Parker is hot. And I like the Mayfield cd (despite Amiri Baraka getting on my
nerves)- but it gets old quick. My favorite Parker? Scrapbook- with Billy Bang
and Hamid Drake.


   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Henry Mayer
   To: chi-improv@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 11:34 PM
   Subject: Re: [chi-improv] Experimental Jewish Music- September 5 at 11 PM -
FINALLY!


     Unfortunately I'm going to be gone this weekend - going to miss Jazz fest
too.  I also wanted to catch William Parker doing Curtis Mayfield, but
unfortuntely I'm going to have to miss that one too.

   --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel@...> wrote:

   From: Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel@...>
   Subject: Re: [chi-improv] Experimental Jewish Music- September 5 at 11 PM -
FINALLY!
   To: chi-improv@yahoogroups.com
   Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 5:22 PM



   and I should have also said $10 donation- it's a benefit for the synagogue-
maybe see some of you there?????

   ----- Original Message -----

   From: Eliezer Kaplan

   To: chi-improv@yahoogro ups.com

   Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 5:17 PM

   Subject: [chi-improv] Experimental Jewish Music- September 5 at 11 PM -
FINALLY!

   Suddenly I have a couple things happening worthy of mention on this list.

   The first of these is happening a week from Saturday night- Sept 5 (as if
there was nothing else going on in town on that night!)- yes I know most of you
will be going to all the fests, after-fests, and after-after- fests HOWEVER if
you just so happen to be on the remote north side- at 2706 W Touhy (at a very,
very friendly synagogue) around 11 PM you can get to see Chicago's newest
experimental Jewish music band- the one and only Mi Yodea. If anyone has heard
me bitchin' on and off this mailing list the last 12 years or so- you know this
project has been a long time coming. And gig #1 went so well I feel confident
enough to announce gig #2 on this list.

   So what do we do? Gosh- it's genre-free Jewish music. Influenced by Yoshimi,
Braxton, and Black Sabbath (that would be our drummer ;-) as well as examining
the whole kit-and-kaboodle spectrum of Jewish music. Also- a band which contains
a drumming group- because the bandleader loves Sun Ra and The Art Ensemble of
Chicago.

   Who are we?

   Matt Kanter- Drum Kit

   Phil Isaacson- Digi-Horn

   Ann Gross- Percussion

   Sue Kaplan- Percussion

   Eliezer Kaplan- Keys & Writing

   This list has ben a wonderful resource for me down the years. Many of you have
become inspirations, foils, internet buddies and just plain buddies. This
project (as well as the other project which we will post to this list in a week
or two) would not have happenined without you folks!

   http://www.zelwel. com/MiYodea. htm

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OOPS- All Respect to Mr Baraka but this was NOT supposed to be public!
And my remarks only applied to this CD.



   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Eliezer Kaplan
   To: chi-improv@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 8:08 AM
   Subject: Re: [chi-improv] Experimental Jewish Music- September 5 at 11 PM -
FINALLY!


     Parker is hot. And I like the Mayfield cd (despite Amiri Baraka getting on
my nerves)- but it gets old quick. My favorite Parker? Scrapbook- with Billy
Bang and Hamid Drake.

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Henry Mayer
   To: chi-improv@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 11:34 PM
   Subject: Re: [chi-improv] Experimental Jewish Music- September 5 at 11 PM -
FINALLY!

   Unfortunately I'm going to be gone this weekend - going to miss Jazz fest too.
I also wanted to catch William Parker doing Curtis Mayfield, but unfortuntely
I'm going to have to miss that one too.

   --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel@...> wrote:

   From: Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel@...>
   Subject: Re: [chi-improv] Experimental Jewish Music- September 5 at 11 PM -
FINALLY!
   To: chi-improv@yahoogroups.com
   Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 5:22 PM

   and I should have also said $10 donation- it's a benefit for the synagogue-
maybe see some of you there?????

   ----- Original Message -----

   From: Eliezer Kaplan

   To: chi-improv@yahoogro ups.com

   Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 5:17 PM

   Subject: [chi-improv] Experimental Jewish Music- September 5 at 11 PM -
FINALLY!

   Suddenly I have a couple things happening worthy of mention on this list.

   The first of these is happening a week from Saturday night- Sept 5 (as if
there was nothing else going on in town on that night!)- yes I know most of you
will be going to all the fests, after-fests, and after-after- fests HOWEVER if
you just so happen to be on the remote north side- at 2706 W Touhy (at a very,
very friendly synagogue) around 11 PM you can get to see Chicago's newest
experimental Jewish music band- the one and only Mi Yodea. If anyone has heard
me bitchin' on and off this mailing list the last 12 years or so- you know this
project has been a long time coming. And gig #1 went so well I feel confident
enough to announce gig #2 on this list.

   So what do we do? Gosh- it's genre-free Jewish music. Influenced by Yoshimi,
Braxton, and Black Sabbath (that would be our drummer ;-) as well as examining
the whole kit-and-kaboodle spectrum of Jewish music. Also- a band which contains
a drumming group- because the bandleader loves Sun Ra and The Art Ensemble of
Chicago.

   Who are we?

   Matt Kanter- Drum Kit

   Phil Isaacson- Digi-Horn

   Ann Gross- Percussion

   Sue Kaplan- Percussion

   Eliezer Kaplan- Keys & Writing

   This list has ben a wonderful resource for me down the years. Many of you have
become inspirations, foils, internet buddies and just plain buddies. This
project (as well as the other project which we will post to this list in a week
or two) would not have happenined without you folks!

   http://www.zelwel. com/MiYodea. htm

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Hey everybody!

I have created a new photo gallery documenting my travels across Europe. Check
it out!  You can find the gallery at:
http://timdaisy.wordpress.com/photo-gallery/

Hope your all well!

Tim
www.timdaisy.wordpress.com

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Umbrella Music Presents:

The IMMEDIATE SOUND series @ The Hideout
Every Wednesday Night.

Please come out this Wednesday, September 2nd to hear the Chicago debut of a
fantastic trio from Vancouver, Canada:
Set I - Gordon Grdina Trio
         Gordon Grdina - guitar & oud
         Tommy Babin - bass
         Kenton Loewen - drums
 
Set II - Gordon Grdina Trio with Jeb Bishop
          Gordon Grdina - guitar & oud
          Tommy Babin - bass
          Kenton Loewen - drums
          and special guest:
          Jeb Bishop - trombone
 
*DJ Sets: Joshua Abrams spins Music For Feh Thu Les Byp Eds, Part I
 
$7 cover charge 
DJ starts at 9pm, live music begins promptly at 10pm.
 



