17th High Zero Festival Next Week----Baltimore's amazing and exotic festival of improvised, experimental music!
John Berndt
17 years we been doin' this, and it is still wildly fun and stimulating....
26 improvisers. 4 days. The only festival of its kind in the U.S. Where acoustic and electronic music, text, image and performance converge in 100% improvised, all new collaborations.
http://www.highzero.org Thursday 9/23rd - Sunday 9/24th
Tickets at the door or online here:
http://www.highzero.org/2015_site/tickets/
Come see the fest, spread the words, bring you friends, bring your parents, bring your children, and show everyone a vivid flavor that is uniquely developed in Baltimore....
This year performers:
From Afar-
Amma Ateria (electronics, inventions) San Francisco
Ben Bennett (percussion) Philadelphia
Alexandra Cárdenas (computer, live electronics) Berlin
Miha Ciglar (ultrasound, electronics) Austria
Tashi Dorji (guitar) Asheville
Nava Dunkelman (percussion) San Francisco
Heejin Jang (electronics, visuals) New York City
Andrew Lafkas (bass) Berlin
Irena Tomažin (voice, tapes) Slovenia
Bromp Treb (elect., perc., performance) Massachusetts
C. Spencer Yeh (voice, violin) New York City
Michael Zerang (percussion) Chicago
Eva Zöllner (accordian) Hamburg
From Baltimore-
Stephanie Barber (voice, projections)
Andrew Bernstein (saxophone, electronics)
Rose Hammer Burt (saxophone, reeds)
Mei Mei Chang (projections)
Bonnie Jones (electronics, text)
Caroline Marcantoni (voice, dance)
Jamal R. Moore (woodwinds, electronics)
Stewart Mostofsky (electronics, Ultra Sound)
Paul Neidhardt (percussion)
Shelly Purdy (percussion)
M.C. Schmidt (electronics, objects)
Sydney Spann (electronics, strings, voice)
Luke Stewart (electronics, bass)
The festival consists of all new, freely improvised collaborations in 100% new combinations (plus solos). It is four nights of concerts with doors open @ 7:30, plus a long matinee on Saturday at 1PM.
There is also a substantial program of sound installations leading up the big event, SOUND INVESTMENTS
http://www.highzero.org/2015_site/schedule/?main=closed&CP_SoundInstall=open#Installations
We are still looking for a few good volunteers (rides to the airport, ushers, carry equipment, etc. type tasks). High Zero is a 100% volunteer, labor-of-love endeavor, by the way, though we pay the performers and treat them very well.
Please spread the word, and hope to see you at the festival.
Regards,
John Berndt