UPCOMING EVENTS 2008:
MARCH:
March 10th(6:30pm), 11th(8pm), and 13th (8pm)
Either/Or Ensemble
3rd Annual Spring Festival
featuring Helmut Lachenmann
Goethe-Institute New York 1014 Fifth Avenue at 83rd St.
Monday, March 10, 6:30 pm.
Screening of the documentary film …wo ich noch nie war.
Germany. 2006. Directed by Bettina Ehrhardt. 87 min. With English subtitles.
The filmmaker will be present to introduce her film.
Tuesday, March 11, 8:00 pm.
The Suspended Magic - a Lecture Demonstration
Helmut Lachenmann introduces his music and ideas by discussing his works Grido and Salut für Caudwell with Either/Or performing passages as illustration. His lecture will be followed by a short interview with Richard Carrick and an opportunity for questions and discussion
Thursday, March 13, 8:00 pm.
Performance of Salut für Caudwell (1977) and String Quartet #3, "Grido" (2001).
Either/Or : Jennifer Choi, Hrabba Atladottir (violins), Dov Scheindlin (viola),
Alex Waterman (cello), Richard Carrick, David Shively (guitars).
March 23rd at 4:00 pm
Dexter Sinister presents a new work by
'Bartleby'
by
Alex Waterman
a concerto for muted trumpet, phonographs, stroh violin,
and gramophone.
at the Park Avenue Armory, as part of the Whitney Biennial.
More details to follow.
March 6th; 10:00 p.m.
Ned Rothenberg, Mary Halvorsen, Peter Evans
& Alex Waterman
@ The Stone NYC
www.thestonenyc.com
Sunday, March 2nd 6:00 p.m.
Robert Dick, flute
Alex Waterman, cello
Safe-T-Gallery
111 Front St.
Brooklyn, NY
tel# 718 782 5920
F to York St., A/C to High St., 2/3 to Clark St.
www.safeTgallery.com
ARCHIVED EVENTS 2007/8:
FEBRUARY:
February 6th, 10pm
Anthony Coleman, Chris Mann, David Watson,
and Alex Waterman at The Stone.
curated by Zeena Parkins.
The Stone
Avenue C at 2nd St.
http://thestonenyc.com/
February 16th, 8:00pm
Ned Rothenberg Clarinet Quintet
@ Roulette.Ned's new commission features:
Jennifer Choi and Oliva del Prato, violins,
Stephanie Griffin, viola and Alex Waterman on cello.
more info: http://www.roulette.org/
February 20th, 8:00pm
Either/Or Ensemble at
The Austrian Cultural Forum
featuring music by:
Richard Carrick, Karlheinz Essl, and more.
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10022
http://www.acfny.org/
http://www.eitherormusic.org/
February 22nd, 8:00pm
Alex Waterman at Issue Project Room.
Issue Project Room
The (OA) Can Factory
232 3rd Street, 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11215
http://www.issueprojectroom.org/
February 23rd, 9:30pm
Elliot Sharp with String Syndakit
at Issue Project Room (see above)
JANUARY:
January 10th, 7:00pm
Miya Masaoka and Alex Waterman
perform, "For Birds, Planes, & Cello."
at White Box Gallery
525 West 26th Street, NY, NY.
http://www.whiteboxny.org/home.html
January 12th, 8:00pm
Anthony Coleman at Brecht Forum.
Featuring: Jennifer Choi, Cornelius Dufallo,
Stephanie Griffin, and Alex Waterman. Also
Chris McIntyre and Anthony Coleman himself.
@ The Brecht Forum
451 West Street between Bank & Bethune Streets.
http://www.brechtforum.org/
January 19th, 7:00
Dafna Naphtali “Dot-Product”
Dafna Naphtali - voice & electronics
Alex Waterman - cello
Marty Ehrlich - woodwinds
All concerts at 8pm
Admission $10 • Reservations Strongly Advised
Lotus Music & Dance
109 W. 27th St, 8th Fl.
New York NY 10001
Info & Res: 212.627.1076
January 26th, ca.7:00-8:00 a.m.
playing on the CBS morning show with
Universal Artist, Kate Walsh.
January 29th
Conan O Brien Show
with Kate Walsh.