The Hideout
1354 W. Wabansia Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
773.227.4433
www.hideoutchicago.com
 
 
To read Peter Margasak's Critic's Choice of The Gordon Grdina Trio in this
week's Chicago Reader, click here:
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/Event?oid=1183332
 
For more information about Gordon Grdina please visit his website and/or myspace
page to hear audio samples:
http://www.gordongrdina.com/
http://www.myspace.com/gordongrdinasboxcutter
 
 


***OTHER UPCOMING IMMEDIATE SOUND SERIES SHOWS***   


 

*Wednesday, September 9 -
Set I - Baker/Labycz Duo
          Jim Baker - keyboards
          Brian Labycz - electronics
 
Set II - Shelton/Jackson/Hatwich/Riordan
           Aram Shelton - alto saxophone & clarinet
           Keefe Jackson - tenor saxophone & contrabass clarinet
           Anton Hatwich - bass
           Marc Riordan - drums
 
*DJ Sets: Andrea Jablonski spins Sad Songs For Suckers
 
 
*Wednesday, September 16 -
Set I - Mikrokolektyw (Micro Collective)
          Artur Majewski - trumpet & electronics
          Wojciech Romanowski - drums
 
Set II - Mitchell/Majewski/McBride/Romanowski
          Nicole Mitchell - flutes
          Artur Majewski - trumpet & electronics
          Nate McBride - bass
          Wojciech Romanowski - drums
 
*DJ Sets: Jeb Bishop spins spins Three Sides of the Blues: James Blood Ulmer,
Son Seals, John Dowland

 
 
*Wednesday, September 23 -
KLANG
***Record Release Concert for "Tea Music" (Allos Documents)***
James Falzone - clarinet
Jason Adasiewicz - vibes
Jason Roebke - bass
Tim Daisy - drums

*DJ Sets: Fred Lonberg-Holm spins Teufelfarbenmelodien
 
 
*Wednesday, September 30 -
Set I - Frank Rosaly's Milkwork
***Record Release Concert For Self-Titled Debut on Contraphonic/Molk***
Frank Rosaly - solo drums
 
Set II - Oxbow
           Frank Rosaly - drums
           James Falzone - Bb clarinet
           Jason Stein - bass clarinet
           Keefe Jackson - tenor sax & contrabass clarinet
           Jason Adasiewicz - vibraphone
           Jason Roebke - bass

*DJ Sets: Joshua Abrams spins Music For Feh Thu Les Byp Eds, Part II
 
 
*Wednesday, October 7 -
Gjerstad/Lonberg-Holm/Zerang
Frode Gjerstad - reeds
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Michael Zerang - drums
 
 
Hope to see you there!
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UMBRELLA MUSIC is a group of Chicago-based
musicians and presenters working together
to provide concert opportunities for creative
and improvising musicians. Their goal is to
pool resources in order to reach a larger
audience for the music, and to provide better
performance situations for artists. Umbrella
members curate weekly concert series' at Elastic,
the Hideout, and the Hungry Brain, and work together
to produce an annual festival in the fall that features local,
domestic, and international musicians. They include Josh Berman,
Mitch Cocanig, Mike Reed, Dave Rempis, Ken Vandermark,
special adviser Mike Orlove, and web developer
Tushar Samant. Their website, complete with venue and
concert information, is www.umbrellamusic.org




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Hello everybody,
*
Thursday, September 3rd.*

You are cordially invited to an evening with:
*
Parallel Process*
(saxophones, percussions, basses, harmoniums, computers)

&
*
The David Boykin Expanse
*(saxophones, drums, basses, flutes, pianos)
*
10 pm*
*
Heaven Gallery*
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave.
2nd Floor

as part of the 2009 Hereafter festival!

Yes!

See you there,
Joel Wanek


--- www.joelwanek.com ---

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
 
Schedule set for FOURTH annual Umbrella Music Festival, November 5th-8th
Event celebrates jazz and improvised music from Chicago and beyond
 
Umbrella Music is pleased to announce the final schedule for the fourth-annual
Umbrella Music Festival, November 5th-8th. The event celebrates jazz and
improvised music from Chicago and beyond.
 
Called by the Chicago Reader "perhaps the most important jazz festival in
Chicago," the Umbrella Music Festival features cutting-edge jazz and improvised
music from around the world, with a particular focus on artists from the
diverse, cooperative and thriving local scene.
 
The festival opens Thursday, November 5th with a special evening dubbed
"European Jazz Meets Chicago," co-presented by Umbrella Music, the City of
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, and several European consulates and
cultural organizations.  These concerts will feature some of the best
improvising musicians on the European scene, some of them with their regular
working groups, and some of them in first-time collaborations with their Chicago
counterparts. 
 
The concerts continue over the weekend at the regular Umbrella Music venues, and
this year will feature three elder statesman of the improvised music world:
legendary trumpeter Bobby Bradford, renowned multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee,
and the Chicago debut of Japanese alto-saxophone legend Akira Sakata.
 
The complete schedule, as well as all festival-related news and updates are
available at www.umbrellamusic.org.
 
UMBRELLA MUSIC is a group of Chicago musicians and presenters working to provide
performance opportunities for creative and improvising musicians. Umbrella
members book weekly concert series on Wednesdays at The Hideout, Thursdays at
Elastic, and Sundays at The Hungry Brain.  More information on the group and on
the events they coordinate is available at WWW.UMBRELLAMUSIC.ORG.
 
 
UMBRELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009 SCHEDULE AND LINEUPS
 
 
THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER 5TH @ THE
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER
78 E. Washington St. / FREE!! / www.chicagoculturalcenter.org / 312-744-6630
 
"EUROPEAN JAZZ MEETS CHICAGO"
 
Produced in partnership with The Austrian Consulate General, The Goethe Institut
Chicago, The Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania in Chicago, The
Consulate General of The Netherlands, The Consulate General of Sweden, The
Consulate General of Switzerland, and The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
 
 
6:00 PM  :  Liudas Mockunas Quartet
LITHUaNIA
 
Liudas Mockunas – saxophones
Jim Baker – piano/synthesizer
Brian Sandstrom – bass
Steve Hunt - drums
 
