Experimental violinist Eric km Clark will perform for the first time in the Bay Area with his Simplified Violin™, a traditional violin fitted with four E-strings. The 8pm concert, presented by the nationwide composers' collective "The Collected," will feature the world premiere of works by nine living composers, written especially for Clark and his unusual instrument.
Eric km Clark
One of the younger generation's most genre-defying musicians, Canadian violinist, composer, and improviser Eric km Clark may be most often heard performing in contemporary, experimental, and improvisational settings. Clark has collaborated in performance with many of the world's most innovative artists and ensembles, including Han Bennink, Michael Gordon, Guy Maddin, and the California EAR Unit. His experimental ensemble projects include Passenger Fish, an electric groove-based Zappa-like band; and future Hearing Deprivation™ compositions for Hearing Deprived musicians, in which he ‘masks’ the performers’ hearing to create a hermetic canon. Other notable recent and upcoming appearances include the ISIM and Re:NEW conferences, in 2007 and 2008 respectively; participation in Wadada Leo Smith’s SILVER ORCHESTRA at the Hammer Museum at UCLA; and new music performances with Object Collection at the Ontological Theater in the East Village beginning late January through April 2008. For more information, visit www.erickmclark.com.
About The Collected
The Collected is a group of nationally active composers committed to advancing the publicity of recent music produced by living musicians. Dedicated to a broadly construed spirit of inclusion, the group presents not only their own compositions, as well as those of their teachers and influences, but also works by others that engage the limits of artistic imagination and defy a taxonomy of aesthetic divisions within new music. Embracing works informed by the music of disparate genres, the group’s programming choices explore the creative exchanges within, between, and among compositions located at the periphery of classical, rock, jazz, and academic musical developments. Equally devoted to the concert endeavors of emerging performers and composers, the group’s series of recordings on their own independent label increase the exposure of these musicians’ ventures and reflect a responsibility to the dissemination of such projects. For information, visit www.thecollected.org.
Cost: $6-10