::TACmusic Series:: concert and event programs by local artists, promoting improvised, experimental and interdisciplinary live art and music.
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Do-Over Music Series - curated by Lisa Mezzacappa & Jordan Glen - FIRST SATURDAYS 8pm
Doors that Only Open in Silence - open improvisation workshop hosted by Jacob Heule - THIRD SUNDAYS 7pm
::NEXT::
Saturday, February 1, 2020 - Doors 8pm, show at 8:30pm
Do-Over Music Series #14: The duo. B. Experimental Band plays Anthony Braxton
Chris Jonas, guest director
$15 Admission (at the door - *seating is extremely limited)
As part of a world-wide series of Braxton75 events, the duo B. Experimental band celebrates the music, life and enduring influence of visionary composer, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist and musical thinker Anthony Braxton in an all-Braxton program led by Santa Fe saxophonist, community organizer and Braxton collaborator Chris Jonas. The duo B. Experimental Band, co-led by bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and drummer Jason Levis, explores the rich terrain where composition and improvisation meet. The 13-to-15-piece ensemble, which has a core personnel that varies slightly from performance to performance, was founded in December 2018, and performs every-other-month at Temescal Arts Center in Oakland. Repertoire has included long-form compositions by Levis and Mezzacappa, conducted improvisations, graphic scores, and this fall, an evening-length version of the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s People in Sorrow, performed at the SF Music Day 2019 festival. This December the ensemble celebrated its first birthday with a continuous 4-hour concert installation.
The ensemble will be expanded to include upwards of 20 musicians for this Braxton75 concert:
Polly Moller Springhorn, flutes; Matt Ingalls, clarinets; Rachel Condry, clarinets; Cory Wright, woodwinds; Bruce Ackley, woodwinds; Randy McKean, woodwinds; Dan Plonsey, woodwinds; Tom Weeks, alto saxophone; Kasey Knudsen, alto saxophone; Michael Zelner, alto saxophone and Bb clarinet; Daniel Goldberg, tenor saxophone; Steve Adams, alto saxophone/electronics; Erika Oba, flute/keyboard; Ian Carey, trumpet; Ron Heglin, trombone/euphonium; Gabby Fluke-Mogul, violin; Kevin CK Lo, violin; Juan Hernandez, guitar; John Finkbeiner, guitar; Brett Carson, keyboard; Kjell Nordeson, vibraphone; Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass; Andrew Harlan, acoustic bass; Suki O'Kane, percussion; Jordan Glenn, drums; Jason Levis, drums
Do-Over Music Series #14: The duo. B. Experimental Band plays Anthony Braxton
Chris Jonas, guest director
$15 Admission (at the door - *seating is extremely limited)
As part of a world-wide series of Braxton75 events, the duo B. Experimental band celebrates the music, life and enduring influence of visionary composer, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist and musical thinker Anthony Braxton in an all-Braxton program led by Santa Fe saxophonist, community organizer and Braxton collaborator Chris Jonas. The duo B. Experimental Band, co-led by bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and drummer Jason Levis, explores the rich terrain where composition and improvisation meet. The 13-to-15-piece ensemble, which has a core personnel that varies slightly from performance to performance, was founded in December 2018, and performs every-other-month at Temescal Arts Center in Oakland. Repertoire has included long-form compositions by Levis and Mezzacappa, conducted improvisations, graphic scores, and this fall, an evening-length version of the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s People in Sorrow, performed at the SF Music Day 2019 festival. This December the ensemble celebrated its first birthday with a continuous 4-hour concert installation.
The ensemble will be expanded to include upwards of 20 musicians for this Braxton75 concert:
Polly Moller Springhorn, flutes; Matt Ingalls, clarinets; Rachel Condry, clarinets; Cory Wright, woodwinds; Bruce Ackley, woodwinds; Randy McKean, woodwinds; Dan Plonsey, woodwinds; Tom Weeks, alto saxophone; Kasey Knudsen, alto saxophone; Michael Zelner, alto saxophone and Bb clarinet; Daniel Goldberg, tenor saxophone; Steve Adams, alto saxophone/electronics; Erika Oba, flute/keyboard; Ian Carey, trumpet; Ron Heglin, trombone/euphonium; Gabby Fluke-Mogul, violin; Kevin CK Lo, violin; Juan Hernandez, guitar; John Finkbeiner, guitar; Brett Carson, keyboard; Kjell Nordeson, vibraphone; Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass; Andrew Harlan, acoustic bass; Suki O'Kane, percussion; Jordan Glenn, drums; Jason Levis, drums
::ONGOING::
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FIRST SATURDAYS MONTHLY::
DO-OVER Music Series
A music composition/improvisation lab co-curated by Jordan Glenn and Lisa Mezzacappa Every first Saturday, starting in 2019, East Bay musicians Jordan Glenn and Lisa Mezzacappa host a performance series featuring exploratory music for large(r) ensembles, alternating each month between two featured groups: Glenn’s The Jordan Glenn Party and Mezzacappa’s collaboration with drummer Jason Levis, the new duo B. Experimental Band. Each night also features a series of solo and duo sets by local and visiting artists, focusing on works-in-progress, new collaborations, and first forays into intermedia, installation and durational works. DO-OVER is a place for experimentation, impracticality, and glorious failure—not necessarily a series for pre-existing bands or established projects—that encourages members of the Bay Area music community to embrace discomfort and explore new practices in a supportive environment, holding on to the artistic values that have always made this scene so special. |
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THIRD SUNDAYS MONTHLY::
Doors that Only Open in Silence
hosted by Jacob Felix Heule . mailing list Open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation The monthly series of improvisation research at TAC. Bring your instrument or come to listen. Load in at 7pm. Over by 10pm. It's free. If you want to contribute, bring snacks and drinks. |
::PAST EVENTS::
