Music For A Large Ensemble

Work­sound — 820 SE Alder Port­land, OR
Admis­sion is $8, stu­dents are $6.

John Wiese (wiki, offi­cial site) is lead­ing this large ensem­ble in an evening of mag­i­cal musi­cal improvisation.

“John Wiese is an artist and com­poser from Los Ange­les, Cal­i­for­nia. His ongo­ing projects include LHD and Sissy Spacek, with plenty of free­lance work with many artists as diverse as Sunn O))), Wolf Eyes, Merzbow, Dave Phillips, Smegma, Kevin Drumm, Cat­tle Decap­i­ta­tion, and C. Spencer Yeh (Burn­ing Star Core). He has toured exten­sively through­out the world, cov­er­ing Europe, Scan­di­navia and Aus­tralia as a mem­ber of Sunn O))), the UK as part of the Free Noise tour (a ten­tet includ­ing Evan Parker, C. Spencer Yeh, Yel­low Swans, etc.), the United States along­side Wolf Eyes, and recently per­formed in the 52nd Venice Bien­nale with artist Nico Vas­cel­lari.” — Port­land Eye and Ear Control

Many peo­ple and friends are involved in this event. Come check it out!

strings/electronics
Eric/Ju Suk Reet Meate (elec­tron­ics)
www.myspace.com/jusukreetmeatethetenses www.lafms.com
Jackie Stew­art (elec­tron­ics) www.lafms.com
www.myspace.com/jusukreetmeatethetenses
Cody Brant (gui­tar, tape deck) www.myspace.com/flaspar
Jor­dan Dyk­stra (viola) www.prescottfamily.org/artists/dash
Bob Jones (bass)
Keira (sam­pler, processed vio­lin, con­tact mic’d per­cus­sion)
Scott Good­win (mac­in­tosh com­puter) www.virb.com/scottgoodwin
Peter Swan­son (con­tact mic, tapes, synth)
Jean-Paul Jenk­ins (gui­tar)
Ryan Stuewe (percussion/loops/mics)
Alyssa Reed (vocals/loops/mics)

drums/percussion
John Niekrasz (drums/percussion)
Asa Ger­vich (drums/percussion)
Lind­say Kaplan (drums)
Tim DuRoche (drums, lit­tle ins­tu­ments) www.variousartists.org/timduroche
Scott Magee (drums/percussion, clarinets)

reeds
Ben Kates (alto sax­o­phone) www.myspace.com/caldecott
Reed Wall­smith (alto sax­o­phone) www.myspace.com/reedwallsmith
Kelvin Pittman (alto and tenor sax­o­phones) www.virb.com/kelvinpittman
Jonathan Sielaff (ampli­fied bass clar­inet) www.myspace.com/jonathansielaffmusic

2 Responses to “Music For A Large Ensemble”

1. jordan says:

   December 13, 2008 at 2:07 am

   We had our first rehearsal tonight (Fri­day) and it went pretty well. I’m now really quite excited for this show tonight. John is a very mel­low dude, reminds me of some­one, can’t pin­point it yet. I didn’t real­ize how many Port­land exper­i­men­tal music “heads” were play­ing this show ’till now, nor how cred­ited Wiese was either. The score is also rad. Out­lines of our names. I’ll scan it and post it tomorrow.
2. jordan says:

   December 13, 2008 at 3:39 pm

   
   My score for tonight’s performance.