Claudia Cassidy Theater
 
 
6:45 PM  : Martin Brandlmayr Solo
AUSTRIA
 
Martin Brandlmayr – solo percussion and electronics
 
Preston-Bradley Hall
 
 
7:30 PM: David StackenAs TRIO
SWEDEN
 
Jason Stein – bass clarinet
David Stackenas – guitar
Josh Abrams - bass
 
Claudia Cassidy Theater
 
 
8:15 PM : Kaufmann/Gratkowski/De Joode
GERMANY
 
Frank Gratkowski – reeds
Achim Kaufmann – piano
Wilbert De Joode - bass
 
Preston-Bradley Hall
 
 
9 PM : Hans Koch Quartet
SWITZERLAND
 
Hans Koch – reeds
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Brian Labycz – electronics
Marc Riordan - drums
 
Claudia Cassidy Theater
 
 
10 PM : Guus Janssen Trio
THE NETHERLANDS
 
Guus Janssen – piano
Dieter Manderscheid – bass
Wim Janssen – drums
 
Preston-Bradley Hall
 
 
 
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH @ ELASTIC
2830 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd Floor / $15 requested donation
www.elasticarts.org / 773-772-3616
 
 
9 PM : NEW HORIZONS QUARTET
 
Ernest Khabeer Dawkins – saxophones and percussion
Steve Berry – trombone
Junius Paul – bass
Isaiah Spencer - drums
 
10 PM : MATTHEW SHIPP SOLO
 
Matthew Shipp - piano
 
11 PM :  THE BOBBY BRADFORD QUARTET
 
Bobby Bradford – trumpet
Dave Rempis – saxophones
Junius Paul – bass
Frank Rosaly - drums
 
 
 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH @ THE HIDEOUT
1354 W. Wabansia / $15 cover
www.hideoutchicago.com / 773-227-4433
 
9 PM : VOX ARCANA
 
James Falzone – clarinet
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Tim Daisy - drums & marimba
 
10 PM : People, Places & Things w/Bobby Bradford
 
Bobby Bradford – trumpet
Greg Ward – alto saxophone
Tim Haldeman – tenor saxophone
Jason Roebke – bass
Mike Reed - drums
 
11 PM : SAKATA/PARKER/MCBRIDE/HERNDON
 
Akira Sakata – alto saxophone
Jeff Parker – guitar
Nate McBride – bass
John Herndon - drums
 
 
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH @ THE HUNGRY BRAIN
2319 W. Belmont / $15 suggested donation
www.emergingimprovisers.org / 773-935-2118
 
 
9 PM : HEAD WITH WINGS
 
Elliot Bergman – reeds
Charles Gorczynski – reeds
Jake Vinsel – bass
Quin Kirchner – drums
 
10 PM : AKIRA SAKATA & CHIKAMORACHI
 
Akira Sakata – alto saxophone
Darin Gray – bass
Chris Corsano - drums
 
11 PM : TOPOLOGY "The compositions of Joe McPhee, arranged
by Ken Vandermark for nonet, featuring special guest Joe McPhee"
 
Joe McPhee – pocket trumpet, flugelhorn
Josh Berman – cornet
Jeb Bishop – trombone
Ken Vandermark - reeds
Dave Rempis - saxophones
Jason Adasiewicz – vibes
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Kent Kessler – bass
Tim Daisy - drums
 
 
FIND MORE INFORMATION AND UPDATES ONLINE AT :
 
WWW.UMBRELLAMUSIC.ORG
 
The fourth annual Umbrella Music Festival is presented in conjunction with THE
EMERGING IMPROVISERS ORGANIZATION and THE ELASTIC ARTS FOUNDATION.




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Hereafterfest 2009
Sept 3-5, 10pm-1am
Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee

Thurs Sept 3

Parallel Process: Ben Boye – piano, harmonium, keyboard; Joel
Wanek – bass; Jayve Montgomery – saxophone, and
miscellaneous percussion, flute, trumpet, kitchen sink

David Boykin Expanse – David Boykin- sax, vocals; Nicole Mitchell
– flute; Jim Baker – piano; Josh Abrams – bass; Marcus
Evans drums


Friday Sept 4

Alex Wing Group – Alex Wing on bass, guitar and compositions
accompanied by Jerome Bryerton on drums, David Young on trumpet, and
David Boykin on saxophone, Paul Steinbeck on bass

Truth Or Dare – Nicole Mitchell on flute, Renee Baker on violin,
Sherazette Tinnin on drums


Saturday Sept 5

Boykin Seigfried and Reed – David Boykin – sax; Karl
Seigfried – bass; Mike Reed - drum

Micro/Macrocosmic Sound Orchestra - Ben Boye, piano; Alex Wing,
guitar/bass; Jayve Montgomery, saxophone, flute, slynthum, kitchen sink;
Joel Wanek, bass; Dan Godston, trumpet; David Boykin, drum set


Special Guests - Dancer and Choreographer Asimina Chremos on thur sept
3rd and Dancer - Adesuwa Obazee date tba


--- www.joelwanek.com ---

uh oh this won't be no black hole implosion of earlobes and sound. . .possibly a
benefit for Iraq Veterans Against the War

La Armada
Disrobe
Al-Thawra
Suckling Pigs

http://www.myspace.com/larmada
http://www.myspace.com/disrobe
http://www.myspace.com/althawra
http://www.myspace.com/sucklingpigsboink

Friday, 9/11, 9pm
at
Rancho Huevos
2966 South Archer
Chicago

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Friday, September 4th

Chicago Cultural Center - Claudia Cassidy Theater

3 PM - Muhal Richard Abrams solo concert

FREE


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Next Show is free and you don't even have to look up from your
computer terminal
- - -
Saturday, Sept 5, 2009, 6-7 PM
WNUR 89.3 - Northwestern University Radio
Airplay -- WNUR's weekly live concert series
webcast at: http://www.wnur.org - click the "Listen Online" webstream

For more information about Tiny Hairs or free music go to

http://www.tinyhairs.com

http://www.myspace.com/tinyhairs

for the information on WNUR's airplay go to.

http://airplay.wnur.org/

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Hi,

You are invited to attend the first concert in the Experimental Piano
Series' second season, which features performances by Thollem McDonas and
Frank Abbinanti.

