Sun 4/06 5:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]In the intimacy of a home concert, Elliott Sharp will perform The Hidden Variable-- solo electroacoustic music performed on 8-string guitarbass with electronics. In addition, Sharp will read from his upcoming book Feedback: Translations From The IrRational which will be published by Wesleyan University Press, Nov. 2025.
A seminal figure in contemporary music, Elliott Sharp has been extraordinarily prolific for over four decades. In addition to his collaboration with such artists as John Zorn, Cecil Taylor, Bill Laswell, Anthony Braxton, Zeena Parkins, Ikue Mori, Thurston Moore, Nels Cline, Fred Frith, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, etc., Sharp has composed 8 operas, 12 string quartets, and has created a number of sound installations, most recently Chorale (2019), an 8-channel sound installation at Geoff Stern Art Space, Berlin. Sharp leads SysOrk, Orchestra Carbon, Terraplane, & Tectonics, and has pioneered the use of fractal geometry, chaos theory & genetics in musical composition & interaction.
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Oakland]Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)
Monthly series of improvisation research at Temescal Arts Center. Bring your instrument or come to listen. Movement and other disciplines encouraged. No advance notice needed — just show up.
Small groups will be randomly assembled from submitted names immediately before each group plays. Set up before 8:00 and be as ready to play as possible. We try to keep transition time between groups at a minimum. Over by 10pm.
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