2019
23 AUG / Futures and Faults - Matthew B. Creer and Adam Fong
29 AUG / Sult+Bill Orcutt quartet & Rob Magill
6 SEP / Do-Over Music Series #9: The Jordan Glenn Party + Beth Schenck
25 OCT / Cellista's Transfigurations National Tour w/ Mia Pixley
2018
1 Dec:: DO-OVER Music Series - Preview Event!
23 AUG / Futures and Faults - Matthew B. Creer and Adam Fong
29 AUG / Sult+Bill Orcutt quartet & Rob Magill
6 SEP / Do-Over Music Series #9: The Jordan Glenn Party + Beth Schenck
25 OCT / Cellista's Transfigurations National Tour w/ Mia Pixley
2018
1 Dec:: DO-OVER Music Series - Preview Event!
26-27 Oct:: Just Visiting (X-Ray Vision) -A new experimental chamber opera from composer Brett Carson
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Starring Christina Stanley and David Katz
Lewis Patzner - Cello Jason Hoopes - Bass Jordan Glenn - Drums Adria Otte - Sound design, live electronics Sam Genovese - Video design |
6 Oct:: DO-OVER Music Series - Preview Event!
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The Jordan Glenn Party
Brett Carson- keyboard Karl Evangelista- guitar Joel Nelson- guitar Bob Woods-LaDue- drums/percussion Robert Lopez- drums/percussion Alexandra Buschman- voice/electronics Jon Arkin- electronic drums Jason Hoopes- electric bass Jordan Glenn- conductor Opening set by Jason Hoopes - solo electric bass |
::PAST::
7 Aug:: Arab.AMP presents Donia Jarrar & Arab.AMP Launch Party!
7 Jul:: Peter Redgrave & Rob Magill
June-July:: Sculpting Air vocal workshops w. Theresa Wong
4-5 May:: Lime Rickey International wsg. glitterblack (4-May), Lord Tang (5-May)
22 Apr:: Jack Wright/Biggi Vinkeloe/Jacob Felix Heule & Angela Roberts/Kim Nucci/Evan Lipson & Zachary Darrup
17 Mar:: Theresa Wong / Julia Reidy / Judith Hamann
16 Feb:: BABYLON - ritual performance score by Leyya Tawil / Zari Le'on.
3 Feb:: SO AR featuring Shanna Sordahl and Robert Lopez
26-27 Jan:: NextNow Performance Series
2017
2 Dec:: Al Juthoor Palestinian Dabke Troup / Tarik Khazaleh, Leyya Mona Tawil
10 Nov:: Verstehen (Austin TX) / Kelly Porter / Voidtripper
7 Oct:: (TAC20 event): Thomas Carnacki / Jordan Glenn, Owen Stewart-Robertson, Angela Morris, Kanoko Nishi / Lord Tang
6 Oct:: (TAC20 event): The New Naturalists / gLITterblackrollerskatinglightgriot / Voicehandler
23 Sep:: Rachel Austin/Jordan Glenn, Ze Bib!, Leyya Mona Tawil
7 Sep:: Phillip Greenlief, Sabha SIzdahkani
26 May:: DunkelpeK, Phillip Greenlief/Trevor Dunn
19 May:: Jordan Glenn/Danishta Castro/Evelyn Davis/Jacob Felix-Heule, Tim DeCillis Trio
31 Mar:: Thomas Carnacki 10-year Anniversary concert
2 Feb:: Phillip Greenlief, Evelyn Davis, Dominic Cramp, Leyya Tawil
7 Jul:: Peter Redgrave & Rob Magill
June-July:: Sculpting Air vocal workshops w. Theresa Wong
4-5 May:: Lime Rickey International wsg. glitterblack (4-May), Lord Tang (5-May)
22 Apr:: Jack Wright/Biggi Vinkeloe/Jacob Felix Heule & Angela Roberts/Kim Nucci/Evan Lipson & Zachary Darrup
17 Mar:: Theresa Wong / Julia Reidy / Judith Hamann
16 Feb:: BABYLON - ritual performance score by Leyya Tawil / Zari Le'on.
3 Feb:: SO AR featuring Shanna Sordahl and Robert Lopez
26-27 Jan:: NextNow Performance Series
2017
2 Dec:: Al Juthoor Palestinian Dabke Troup / Tarik Khazaleh, Leyya Mona Tawil
10 Nov:: Verstehen (Austin TX) / Kelly Porter / Voidtripper
7 Oct:: (TAC20 event): Thomas Carnacki / Jordan Glenn, Owen Stewart-Robertson, Angela Morris, Kanoko Nishi / Lord Tang
6 Oct:: (TAC20 event): The New Naturalists / gLITterblackrollerskatinglightgriot / Voicehandler
23 Sep:: Rachel Austin/Jordan Glenn, Ze Bib!, Leyya Mona Tawil
7 Sep:: Phillip Greenlief, Sabha SIzdahkani
26 May:: DunkelpeK, Phillip Greenlief/Trevor Dunn
19 May:: Jordan Glenn/Danishta Castro/Evelyn Davis/Jacob Felix-Heule, Tim DeCillis Trio
31 Mar:: Thomas Carnacki 10-year Anniversary concert
2 Feb:: Phillip Greenlief, Evelyn Davis, Dominic Cramp, Leyya Tawil