DECEMBER:
December 14th, 8:00pm
Okkyung Lee at Roulette
with: Peter Evans, Ned Rothenberg, Neil Dufallo,
DJ Olive, Alex Waterman, Satoshi Takeishi, Trevor Dunn,
Sylvie Courvoisier and more.
Roulette/ Location One
( Located at 20 Greene St. btwn Canal & Grand)
http://www.roulette.org/
NOVEMBER:
November 2nd and 3rd (3 sets: 7,9 & 11pm)
Anat Cohen & the Anzic Orchestra
at The Jazz Standard, NYC.
amazing group with 3 cello string section!
http://jazzstandard.net/
November 9th, 8:00pm
Either/Or Ensemble at Tenri Cultural Institute.
43A WEST 13TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10011
(212) 645-2800
http://www.tenri.org/
http://www.eitherormusic.org/
November 26th, 8:00pm
Adam Rudolph's Organic Orchestra at
Roulette/ Location One
( Located at 20 Greene St. btwn Canal & Grand)
http://www.roulette.org/
November 29th, 8:00pm
Terry Riley's "In C"
at Galapagos as part of DARMSTADT: Classics
of the Avant-Garde.
all-star line up.
November 30th, 8:00pm
New York Improvisation Festival
at Dancespace at St. Marks Church, NY.
Performing with Katie Duck and friends.
more info at: http://movementresearch.org/
OCTOBER:
October 8th and 9th
ULTIMA FESTIVAL, Oslo, Norway.
Plus Minus Ensemble &
+- Ensemble with Asamisimasa
performing: Tom Johnson, Louis Andriessen,
Cornelius Cardew, Trond Reinholdtson, and
Joanna Bailie.
October 10th, 8:00pm
Ne(x)tworks perform at The Kitchen
in conjunction with "Between Thought and Sound"
(see above).
October 20th, 6:00pm
CLOSING CONCERT of "Between Thought and Sound"
with Marina Rosenfeld, Jennifer Choi, Alison Knowles and
Alex Waterman.
October 27th.
TRANSIT FESTIVAL, Leuven, Brussels.
Plus Minus Ensemble
featuring the works of:
Thomas Meadowcroft, Joanna Bailie,
et al.
SEPTEMBER:
September 7th, 6:00 pm
Opening of "Between Thought and Sound:
Graphic Notation in Contemporary Music."
at The Kitchen. September 7th-October 20th.
co-curated by Alex Waterman, Deb Singer,
and Matthew Lyons.
September 14th, 6:00pm
Concert with Either/Or Ensemble
at The Kitchen (see above)
works by:
Robert Ashley, Christian Wolff, Earle Brown,
Morton Feldman,& Cornelius Cardew.
more information at: http://www.eitherormusic.org/
September 13th, 4:00-7:00pm
The Relay Project
organized by Jane Rigler, featuring:
Nate Wooley, Miguel Frasconi, Jack Wright,
Jane Rigler, Alex Waterman, Shelley Burgon and more.
September 22nd and 23rd.
RAINFOREST by David Tudor
performed by Composer Inside Electronics
at The Kitchen as part of "Between Thought and Sound."
(see above).
AUGUST:
August 10th, 8:00 pm
Anthony Coleman, Chris Mann,
Alex Waterman and David Watson.
JULY:
Miguel Abreu Gallery presents:
Agape
Organized by Alex Waterman
June 3 – July 28, 2007
$7 admission to Agape performances
Miguel Abreu Gallery
36 Orchard Street (below Hester St)
New York, NY 10002
www.miguelabreugallery.com
post@miguelabreugallery.com
Tel: 212.995.1774
• Mon 2nd (7:30 pm)
Charles Curtis performs Eliane Radigue and Christian Wolff
• Thu 12th (7:30 pm)
Ensemble concert: Dave Shively, Anthony Ptak, and Alex Waterman perform works by
Christian Wolff; Tim Parkinson; Alvin Lucier; Herbert Brun and Anthony Ptak
• Thu 19th (7:30 pm)
Ensemble program: Anthony Coleman, Dave Shively, Anthony Burr, and Jennifer Choi perform works by
James Saunders; Laurence Crane; Christian Wolff; Pauline Oliveros; Alison Knowles; and Robert Ashley
• Thu 26th (7:30 pm)
Premiere of Trios WHITE ON WHITE by Robert Ashley; premiere of a new composition by Anthony Coleman and performance by Chris Mann with guests including David Watson
• Sat 28th (7:30 pm)
I am 120 Marcel Duchamp birthday featuring:
Richard Hamilton/Stuart Bailey, Will Holder, Mauricio Kagel, Michael Portnoy and others... more to follow.
