Schedule

1. January 23

2. February 6

3. March 10

4. May 22

5. June 12

6. July 16

7. July 17

8. Sept. 22

9. Oct. 16

10. Dec. 2

11. Dec. 3

12. Dec. 4

Night 2:

What are you looking at?

New music for saxophones, electronics and video featuring Michael Straus

February 6, 2010 at 8PM

Harold Golen Gallery

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Amsterdam-based saxophonist Michael Straus is responsible for the commissioning and premieres of over seventy compositions and can regularly be seen collaborating with composers, visual artists, turntablists, conductors, dancers and other instrumentalists around the world. His extensive performance career has led to concert appearances throughout the United States, Holland, Canada, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Ireland. He is founder of the multimedia performance and commissioning project What are you looking at? and regularly performs with the chamber ensembles quux, portals of distortion and rare degree. He is the recent recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for studies in Amsterdam and holds M.M. degrees in saxophone performance and computer music from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University and a B.M. from Louisiana State University.

Program:

Quintet (2004) by Per Bloland for alto saxophone and interactive electronics

a sudden change in the consistency of snow (2006) by Peter V Swendsen for alto saxophone, electronics and video

tetramlemma (2009) by Ted Coffey for tenor saxophone, video, live-interactive and fixed electronic sound

SXueAk (2008) by Matthew Burtner for soprano saxophone, squeaky toys and interactive electronics

Aiael's Gold (2010) by Juraj Kojs for tenor saxophone and interactive electronics

Dorian Reeds (1964) by Terry Riley for soprano saxophone, video and delay