Fwd: More SF Gig spam: ELECTRIC WORDS Festival June 20-29

[Kim Flint <kflint@loopers-delight.com>]

Amy X Neuburg sent this one to me, I think people here might be 
interested. 
 From the performers listed you can expect a lot of interesting looping 
and 
otherwise good music at these shows.


>***************************************
>Footloose and the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival invite you to:
>
>ELECTRIC WORDS
>A 6-day Festival of Voice, Text, & Electronic Music
>Thursdays to Saturdays June 20-22 and June 27-29
>All shows 8 PM
>Post-show reception on opening night
>
>Hosted by Amy X Neuburg & Pamela Z, and featuring performances by:
>Charles Amirkhanian, Joel Davel (with Don Buchla), Kyle Gann, Allison 
>Hennessy, Hmmm... (Herb Heinz & Mark Briggs), Eric Lyon, Silvia Matheus, 
>Amy X Neuburg, Amanda Piasecki, Dean Santomieri, Laetitia Sonami, Wobbly, 
>and Pamela Z.
>See full performance schedule below.
>
>Venue 9
>252 Ninth Street (between Folsom & Howard), San Francisco
>(Near Civic Center BART)
>
>Info/Reservations: 415-289-2000
>Tickets $10-15 sliding scale (per show)
>$25 for any 3 shows
>$40 for an all-show pass
>Advance tickets available through 
><http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=sfbay&query=schedule&venue=venue9>Ticketweb,
> 
>TIX on Union Square, or at Venue 9 one hour before curtain
>
>Additional info at <http://www.sfemf.org/electricwords.html>www.sfemf.org.
>
>*******************************************
>Footloose and The San Francisco Electronic Music Festival are proud to 
>co-produce this special event -- the first of its kind in the Bay Area. 
>ELECTRIC WORDS features 13 composers whose work centers on text and the 
>human voice -- sung, spoken, sampled and manipulated -- combined with 
>real-time and recorded electronics and an assortment of unusual 
>instruments.
>
>Hosts/curators Amy X Neuburg and Pamela Z have chosen a diverse group of 
>well-known and emerging composer/performers, with works ranging from 
>sound 
>art to art-rock to improv. The festival will present 3-4 artists per 
>night 
>in different combinations, with different material at every performance 
>and a number of collaborations. There will also be informal on-stage 
>conversations, giving each artist a chance to discuss his or her work.
>
>Following is the schedule of performances (artists do not necessarily 
>appear in the order shown). For more info and a brief description of each 
>artist, please see <http://www.sfemf.org/electricwords.html>www.sfemf.org.
>
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>++THURSDAY JUNE 20 (hosted by Amy X):
>(Opening night reception following the show!)
>
>KYLE GANN
>     Excerpts from his one-man voice/electronic operas "Custer" and 
> "Sitting Bull"
>HMMM... (a.k.a. Herb Heinz & Mark Briggs, with guest performer Amy X)
>     Improvisations for voices, textures, beats, and the "Fudgie," with 
> improvised video text projection by Dale MacDonald
>SILVIA MATHEUS
>     "Cloy" and "Splutter" for tape and interactive performance, 
>exploring 
> the emotional breadth of human utterance
>
>
>++FRIDAY JUNE 21 (hosted by Amy X):
>
>JOEL DAVEL (with guest performer DON BUCHLA)
>     "Langston Looks (at rhythm)" for Marimba Lumina and Lightning 
> gestural controller, featuring the voice of Langston Hughes
>AMY X NEUBURG
>     Avant-cabaret songs for voice, processing and electronic drums, plus 
> a collaboration with Joel
>AMANDA PIASECKI
>     "Silverworn" performed with an electronic skirt made from 100 pieces 
> of silverware
>
>
>++SATURDAY JUNE 22 (hosted by Amy X):
>
>KYLE GANN
>     "So Many Little Dyings" for voice and electronics, plus a new 
> microtonal work
>LAETITIA SONAMI
>     "SILENCE!" -- exploring the spaces *between* the words
>PAMELA Z
>     Works for voice, processing, video, and the BodySynth(TM), plus an 
> improv with Amy X
>
>
>++THURSDAY JUNE 27 (hosted by Pamela Z):
>
>CHARLES AMIRKHANIAN
>     Works for voice(s) and electronics
>JOEL DAVEL
>     "2 Movements" for Marimba Lumina and Lightning, exploring words 
>about 
> movement
>ALLISON HENNESSY
>     Songs with beats, loops, guitar and found sound
>
>
>++FRIDAY JUNE 28 (hosted by Pamela Z):
>
>HMMM... (a.k.a. Herb Heinz & Mark Briggs)
>     Improvisations for voices, loopers, beats, and the "Fudgie," with 
> improvised video text projection by Amy X
>WOBBLY
>     Improvised sample-based cultural recycling
>PAMELA Z
>     Works for voice, processing, video, and the BodySynth(TM)
>
>
>++SATURDAY JUNE 29 (hosted by Pamela Z):
>
>CHARLES AMIRKHANIAN
>     Works for voice(s) and electronics, plus the U.S. premiere of the 
> video "Im Frühling: Part 1" by Carol Law and C.A.
>ERIC LYON
>     "Second Skin" for spectrally altered vocal samples
>AMY X NEUBURG
>     Avant-cabaret songs for voice, processing and electronic drums, plus 
> an improv with Pamela Z
>DEAN SANTOMIERI
>     "A book bound in red buckram..." -- spoken word with electronic 
> soundscape and video
>
>*******************************************
>ELECTRIC WORDS: A Festival of Voice, Text & Electronic Music
>Thursdays to Saturdays June 20-22 and June 27-29
>All shows 8 PM
>
>Info/Reservations: 415-289-2000
>Tickets $10-15 sliding scale (per show)
>$25 for any 3 shows
>$40 for an all-show pass
>Advance tickets available through Ticketweb, TIX on Union Square, or at 
>Venue 9 one hour before curtain
>
>Venue 9
>252 Ninth St. (between Folsom & Howard)
><http://www.venue9.com>www.venue9.com
>
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>++++++++++++++++++++++++
>+++  Amy X Neuburg
>+++  http://www.isproductions.com/amy
>++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Kim Flint                     | Looper's Delight
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