whole bunch of shows

the next two weeks have many shows worth seeing. this week at csuf we are hosting the merging voices festival. the rundown is as follows:

Thursday, March 9th 8pm
Alex Shapiro (and friends)

yeah, yeah, yeah, bla, bla, bla... alex is my friend so she gets top billing in my blog.
Guest Artist Shiau-uen Ding, pianist from the neXt ensemble with composer Madelyne Bryne, contrabassonist Carolyn Beck with composer Alex Shapiro; and Erroneous Funk(?), free imporvisation electroacoustic experience that pushes the envelope of sound with composer Renee Coulombe, plus Cal State Fullerton New Music Ensemble and guest pianist, Fureya Unal performing works by Chen Yi

Recital Hall, CSUF Performing Arts Center, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton CA

FREE

Friday, March 10th 8pm
Pamela Z, works for voice, electronics, and video

Pamela Z is a composer/performer who makes solo works combining a wide range of vocal techniques with electronic processing, sampled sounds and The Body SynthTM gesture controller. Her audio works have been presented at the Whitney Museum in New York and throughout the US, Europe and Japan. As a compsoer of film, dance and chamber music hse has received numerous award including the Guggenheim, and NEA/USFC fellowships the CalArts Alpert and ASCAP awards.

Meng Hall, CSUF Performing Arts Center, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton CA
Tickets: $20 ($12 with advance Titan discount & $9 with advance CSUF student discount)


Saturday, March 11th 8pm
Ethel, String Quartet

Cornelius Dufallo, violin, Mary Rowell, violin, Ralph Farris, viola, Dorothy Lawson, cello

Meng Hall, CSUF Performing Arts Center, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton CA
Tickets: $20 ($12 with advance Titan discount & $9 with advance CSUF student discount)

This Juilliard-trained, all-star foursome has stretched itself past the limits of convention,genre and style to embrace a music that arises from the context of our time.The New York Times hails Ethel as "extraordinarily skilled, passionate musicians." According to the LA Times, "they're breaking down the traditional lines between composer and performer and between performer and technology.Their use of amplification takes them outside the polite, carefully balanced sound world of traditional chamber music. They own their music, and when they want it to roar, they roar," Featuring guest composer/performer in residence, Pamelz Z's new work: "Ethel Dreams of Temporaral Disturbances" plus works by Bang on a Can composer, Julia Wolfe and CSUF faculty composers Pamela Madsen and Ken Walicki. if you made it this far, congrats for getting through all that wordplay. i think the concert should be good, but sorry the bios were so long. btw our next gig is postponed, i'm behind on grading and if you would like a tryout play bass in my group send me an email or buy me a drink. the good news that matt finally is making a good living playing bass, and the bad news is that he wont be around for the next 4-6 months. until then, go to these concerts. oh and next week is the minimalist festival... not sure anybody cares but i'll be there. p.s. the recording is almost done... i know i keep saying that, but it really is getting close to the end. probably have 1 or 2 pickup sessions to fix the final details, mix and master. pb