculptor-musician has been making for more than 25 years are multiphonic marvels and in hushed acoustic settings, they receive the rapt attention they deserve. Ron George is an international performing and recording artist and proud inventor of seven major new percussion instruments. His current performance instrument is the Tambellan. The complete Tambellan is a very large array of tubular keyboards, disc gongs, bass bars, tam tams, bell plates, bells of various sizes and shapes, bamboo keyboards, tunable tube drums, and an assortment of standard Western percussion instruments including the standard mallet percussion instruments. For this performance, Ron George is premiering a newly expanded and revised Tambellan Keyboard. ************** Special Second Set ************** (reader) DON SALPER Lately Escaped From CSUN. A Prof, Who Profers Poetry: SURREAL & DADA with improviser, HARRIS EISENSTADT Drummer Harris Eisenstadt is certainly no stranger to the LA new music scene. Having worked with luminaries from Sam Rivers to Leo Smith, as well as leading his own ensembles, Eisenstadt's bag is diverse and includes a wide range of world music, jazz, improvised, and new music vocabularies. In a first time collaboration with reader DON SALPER, this duo promises to be a voyage of challenging and engaging word rhythms |
Celtic Arts Center 4843 Laurel Canyon Blvd (at Riverside Drive) Studio City, CA 91607 818.760.8322 Suggested Donation is $10 8pm |
| Mon Apr 12 | Alicia Mangan - tenor saxophone Nathan Hubbard - drumset and Ellen Burr - flutes Jeanette Wrate - percussion |
line space line The Salvation Theater 1519 Griffith Park Blvd Silverlake, California $5.00 - $10.00 (sliding scale donation) |
| Mon Apr 12 | the hop-frog kollectiv & lighthouse promotions presents: SORROW (featuring Rose McDowall of Current 93, Strawberry Switchblade & Spell) The Master Musicians of hop-frog |
The Shakespeare Society of America's: The Globe Theater 1107 North Kings Road West Hollywood, California info: 562.494.6734 Doors/Drinks @ 8pm |
| Wed Apr 14 | USAISAMONSTER (North Carolina) Wives Wounded Head Blue Silk Sutures (members of Amps for Christ and Soddamn Inssein) Kraig Grady |
The Smell (on Main between 2nd & 3rd) Downtown LA 9pm - $5 - All Ages |
| Wed Apr 14 | 400 BLOWS NEW COLLAPSE YEAR FUTURE (GSL) This is a benefit show to support 400 Blows tour of Europe |
The Fold at the Silver Lake Lounge 2906 Sunset Blvd (at Parkman Ave.) Silver Lake, CA +21 $5 :::::OR DONATION:::: 323.666.2407 |
| Thu Apr 15 | Ben Rosenbloom's Lumina Ben Rosenbloom - piano Roberto Miranda - bass Bert Karl - drums with guests Henry Grimes and Jeff Gauthier |
CryptoNight @ Club Tropical 8641 Washington Blvd Culver City 2 blks E. of the Helms Bakery club info: 310-559-1127 show info: 310-287-1918 $10 / $5 with student ID / all ages great Salvadoran food / full bar |
| Fri Apr 16 | RADISH MEAT: The Experimental Music Showcase Composers from the USC Thornton School and the Los Angeles area present short experimental works. Includes pieces by: Ananda Jacobs Kraig Grady Bruce Friedman Steve Anderson and more Wide range of pieces including prerecorded pipe organ and bassoons, microtonal vibes, remixed spoken word, poetry, theremin and guitars. Metal sculptures and films also on display Free food and free admission |
Ground Zero Coffeehouse University of Southern California 615 W. 36th St. Los Angeles, CA 90007 7-10 p.m. |
| Fri Apr 16 | Henry Grimes Quintet featuring Bennie Maupin Dan Clucas Jane Getz Alex Cline |
Clancy's Jazz at the Crab Shack 219 North Central Ave. Glendale, CA (818) 242-2722 3 sets from 8 p.m. |
| Sat Apr 17 | Loud A Palooza 2004 "The Second Numbing" Babyland Amps For Christ Franz K Midnight Laserbeam |
51 Buckingham 301 W. 2nd St. Pomona, CA 909-629-0051 18+ / $5 / Doors at 8pm |
| Sat Apr 17 | PLEASURE GARDEN An evening of experimental visual, sound and performance works against the backdrop of the Los Angeles skyline, showcasing the talents of leading local and international video artists Music String Theory Testshot Starfish Dublab DJs Video Projections Matthew Biederman (San Francisco) Andrew Bucksbarg (Los Angeles) Ben Gutteridge (London) Chris Kirk (Los Angeles) Marianne Magne (Los Angeles) MASH (Sweden) Jay Meany / Martin Weisz (Los Angeles) Shane Mecklenburger (Los Angeles) Video Installations Patrick Halm (Los Angeles) Rosas/Dansby/Peters (Los Angeles) Other Installations Lara Banks (Los Angeles) | Installation Elaine Bradford (Glendale) | Mixed Media Albert Ortega (Valencia) | Soundscape Steve Roden (Pasadena) | Soundscape |
Barnsdall Art Park 4800 Hollywood Blvd. (at Vermont Ave.) Los Angeles, CA 90027 6-11pm Admission is FREE! |
