“Points in a Circle: Site-Specific Works for the Hemispheres at Issue project Room”
A month-long program that features new, site-specific work presented on IPR’s 16-Channel Hemispherical Speaker System
Avant Turntablist Maria Chavez creates electro-acoustic sound pieces utilizing a collection of needles that range from immaculate to broken (“Pencils of Sound”) and a collection of records in various conditions (“The Palette”). “As an active member of the improvised music scene, she has earned a reputation as one of the most alluring electro-acoustic improvisers in the underground” (www.804noise.org).
Michael J. Schumacher is a composer/performer, curator and teacher. As Director of the sound and intermedia galleries Studio 5 Beekman and Diapason, he has produced exhibitions by David Behrman, Alvin Lucier, Stephen Vitiello, La Monte Young and other pioneer sound experimenters. He composes electronic sound installations using 2-25 speakers, computer-controlled random structures, taped and live music and acoustic works for piano, chamber ensemble, voice and orchestra, and has presented his sound installations at major art institutions in the United States and Europe. Hid discography includes five solo CDs, including a double CD set on the XI label “Room Pieces” (2002), and he appears as pianist on the new Stephen Vitiello/David Tronzo CD on New Albion.