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May 18, 2007

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Deep Listening Institute presents the Deep Listening Convergence Concert Series

            June 8, 9 & 10

            Forty five musicians are coming together at the LifeBridge Sanctuary in High Falls NY after a five month virtual residency online to perform three New York State concerts: June 8 in Troy at the Sanctuary for Independent Media, June 9 at Time Space Ltd. in Hudson and June 10 at the LifeBridge Sanctuary in High Falls.  Originally proposed by Vonn New with the assistance of technical director Scot Gresham-Lancaster, the three concerts are the proof of concept.  Via the internet using Skype, musicians form new ensembles, improvise, plan and rehearse in audio conferences up to ten players at a time.  The concerts will feature various world premieres and a wide array of compositions including Pauline Oliveros’ famous Worldwide Tuning Meditation.  Concerts will be broadcasted live on the internet at http://deeplistening.org/convergence/look/videobroadcaster.html

            Deep Listening Institute, Ltd. fosters a unique approach to music, literature, art and meditation, and promotes innovation among artists and audience in creating, performing, recording and educating with a global perspective.  The Deep Listening Institute fosters creativity in artists of all ages and levels of artistic development by holding workshops, retreats, summer camps and after school programs; performing and publishing new work; and developing new performance technologies.

Friday, June 8 at 8 pm

The Sanctuary for Independent Media

3361 6th Avenue

Troy, NY

www.thesanctuaryforindependentmedia.org

Admission $10 Adults/$8 Students & Seniors

"Ambient Sins” Brigitte Meyer, cello (Switzerland) & Heloise Gold, (US)

"The Worldwide Tuning Meditation" by Pauline Oliveros (US) –for company and audience

"Mouth-piece" --Kristin Norderval, voice & electronics (NYC/Norway), Viv Corringham, voice (UK), Monique Buzzarté, trombone (NYC)

"Untitled" (quartet variations on a silent theme)

Seth Cluett, amplified objects (US), Anne Bourne, cello and voice (Canada), Kenta Nagai, shamisen (NYC), Scott Smallwood laptop (US)

"Xylo 2" by Al Margolis (US) for large ensemble

"Spiral Tap" by Sarah Weaver (US) - ensemble

"Patterns of Living and Sounding" by Marc Jensen (US) for large ensemble

"the water of the ocean of sky" --Will Swofford, electronics (NYC), Brigitte Meyer, cello (Switzerland), and Anne Bourne, cello (Canada)

"HMMM"  by Kathy Kennedy (Canada)--large ensemble

Saturday, June 9 at 8 pm

Time & Space Limited

434 Columbia St (Truck Route 9G)

Downtown Hudson, NY

www.timeandspace.org

Admission $10 Adults/$8 Students & Seniors

"The Worldwide Tuning Mediation" by Pauline Oliveros --for company and audience

"An Improvisation" --Scott Smallwood, Stephen Moore (NYC), and Ikue Mori (NYC) on laptops; Kenta Nagai, shamisen/guitar (NYC)

"Alsaviva" --Viv Corringham, vocals, Sarah Weaver, trombone and didjeridu, Al Margolis, violin and sampler

"Threads of Peace" by Julia White - Large Ensemble

"Whose Who's Who" --Heloise Gold and Monique Buzzarté

"Red Eared Sliders" --Raylene Campbell, accordion (Canada) and Gayle Young, columbine, amaranth, and various musical objects

"Floating Prayers" by Kim McCarthy with Heloise Gold and ensemble

Sunday, June 10 at 3 pm

LifeBridge Sanctuary

333 Mountain Road

High Falls, NY

www.lifebridge.org

Admission $10 Adults/$8 Students & Seniors

"Abstract Songs of Birds, for Harpsichord, Accordion and Percussion" --David Arner (NY), Pauline Oliveros & Susie Ibarra (NYC)

"Glyka" --Gayle Young & Katharina von Rütte

"Extraordinary Rendition" --Scot Gresham-Lancaster (US), David Arner, Pauline Oliveros, Katharina von Rütte and Monique Buzzarté

“Adesso”-- Elizabeth Panzer (US) & Phala Tracy (US)

"DLC-GO!"  -- Doug Van Nort (Canada), with the DLC Genetic Orchestra, laptops and voices

"Arctic Orfeo: Healing Duet" --Vonn New(US) & Kristin Norderval

"In the Rhythm of Hope" - large percussion ensemble Susie Ibarra and Roberto Rodriquez

What is it like to play music via SKYPE on the INTERNET?

Anne Bourne posted this comment:

  "I feel the technique of global listening became essential when for  example, we rehearsed Julia White's Threads of Peace with 9 women.  It expanded the consciousness of my imagination to locate each woman  to sing with her. I looked at images of Julia's textile piece on-line, and saw her interpretation of my grandfather's WW2 British Army Issue silk scarf that said in 17 Asian languages 'Hello I am not your enemy.' and 'Please may I have a bowl of rice'. I began to hear explosive moments of SKYPE distortion that evoked in me the imagined sounds of war. This interspersed with the women's singing voices and a shakuhachi calling to each other. I also found the latency effect an effective vocal processing delay sound. My performance listening techniques are not seeming changed yet but their usefulness is confirmed in a real way with this technology, much the way a sound that comes from outside a room's sound sources confirms the intersection of room tones and the voices of other listening souls."

Gayle Young posted this comment:

"I've found that the on-line playing is building a musical connection in spite of the technical issues.   Last weekend I was part of a larger group that included two people  I've played with quite a lot but don't know very well at the in-person level. I found that I was tending to play in response to those two players with a stronger sense of what sounds would work out well, and  a few sub-duos developed within the context of the larger group. This indicates to me that there has been some musical familiarization taking place, that these sessions have had similar results as playing in person."

Our far flung community of listening improvisers has found a new way of connecting and we are all very excited for this new dimension of communication. We will be able to work together in new ways with improvising, composing, teaching and publishing.

Positive creativity is a healing force for all beings.