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Happy New Year Everyone!
Can you believe it? Nine months have passed since the
first Boise Experimental Music Festival (BEMF) last year,
which is still archived at www.boisemusicians.com/experimental. Now, get ready for BEMF 2!
Last year's festival was a complete success relative to
similar festivals across the country and around the world. It was so well
received, that the word spread to musicians all over the world, who have
subsequently expressed interested in performing at the second annual version of
the festival. This is great news and will certainly break new ground yet again
in placing Boise, Idaho on the world map of experimental and avant-garde
music. So, BEMF 2 will now be an international event if all goes as
planned.
BEMF 2 will again be held at
Visual Arts Collective (VaC) here in Boise, April 26 -
28, 2007. VaC has proven to be an excellent venue for avant-garde
art and community gatherings. A special thanks goes to Anneliessa and Samuel
Stimpert, the owners, for supporting the festival again. Much of the success of
last year's festival was due to their endless support and fabulous venue.
BEMF 2 will kickoff Thursday evening (April 26), continue on Friday evening
(April 27), and then feature all performing musicians on Saturday afternoon
(April 28), continuing until late night. I will share more details at a later
date.
Because the festival will be open to other musicians
around the country and world, I will be modifying the performance criteria
slightly in terms of the experience, style, and caliber of performing
musicians. Last year there were some performances, though
very professional and by experienced performers, were not an optimal
fit within the artistic and long term vision of the festival (mainly
in terms of genre, style, and approach). This was intentional, because the
festival itself was an experiment, and I was testing the waters for what was
possible here in Boise. Now I know what is possible!
BEMF 2 will take it to the next level and
feature very prominent and defining members of the international
experimental and avant-garde music community. To ensure that the
festival achieves this level of representation, I have appointed a
review panel to approve and help decide on the final list of performers for the
festival, because undoubtedly there will be more submissions than there are
available slots. I will accommodate as many as I can. However, I will also
have some performance slots for "emerging experimental artists," to feature new
talent and upcoming artists in the experimental music scene. The festival now
has the potential to feature some of the most innovative, fascinating, and
creative music art in the industry, music that is very rarely experienced
at typical venues open to the public.
To get the festival planning started, I am
announcing a "Call to Musicians" for the 2nd Annual Boise Experimental Music
Festival. Please send this to anyone and everyone who may be interested in
performing at the festival.
Performance Submission
Process
1) Prepare the following information:
2) Send the above info via one of two
methods:
OR
I will be sending additional BEMF 2 updates in the near
future, with more details on the event, call to sponsors and volunteers,
etc. I also plan to finalize the performance schedule no later than March
30.
Finally, if you are a myspace cruiser, feel free to join
the BEMF myspace group at: http://groups.myspace.com/bemf
Cheers,
Kris
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