Concerts

New Zealand-born composer Annea Lockwood directs an all-star Seattle ensemble in her gorgeous classic Thousand Year Dreaming, a rarely heard major work (originally released on Nonseq’s ¿What Next? label, recently reissued by Pogus). Ruth Anderson, a pioneer of electronic and electroacoustic music, presents I Come Out of Your Sleep (1997), a haunting four-channel sound poem …

Seattle composer/pianist/vocalist Robin Holcomb performs duets and trios with cellist Peggy Lee, trombonist/ keyboardist Steve Moore and vocalists Arni Adler and Nova Devonie. Also featured will be the premiere performance of two new works for solo piano.

Carl Stone performs recent works for solo computer including compositions from his recent CD AL-Noor (Intone). He has composed electro-acoustic music almost exclusively since 1972, using computers in live performance since 1986, and has been hailed by the Village Voice as “the king of sampling” and “one of the best composers living in the USA …

Noted guitarist and veteran of the Northwest creative music milieu Dennis Rea leads sets by three widely varied groupings: unclassifiable improvised music for electric guitar trio with Tom Baker and Brian Heaney; the Tanabata Ensemble – Dennis Rea (acoustic guitar), Elizabeth Falconer (koto), John Falconer (shakuhachi), Jim DeJoie (bass flute, reeds), Greg Campbell & Paul …

Bay Area electro-acoustic composer Michael Gendreau emerged in the 1980s underground as half of the duo Crawling with Tarts. After studying composition at Mills College he went on to get a PhD in physical acoustics. Applying his occupational skills to his creative work, Gendreau uses the tools of his trade to activate the very buildings …