HEMINGWAY WILL PLAY AT COLLEGE'S CONCERT.Byline: Daily News Renowned composer and percussionist Gerry Hemingway Gerry Hemingway (b. New Haven, Connecticut, 1955) is an American jazz composer and percussionist. He has performed with Anthony Davis, Earl Howard, Leo Smith, George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, Ray Anderson, Mark Helias, Reggie Workman, Michael Moore, Oliver Lake, Marilyn will perform tonight at 8 in the Walt Disney Modular Theater The Walt Disney Modular Theatre is an indoor performance space located at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. The modular theatre is based on a concept suggested by Antonin Artaud, who asserted that the ideal theatre could be reconfigured for each and at California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. as part of the school's Musical Explorations concert series. The performance will feature the premiere of a new work called ``Sideband sideband, any frequency component of a modulated carrier wave other than the frequency of the carrier wave itself, i.e., any frequency added to the carrier as a result of modulation; sidebands carry the actual information while the carrier contributes none at all. : Concerto for Three Improvisers and Orchestra.'' To present the new piece, Hemingway will be joined by faculty soloists and the CalArts New Millennium Orchestra conducted by faculty member Marc Lowenstein. Additionally, the program will include ``Architectures (for Iannis Xenakis Iannis Xenakis (Γιάννης Ξενάκης) (May 29 1922 - February 4 2001) was a Greek composer and one of the most important modernist composers of the 20th century. ),'' a work for 12 improvisers; ``The Visiting Tank,'' for string quartet and sampler; and ``Tub,'' a piece for five snare drums that will be performed by distinguished guest artist William Sinant and the CalArts Percussion Ensemble. Hemingway will also play several solo works for acoustic percussion and MIDI-triggered sampler. Hemingway has been at the forefront of creative improvised music for more than two decades. His work as a composer, soloist and ensemble performer has been showcased on more than 100 recordings. Since the late 1970s, Hemingway has appeared as a member of groups such as BassDrumBone, the Anthony Braxton Quartet, the Reggie Workman Ensemble and Anthony Davis' Episteme Ensemble. He has also led his own groups, notably the Gerry Hemingway Quintet and the Gerry Hemingway Quartet. He regularly plays as part of different duos and trios with the likes of saxophonist John Butcher, synthesizer synthesizer Machine that electronically generates and modifies sounds, frequently with the use of a digital computer, for use in the composition of electronic music and in live performance. player Thomas Lehn, pianists Marilyn Crispell and Georg Graewe, cellist Ernst Reijseger and bassist Barry Guy. Hemingway's most recent recordings include the album ``Songs,'' BassDrumBone's ``March of Dimes'' and WHO Trio's ``Open Songs,'' all released in 2002. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he has also won awards from the National Endowment of the Arts and the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Foundation for the Arts. Tickets to the concert are $8 for general admission, $3 for alumni and $2 for seniors. For more information, call Walter Zooi at (661) 222-2787. |
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