Thanks,

Dan


Friday, September 11 (7:00 p.m.)
PianoForte
Fine Arts Building
410 South Michigan Ave., Suite 825

1st set: Frank Abbinanti performing his composition "Bright Mississippi"
(inspired by Thelonious Monk) and "Pieces of Night" (by George Flynn)

2nd set: Thollem McDonas - performing a set of comprovisitions

ADMISSION: $15, $10 for students

ABOUT THE EXPERIMENTAL PIANO SERIES:
       The Experimental Piano Series (EPS) showcases performances by
innovators in today's world of experimental piano. These performances
include approaches that are influenced and informed by jazz, "new music,"
classical music, world music, and other genres. Some of the performances
during EPS will involve solo pieces, and others will involve duos and trios.
Some of the pieces will be improvised, whereas others will be performances
of compositions that are notated.
       EPS is organized by the Chicago Composers Forum and the Borderbend
Arts Collective. Jim Baker, Ben Boye, Justin Dillard, Irina Feoktistova,
Paul Giallorenzo, Jon Hey, Matthew McCright, Adam Tendler, and Ann Ward
performed during EPS' first season.
       The rest of EPS' second season includes: Phyllis Chen and the Steve
Cohn Trio (December 11, 2009); Adam Marks and CUBE Ensemble (February 12,
2010); and Sebastian Huydts and TUNTUI (Friday, April 9, 2010).
       A reception will follow the concert.

ARTISTS' BIOS:
      Composer Frank Abbinanti, born in 1949, has received commissions and
honorariums for his musical works and as pianist. His music ha been played
in Europe as well as throughout the United States. He studied composition
with Richard Teitelbaum and Frederic Rzewski, 1970-1973 also Ralph Shapey,
1975-76 and later Ben Johnston, 1985.
      In 1989 he toured 12 cities in Germany with the Chicago Chamber
Orchestra where they played his Four Songs for woman vocalist and orchestra.
He also wrote a cantata, for four vocal soloists and large orchestra,
entitled, like a force of light that was performed by the Grant Park
Symphony Orchestra in Chicago. His music usually identifies with political
imagery, and has written numerous works as his maquiladoras sonata, and his
27 American Labour Studies for Piano, and a separate realization for large
orchestra. His chamber works include a series under titles pravda, and power
clown, and numerous solo works as: Gentle Beast After Irak for Contrabass.
Quite recently he has written an African Album Kinderscenen for Prepared
Piano and is now editing his 21 Hour passacaglia DEEP SOUTH for piano solo.
He has worked with performing artists since 1988 as Sandra Binion, Anna
Homler, (2001), Carol Genetti, (2006) Anna Weissenfels in Dusseldorf.
      From 1998-2003 he was music lecturer at The University of Chicago,
Graham School and prior since 1992 The Newberry Library, as well as The
Merit School of Music. He now teaches piano, jazz, and composition at The
People's School of Music.
      Relative to the new music scene in Chicago he has been active since
1983 as organizer, lecturer, and pianist as well as since 1999 in Los
Angeles where he played Sorabji's evocative Gulistan. He also has worked at
presenting Lecture/Concert events in connection with The Goethe Institute,
The Italian Cultural Institute, Echo Orchestra and Performing Arts Inc. and
the Art Institute of Chicago.
      In October 2004 he gave the Canadian premier of George Flynn's WOUND,
and has presented piano solo concerts, in London, Paris, Liege, Gent,
Nantes, Edmonton, 2004 and Berlin, May 2005 as well as within the USA in
Albuquerque, 2002, Lexington Kentucky, 2003, Los Angeles, Berlin in 2005,and
Dusseldorf, Berlin & Amsterdam in 2007.
      He has written essays for Contemporary Music Review, on Helmut
Lachenmann, Earle Brown and Ralph Shapey where he co-edited an entire
journal. He also has a collection of dialogues and writings in his book
dialogues composing music, a work of self-selected interviews, many can be
found on a blog at myspace.com/herma57. Frog Peak Music, Lebanon, New
Hampshire, has published some of his music.

      Thollem Mcdonas, pianist/comproviser, was born and raised in the San
Francisco Bay Area of Irish and Cherokee descent. Not long after birth he
began studying the keyboard repertoire from the medieval to the 20th
century. After graduating with degrees in both piano performance and
composition he dedicated his time for years in grassroots political
movements and ecological restoration projects before coming back to music
with his full focus. He is currently touring perpetually, mostly as a
soloist but also in collaboration with many other individuals and groups.
      Thollem's extensive travels as a performer and teacher have covered
much of the North American continent and Europe (he often leads listening
and group improvisation workshops as well as master-classes). He is a
founding member of several innovative ensembles all of varying and disparate
musics. In the past 5 years alone he has added 18 albums to his discography
on 6 different vanguard labels in 3 different countries. His music is
diverse, with each album and every concert exploring a variety of approaches
and paths, resulting in dramatically different outcomes.
      Thollem is a recent recipient of a Meet The Composer grant. He was
commissioned by The Limon Dance Company for a large-scale piece in
commemoration of their 50th year anniversary. This previous September he was
invited to perform the late works of Claude Debussy on the piano on which
they were written, as well as his own comprovisations with Stefano
Scodanibbio. This will be the first album (OnDebussy'sPianoAnd...) ever
recorded on Debussy's piano. He is now building a 10 piece ensemble composed
half of musicians from the states and half musicians from Mexico.
      Thollem has performed in theaters, art galleries, universities,
elementary schools, concert halls, jazz clubs, rock clubs, festivals,
warehouses, house concerts, streets, forests, riots and on television and
radio. He has performed piano concertos with symphonies, played in West
African drumming troupes, Javanese gamelan ensembles, an afro-punk band,
with hundreds of free improv groups, and as an accompanist and a composer
for opera and modern dance. His music appeals to a wide variety of audiences
because of these rich and wildly disparate experiences. Currently Thollem
Primarily plays his own comprovisations he calls Eccentriclect Music, for
people and everyone else.
http://www.thollem.com/

PianoForte
Fine Arts Building
410 South Michigan Ave., Suite 825
Chicago IL 60605
(312) 291-0000
http://www.pianofortechicago.com/

mars is out for the next seven weeks or so, so we are investigating the
possibilities of a trio...as per usual, 8:40 pm or thereabouts, 
 
brian sandstrom - bass & guitar
steve hunt - percussion
jim baker - electric keyboards
 
no cover
hotti biscotti is located at 3545 w fullerton (corner of drake), in chicago
 




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Friends:

I've been blessed in recent weeks to receive and purchase many new albums of
new music from creative Chicagoans. I plan to spin as many as possible this
Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m. on WHPK 88.5 FM, whpk.org. New cds from Corey Wilkes
and Abstract Pulse, Dee Alexander, Klang, Lucky 7s, Jeff Parker, Ben
Patterson, Fred Anderson Trio with Tim Daisy and Harrison Bankhead, and
more! Also, I am expecting a special guest deejay to assist me. See you
there!

