musicforpeople
andthingamajigs
september 28 - 30, 2007
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Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, this festival is a celebration of new and unusual explorations in music and performance. Central to the event is music created using made and/or found instruments, or utilizing odd tuning systems.
Past performers/composers/ instrument builders have included Pauline Oliveros, William Winant, Carla Kihlstedt, Walter Kitundu, Bart Hopkin, and many others. Also on the bill are text and visual performance works.
21 Grand Gallery and Performance Space
416 25th St at Broadway, Oakland
$15 General $10 Students/Seniors $25 Festival Pass
Reservations: (510) 444-1322 or reserve@thingamajigs.org
Ji-Yoon Chun / Edward Schocker [traditional and improvised music for haegeum]
Sean Clute and Double Vision [multi-media narrative with dance, video, animation and sound]
Gudmundur Steinn Gunnarsson [percussion piece for porcelin bowls, tin cans and various objects]
Orkest Asfalto [junk percussion with traditional latin rhythms and house beats]
Zachary Watkins [amplified strings playing a tuning system built on room resonances]
Saturday, September 29th - 8pm
21 Grand Gallery and Performance Space
416 25th St at Broadway, Oakland
$15 General $10 Students/Seniors $25 Festival Pass
Reservations: (510) 444-1322 or reserve@thingamajigs.org
Dylan Bolles / Keith Evans [hochikku and kinetic sculpture duet]
The Crank Ensemble [music for homemade hand-cranked instruments]
James Goode [work for electro-mechanical objects and devices and electronics]
Nicci Reisnour [micro-tonal music for new and adapted instruments]
Laetitia Sonami [Bellow-activated electronic memories]
Lake Merritt Park
Downtown Oakland
10th Anniversary Celebration Parade Free Event for Adults & Children
Ranjit Bhatnagar [circuit-bent marching band]
Betsey Biggs [shadow-activated sound installation]
Orkest Asfalto
...and friends