7:30 pm Erica Eller w/Damon Smith, Weasel Walter
8:30 pm
Emily Hay &
Motoko Honda (Los Angeles)
Emily Hay is a flutist, vocalist and pianist who extends the traditional roles and capabilities of her instruments by incorporating the complexity of contemporary classical technique with the spontaneity and experimentation of free improvisation. The result is startling interpretations of sound and intense ensemble interaction. Her explorations on the flute and alto flute embody unusual tone colors and soaring rhythmic structures, augmented by electronically generated effects and often overlapped by unusual vocalizations ranging from primal to operatic with lyrics and sounds from the stream of consciousness.
Motoko Honda was born in Japan, began studying both piano and transcription at age four. She showed interest in anything artistic, and received many awards for her paintings and compositions from city-wide to the national level competition including the highest prize from government for her Japanese Calligraphy. She was also a founding member of the child theater group, and was active as an actress, play writing and musical score writing.
Motoko received graduate teaching assistantship in California Institute of the Arts. She studied in multi-piano performance program with Dr.Vicki Ray,Mr. Bryan Pezzone, and Dr. Peter Miyamoto. Accepted into Composer/Performer program with mentor Wadada Leo Smith in 2001, she expanded her horizons as a performer composer utilizing electronic devices, world music, and extended piano techniques. She also performs with multi-media working with various visual artists and dancers.
Erica Eller is one of the missing bay area improvisers who has recently emerged to perform with the ever-present Damon Smith and Weasel Walter. She studied improvisation with Tom Kelly, an obsolete member of the Anthony Braxton Free-Jazz Big Band. The performance is a dedication to anything that is lost, blanketed, hidden, absent, or forgotten. The trio will play a set of free-improvised music in homage to those in prison, those who have committed murder or suicide, those who keep secrets about terminal illness, and those who remain silent. The trio will expose sounds with Eller on piano, Smith on bass, and
Walter on drums.
Cost: $10/$8