Andy Pierce

P.S. If you have new music and haven't sent me a copy yet, then please send
it along. An ugly, home-brew review copy is fine. It doesn't have to be the
pretty, for-sale kind.

:)


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Where:      The Stone -- Ave C and 2nd Street, New York, New York

When:       September 17, 2009

Time:       10PM doors open 9:30PM

Artists:    Bill Payne (clarinet) - Connie Crothers (piano)

Admission:  $10.00

              We will be playing music based on our CD "Conversations"

              For more info:  http://www.billpayne.wordpress.com

Umbrella Music Presents:

The IMMEDIATE SOUND series @ The Hideout
Every Wednesday Night.

Please come out this Wednesday, September 9th for a pair of series debuts that
feature a host of great local improvisers and one ex-Chicagoan making a rare
return appearance:

Set I - Baker/Labycz Duo
          Jim Baker - keyboards
          Brian Labycz - electronics
 
Set II - Shelton/Jackson/Hatwich/Riordan
           Aram Shelton - alto saxophone & clarinet
           Keefe Jackson - tenor saxophone & contrabass clarinet
           Anton Hatwich - bass
           Marc Riordan - drums
 
*DJ Sets: Andrea Jablonski spins Sad Songs For Suckers
 
$6 cover charge 
DJ starts at 9pm, live music begins promptly at 10pm.
 



The Hideout
1354 W. Wabansia Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
773.227.4433
www.hideoutchicago.com
 
 

 


***OTHER UPCOMING IMMEDIATE SOUND SERIES SHOWS***   


 

*Wednesday, September 16 -
Set I - Mikrokolektyw (Micro Collective)
          Artur Majewski - trumpet & electronics
          Wojciech Romanowski - drums
 
Set II - Mitchell/Majewski/McBride/Romanowski
          Nicole Mitchell - flutes
          Artur Majewski - trumpet & electronics
          Nate McBride - bass
          Wojciech Romanowski - drums
 
*DJ Sets: Jeb Bishop spins spins Three Sides of the Blues: James Blood Ulmer,
Son Seals, John Dowland

 
 
*Wednesday, September 23 -
KLANG
***Record Release Concert for "Tea Music" (Allos Documents)***
James Falzone - clarinet
Jason Adasiewicz - vibes
Jason Roebke - bass
Tim Daisy - drums

*DJ Sets: Fred Lonberg-Holm spins Teufelfarbenmelodien
 
 
*Wednesday, September 30 -
Set I - Frank Rosaly's Milkwork
***Record Release Concert For Self-Titled Debut on Contraphonic/Molk***
Frank Rosaly - solo drums
 
Set II - Oxbow
           Frank Rosaly - drums
           James Falzone - Bb clarinet
           Jason Stein - bass clarinet
           Keefe Jackson - tenor sax & contrabass clarinet
           Jason Adasiewicz - vibraphone
           Jason Roebke - bass

*DJ Sets: Joshua Abrams spins Music For Feh Thu Les Byp Eds, Part II
 
 
*Wednesday, October 7 -
Gjerstad/Lonberg-Holm/Zerang
Frode Gjerstad - reeds
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Michael Zerang - drums
 
 
Hope to see you there!
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UMBRELLA MUSIC is a group of Chicago-based
musicians and presenters working together
to provide concert opportunities for creative
and improvising musicians. Their goal is to
pool resources in order to reach a larger
audience for the music, and to provide better
performance situations for artists. Umbrella
members curate weekly concert series' at Elastic,
the Hideout, and the Hungry Brain, and work together
to produce an annual festival in the fall that features local,
domestic, and international musicians. They include Josh Berman,
Mitch Cocanig, Mike Reed, Dave Rempis, Ken Vandermark,
special adviser Mike Orlove, and web developer
Tushar Samant. Their website, complete with venue and
concert information, is www.umbrellamusic.org




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If one considers a hurdy-gurdy or a band organ to have the potential for
creative music, then this message is on topic. If not, apologies.

However, I would be remiss if I did not invite all of you to an event I am
hosting on Sunday, Sept. 20 at the Sanfilippo estate in Barrington Hills,
Illinois, in honor of the late interior designer Joe DuciBella, of Chicago.
The collection includes what is billed as the largest theatre organ
installation in the world, many Victorian band organs, a French art noveau
carousel, a Pullman palace car, Uptown Theatre (Chicago) chandeliers, Granda
Theatre (Chicago) terra cotta, etc. I venture to say you will be amused at
the scale and quantity of Jazz Age artifacts collected here.

Interested? View the details of the invite and related links at
www.uptowntheatre.com

Thanks. And apolgies for being off topic. The intentions of this event are
to have fun and to expand our acquaintance.


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Please join us the 2nd Thursday of the month
for Logan Square's only open mic poetry, featuring
your working class poets! HB is a great, comfy
lounge with great drink specials and it is located at
3545 West Fullerton Avenue.
Showtime: 8:00pm-10:00pm, all poets welcome!

Next open mic date is: tonight September 10th

a 9/11 benefit for Iraq Veterans Against the War. bring the hot sauce

La Armada
Disrobe
Al-Thawra
Suckling Pigs

http://www.myspace.com/larmada
http://www.myspace.com/disrobe
http://www.myspace.com/althawra
http://www.myspace.com/sucklingpigsboink

Friday, 9/11, 9pm
at
Rancho Huevos
2966 South Archer
Chicago

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Creative Super Group
Dee Alexander w/ Ernest Dawkins, Junius Paul, Ari Brown, Avreeayl Ra
Friday, Sep 18, 2OO9
Velvet Lounge, 63 E. Cermak, Chicago, IL, 9:3O pm
www.deealexander.net, www.velvetlounge.net
312-791-9O5O

Live the Spirit Residency
presents
Saturday, Sep 19
the 1Oth Annual Englewood Jazz Festival
Hamilton Park, 513 W. 72nd Street, Chicago, IL
Noon - 6 pm rain or shine
773-551-3976
http://www.centerstagechicago.com/festival/englewoodjazzfest.html
http://www.livethespiritresidency.org
An eclectic mix of internationally acclaimed artists including Englewood
residents will fill the park with one-of-a-kind compositions, creative
improvisation, and unique musical collaboration.  This year's progam
includes Houston Person, Maggie Brown, Dee Alexander, Ernest Dawkins and
others. For additional details, or to get involved, contact us at
info@....  This is a Free event.

