Set 1
Ami Yamasaki
voice
Raven Chacon
electronics
Jamal Moore
reeds, percussion
Tatiana Castro
piano, spoken word-poetry
Set 2
Nate Nelson
percussion
Eze Jackson
voice
Michele Blu
singing bowl, gong, percussion
Robin Rhodes
double bass
Luciana Arias
dance
Set 3
Sarah Belle Reid
trumpet, electronics
James Fei
saxophones
Samuel Burt
reeds, daxophone
Set 4
Michele Blu
singing bowl, gong, percussion
James Young
bassoon
Nate Scheible
drums, electronics, tapes
Friday 9/16 8:30pm
Solo
Lafayette Gilchrist
piano
The Night of Randomization
As an ongoing tradition, the High Zero Festival will leave Friday Night's sets up to chance. Sixteen performers will be divided into four sets, randomly. What kind of wonderful, unplanned, musical collisions will happen this year?
Participants
Luciana Arias
dance
John Berndt
electronics, saxophone
Samuel Burt
reeds, daxophone
Tatiana Castro
piano, spoken word-poetry
James Fei
saxophones
Norman Long
sampler/synthesizers
Sarah Manley
trombone
Jamal Moore
reeds, percussion
Nate Nelson
percussion
Sarah Belle Reid
trumpet, electronics
Erik Ruin
overhead projector
Nate Scheible
drums, electronics, tapes
Will Yager
double bass
James Young
bassoon
What could happen during the Night of Randomization? Find out yourself!
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Saturday 9/17 8:30pm
Set 1
Sarah Belle Reid
trumpet, electronics
Sarah Manley
trombone
Bonnie Lander
voice
Will Yager
double bass
Ami Yamasaki
voice
Set 2
John Berndt
electronics, saxophone
Erik Ruin
overhead projector
Jamal Moore
reeds, percussion
Set 3
Tatiana Castro
piano, spoken word-poetry
Lafayette Gilchrist
piano
Michele Blu
singing bowl, gong, percussion
Norman Long
sampler/synthesizer
Set 4
Eze Jackson
voice
Bonnie Lander
voice
Samuel Burt
reeds, daxophone
Raven Chacon
electronics
Sunday 9/18 8:30pm
Solo
Raven Chacon
electronics
Set 1
Robin Rhodes
double bass
Lafayette Gilchrist
piano
Nate Nelson
percussion
Sarah Manley
trombone
Nate Scheible
drums, electronics, tapes
Set 2
Ami Yamasaki
voice
Erik Ruin
overhead projector
Norman Long
sampler/synthesizer
Set 3
Will Yager
double bass
James Fei
saxophones
Set 4
Luciana Arias
dance
James Young
bassoon
Robin Rhodes
double bass
While the main stage is invitation-only and booked a year in advance, there are many opportunities to perform at High Zero through High Jinx, our broadly participatory, informal and unofficial site specific and street performances held throughout the city starting a week before the festival, which are some of the wildest and most inspired public art events in Baltimore. PARTICIPATE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Directors:
People who can decide on an event, organize it (what, where, who and when) and then follow through and execute it. This can be a simple event with one director/performer standing on a street corner or a complex event with many involved.
Performers:
People who either have skills which satisfy the needs of a particular perfomance or people who want to perform in something that doesn't need specific skills
Places:
A great site can dictate what should be perfomed there (ex. crossing over). Or, a great site can be perfect for anything you put in it.
Documenters:
Video cameras, journalists, poets, photographers, sound recordists, spys.
Creative thinkers:
High Jinx is almost "anything goes". Simple ideas can make beautiful events. What can you amplify? (knitting needles) Take the mundane and over emphasize it (ultrareductionist library band). Make music out of almost nothing by meerly changing the context of existing sounds (honkers). Just act silly (the hat band). Be visual (folded paper). Be weird (crossing over). Be conventional (music games). Show off your basement projects (invented instrument)
Promoters:
People who'll tell people what's happening, where and when, post to email lists, put up flyers. People who will bring more people to get involved.