CLIMATE THEATRE MUSIC BOX SERIES
The Place to HEAR the Music
Oh my goodness! So many things to tell you!
First, the Music Box Series has a new website. This is an added advantage over the MySpace page because (1) you won't be inundated with ads, and more importantly (2) it's super-simple to link people's names to their web pages so that you can sample their music and see their smiling faces before you come to any show.
Second, I'm pleased to present an ASTOUNDING evening of electronic and electronic-influenced music. For the acoustic purists let me say that the beauty of music is the ability to take found objects and make music out of them. Sometimes people play musical saws and hammer on pieces of metal they found in the junkyard. Or they play jugs or string a rope on a washtub and call it a washtub bass. So, why not use electronics the same way? Why not experiment?
--David Kaye, curator of the Music Box Series
Here's the lowdown on Michael Straus, the featured performer this Tuesday:
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Next Show
Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 8:00pm
MICHAEL STRAUS
45ISDISTANCE
Cover $10 to $15 sliding scale
Climate Theater
285 9th Street @ Folsom
San Francisco
MICHAEL STRAUS
Saxophonist Michael Straus' (b. 1983, New Orleans) abilities and dedication to the performance of new music have led to a variety of engagements at venues ranging from Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center and New York City's The Stone to Italy's Festival Internazionale del Sassofono. His strong commitment to today's music, coupled with his close work alongside composers has resulted in over twenty new compositions by both emerging and established composers Halim El-Dabh, Matthew Burtner, Peter V. Swendsen, Per Bloland, Vitor Rua and Liduino Pitombeira among several others. Recent premieres include everything from large chamber works to solo compositions incorporating multi-channel audio and film projection.
As a frequent composer of electroacoustic music, Michael's compositions have been heard throughout the United States and Canada. His numerous recordings as a saxophonist, didgeridoo player and composer can be heard on SEAMUS, New Tertian and The Walter's Art Museum record labels.
Michael is an Enrico Di Giovanni Scholarship Recipient and winner of several other accolades including two Helen Gold and Derryl Haymon Scholarships and a Peabody Career Development Grant.
WEBSITE: www.mstraus.net
45ISDISTANCE
[45isdistance] has been described as one of the most innovative glitch-pop bands in the Bay Area, "blending surreal electronic textures with symphonic instruments, generating unexpected atmospheres of warm lo-fi and enthusiastic post-rock." 2 guys from Chile and Italy. Idea of the sound of hardware failure, warm and sweet lo-fi, experimental sounds, symphonic build ups and intimacy. JuanPablo: Machines, Acoustic Drums, Keyboards, Trumpet. Stefano: Machines, Guitar, Keyboard.
WEBSITE: profile.myspace.com/index.cfm
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Following Show
Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 8:00pm
COLIN STETSON
DARREN JOHNSTON
SCOTT AMENDOLA
Cover $10 to $15 sliding scale
Climate Theater
285 9th Street @ Folsom
San Francisco
I once managed Colin's band, Transmission, an avant garde jazz band in the Thomas Chapin tradition. He's the single person who brought me back to appreciating jazz. Colin has a unique sax voice. His work has been featured on the David Letterman Show, in sessions and on tour with Tom Waits, Sinead O'Connor, Burning Spear and Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Anthony Braxton and TV On The Radio. He is currently touring with the band, ARCADE FIRE, playing clarinet, bass clarinet, french horn, cornet and bass saxophone.
Quote: "Michigan native Colin Stetson is like the Roger Federer of avant-garde instrumental music. While the Swiss tennis player has changed the way we think of tennis, Stetson is redefining the possibilities of woodwind and brass instruments. Equally at home on the flute, French horn, clarinet, and saxophone, Stetson's musical innovations bring to mind the work of Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser and John Zorn. "
Joining Colin will be Darran Johnston and Scott Amendola.
About Scott (from the NY Times): "The drummer Scott Amendola could fairly be described as a jazz musician with an investment in the imperatives of groove. He seems to come by his eclecticism naturally: when rock, bebop and Afrobeat take turns surfacing in his music, they do so in a way that feels loose and unforced. "
About Darren: "As a performer, Johnston has performed, and/or recorded with such innovative musicians and composers as guitarist Fred Frith, clarinetist Don Byron, bassist Marcus Shelby, bassist Herbie Lewis, the ROVA Saxophone Quartet, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, and others. He was recently listed last June by Downbeat Magazine as one of “25 Trumpeters of the Future.”
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MUSIC BOX SERIES
The Climate Theater Music Box Series is a non-profit showcase for unusual music featuring local performers, running the gamut from jazz to folk, experiemental to traditional, chamber music to brass bands. The Music Box Series is curated by David Kaye.
