Concerts
High Zero 2001 will consist of five concerts over four
days, from Thursday, September 13th to Sunday, September
16th. There will be performances each night and an additional
daytime matinee performance on Saturday. Each performance will
consist of four sets with a few un-announced solos, pairing the
improvisors in new combinations, and ranging in size from solos
to big-bands. All indoor concerts will take place at The Theater
Project, 45 West Preston Street (On
Preston across Cathedral Street from The Meyerhoff Concert Hall).
For
all evening concerts, the venue and box office will open at 7:30
and showtime is at 8:30. For the Saturday Day Performance, the
venue and box office will open at 12:00 and showtime is at 1:00PM.
Thursday
Night, Sept 13th 8:30 PM
Friday Night, Sept 14th 8:30 PM
Saturday Day, Sept 15th 1:00 PM
SaturdayNight, Sept 15th 8:30 PM
SundayNight, Sept 16th 8:30 PM
Street
Events
As last year, High Zero 2001 will involve site-specific and random
outdoor concerts organized by Baltimore's ownarch-absurdist Tom
Boram. These ruptures in social reality will include musicians
from the festival and from the Baltimore improvisation scene.
More information about their times and locations will be posted
here two weeks before the festival.
The
following set descriptions may vary slightly at the time of performance
in terms of exact personell and instrumentation!
Thursday
night, Sept. 13, 8:30 PM::
Set One
Kaffe Matthews (live sampling)
Catherine Pancake (dry ice - orchestra leader)
Lukas Ligeti (dry ice)
Dan Breen (dry ice)
Dave Gross (dry ice)
John
Berndt (dry ice)
Set
Two
Lafayette Gilchrist (piano)
Mike Bullock (bass)
Chris Meeder (tuba)
Set
Three
Neil Feather (invented instruments)
Keenan Lawler (guitar, elect.)
Jack Wright (reeds)
Set
Four
Eric Franklin (theremin, invented inst.)
Helena Espval-Santoleri (cello, banjo)
Dave Gross (reeds)
Andy Hayleck (elect.)
Friday
Night, Sept 14, 8:30 PM::
Set
One
Thomas Ankersmit (reeds)
Jack Wright (reeds)
Jason Willett (anything)
Dan Breen (bass, invented, drums, etc.)
Set
Two
Andy Hayleck (electronics, gong, inventions)
Jim Baker (Arp, piano)
Mike Bullock (bass)
Dan Conrad (invented instruments, voice)
Set
Three
Eric
LeTourneau (electronics, etc.)
Chris Meeder (tuba)
Charles Cohen (Buchla)
Set
Four
Eric Franklin (theremin, invented)
Lukas Ligeti (percussion, electronics)
John Berndt (reeds, elect)
Dave Gross (reeds)
Leslie Ross (bassoon)
Saturday
AFTERNOON, Sept 15, 1:00 PM::
Set
One
Dan Breen (clavinet)
Jim Baker (Arp)
Evan Rapport (piano)
Set
Two
Andy Hayleck (elect.)
Charles Cohen (Buchla)
Kaffe Matthews (live sampling)
Leslie Ross (bassoon)
Set
Three
Jim Baker (piano, Arp)
Peter Kowald (bass)
John Berndt (reeds, electronics)
Set
Four
Helena Espvall-Santoleri (cello, banjo)
Ian Nagoski (elect.)
Mike Cooper (guitar, electronics)
Saturday
NIGHT, Sept 15, 8:30 PM::
Set One
Helena Espvall-Santoleri (cello, banjo)
Neil Feather (invented instruments)
Eric LeTourneau (computer, etc.)
Set
Two
Catherine Pancake (percussion, etc.)
Kat Hernandez (violin)
Dan Conrad (inventions, voice)
Set
Three
Jack Wright (reeds, piano)
Peter Kowald (bass)
Mike Cooper (guitar, electronics)
Chris Meeder (tuba)
Set
Four
Jason Willett (anything)
Lukas Ligeti (percussion, electronics)
Lafayette Gilchrist (piano)
Sunday
night, Sept 16, 8:30 PM::
with Chromaccord Light Organ by Daniel Conrad
Set
One
Evan Rapport (reeds, piano)
Charles Cohen (Buchla Synthesizer)
Kat Hernandez (violin)
Set
Two
Mike Cooper (guitar, electronics)
Keenan Lawler (guitar, electronics)
Lukas Ligeti (percussion, electronics)
Set
Three
Thomas Ankersmit (reeds, elect.)
Peter Kowald (bass)
Catherine Pancake (percussion, etc.)
Ian Nagoski (electronics)
Set
Four
Jim Baker (Arp)
Eric LeTourneau (electronics, etc.)
Ian Nagoski (electronics)
Kaffe Matthews (live sampling)
Site
Specific and Street Performances
Due to recent events, we have scaled these back to a smaller
number which we hope will not offend in the current atmosphere
of grief. THESE PERFORMANCES ARE TENTATIVE!! |
Day |
Street
and Site Specific Performances |
Thursday,
Sept 13 |
4:00
THE HEAVY THINGS (Dan Breen, Andy Hayleck, Eric Franklin)
in Wyman Park on Remmington (bridge underpass between remmington
and Hampden) |
Friday
Sept 14th |
12:30
Helena Espvall-Santoleri and Katt Hernandez in the Port Discovery
High Flyer Ballon 400 feet over Baltimore |
|
6:00
PM CAR PIANO: Mobile Performance--Bob Wagener will
drive Tom Boram who will be doing a piano solo on upright
piano in the back of the truck--from Abell Avenue in charles
Village to Antique Row on Howard Street |
Saturday
, Sept 15th |
5:00
Lukas Legeti solo outside Normals Books and Records (to be
confirmed w/Normals guys) possibly with Mike Cooper |
Sunday,
Sept 16th |
10:00
AM Keenan Lawler solo at the Highway Underpass of 83 downtown
around Farmers Market--in the area of Lexington or Saratoga |
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