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HIGH
ZERO
3rd Annual Festival of
Experimental Improvised Music
Baltimore, 2001
Thursday Sept. 13th-Sunday, Sept. 16th
The Theater Project 45 West Preston Street
(On Preston across Cathedral Street from
The Meyerhoff Concert Hall)
Baltimore, Maryland
www.highzero.org
"No
one walked away disappointed, as this year's first annual HIGH
ZERO Festival of Experimental Improvised Music left the large
crowds at every session enthralled. " --Steve
A. Loewy, Cadence Magazine, 1999
"A
striking glimpse into the avant-garde and a creative process limited
only by the imagination. " --Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun,
2000
Born
September of 1999 to the wailing of fire alarms, growling tubas
and home-built electronic instruments, the first HIGH ZERO festival
has been a startlingly unusual event, mixing sold-out and capacity
crowds with highly challenging and engaging music.
The
second year's festival, High Zero 2000, extended the festival
to larger audiences, more performers, and added more intensive
street performances, recording sessions, interviews, and documentation
to the mix. Two CDs from that festival, focused on Joe McPhee
and Carol Genetti, are in the works and will hopefully be done
in time for this years festival.
A
dazzling mix of innovation, imagination, and integrity, the HIGH
ZERO festival is one of the most idealistic and elevating ventures
in experimental music in North America. Join us in September for
HIGH ZERO 2001 and four exhilarating days of musical exploration!
Our
Method
As far as we can tell, we are a unique festival in North America.
HIGH ZERO is focused solely on new collaborations in freely improvised
experimental music. Internationally famous musicians play side
by side with younger "unknowns," united by their commitment to
the musical imagination. For four days in September each year,
Baltimore becomes a fertile meeting-ground for a group of inspired
players, drawn from a fascinating international subculture. The
festival exposes large audiences to this radical music in its
pure form. Each year, dedicated musicians and sound-artists come
as individuals to participate in entirely new improvised collaborations.
The
festival exposes large audiences to this radical music in its
pure form. Large-scale public concerts, recording sessions, workshops,
and guerilla street performances are all part of the heady mix.
The players are carefully selected by the festival's organizers
for their intense, unique music, whether it is based around dramatic
intensity, humor, specially designed instruments, original approach,
raw sound, or nearly superhuman instrumental technique. The resulting
collaborations challenge the limits of music and delight by their
audacity, expressiveness, immediacy, and innovation. It isn't
about stars or established projects; it is about the most uncompromising
and stimulating new improvised music we can bring together.
High Zero is organized by The High Zero Foundation,
a 501(c)3 Nonprofit organization. The festival is an outgrowth
of The Red Room, an unfunded
but vital space which has presented over 300 concerts of improvised
and experimental music, as well as experimental film and performance
since it began in 1996. The Red Room is located at Normals
Books and Records.
Note:
The festival is invitation only, so we DO NOT take submissions
for future HIGH ZERO festivals. However, we are always interested
in submissions to The Red Room,
which is the source of the pool of players invited to the festival.
Mailing
Address:
High
Zero Foundation, Inc.
2850 N. Charles, Suite. 200
Baltimore, MD. 21218
email: johnb@berndtgroup.net
SPECIAL
WEBSITE CREDITS
Photo of Catherine Pancake, above: John Berndt
Most other photos in the site (except musician information page
photos): Stewart Mostofsky
Website Design: The Berndt
Group, Ltd.
Video Tape Documentation: Steve Steele and Catherine Pancake
Audio Recording of Previous Festivals: Doug Wolf, Jon Rose, Charlie
Jameson
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