"A Year of Deep Listening" Book Release Concert

The Cornelius Cardew Choir, Thingamajigs Ensemble and Pet the Tiger Instrument Inventors Collective celebrate the life and work of composer Pauline Oliveros and the release of the new book of text scores inspired by her “deep listening”. Several of the artists have scores published in this volume which will be performed alongside works by Oliveros. Audience participation in the “sonic meditations” is encouraged.

Founded in Berkeley on Mayday 2001, the Cardew Choir sings at the intersection of inclusive community and experimental music, strongly influenced by Cornelius Cardew and his circle in the 1960’s and ‘70’s in England. We draw inspiration from the experimental music tradition and musicians such as Pauline Oliveros and John Cage. We recognize our music-making as enacting healthy political economy, with respect for individual contributions and high regard for the community as a whole and we intend our mutually supportive work to be compassionate, joyful and liberating political action. We invite you to our audience participation performance of Pauline Oliveros’ The Heart Chant 5-9 pm on 21 June at the Garden of Memory event at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland. https://www.facebook.com/cardewchoir

Thingamajigs Performance Group (TPG) is a sound-based ensemble working co-creatively in a variety of mediums and with a wide array of local and international artists. Formed in 2008, TPG focuses on durational performance, alternate tuning, group and open compositional formats, interdisciplinary and intercultural collaboration, and site-specific work. Their fields of institutional study, performance practice, and instrumentation are directly informed by Japanese noh and gagaku, Korean pansori, sijo and sinawi, formal training in both Western and Eastern art practices, and a commitment to experimental art. Their proximity to issues of intercultural performance is acute. They navigate relationships with traditional artists and idioms as an integrated part of their work. Current Members : Keith Evans, Rae Diamond, Suki O'Kane and Edward Schocker

Pet the Tiger is an SF Bay Area inventors collective led by David Samas that plays in a wide variety of idioms exploring new timbral dimensions through extended techniques, new instruments, xenharmonics and fringe acoustic phenomena. Pet the Tiger also hosts workshops teaching instrument building and a popular “Instrument Petting Zoo”. They have performed new commissions for at the Asian Art Museum of SF, SF Conservatory of Flowers, Oakland Museum of California, Soundwave and the Market Street Prototyping Festival.PTT is the standing ensemble for Psychobotanikon, the Harmonic Series Gamelan and the house band at the Turquoise Yantra Grotto. We will performing tonight with Kevin Corcoran (percussion), Dan Gottwald (invented instruments), Stephen Parris (guitar), and David Samas (voice). https://publiceyesore.bandcamp.com/album/gaze-emanations
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Other Dimensions in Sound presents Low Grade Infection

Other Dimensions in Sound is our Friday music series curated and hosted by Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce. Each week David will be inviting different musical guests to join him in our galeria for a night of sonic sustenance.

Tonight’s potent musical medicina is being provided by Low Grade Infection (Ron Kukan-Guitar, Duane Andrews-Guitar, Matt Simon-Bass, and Carl Goldberg-Drums)
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Other Dimensions in Sound presents Deciphering Broken Rhythms Collective

Other Dimensions in Sound is our Friday music series curated and hosted by Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce. Each week David will be inviting different musical guests to join him in our galeria for a night of sonic sustenance.

Tonight’s potent musical medicina is being provided by Deciphering Broken Rhythms Collective
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Other Dimensions in Sound presents Jordon Glenn/Warren Huegel drum duo

Other Dimensions in Sound is our Friday music series curated and hosted by Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce. Each week David will be inviting different musical guests to join him in our galeria for a night of sonic sustenance.

Tonight’s polyrhythmic medicina is being provided by the Jordon Glenn/Warren Huegel drum duo
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"Lost Letters from Gaza" in association with Gallery Habibi

This experimental performance is an improvised blend of music and choreography, incorporating testimonies from children and residents of Gaza about their dreams. In times of war, even the smallest dreams, desires and memories of everyday life — such as the simple wish of eating a banana again — become monumental and invaluable. The performance is interactive, with the audience receiving letters from the dancer, who will read and interpret them. These letters explore themes of curiosity and the dreamy aspects of life under occupation. The piece is a collaboration between Multimedia Artist and Musician Asma Ghanem and Choreographer/Poet Stephanie Sherman.
Asma Ghanem is a Palestinian artist, experimental musician and film director. She was born in Damascus, Syria in 1991. Asma has two degrees in audio-visual arts from the International Academy of Arts in Palestine in 2013 (BA) and a Master's Degree (MA) from the University of Fine Arts in Toulouse-France (ISDAT) in 2016. The works of Asma are inspired by the imaginative nature of narrating the personal experience of the occupation in Palestine. Her artistic and musical works are connected to her childhood and are centered around essential components such as the concept of homeland, the sonic experience under occupation, the world of imagination, and love stories in an occupied place. She currently lives and works in Oakland, CA.

Stephanie Sherman (She/her) is a queer anti-Zionist Jew, choreographer, dancer, bilingual poet, visual artist, and activist, committed to social justice and challenging borders of identity. With 25 years of experience working between the US, Ecuador, and Mexico, her artistic practice is shaped by her activism, and queer feminism. She holds a PhD in Performance Studies from UC Berkeley, an MFA in Dance from NYU, and is a two-time Fulbright Award grantee (Mexico & Ecuador). Stephanie is a professor at California College of the Arts and San Jose State University. Her work, a fusion of dance, poetry, and surrealist visual art, engages cultural identity, gender, disability, and national borders. Drawing influence from Prometheus Dance Company, Teatro Ciego (where she was a resident choreographer), and mentors like Guillermo Gómez Peña and Kathleen Hermesdorf, her practice is collaborative, accessible, and ever-evolving. In addition to her performance work, Stephanie is a scholar and educator, with a focus on Mexican visual art and queer activism. Her video-dance project Manifiesta with her queer and female students contributed to Mexico’s first institutional gender protocols in national dance education.
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Other Dimensions in Sound presents Johnston/Mezzacappa/Ochs/Kjell/Bruckman

Other Dimensions in Sound is our Friday music series curated and hosted by Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce. Each week David will be inviting different musical guests to join him in our galeria for a night of sonic sustenance.

Tonight’s we have a potent dose of musical medicina being provided by Darren Johnston/Lisa Mezzacappa/Larry Ochs/Kjell Nordeson/Kyle Bruckman
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Other Dimensions in Sound presents Francis Wong/Nora Free/David Boyce tenor sax trio

Other Dimensions in Sound is our Friday music series curated and hosted by Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce. Each week David will be inviting different musical guests to join him in our galeria for a night of sonic sustenance.

Tonight’s heavy doasge of sonic sustenance is being provided by the Francis Wong/Nora Free/David Boyce tenor sax trio
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