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.
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Monday, January 10th, 2011
We are proud to announce the full schedule for the second annual Avant Music Festival, five nights of music from the evolving avant-garde, February 11th-19th at Wild Project in New York City. Curated by minimal composer and Avant Media artistic director, Randy Gibson and experimental vocalist Megan Schubert, the festival presents the works of Georges Aperghis, John Cage, Randy Gibson, Reiko Füting, and Nils Vigeland as interpreted by some of the most talented young musicians in New York. All performances will start at 8PM at Wild Project – 195 East 3rd Street.
The full list of performances is as follows:
- Friday 2/11/2011 – The World Premiere of a new version of Randy Gibson’s Apparitions of The Four Pillars
- Saturday 2/12/2011 – An evening of works by John Cage featuring Vicky Chow, Ekmeles, and William Lang
- Thursday 2/17/2011 – Duets by Reiko Füting and Nils Vigeland
- Friday 2/18/2011 – The New York Premiere of Georges Aperghis’ opera Sextuor: L’origine des Espèces
- Saturday 2/19/2011 – Randy Gibson’s Apparitions of The Four Pillars
Advance tickets to individual concerts for $12, $8 for students, and multi-night festival passes are available starting today. There are no fees to buy online, and tickets at the door will be $15/$10, purchase advance tickets and save.
The second annual Avant Music Festival focuses on evolution as its guiding theme, from the evolution of a single work (the world premiere of a new version of Gibson’s Apparitions of The Four Pillars), evolution through an artist’s career on the John Cage night, to the literal exploration found in the New York premiere of Georges Aperghis’ opera Sextuor: L’origine des Espèces, based on Darwin’s “Origin of Species.” A roundpanel discussion moderated by Schubert between Gibson, Reiko Füting, and Nils Vigeland will take place at 5:30 PM on the evening of the 12th, in advance of the Cage performances. The discussion, free to the public, will discuss the concepts of artistic and personal evolution through composition. On the theme of this year’s festival, Randy Gibson says, “Standing on line for a packed concert downtown, Megan and I were talking about the festival, and where we wanted it to go. The idea of Evolution came to mind as it relates to all of the work we’re programming. It’s something I’m extremely interested in within my own work, and the theme of personal evolution is really strong throughout all the works and programs we’re presenting.” Click here for full details on this year’s lineup
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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 »
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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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Friday, February 5th, 2010
We are pleased to announce the full lineup of works by John Cage being performed on February 20th during the Avant Music Festival. It should be a truly amazing evening of performances.
One4 for Solo Drummer will be performed by percussionist and experimental composer Jude Traxler to open the concert.
The beautiful String Quartet in Four Parts, performed by MIVOS quartet, shows Cage’s stunning sense of melody and structure that were so vital to his early work.
In a slight break with tradition, Randy Gibson has developed a version of One9 for specially tuned Toy Organ that mimics the sound of the original Shō – he will be joined by Jude Traxler on conch shells to perform Two3
Closing the concert will be a monumental performance of Songbooks with solos from the Concert for Piano and Orchestra performed by members of loadbang with Megan Schubert and presented with videos of Solo for Voice 19 by Randy Gibson and Ana Baer-Carrillo originally created for John Cage at 95 as well as i-Ching based video lighting created by Oscar Henriquez.
We hope you’ll be able to join us for this and all the wonderful events taking place at Wild Project as part of the Avant Music Festival
Avant Music Festival : Music of John Cage takes place at 8PM on Saturday February 20th at Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street.
Tickets are on sale now
Tags: #AMF2010, Ana Baer-Carrillo, Avant Music Festival, Cage, John Cage, Jude Traxler, loadbang, Megan Schubert, MIVOS quartet, Music, Randy Gibson, Songbooks, String Quartet
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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
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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, September 30th, 2009
I am now fully into rehearsal mode for the upcoming just intonation world premiere of Doleo Æternus and it’s starting to get extremely interesting. On Sunday I had the first rehearsal with the bassoonist, Annie Lyle, and the computer. This was Annie’s first time hearing the computer and I had really completely forgotten how magical it can be. (more…)
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