Pianoforte Foundation
presents
September Syncopations
First Annual Benefit
also Saturday, Sep 19
Mayslake Peabody Estate
Enjoy an evening of jazz supporting our educational programs in the historic
setting of
the Mayslake Peabody Estate
1717 W. 31st St., Oak Brook, IL
Prelude: hors d'oeuvres & libations - 6:3O pm
CONCERT - 7:3O pm
Postlude: dessert bar & meet the artists - 8:3O pm
Art show and historic tours throughout the evening
$1OO
All proceeds benefit PianoForte Foundation's education and outreach programs
~Business Attire~
www.pianofortefoundation.org
http://mayslakepeabody.com/content

--------------------------------

Rossignol Entertainment
P.O. Box 8O3121
Chicago, Illinois 6O68O
1-888-948-8333

A new project- The Atomic Theory Dance Band- the Atomic Theory being that the
pieces are based on simple ideas by band members- which we are calling atomic
pieces or seeds- and then expanded upon by the rest of the band. The rule being
that what the band comes up with must be danceable- which of course means
different things to different people. We are
John Hardwick- Drums
Kurt Forney- Electronics
David Rogers- Bass
Sid Yiddish- Human Siren, Shofar etc etc etc
Aimee Bass- Percussion
Ann Gross- Percussion
Sue Kaplan- Percussion
Eliezer Kaplan- Drums & Keyboard

Anyways we are making our debut as part of an AIDS benefit sponsored by Tomorrow
Unlimited at The Tonic Room 2447 N Halsted Tuesday night at 8. The program for
the evening looks like this-

-Twedros Aklilu (Ethiopian Interpretations)
-Rubee BlackRiver (Urban Folk & Spoken Word)
-Pleasure to Arrest (Alt Rock)
-The Atomic Theory Dance Band (Theoretically Correct Dance Explosion)

Here are a couple examples of Atomic Theory-
http://www.zelwel.com/atd/9_kf_atd_9_06_09.mp3
http://www.zelwel.com/atd/atd3_3.mp3

See you there!






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tomorrow night (tuesday sep 15) at hotti biscotti, a slight variation,
 
bass & guitar - brian sandstrom
saxophone(s) - dave rempis
percussion - steve hunt
 
just a trio.   i am not playing this week; but anyone intrigued at the prospect
of hearing these players unobstructed by soi-disant-"continuo" might be advised
to hie themselves down to biscotti this tuesday; because i would expect to be
back next week....   they will probably start around 8:40 pm; i don't know how
long they will play.  anyone wishing to allay their curoiusly about such things
probably needs to show up.  no cover.
hotti biscotti is located at 3545 w fullerton, in chicago.
 
 
 




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Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 10:00pm

Heaven Gallery 1550 North Milwaukee, 2nd floor Chicago Illinois 60622

1550 North Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL


Metastablesound, in conjunction with Balance Point Acoustics records,
is excited to announce a Chicago performance of the Chicago/Bay Area
collaboration ‘Ausfegen’ that reunites the quartet of Paul Hartsaw
(saxophones) and Jerome Bryerton (percussion) from Chicago, and
Kristian Aspelin (ele guitar) and Damon Smith (double bass) from the
Bay Area.

This is the first Chicago performance for this quartet since the 2007
release of their CD, Ausfegen: Dedicated to Joseph Beuys.

"“Here's an example of highly experimental jazz that is executed in a
way that avoids being overly daunting or completely inaccessible.
While many of the most experimental jazz albums today incorporate
elevated Ayler-esque raucousness or spacey minimalism, "Ausfegen"
manages to be both quiet and highly interactive..."

- Mike Szajewski, WNUR Jazz

"...this music, its methods, structures and materials are connected
with the world-at-large, interacting with it in myriad ways.”

-Stuart Broomer, pointofdeparture.org

Ausfegen at Emusic:
http://www.emusic.com/album/Kristian-Aspelin-Asufegen-MP3-Download/
11076247.html

Itunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?
id=261853030&s=143441

Damon Smith

http://www.balancepointacoustics.com
http://myspace.com/smithdamon
New solo project:
http://www.myspace.com/damonsmithsolo






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Umbrella Music Presents:

The IMMEDIATE SOUND series @ The Hideout
Every Wednesday Night.

Please come out this Wednesday, September 16th for a double bill that features
some fantastic guests from Poland, alongside two of Chicago's finest
improvisers:

Set I - Mikrokolektyw (Micro Collective)
          Artur Majewski - trumpet & electronics
          Wojciech Romanowski - drums
 
Set II - Mitchell/Majewski/McBride/Romanowski
          Nicole Mitchell - flutes
          Artur Majewski - trumpet & electronics
          Nate McBride - bass
          Wojciech Romanowski - drums
 
*DJ Sets: Jeb Bishop spins spins Three Sides of the Blues: James Blood Ulmer,
Son Seals, John Dowland
 
$7 cover charge 
DJ starts at 9pm, live music begins promptly at 10pm.
 



The Hideout
1354 W. Wabansia Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
773.227.4433
www.hideoutchicago.com
 
 
For more information on Mikrokolektyw, including sound samples, please visit
their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/mikrokolektyw 
 
For more information on Nicole Mitchell: www.nicolemitchell.com
For more information on Nate McBride: http://www.myspace.com/natemcbride
 

 


***OTHER UPCOMING IMMEDIATE SOUND SERIES SHOWS***   


 

*Wednesday, September 23 -
KLANG
***Record Release Concert for "Tea Music" (Allos Documents)***
James Falzone - clarinet
Jason Adasiewicz - vibes
Jason Roebke - bass
Tim Daisy - drums

*DJ Sets: Fred Lonberg-Holm spins Teufelfarbenmelodien
 
 
*Wednesday, September 30 -
Set I - Frank Rosaly's Milkwork
***Record Release Concert For Self-Titled Debut on Contraphonic/Molk***
Frank Rosaly - solo drums
 
Set II - Oxbow
           Frank Rosaly - drums
           James Falzone - Bb clarinet
           Jason Stein - bass clarinet
           Keefe Jackson - tenor sax & contrabass clarinet
           Jason Adasiewicz - vibraphone
           Jason Roebke - bass

*DJ Sets: Joshua Abrams spins Music For Feh Thu Les Byp Eds, Part II
 
 
*Wednesday, October 7 -
Gjerstad/Lonberg-Holm/Zerang
Frode Gjerstad - reeds
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Michael Zerang - drums
 
 
*Wednesday, October 14 - 
ige*timer
Klaus Janek - double bass
Simon Berz - lo-fi electronics & hacked toys 
 