JUNE:
Miguel Abreu Gallery presents:
Agape
June 3 – July 28, 2007
Organized by Alex Waterman
Opening: Sunday, June 3rd, 7:00 – 9:30 pm (performance at 7:30)
Miguel Abreu Gallery
36 Orchard Street (below Hester St)
New York, NY 10002
www.miguelabreugallery.com
post@miguelabreugallery.com
Tel: 212.995.1774
$7 admission to Agape performances
• Thu 7th (7:30 pm)
Performance with Michael Schumacher and Bruce Andrews
June 15th
Plus Minus Ensemble perform the music of Christopher Fox
at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England
6:30 pm
more info at:
http://www.plusminusensemble.com/
MAY:
May 31st at The Stone (avenue C at 2nd Street)
10 pm
Andrea Parkins and Alex Waterman
Andrea Parkins (electronically processed accordion, MaxMSP-processed samples) Alex Waterman (cello and electronics)
The renowned sound artist, composer, and improvisor meets a founding member of the Plus Minus Ensemble for unpredictable high jinks
http://thestonenyc.com/calendar.php
May 14th 2pm-5pm
performance of works by Gerry Hemingway's composition class
at New School with Gerry Hemingway, Ned Rothenberg, Sylvie Courvoisier and Alex Waterman
on the fourth floor in the Performance Hall. The school for contemporary music is located on 13th street between 5th and 6th Avenues.
open to the public.
May 9th-15th
BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!
by Guy Maddin
live music by Sospeso Ensemble with live foley artists and narration for this silent film by the Canadian master.
Narrators include:
Isabella Rosselini, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Crispin Glover, Justin Bond, Eli Wallach and more!!
at Village East Cinema (12th street at Second Avenue)
www.branduponthebrain.com
May 8th- Anat Cohen and the Anzic Orchestra
at the Jazz Standard
16 East 27th Street
a big band with 3 cello string section! (Erik Friedlander, Dave Eggar, Alex Waterman)
Amazing!
APRIL:
Either/Or Spring Festival at Tenri Cultural Institute
6th and 7th of April at 8pm
http://www.eitherormusic.org/
Jane Rigler, Shoko Nagai and Alex Waterman
in concert at the Troy Arts Center, Troy, NY.
http://www.artscenteronline.org/
MARCH:
ensemble plus minus performing at the Borealis Festival in Bergen, Norway.
http://borealisfestival.no/
http://www.thewire.co.uk/news/international_festivals.php
Diapason Gallery
Michael J Schumacher "Room Pieces"
with Alex Waterman and Chris McIntyre
http://diapasongallery.org/upcoming.events.html#march3
THE TABADOL PROJECT IN NEW YORK (February 26th and 27th)
a meeting of Lebanese and American experimental musicians.
Feb. 27th at 8:00 PM (panel discussion at 7:00 PM)
15th Street Meetinghouse,
The Religious Society of Friends
15 Rutherford Place
(15th St. between 2nd & 3rd Avenues)
New York, NY 10003
Telephone: (212)475-0466
http://15stfriends.quaker.org/
FEBRUARY
February 10th, 8pm
Issue Project Room
"unlikely couplings"
Alex Waterman and Anthony Jay Ptak
cello and ether theremin.
www.issueprojectroom.org
DECEMBER
December 16th
Monaco Dance Forum presents
Alex Waterman and Michael Schumacher (dance)
Dans le jardin
the music of Bach in an improvised performance of music and dance,
in The Opera House of Monaco.
http://www.monacodanceforum.com/
December 11th
@ The New School
performance of student works with:
Gerry Hemingway, Ned Rothenberg. Denman Maroney and Alex Waterman.
a performance that concludes the first part of an orchestration class research that
Gerry Hemingway's composition class has been undertaking.
