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)