 
*Wednesday, October 21 -
Set I - Jason Stein - solo bass clarinet 
**Record Release Concert for "In Exchange For A Process" on Leo Records**
 
Set II - NRG Ensemble
           Mars Williams - woodwinds
           Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
           Kent Kessler - bass
           Brian Sandstrom - bass
           Steve Hunt - drums
 
 
*Saturday, November 7 -
As Part of the Fourth Annual Umbrella Music Festival:
Set I - Vox Arcana
          Tim Daisy - percussion & marimba
          James Falzone - Bb clarinet
          Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
 
Set II - People, Places & Things with Bobby Bradford
           Bobby Bradford – trumpet/cornet
           Greg Ward – alto saxophone
           Tim Haldeman – tenor saxophone
           Jason Roebke – bass
           Mike Reed - drums
 
Set III - Sakata / Parker / McBride / Herndon
             Akira Sakata - alto saxophone
             Jeff Parker - guitar
             Nate McBride - bass
             John Herndon - drums
 
Doors Open at 8pm, First Set begins at 9pm Sharp
For Full Festival Listings, Please Visit www.umbrellamusic.org
 
 
*Wednesday, November 11 -
Set I - Joshua Abrams Group
          Joshua Abrams - bass
          David Boykin - reeds
          Jason Adasiewicz - vibraphone
          Frank Rosaly - drums
 
Set II - Nakatani/Baker/Abrams
           Tatsuya Nakatani - percussion
           Jim Baker - keyboards
           Joshua Abrams - bass


 
Hope to see you there!
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UMBRELLA MUSIC is a group of Chicago-based
musicians and presenters working together
to provide concert opportunities for creative
and improvising musicians. Their goal is to
pool resources in order to reach a larger
audience for the music, and to provide better
performance situations for artists. Umbrella
members curate weekly concert series' at Elastic,
the Hideout, and the Hungry Brain, and work together
to produce an annual festival in the fall that features local,
domestic, and international musicians. They include Josh Berman,
Mitch Cocanig, Mike Reed, Dave Rempis, Ken Vandermark,
special adviser Mike Orlove, and web developer
Tushar Samant. Their website, complete with venue and
concert information, is www.umbrellamusic.org




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Alternating Currents Live presents

The Tom Hamilton + Thomas Gaudynski Duo

Sunday, September 20, 7 p.m.

Tom Hamilton - laptop, electronics
Thomas Gaudynski - laptop, guitar, electronics

www.myspace.com/dataday
www.myspace.com/thomasgaudynski

Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 East Locust Street, Milwaukee 53212
414/263-5001
$8 general, $7 students and seniors, $6 members

For more information go to:
www.woodlandpattern.org/gallery/acl.shtml

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Bill Payne -- CONNIE CROTHERS
Clarinet      PIANO


Performing at -- THE STONE    www.thestonenyc.com

When:  Thursday, September 17th -- 10:00 PM

Admission:  $10.00

Where:  The Stone - Ave C and 2nd Street, New York, New York
                 F/V train to 2nd Ave --  F train to Delancey or the J/M/Z trains
to Essex

We will be playing music based on our critically acclaimed CD "Conversations"

For more info:   www.billpayne.wordpress.com

If you are in the area...please stop in.

Cheers, Bill Payne

Sunday, Sep 20 2009 8:00 PM

Studio 1510
1510 8th Street
Oaklalnd 9pm

Erica Eller - piano
Damon Smith - double bass
Weasel Walter - drums

8pm
J.P. Perez - guitar
Erica Eller - drums

Cost : $6-10


Damon Smith

http://www.balancepointacoustics.com
http://myspace.com/smithdamon
New solo project:
http://www.myspace.com/damonsmithsolo






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Composition / Matrix
5 day intensive Choreographie Workshop with Amanada Miller:
WHEN: October, 12-16, 12:00-18:00
WHERE: Schwelle 7, Berlin, Germany


"Composition / Matrix"

Working to cut through ones own physical and mental matrix.

Breaking down mental hierarchies, dissolving expectations, so space is
available for one to discover their own vocabulary and invent more.

Eventually being able to create a choreography and / or an
improvisation.

We would be working with the tools of improvisation and techniques of
articulation.


“Komposition / Matrix”

In dem Workshop wird mit Mitteln der Improvisation und Techniken der
Artikulation gearbeitet werden.

Im Arbeitsprozess geht es darum eigene physische und mentale Muster
aufzubrechen mit dem Ziel Hierarchien und Erwartungen aufzulösen.

Der so frei werdende Raum bietet die Möglichkeit, das eigene
Ausdrucksvokabular zu entdecken und zu erweitern mit dem Ziel eine
eigene Choreographie oder Improvisation zu kreieren.


PERFORMANCE
The workshop will culminate in an evening of performance/showing on
Friday, October, 16 at 8:30 pm

AMANDA MILLER: http://www.prettyugly.de
WORKSHOP: http://www.schwelle7.de/Amanda%20Miller.html
REGISTRATION: xs4jan (at) gmx.de
PRICE: 200 EUR

SLEEPING:
We can host up workshop participants in our special sleeping cocoons.
The cost is 10 EUR a night per person.

----------- LOCATION --------

Schwelle 7
Uferstraße 6 HH 1. OG
13357 Berlin/Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 30-4736 3500
http://www.schwelle7.de
Email: info (at) felixruckert.de

TRAFFIC LINK: UB Nauener Platz, Pankstr, Osloer Str, SB Gesundbrunnen


CV Amanda Miller



- Amanda Miller grew up in North Carolina and commenced her
professional training at the North Carolina School of the Arts. She
continued her studies in New York while she danced for the Chicago
Lyrical Opera Ballet, the Deutschen Oper Berlin and other
distinguished companies.

- In 1984 William Forsythe invited her to Frankfurt and appointed her
not only as a dancer but also as permanent Choreographer at the civic
ballet ensemble there.

- In 1992 Amanda Miller founded her own Company, the Pretty Ugly Dance
Company.

- From 1997 until 2004 her Company was installed at the civic theatre
in Freiburg (Baden-Württemberg) under the name Ballett Freiburg Pretty
Ugly. Alongside her work with her own company, Amanda Miller created
ballets for renowned ensembles and founded the company Yummidance in
Japan.

- Increasingly she has addressed herself as well to training others in
her work method, and is active worldwide as a teacher.

- In 2004 she supported people in Tibet through various art projects.

