Events 2009

The Susie Ibarra Quartet performs original music inspired by Filipino indigenous folklore.

Mivos String Quartet and the CNS Symphony Orchestra play works by Tony Conrad, Huang Ruo and Luke Dubois + Dave Soldier and Brad Garton

Lesley Falnigan performs with her Speaker Synth: a sculptural instrument she built to make music as she samples sounds from her voice and feedback to create a pallet of melodies and rhythms. Also featuring a performance by composer and performance artist, Connie Beckley.

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the experimental literature publisher, Exact Change.

Phill Niblock is a New York-based minimalist composer and multi-media musician and director of Experimental Intermedia, a foundation born in the flames of 1968’s barricade-hopping. He has been a maverick presence on the fringes of the avant garde ever since.

Climax Golden Twins is a Seattle, WA based experimental collage outfit originally consisting of Rob Millis and Jeffery Taylor, then picking up Scott Colburn in 1996. Tonight's program will feature screenings of "My Friend Rain", "Phi Ta Khon: Ghosts of Isan," as well as an excerpt from a work in progress.

Cellist, Francesco Dillon, and pianist, Emanuele Torquati, share a new work Simple Space.

Performance by Brooklyn-based ambient chamber band, Bing and Ruth joined by a performance from electronic music composer Elodie Lauten.

An afternoon with legendary singer and composer Joan La Barbara as she demonstrates her signature extended vocal techniques and approach to singing, including the vocal warm-ups, stretches, tone production, resonance focusing, reinforced harmonics or overtone singing, and other techniques.

An evening of contemporary music for multiple electric guitars. Conceived and curated by composer Dan Joseph, the program explores the growing repertoire of multiple electric guitar compositions with works by a diverse group of composers spanning three generations.

This evening's program includes a pre-concert talk regarding music and dance, the work of John Cage, David Tudor and the current musical practice of MCDC. Followed by a concert featuring music for a MinEvent, Blues99, composed by John King for two performers.

A performance by the Søren Kjærgaard and Andrew Cyrille duo. Plus performance by Kjærgaard with collaborators including Kate Hideko, Zach Layton and Bruce Tovsky.