Other Minds Presents OPUS415 No.4 Produced by the Common Sense Composers' Collective Saturday November 7 1998 1PM - 11PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts FORUM All Day Pass: $15, $10 students/seniors Tickets: 415/978 ARTS PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE PRE-SETS Tyranny of TWO Ambient Interventions Rona Michele & Chris Salter - Performing on 'dueling powerbooks', Tyranny of Two will be featured between sets throughout the day. They improvise 'Weather Patterns' generated by combinations of composed and found samples which are 'performed' as systems of rhythm and ambience. SET ONE 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM Moe! STAIANO Piece No. 5 Moe!kestra! - 40 piece mixed anarchistic avant chaos orchestra Eitan STEINBERG In a hidden cleft among cliffs a gazelle drinks water For voice and viola, this piece includes six poems from various poetic styles, sung in their original languages: Yiddish, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Italian and Hebrew. Jay CLOIDT Karoshi A slam-bang, quote-laden, high-fiber duet for bass and MIDI mallet instrument from Jay Cloidt, whom the SF Chronicle called "The Spike Jones of the Bay Area New Music Scene" ARMAGEDDON STRING ENSEMBLE "It's an experience really" ...for string quartet with electronic processing Charles AMIRKHANIAN Works with Bay Area Ratchet Ensemble (BARE) - 1. Two pieces for voice & tape 2. Varsity Pewter for vocal quaret 3. Octet for Ratchets Cheryl LEONARD Dream About Flying ... an extended sigh for 14 accordians at sea. Harold BUDD Nove Alberi from 1000 Chords for piano SET TWO 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM Joel HARRISON Rat Race Kali (Phase 2) and 3 + 3 = 7 ...for three drummers & three electric guitars Keeril MAKAN Cut Del Sol String Quartet ...for string quartet Clark SUPRYNOWICZ A Little Fight Music and Ovid's Brawny Limbs ...for four sopranos, four flutes, bass clarinet, piano, and percussion Dan JOSEPH PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ...for five electric guitars Wet Gate & WOBBLY New Work Performing with 16mm film projectors, Wet Gate extracts and shapes the sound of optical soundtracks around and within Wobbly's Corporate Pop. Carolyn YARNELL Love God A dynamic and emotionally charged piece for tape, Love God juxtaposes avant-garde modernist musical styles with aggressive techno rhythms. sensorChip New Work Miya Masaoka, Donald Swearingen, Pamela Z - Using instruments that combine sensor technology with MIDI equipment, the members of sensorChip generate and manipulate sound with physical gestures. These sensor devices used in combination with both electronic and acoustic instruments in the hands of powerful artists result in a visually compelling and sonically rich performance. SET THREE 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Nik PHELPS Works Nik Phelps and the Sprocket Ensemble - Nik Phelps and the Sprocket Ensemble will accompany several animated shorts with live music. Included will be an animated work created especially for OPUS415 No. 4 by animator Shason Shiga. Dan BECKER Droned Tuolumne Brass with Garth Powell - A rhythmically energetic, pop-inspired piece for brass quintet and drum-set, this piece mixes minimalism with a pop style most associated with old 70's detective shows -- a meeting of minds between Steve Reich and Mannix. Flynn COHEN I Always Wanted You to Admire My Fasting Prosthetic - ...for four voices, percussion, violin, and bass Ingram MARSHALL Dark Waters Libby Van Cleve, English Horn - A rich and evocative romance for electronically processed English horn and tape. Belinda REYNOLDS Cover For piano, flute, and cello, the work gets its title from the way the opening material enshrouds, overlays, and even masks the other two main musical statements. David WESSEL & Vijay IYER Catch and Throw ...for disclavier piano & interactive computer-based electronics. SET FOUR 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM D'CUCKOO Lahara A highly energetic piece for acoustic percussion, voice, custom built electronic instruments, samples and dance inspired by Bob Becker's tabla trancscription of a 16 measure rhythmic cycle, or 'tala'. Melissa HUI As I Lie Still for two pianos & two percussion Mitchell CLARK Wake ...for three violas da gamba Carl STONE Works with Sarah Cahill, pianist Stone performs compositions composed and performed entirely on a Macintosh Powerbook computer. In addition, pianist Sarah Cahill will perform Stone's Sa Rit Gol a piece for live pianist and computer-driven disclavier piano. Dana REASON / Philip GELB Duet The Space Between with special guest Pauline Oliveros - ...for shakahachi, piano, and accordian Henry BRANT Common Interests Instant Music Ensemble -A spatial ensemble work which will combine the abilities of many San Francisco performers of varying and contrasted styles and viewpoints into a single continuity of "instant music". Composed especially for OPUS415.