- Amanda Miller has won numerous awards. In 1994 her productions won
three prizes at the 'Rencontres Chorégraphiques International de
Bagnolet'. In 2004 for her work 'Four for Nothing' she received the
leading Dutch accolade for choreography 'The Golden Swan'.

- From January 2005 until May 2009 Amanda Miller has been artistic
director of pretty ugly tanz köln.

- In May 2009 she directed her first Opera “Orpheus und Euridike” at
the civic theatre in Ulm.

- Since June 2009 Amanda Miller works free-lance.





CV Amanda Miller

- Geboren 1961 wuchs in North Carolina auf und begann ihre Ausbildung
an der North Carolina School of the Arts.

- Sie setzte ihr Studium in New York fort und tanzte unter anderem
beim Chicago Lyrical Opera Ballet und an der Deutschen Oper Berlin.

- 1984 lud William Forsythe sie nach Frankfurt ein und engagierte sie
als Tänzerin, später auch als Hauschoreografin bei seinem Ballett
Frankfurt.

- 1992 gründete Amanda Miller ihre eigene Compagnie, die Pretty Ugly
Dance Company.

- Von 1997 bis 2004 war die Company unter dem Namen Ballett Freiburg
Pretty Ugly am Freiburger Theater engagiert.

- Neben ihrer Arbeit mit der eigenen Compagnie kreierte Amanda Miller
Ballette für namhafte Ensembles und gründete die Company Yummi Dance
in Japan.

- Verstärkt widmet sie sich auch der Vermittlung ihrer Arbeitsmethode
und ist weltweit als Lehrerin tätig.

- 2004 engagierte sie sich im Rahmen verschiedener künstlerischer
Projekte für Menschen im Tibet.

- Amanda Miller erhielt für ihre choreografische Arbeit zahlreiche
Auszeichnungen. 1994 wurde ihre Arbeit mit drei Preisen bei den
„Rencontres Choréographiques International de Bagnolet“ ausgezeichnet.

- Zuletzt erhielt sie 2004 den niederländischen Choreografenpreis “Der
goldene Schwan“ für ihre Choreografie „Four for Nothing“

- 2005 bis 2009 arbeitete Amanda Miller als künstlerische Direktorin
mit ihrer Compagnie unter dem Namen pretty ugly tanz köln an den
Bühnen Köln.

- Im Mai 2009 inszenierte sie ihre erste Oper “Orfeo ed Euridice” am
Theater Ulm.

- Seit Juni 2009 ist Amanda Miller freischaffend tätig.





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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZ6oCTgnVM

If you missed the Mikrokolektyw show at the Hideout last night there is still
the chance to go out and see this amazing group while they are in Chicago -

Incredible tunes from Poland's most innovative jazz group. Pushing boundaries
and kicking ass. Moog drenched grooves with a trumpet to guide the way.

Sep 17 ELASTIC w/ Stein, Butcher, Reed
Sep 20 HUNGRY BRAIN w/ Jason Adasiewicz and Josh Abrams
Sep 22 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS w/ Jason Adasiewicz and Josh Abrams
Sep 24 CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER

Check them out online here:

http://www.myspace.com/mikrokolektyw

But don't miss your chance to catch them live. Totally Burnin!

TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE SHOWS!

Known – Unknown
Contact Improvisation Intensive Workshop with Andrew de Lotbinière
Harwood
WHEN: October, 19-22, 2009, 12:00-18:30
WHERE: Schwelle 7, Berlin, Germany


KNOWN – UNKOWN

A movement laboratory – investigating improvisation, expression,
composition and performance

Andrew Harwood: I view this workshop as an exhilarating and formidable
adventure into the deeper layers of improvisational dance. Our goal is
to find a sense of timelessness in our dancing - a state of
consciousness that is aware but not self-conscious. Working with
dancers in a collaborative fashion is exciting to me.  My desire is to
draw out the creativity, individuality and integrity of each dancer
while cultivating a team-like atmosphere. I wish to encourage the
dancers to let their own imagination, spirit and presence shine and
allow various performance qualities to emerge.

The realms where the known  and the unknown  converge are two distinct
and yet complementary worlds, where a rich array of ideas, movements
and images are merged and juxtaposed. Through various forms of
improvisation, Contact Improvisation, composition and chance
procedures we will practise instant inventiveness, make personal
choices, refine our sensing skills and build material.  A series of
schemes, games, images, states and structures will help dancers create
a repertoire of  personal gestures and phrases and develop various
improvisational strategies which in turn will become the framework for
composing solo, duet and group material be it set or improvised or a
combination of both. This entire process relies on the dancers
willingness to listen to themselves and each other, to take risks, to
call upon their confidence and to allow their skills as interpreters
to come into focus.

WORKSHOP: http://www.schwelle7.de/Andrew.html
REGISTRATION: xs4jan (at) gmx.de
PRICE: 200 EUR

SLEEPING:
We can host up workshop participants in our special sleeping cocoons.
The cost is 10 EUR a night per person.

----------- LOCATION --------

Schwelle 7
Uferstraße 6, HH 1. OG
13357 Berlin/Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 30-4736 3500
http://www.schwelle7.de
Email: info (at) felixruckert.de
TRAFFIC LINK: UB Nauener Platz, Pankstr, Osloer Str, SB Gesundbrunnen


CV ANDREW HARWOOD

Andrew de Lotbinière Harwood is a leading international teacher,
performer and creator in the field of instantaneous choreography,
compositional improvisation and contact improvisation since 1975. He
is the artistic director of AH HA Productions, a project oriented
company dedicated to improvisation. Andrew studied, taught and
performed with Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith and Nita Little, the
founding members of Contact Improvisation. He also has a background in
gymnastics, athletics, yoga, contemporary dance, somatic studies,
release technique, compositional improvisation and Aikido. His work
has been presented in numerous international festivals since 1980
(Impuls Tanz, La Biennale de Venise, Festival Montpellier, Festival
International de Nouvelle Danse., Festival des Antipodes,
Improvisation Festival New York, Bates Dance Festival, Kontact
Budapest, Jose Limon Dance Festival, etc.). Andrew danced for the
companies of Fulcrum, Jo Lechay, Marie Chouinard, Jean-Pierre
Perreault, and the improvisational ensemble The Echo Case. He has also
collaborated in performance with Chris Aiken, Peter Bingham, Kirstie
Simson, Ray Chung, Lisa Nelson, Mark Tompkins, Benoit Lachambre, Lin
Snelling and Ginette Laurin among many others. He is the recipient of
the Canada Council’s Jacqueline-Lemieux award for the year 2000.




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