Gusty Winds May Exist at Wednesdays & Sundays @ Berkeley Arts

sundays @berkeley arts presents: Gusty Winds May Exist, Bruce Anderson solo, Dean Santomieri solo

9 pm
Gusty Winds May Exist
Nancy Beckman - shakuhachi
Tom Bickley - recorder, electronics

Gusty Winds May Exist draws on wind timbres extended via acoustic and electronic means to improvise playfully and contemplatively with the world soundscape. Influences include Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, Myoan shakuhachi repertory, Gregorian chant, etc...

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8 pm
Bruce Anderson: Solo Guitar

Bruce Anderson has had a long career in rock and improvised music. For this evening he will be playing a series of structured improvisations on archtop guitar. Bruce’s music draws inspiration from composers Morton Feldman, Olivier Messiaen and Eric Satie. His solo work is defined by a closed system of modular note cells, which pattern and unfold like a kaleidoscope....

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sundays @berkeley arts presents: Gusty Winds May Exist, Bruce Anderson solo, Dean Santomieri solo

9 pm
Gusty Winds May Exist
Nancy Beckman - shakuhachi
Tom Bickley - recorder, electronics

Gusty Winds May Exist draws on wind timbres extended via acoustic and electronic means to improvise playfully and contemplatively with the world soundscape. Influences include Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, Myoan shakuhachi repertory, Gregorian chant, etc...

PLUS

8 pm
Bruce Anderson: Solo Guitar

Bruce Anderson has had a long career in rock and improvised music. For this evening he will be playing a series of structured improvisations on archtop guitar. Bruce’s music draws inspiration from composers Morton Feldman, Olivier Messiaen and Eric Satie. His solo work is defined by a closed system of modular note cells, which pattern and unfold like a kaleidoscope.

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8:30 pm
Dean Santomieri: Solo Guitar

Dean Santomieri, on summer recess from the Santomieri-Farhadian Duo, will be playing solo pieces on resonator guitar, and in trio with Gusty Winds May Exist. His structured improvisations are derived from the vocabulary of Contemporary New Music, Popular Music and Free Improvisation.

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