West Oakland Sound Series
2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland
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GIACOMO FIORE
Brett Carson

Brett Carson presents an evening of original compositions. These include Exeunt Ion for solo piano and Game Boy; Three text scores, a series of graphic scores exploring strategies for improvisation based on experimental poetics; and a new piece, Bacterial adhesion onto apatite minerals — electrokinetic aspects for keyboard, percussion, drum set, and electronics. Performers include William Winant, Jordan Glenn, DAVID KATZ, SAKI MINAMIMOTO, and Danishta Rivero.

Guitarist GIACOMO FIORE premieres Gift by MATT SARGENT, a set of 13 variations for guitar and electronics on the Shaker tune “Simple Gifts.” The piece was commissioned by Fiore for just intonation resophonic guitar, an instrument originally conceived for the composition of Lou Harrison’s Scenes from Nek Chand in 2002. In Gift, the original tune is buried and unheard an octave below the range of the guitar. What we hear, instead, is music blooming up from the ground that is made out of the harmonics of “Simple Gifts.” As these overtone flowers take shape on the guitar, a ghost occasionally emerges on the right side of the stage, building a halo of resonance around the guitarist.

Cost: $10-$25 sliding scale

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