NEW MUSIC BOX WEBSITE! www.musicboxseries.com
The Place to HEAR the Music
Oh my goodness! So many things to tell you!
First, the Music Box Series has a new website. This is an added advantage over the MySpace page because (1) you won't be inundated with ads, and more importantly (2) it's super-simple to link people's names to their web pages so that you can sample their music and see their smiling faces before you come to any show.
Second, I'm pleased to present an ASTOUNDING evening of electronic and electronic-influenced music. For the acoustic purists let me say that the beauty of music is the ability to take found objects and make music out of them. Sometimes people play musical saws and hammer on pieces of metal they found in the junkyard. Or they play jugs or string a rope on a washtub and call it a washtub bass. So, why not use electronics the same way? Why not experiment?
--David Kaye, curator of the Music Box Series
Here's the lowdown on Michael Straus, the featured performer this Tuesday:
====================================================
Next Show
Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 8:00pm
MICHAEL STRAUS
45ISDISTANCE
Cover $10 to $15 sliding scale
Climate Theater
285 9th Street @ Folsom
San Francisco
MICHAEL STRAUS
Saxophonist Michael Straus' (b. 1983, New Orleans) abilities and dedication to the performance of new music have led to a variety of engagements at venues ranging from Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center and New York City's The Stone to Italy's Festival Internazionale del Sassofono. His strong commitment to today's music, coupled with his close work alongside composers has resulted in over twenty new compositions by both emerging and established composers Halim El-Dabh, Matthew Burtner, Peter V. Swendsen, Per Bloland, Vitor Rua and Liduino Pitombeira among several others. Recent premieres include everything from large chamber works to solo compositions incorporating multi-channel audio and film projection.
As a frequent composer of electroacoustic music, Michael's compositions have been heard throughout the United States and Canada. His numerous recordings as a saxophonist, didgeridoo player and composer can be heard on SEAMUS, New Tertian and The Walter's Art Museum record labels.
Michael is an Enrico Di Giovanni Scholarship Recipient and winner of several other accolades including two Helen Gold and Derryl Haymon Scholarships and a Peabody Career Development Grant.
WEBSITE: www.mstraus.net
45ISDISTANCE
[45isdistance] has been described as one of the most innovative glitch-pop bands in the Bay Area, "blending surreal electronic textures with symphonic instruments, generating unexpected atmospheres of warm lo-fi and enthusiastic post-rock." 2 guys from Chile and Italy. Idea of the sound of hardware failure, warm and sweet lo-fi, experimental sounds, symphonic build ups and intimacy. JuanPablo: Machines, Acoustic Drums, Keyboards, Trumpet. Stefano: Machines, Guitar, Keyboard.
WEBSITE: profile.myspace.com/index.cfm
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Following Show
Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 8:00pm
COLIN STETSON
DARREN JOHNSTON
SCOTT AMENDOLA
Cover $10 to $15 sliding scale
Climate Theater
285 9th Street @ Folsom
San Francisco
I once managed Colin's band, Transmission, an avant garde jazz band in the Thomas Chapin tradition. He's the single person who brought me back to appreciating jazz. Colin has a unique sax voice. His work has been featured on the David Letterman Show, in sessions and on tour with Tom Waits, Sinead O'Connor, Burning Spear and Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Anthony Braxton and TV On The Radio. He is currently touring with the band, ARCADE FIRE, playing clarinet, bass clarinet, french horn, cornet and bass saxophone.
Quote: "Michigan native Colin Stetson is like the Roger Federer of avant-garde instrumental music. While the Swiss tennis player has changed the way we think of tennis, Stetson is redefining the possibilities of woodwind and brass instruments. Equally at home on the flute, French horn, clarinet, and saxophone, Stetson's musical innovations bring to mind the work of Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser and John Zorn. "
Joining Colin will be Darran Johnston and Scott Amendola.
About Scott (from the NY Times): "The drummer Scott Amendola could fairly be described as a jazz musician with an investment in the imperatives of groove. He seems to come by his eclecticism naturally: when rock, bebop and Afrobeat take turns surfacing in his music, they do so in a way that feels loose and unforced. "
About Darren: "As a performer, Johnston has performed, and/or recorded with such innovative musicians and composers as guitarist Fred Frith, clarinetist Don Byron, bassist Marcus Shelby, bassist Herbie Lewis, the ROVA Saxophone Quartet, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, and others. He was recently listed last June by Downbeat Magazine as one of “25 Trumpeters of the Future.”
====================================================
MUSIC BOX SERIES
The Climate Theater Music Box Series is a non-profit showcase for unusual music featuring local performers, running the gamut from jazz to folk, experiemental to traditional, chamber music to brass bands. The Music Box Series is curated by David Kaye.
NEW MUSIC BOX WEBSITE! www.musicboxseries.com
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