15th Annual High Zero Festival of Improvised & Experimental Music in Baltimore MD!

[Bonnie Jones]

The Red Room Collective/High Zero Foundation are excited to present the 15th High Zero Festival, one of the country’s best showcases for experimental and improvised music. Please check out the events on our website and spread the word! 

9/16 - 9/22

www.highzero.org

EXPERIMENTAL FILM & VIDEO SCREENINGS

Monday, September 16 at 7 PM

Curated by Andrew Bernstein, Meg Rorison and M.C. Schmidt 

Thirteen screenings of film and video from some of the most astounding local and national filmmakers.

UB Student Center 

1420 N. Charles Street

Baltimore, MD

$6

(https://www.facebook.com/events/633589316673865/)

EXPERIMENTAL DANCE PERFORMANCE

Wednesday, September 18 at 7 PM

Curated by John Berndt, Jaime Kauffman and Stewart Mostofsky

Four sets of dancers paired with musicians create an extraordinary evening of unique movement and sound.

2640 Space

2640 St. Paul Street

Baltimore, MD

$5+ sliding scale

(https://www.facebook.com/events/159693117566289/)

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MAIN CONCERTS

Thursday, September 19 to Sunday, September 22

(doors at 7:30 PM, show at 8:30 PM) 

26 amazing musicians from around the world and Baltimore performing all new, spontaneous collaborations throughout the duration of the festival!

The Theatre Project

45 West Preston Street

Baltimore, MD

plus MATINEE MADNESS!

Saturday, September 23rd

(doors at 1 PM/ show at 2 PM)

Three very special sets that break the pattern of nightly performances in an attempt to redefine the undefinable.

PERFORMERS FROM AFAR:

Tomomi Adachi (voice, electronics, self-made instruments) Tokyo

Peter B (invented instruments) Connecticut

Angèlica Castelló (paetzoid, tapes, electronics) Mexico City/Vienna

Alvin Fielder (percussion) Jackson, MS

Walter Kitundu (inventions) San Francisco

Misha Marks (guitar, baritone horn) New Zealand/Mexico City

Magda Mayas (clavinet, piano) Berlin

David Moré (saw, electronics) Chicago

Gino Robair (miscellany) San Francisco

Karen Stackpole (gongs) Oakland

Birgit Ulher (trumpet, radio, speaker, objects) Hamburg

Sabine Vogel (flute, electronics) Potsdam, Berlin

Weasel Walter (drums) New York City

PERFORMERS FROM BALTIMORE

Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar)

Andrew Bernstein (reeds, electronics)

Christina Blomberg (tenor saxophone)

Tom Boram (thocolate tynapple panipulator, epiglottal trills)

Jaimie Branch (trumpet)

Rose Hammer Burt (reeds)

Samuel Burt (daxophone, bass clarinet, computer)

Patrick Crossland (trombone)

Jesse Haas (saxophone)

Bonnie Jones (electronics, language)

Sharon Mansur (movement)

Kelvin Pittman (saxophone)

Will Schorre (modular synthesizer)