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Trevor Saint + Alligator Char

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Monday night (November 12), Trevor Saint will be performing at the UWM Recital Hall at 7:30 pm. The first half of the program is a set of works for solo glockenspiel, mostly with electronics — including works by Matthew Burtner, Jeff Herriott, and Eric Sheffield/Anna Weisling, as well as a performance of Chris Burns’ work “Opalescence”. The second half of the program is a reprise of my work “Alligator Char”, with David Collins, Adam Murphy, Kevin Schlei, Amanda Schoofs, and Seth Warren-Crow joining Trevor in a structured ensemble improvisation. Trevor is an incredibly dynamic performer, and this will be a terrific event.

Monday, November 12
7:30 pm
PSOA Music Building Recital Hall

3223 N. Downer Ave.

MINOR VICES – Performance at the Borg Ward

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Next Wednesday Night, August 29, I’ll be joining some excellent musicians to perform music by Christopher Burns. The show will feature some heavy improvisation with formal instruction. We had a rehearsal last night, and all I can say is that the pieces are a blast to perform. The lineup:

David Collins, sax
Adam Murphy, clarinet
Trevor Saint, percussion
Kevin Schlei, percussion
Amanda Schoofs, voice
Seth Warren-Crow, drums

Wednesday, August 29
8:00 pm
Borg Ward Gallery

823 W. National Ave.

MiLO at the Sugar Maple – July 13

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Tonight at the Sugar Maple MiLO will be performing a full set of improvisations. This time, the show will feature small sets of player ‘sub-groups.’ The mixture of sound sources and styles will be a sonic grab bag – come check it out!

The lineup:
Christopher Burns – electric guitar
David Collins – saxophone, electronics
Adam Murphy – iPad (using Kevin Schlei’s TC-11 software)
Elliot Patros – laptop
Kevin Schlei – tabla, laptop
Steve Schlei – iPad (TC-11)
Jim Schoenecker – Nord modular
Amanda Schoofs – voice, electronics
Seth Warren-Crow – tabla, electronics

More info over at the MiLO tumblr: http://milo-ensemble.tumblr.com/

MiLO at the Kenilworth Open Studios

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On Saturday April 21st the Milwaukee Laptop Orchestra (MiLO) will performed during the Kenilworth Open Studios, a collection of exhibitions from all areas of the Peck School of the Arts. MiLO played a live realization of Ligeti’s Artikulation, my structured improvisation Collision, and electro-acoustic improvisations.

MiLO is: Chris Burns, David Collins, Nolan Dargiewicz, Adam Murphy, Elliot Patros, Kevin Schlei, Steve Schlei, Amanda Schoofs, Sebastian Valenzuela.

For more information about MiLO, check out the new MiLO tumblr. You can also listen to the full performance on MiLO’s SoundCloud page.

Here are a few shots from the event:
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The Great Lakes Improvising Orchestra – December 18th

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On December 18th I’ll be joining a new group of Milwaukee musicians in the debut performance of the Great Lakes Improvising Orchestra. The performance will include exciting improvisation, electronics, and acoustic performance. The show is at Woodland Patter, and starts at 2:00.

The debut performance—an afternoon of open form collective improvisation—will include a cross-neighborhood gathering of composers-who-improvise and improvisers-who-compose featuring:

Linda Binder: violin
Thomas Gaudynski: guitar
Jeff Klatt: cello
Jon Mueller: percussion
Steve Nelson-Raney: reeds
Rick Ollman: guitar, reeds
Hal Rammel: musical saw
Chris Rosenau: guitar
Kevin Schlei: electronics
Jim Schoenecker: electronics
Amanda Schoofs: voice
Seth Warren-Crow: percussion

Check this post over at the Woodland Pattern website for more information.

Unruly Festival Performance – This Thursday

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David Collins and I will be performing this Thursday night, 7:30, at Vogel Hall as part of the Unruly Music Festival. We have an exciting set of pieces that use multi-touch controllers, motion sensors, and networked laptops to drive our custom synthesis code. The second half of the concert features UWM composers Chris Burns and Amanda Schoofs improvising while generating live animations.

We will be premiering a new piece of mine, Sp]|[n, which uses GyrOSC with a hacked open hard drive to create a spinning controller. The data pushes a granulated piano sample to random resting points, where it evolves into sinewy sonic waves. David and I will be improvising along side it with a new multi-touch instrument for iPad.

Purchase tickets online, or call the Marcus Center box office at (414) 273-7206.

FALL 2011 FESTIVAL
October 27-29, 2011

Thursday, October 27:
Music by Milwaukee artists making innovative use of technology in live performance. David Collins and Kevin Schlei integrate multitouch control devices, networking, and animation into their joyous grooves; “Fieldwork,” with Christopher Burns and Amanda Schoofs, pushes electric guitar and voice into new sonic territory.

Friday, October 28:
Renowned English musician John Butcher presents an evening of improvisations for solo saxophone. Butcher is celebrated for his distinctive approaches to timbre, gesture, and musical time – this is an extraordinarily rare opportunity to hear him perform live in Milwaukee.

Saturday, October 29:
Chicago ensemble Dal Niente opens their Unruly Music residency with an evening of chamber music for clarinet, saxophone, violin, cello, percussion and piano, in a program combining 20th-century classics by Anton Webern, Iannis Xenakis, and Giacinto Scelsi with new works by Aaron Einbond and Edgar Guzman.