Saturday, Mar 26th, 2011 - EAR (Electro Acoustic Reed) Duo, EMMI (Expressive Machines Musical Instruments) @Pyramid Atlantic
EAR (Electro Acoustic Reed) Duo
Dana Jessen is co-founder of the EAR (Electro Acoustic Reed) Duo. Along with saxophonist Michael Straus, the duo is dedicated to the performance of new, improvised and experimental electroacoustic music. Recently praised by the Boston Music Intelligencer for performing "with conviction and authenticity," the duo can regularly be seen presenting a variety of works ranging from new commissions written specifically for them, to original arrangements of works by Terry Riley, Steve Reich and James Tenney. Attempting to stretch the limits of duo performance, their concerts include aspects of theater coupled with visual and electronic media. Aside from performing on their respective instruments, the duo's repertoire has recently expanded to incorporate Tibetan singing bowls, squeaky toys, reusable/recyclable objects and more.
Expressive Machines Musical Instruments
We are a group of composers seeking new modes of acoustic sound generation. Our goal is to develop and compose for instruments that maximize temporal, timbral, dynamic, and harmonic possibilities. This quest has led us to create robotic musical instruments. Computer controlled mechanical instruments allow for the marriage of extreme precision and the richness of acoustically generated sound. Robotic instruments take computer music out of its traditional black box and reunite sound generation with visible physical gestures. Thus our instruments exhibit a stage presence and theatricality absent from music produced by speakers alone.
expressivemachines.com
Saturday Mar 26th 2011 8:30 p.m.
$10
Pyramid Atlantic
8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
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http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/