December 5th
Rational Rec presents
plus-minus ensemble
a night of celebration of Rational Rec's solid 5 years of culture.
avant-garde musical hits including: Cage, Shlomovitz, Ashley, and more.
games, drinks, party favors, gambling and some very out-there karaoke to end the night.
http://www.rationalrec.org.uk/
NOVEMBER
November 30th
Cutting Edge Festival at The Warehouse, London
works including:
Joanna Baillie, Cornelius Cardew, Oyvind Torvund, Chris Dench, Robert Ashley, and more.
http://www.bmic.co.uk/concerts/ce2006/about.asp
November 24th- solo performance in Zurich, Switzerland
November 17th, performing with Marina Rosenfeld-turntables and Anthony Coleman on piano, at Taktlos in Bern, Switzerland. See below:
November 10th- 8pm at The Stone-(Avenue C and 2nd St.)
Jane Rigler(flutes,electronics) Shoko Nagai (piano) Alex Waterman (cello) and Clyde Forth (dancer).
Inspired by the paintings "A la Pintura" by Robert Motherwell who was inspired by the poetry of the same title by Rafael Alberti, this is the first of a series of concerts in which this ensemble begins an exploration into the Motherwell/Alberti world of sounds, movement, visuals, silence and poetry.
November 11th- two performances in one day!
Performing in the afternoon (check the website)with ne(x)tworks ensemble at The Brooklyn Lyceum as part of the Habitats Festival. We will be performing and ensemble realization of Variations II by John Cage.
and later:
10PM at The Stone (avenue C and 2nd st.)
Zach Layton, Ray Sweeten, Alex Waterman and Christine Bard
Zach Layton (laptop) Ray Sweeten (electronics) Alex Waterman (cello) Christine Bard (percussion) Bruce Tovsky (sound)
In trios and duos with Bruce Tovsky joining in.
November 9th- {Rake} at Diapason Gallery, 1026 Sixth Avenue, # 2S
New York NY 10018
{R} A K E
Benton-C Bainbridge (video) with Dafphna Naftali and Alex Waterman (music)
Charles Cohen and Geoff Gersh (music) with Josh Goldberg (video)
Anton Marini (video) and Adam Kendall (video) with Vortext (Satoshi Takeishi and Shoko Nagai) (music)
{R}ake is a performance series of alternative and collaborative electro-acoustic music and video. Performances range from pure improvisation to more structured pieces, with video-artists and musicians integrating their mediums in exploratory ways.
http://www.RAKEav.com
OCTOBER
October 13th- solo performance at Issue Project Room. works by Laurence Crane, Christopher Fox and the premiere of the final version of "A Vanity Press" by Thomas Meadowcroft. Second Half of the program was Phill Niblock's music for cello with David Gibson performing.
October 15th- two performances of live music for Guy Maddin's new film, "Brand Upon the Brain". Sospeso Ensemble performing with Isabella Rossellini as live interlocutor!
October 20th- performed with Zach Layton at 5C in downtown Manhattan.
October 22nd- impromptu performances for Zach Layton's 30th birthday at Galapagos in Brooklyn, NY.
October 24th and 25th- guest teaching at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and a solo recital of experimental and avant-garde works.
October 27th- performed with the Sirius Quartet and Elliot Sharp at Issue Project Room, performing works of E#.
October 30th- SOUNDFIELD in Philadephia.
SEPTEMBER
September 3rd- performance with Ghalia Benali in Ngiry-Hagy, Hungary.
September 15th- Ned Rothenberg's 50th Birthday Concert at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY.
September 16th- performance with Strings under the direction of Suzanne Fiol at Issue Project Room.
September 22nd- Elliot Sharp's Orchestra Carbon at Issue Project Room.
September 24th- Performance at the Sculpture Center in Queens, NY with Gareth James (text and video), Zach Layton-electronics, Christine Bard-percrussion, Alex Waterman-cello.
September 27th- Performance at Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner's loft in Soho, NY.
works by Bach, Ligeti, Xenakis, Saunders, Fox, Flynt, Crane and Feldman.
AUGUST
Performances from August 10-13th, and 17-20th, at the Huis te Linschoten in The Netherlands. Performed works by: Debussy, Bartok, Ivor Novello and myself. Musicians included: Marije Nie(tapdance), David Kweksilber, Tim Kliphuis, Ralph van Raat and more.
August 23rd- Ghalia Benali at the Festival de Huy, Belgium
August 28th-September 1st- workshop in music and dance improvisation with the Magpie Music and Dance Company and performance in the OT301 in Amsterdam.
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