Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Dear friends and listeners,
Following the truncated, partial premiere last Saturday as part of the 2012 Avant Music Festival, William Lang and I are very excited to present the Full World Premiere of The Third Pillar in Primal Imperfect Palindrome with The Souvenir of The Second Pillar, The Floating Cirrus over the Pumping Slush, and The Highest Moving Chordal Motif from Apparitions of The Four Pillars on Monday, February 27th, 2012, at 8PM at The Wild Project.
Anyone that was at the performance on the 18th, is invited back as our guests to this premiere, and I’m hoping that this last minute change in schedule will allow even more people to experience Will’s transcendent playing as it was intended.
Tickets to this special premiere are available now.
In harmony,
Randy
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Saturday, February 18th, 2012
This post is the final in a series examining each night of the 2012 Avant Music Festival through program notes, thoughts, video, sound, &c.
Saturday, February 18, 8:00 PM –Randy Gibson’s The Third Pillar in Primal Imperfect Palindrome with The Souvenir of The Second Pillar, The Floating Cirrus over the Pumping Slush, and The Highest Moving Chordal Motif from Apparitions of The Four Pillars
- The Wild Project – 195 East 3rd Street
Tickets at the door will be $15($10)
Tonight marks the World Premiere of the latest installment of Randy Gibson’s drone-epic, Apparitions of The Four Pillars. The World Premiere of a Three Hour Trombone solo written for and performed by William Lang. With video created by Oscar Henriquez and lighting design by Kryssy Wright.
Click Through to read full thoughts from Lang and Gibson »
Tags: AMF2012, Avant Music Festival, Drone, Music, New York City, Randy Gibson, Sine Waves, William Lang
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Friday, September 24th, 2010
We are very pleased to return to Wild Project for the 2011 Avant Music Festival.
This year, curators Randy Gibson and Megan Schubert are focusing on Evolution as a guiding theme. The evolution of contemporary music, evolution in the literal sense, how we learn from our mentors, and how a work evolves once it’s in the hands of the performers.
A full listing of dates and performances is below. Please join us for a special preview on October 12th for the Avant Music Festival Fall Fundraiser
Click to read the full AMF2011 Lineup »
Tags: AMF2011, Avant Media, Avant Music Festival, Music, New York City
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Now available!
A special edition of 100 CDs of Randy Gibson‘s album Voices + Sine Waves.
Individually hand-numbered and signed copies are available now for only $10. Click here to purchase your copy
Voices + Sine Waves is a collection of short works by Randy Gibson written over the last 10 years. These works represent the most primal and basic of materials; voices ethereal and guttural; sine waves pure and distorted. Most of these pieces have been scores for short films or dances, but exist on their own as recordings of a single performance.
Exclusive to this CD release, and not available for download, is the raga influenced The Third Pillar with its Lowest Primes and Memories of The Second Pillar from Apparitions of The Four Pillars III-iii-2010 20:02:56″ – 20:20:17″ (Brooklyn). Following the world premiere of Apparitions of The Four Pillars, The Third Pillar immediately struck us all as the most melodic and raga-like of the Pillars, and thus the most readily suitable for a short-form recording. The third take of the evening recording session, The Third Pillar…, is a single improvised performance by Randy Gibson on toy organ, William Lang on trombone, and Drew Blumberg on violin.
There will not be a second printing of this CD, and The Third Pillar will only be available on this recording. Don’t miss the opportunity to own this remarkable collection of works.
Other Avant Media works included on Voices + Sine Waves:
Shiver
Two Sides
Mujeres de Juárez
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Monday, March 22nd, 2010
This weekend, March 26th and 27th at 8:30 PM, we will be presenting Mémoire-en-Ciel at Highways Performance Space in Los Angeles. In 2007 we presented the west-coast premiere of Aqua Madora here, and it’s a great pleasure to be back.
On the program are Undress Me Not by Ana Baer-Carrillo, Pat Stone, and Caren McCaleb; Mujeres de Juárez by Randy Gibson and Ana Baer-Carrillo, and to close the night: the world premiere of Mémoire-en-Ciel by Dani Beauchamp and Randy Gibson.
It should be a great night of dance, film, and music. Click here to read the full press release [PDF].
Highways is located at 1651 18th street in Santa Monica.
Tickets are available through Highways Performance Space
Tags: 2010, Ana Baer-Carrillo, Dance, Dani Beauchamp, Live Music, Mémoire-en-Ciel, Music, Randy Gibson, Video, World Premiere
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Announcing the Avant Music Festival: five nights of live performances – February 19th-27th at Wild Project in New York City.
Tickets will go on sale on Monday, February 1st.
The Avant Music Festival will feature some of the most talented young interpreters in New York, highlighting the influence of the performer on experimental music from the 20th century and today.
The festival is Avant Media’s first festival of music exploring the nature of collaboration. The performer is a critical and powerful influence on both the composition and realization of some of the most influential music of the last 70 years. The performers appearing are dedicated to the vibrant history and the exciting future of modern classical music. Curated by Avant Media artistic director, Randy Gibson, and experimental vocalist Megan Schubert, the festival features works by Cage, Gibson, Stockhausen, and many more that reflect the intense and multi-faceted relationship between composer and performer.
Click hear to read the full press release
All performances for the Avant Music Festival will take place at Wild Project 195 East 3rd Street – For more information please click here to contact Avant Media or call 212-372-3326
Tags: #AMF2010, 2010, Art, Avant Media, Avant Music Festival, Festival, John Cage, Music, New York City, Performances, Randy Gibson, World Premiere
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
We have posted some photos of the World Premiere of Doleo Æternus over on our Flickr Page.
And we have posted a little video of the performance on the Doleo Æternus minisite and on our Vimeo Page.
We’ve also created an album on our Facebook Page. If you’re not already a fan of Avant Media on Facebook – now’s the time.
Thank you to everyone that come out to this monumental performance. We can’t wait for the next one.
Tags: 2009, Avant Media, Doleo Æternus, Minimalism, Music, New York City, Oscar Henriquez, Performances, Raga, Randy Gibson, Video, World Premiere
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Tickets are now on sale for the World Premiere of Doleo Æternus on November 21st in New York City.
Visit the minisite to learn more
Click here to buy tickets
This is a one-night only event, and seating is limited. We hope to see you all on the 21st.
Tags: 2009, Avant Media, Just Intonation, Minimalism, Music, Oscar Henriquez, Performances, Randy Gibson
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Tickets for the special, one-night-only, world premiere of Randy Gibson‘s Doleo Æternus with video sculpture by Oscar Henriquez will go on sale on Monday November 2nd.
Tickets will be $20 for general admission, and $10 for students/members. Click here to learn more about becoming a member. The performance will take place on November 21st at Wild Project in the East Village, NYC.
Check back soon for a special microsite all about Doleo Æternus.
Tags: 2009, Avant Media, Doleo Aeternus, Doleo Æternus, Minimalism, New York City, Oscar Henriquez, Performances, Randy Gibson, Video
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Two Items of note:
The Just Intonation World Premiere of Randy Gibson’s Doleo Æternus will take place in New York City on Saturday November 21, 2009 at Wild Project in the East Village. Tickets will likely go on sale in late October or early November for this special, one-night only event.
The first release by Avant Media, Voices + Sine Waves, a collection of Artistic Director Randy Gibson’s short works, will be available as a digital download from October 6th, 2009. The full press release is available as a PDF here. and is included as text after the jump »
Tags: "Voices + Sine Waves", 2009, Avant Media, Doleo Aeternus, Doleo Æternus, i left you, Mujeres de Juarez, Randy Gibson, Shiver, Two Sides
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