Rastascan Records Presents
John Shiurba's 5x5 CD Release Party
Bob Marsh’s Quintessentials (premiere)
Celebrating the new release of Shiurba's latest 5X5 recording with Anthony Braxton on Rastascan Records
5 x 5
Phillip Greenlief - reeds in Bb
Scott Rosenberg - reeds in Eb
Ava Mendoza - guitar
John Shiurba - guitar
Gino Robair - percussion
The Quintessentials:
Kanoko Nishi - koto
Theresa Wong - cello
Scott R. Looney - electronics
Matt Ingalls - clarinets
Jacob Lindsay - clarinets
Bob Marsh will conduct the Quintessentials in a premier reading of Les Michelins V, VI, and VII - three new compositions based on his ongoing alterations to the 1987 Michelin Road Atlas of France. The Quintessentials is a project began some twelve years ago in Chicago and always consists of two reed, two strings and one electronics players. This is the first Bay Area performance of this group and these compositions.
Cost: $10
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Gino Robair and John Butcher, 2008
Scott R. Looney, Lisa Mezzacapa, and Donald Robinson at Berkeley Arts Fest space - May 31, 2014