RAVEN CHACON | YOUNG NATIVE COMPOSER AND NOISE MUSICIAN
Performance July 19, 8 pm
$4 members $8 nonmembers
Workshop July 20, 3 pm, $5 per person
Moving Image Lab | reservations recommended for both events

Contact: Martin Back 505.982.1338 x22, martin@ccasantafe.org

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The work of composer Raven Chacon ranges from quiet and contemplative—at times nearly silent—music for classical chamber instruments and ensembles to performances of noise music involving conceptual iconography on instruments devised by Chacon for his own purposes. His works have been performed and exhibited in the US as well as in Europe, Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand. In addition, Chacon has received commissions from the VERGE Ensemble in Washington DC, the University of Mary Washington, and the ERGO Ensemble of Toronto. Recent projects include performing with the West Coast noise trio KILT, in Albuquerque’s improvisational collective known as Cobra // group, and many other groups in the Southwest.

On Saturday, July 19th, at 8pm, Chacon will perform two noise songs consisting of “singing drum” and other electronics. On Sunday, July 20th, at 3pm Chacon will conduct a two-part workshop, open to all musicians, involving processes he has developed in order to conduct improvising ensembles and utilizing John Zorn’s ‘Cobra,’ a system of conducting using cue cards that give instructions to the players. Musicians bringing electric instruments must bring some means of amplification.

Call to attend: 982.1338

AUDIO BUDDHA WITH THE UNBORN SOUL
Saturday, June 14, 2008
8pm
$4 members | $8 nonmembers
CCA | Moving Image Lab
contact:Martin Back
505.982.1338 x22
martin@ccasantafe.org

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Audio Buddha is a trinity of musicians whose intention is to immerse in and explore the medium of music to access the divine and embody it in performance. Weaving together the elements of synthesized trance music, violin and voice, their tapestry of sound is dynamic, unique and profound. The music ranges from driving trance to melodic ambient, creating the space for all things to emerge. AudioBuddha have chosen their CCA appearance to celebrate the release of their new album!

Ishtar, Nathaniel Mahlberg, and Steve Brisk

SUPERMARKET PERFORMANCE
Saturday May 31, 2008
8pm
$4 members | $8 nonmembers
Moving Image Lab
contact:Martin Back
505.982.1338 x22
martin@ccasantafe.org

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Supermarket is an experimental dose of original electronic music and imagery, delivered with equal emphasis. Break beats of varying tempo ranging from dub and glitch to dancehall and drum ‘n’ bass are met with video, animated and celluloid imagery ranging from the abstract to the sampled and remixed. While Dan Monceaux jams out to sequenced beats and collected samples on his retro analogue synthesizers, Emma Sterling spends her time shooting and cutting visual material—everything from found footage to original celluloid shot in vintage cameras—scratched, manipulated and projected.
The end result is Supermarket, a performed fusion of electronic break beats and experimental cinema.

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Dan Monceaux of Supermarket with CCA's Martin Back

Night of Supermarket: having too much fun to go to bed

DAVID DUNN ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC COMPOSER
Saturday, April 26, 2008
8pm
$4 members | $8 nonmembers
Lecutre: Sunday, April 27, 2008
2pm
$8
contact:Martin Back
505.982.1338 x22
martin@ccasantafe.org

World-renowned electro-acoustic composer, lecturer and theorist David Dunn will perform a new piece at CCA utilizing custom circuits. On the following day he will give a lecture titled A History of the Use of Electronic Technology in Music. F/M (local artists Frank Rolla and Martin Back) will be supporting Dunn on performance night with Stick Figure, an improvisational piece making use of homemade electronics, folk music, and musical sculpture.