| Sun Apr 18 | Composer Salon 15 with: Sharon Farber Leticia Castaneda Billy Childs Moderated by composer Alex SHAPIRO |
TUTTOMEDIA 312 5th Ave. Venice, CA (4 blks West of Lincoln just South of Rose) 2:00 - 5:30 pm |
| Sun Apr 18 | Subtitle Sixes Tarantism (SF) Members of Caroliner and will feature BRAN(...)POS Dim Diamond |
The Smell (on Main between 2nd & 3rd) Downtown LA 9pm - $5 - All Ages |
| Sun Apr 18 | CTRL + ALT + REPEAT presents: PENDERECKI STRING QUARTET with MEM1 (Cello/Laptop) and Polyrhythmic (live electronics) playing REICH, GLASS, and OSWALD |
Red Room at Zen Sushi 2609 Hyperion Ave. LA, CA 90027 |
| Mon Apr 19 | Bill Casale - contrabass Harris Eisenstadt - drum set & percussion others tba and Tony Malaby - saxophones Tom Rainey - drumset Angelica Sanchez - Fender Rhodes |
line space line The Salvation Theater 1519 Griffith Park Blvd Silverlake, California $5.00 - $10.00 (sliding scale donation) |
| Fri Apr 23 | TOM PETERS compositions for bass and computer new or recent works by five living composers: Eckart Beinke, Anne LeBaron, Cort Lippe Mary Lou Newmark and Kaija Saariaho Designed to exploit the harmonics of the Schindler House |
MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House 835 North Kings Road West Hollywood, CA 90069 323 651 1510 phone 323 651 2340 fax General admission is $15; $12 for students and Friends of the Schindler House |
| Sat Apr 24 | Benefit For Erica Rawlings Just reminding everyone about the benefit for Erica this coming Saturday April 24 at Furthermore Gallery in Chinatown. Erica recently had brain surgery with no health insurance so please don't miss this opportunity to give your support! There'll be fun games and prizes, Erica's art for sale, cookies and cakes, and the music of my band, my sisters' band the Haden Triplets, and a solo set by Abby Travis! And don't miss the giant brain pinata! Festivites start at 5pm with music starting at 6pm. For more information go to http://homepage.mac.com/jhaden/Personal12.html Thanks!! Josh Haden |
Furthermore Gallery 990 N. Hill St. #180 Downtown L.A. (in Chinatown) 5pm-10pm Music starts at 6pm |
| Sat Apr 24 | LIRA PRODUCTIONS presents Philip Gelb - shakuhachi with Dana Reason - piano Alex Cline - percussion Eri Majima - dance |
THE DOWNTOWN PLAYHOUSE 105 Vignes Street (Between 1st and 2nd Street 4 blocks EAST of Little Tokyo) Downtown Los Angeles, CA $10.00 General Admission (323)267-1830 for additional info 8:00 PM |
| Sun Apr 25 | Babyland Midnight Laserbeam Soft (from Japan) |
Spaceland 1717 Silver Lake Blvd. Silverlake, CA 323.661.4380 21+ / $8 / Doors at 9pm |
| Sun Apr 25 through Sat May 1 (everday at Noon) and Thur April 29 (at 10 pm) |
(keywords: experimental music / sound art / performance art) Sitting.Breathing.Beating.[Not]Thinking for solo performer by Adam Overton Location: All events will take place at Calarts in Valencia. The daily events will take place outside at the front entrance of the main building, just to the right of the front steps. The shorter Thursday evening performance will take place inside in the school's Main Gallery. Sound and performance artist Adam Overton will be presenting a week-long series of performances involving sitting meditation, sensors, computer software and experimental sound. Overton uses the activity his brain, heart and lungs while sitting quietly to manipulate digital sound in realtime, exposing the dynamic relationships between these continuously evolving biological systems. Each performance will focus on a different set of bodily relationships: Sun 4/25 - Sitting.Breathing Mon 4/26 - Sitting.Beating Tues 4/27 - Sitting.[Not]Thinking Wed 4/28 - Sitting.Breathing.Beating Thurs 4/29 - Sitting.Breathing.[Not]Thinking Thurs 4/29 - Sitting.Beating.[Not]Thinking - (10 pm in the Main Gallery of Calarts) Fri 4/30 - Sitting.Breathing.Beating.[Not]Thinking Sat 5/1 - Sitting (unaccompanied) |
Calarts |
| Mon Apr 26 | The Flying Pumpkin Bryan Eubanks - alto & soprano saxophones Matt Crane - drumset and Egg sonic sculpture, paint others tba |
line space line The Salvation Theater 1519 Griffith Park Blvd Silverlake, California $5.00 - $10.00 (sliding scale donation) |
| Wed Apr 28 | Xtet Xtet brings a program that includes music by two important composers that the music world lost in 2003: O King by Luciano Berio and Double Concerto for Violin Violoncello, and Gamelan by Lou Harrison. Guest artists include the Harvey Mudd American Gamelan. The program also includes Morton Feldman's The Viola in My Life II and Stephen Hartke's The Horse with the Lavender Eye |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art 5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036 323-857-6000 |
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