Miguel Frasconi and Nina Hart
North Carolina based author Nina Hart and NYC based composer Miguel Frasconi continue their ongoing collaboration of text/sound/music work. Nina will be reading from her award winning book "Somewhere In a Town You Never Knew Existed Somewhere," and Miguel will perform on his unique instrumentarium of glass and electronic instruments. They will also be joined by special guests.
Nina Hart is a writer, performer, and creativity coach trained in the Kaizen-Muse method. She recently released her first collection of surreal short fictions called "Somewhere in a Town You Never Knew Existed Somewhere". The book has been selected as a Short Stories (Adult Fiction) category finalist in Foreword Reviews' prestigious 2014 IndieFab Book of the Year Awards. Foreword Reviews cited the book as "A brave experiment with fiction and form..." and The Santa Fe New Mexican wrote that: "Hart extends her creative license to its utmost limits." Nina was also an original member of the San Francisco experimental dance troupe Contraband, and, playing electric bass, has recorded and performed with numerous bands. She teaches writing workshops in Asheville, North Carolina, and beyond.
Miguel Frasconi is a composer and improvisor specializing in the relationship between acoustic objects and musical form. His instrumentarium includes glass objects, electronics, laptop, and constructions of his own design. His glass instruments are struck, blown, stroked, smashed and otherwise coaxed into vibration. Miguel's array of activities have included collaborations with the Balinese composer Dewa Berata on music for a large-scale shadowplay, with operatic tenor John Duykers on unique music/theater events, and with the Tibetan songwriter Techung, with whom he has toured throughout India. In September 2012 Miguel's CAGE100 Festival was called "one of the best observances of John Cage's 100th birthday" by the New York Times and included performances by his ensembles The Noisy Toy Piano Orchestra and the John Cage Variety Show Big Band. Earlier this year the opera "Hand To Mouth," a collaboration between Miguel, John Duykers, and Melissa Weaver, was premiered in Sebastopol, CA. Miguel's music has been released on New Albion Records, Porter Records, and a recording of his string quartets will soon be released on the Tzadik label.
2pm to 5pm, 2133 University Avenue