Saturday March 3
8:30 pm
Room Pieces New York 2007
Michael J. Schumacher
with Alex Waterman & Christopher McIntyre
$ 7 suggested donation
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NOTES:
ROOM PIECES are multi-channel sound installations of extended duration that use a modular compositional approach characterized by a wide variety of sonic material. The context of presentation is crucial: each manifestation of ROOM PIECES take on a unique identity based on the nature of the space in which it is installed. Intended for living spaces, ROOM PIECES define points in space and coordinate these points by juxtaposing related sounds and weaving a spatial geometry; a continuously shifting grid of multi-point relations with the listener as axis. Rather than "virtual space" - an imitation of a world outside this one - ROOM PIECES intersect the real world, sectionalizing space according to acoustic phenomena.
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BIOS:
Michael J. Schumacher is a composer of electronic sound installations using 2 - 16 speakers, computer-controlled random structures, of acoustic music realizing advanced formal schemes, of taped and live music (also improvised) for prepared electric guitar, synthesizer, etc. He has composed works for piano solo, chamber ensemble, voice, and orchestra. He studied music at Indiana University and the Juillard School of Music. Born in Washington, D.C., he has lived in New York City since 1983. Schumacher's works have been presented in the United States, Europe and Asia. He has presented sound installations at The Kitchen, Experimental Intermedia and Roulette, at the Queens Museum and PS 1, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon and Triskel Intermedia in Cork, at La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's Dream House, and at his own sound and intermedia galleries, Studio Five Beekman and Diapason. He has received grants from NYFA, iEAR, The Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Meet the Composer, and Harvestworks. He has collaborated with the cellist Charles Curtis, guitarist Donald Miller, with David First, Ben Manley, Stephen Tunney and Tim Barnes, with dancers and choreographers including Liz Gerring, and with the video artist Ursula Scherrer. As director of Studio Five Beekman and Diapason Gallery, he has produced exhibitions by David Behrman, Ron Kuivila, Alvin Lucier, Phill Niblock, Steve Roden, Marina Rosenfeld, Stephen Vitiello, La Monte Young and many others. His discography includes five solo CDs, including a double CD set on the XI label.
Alex Waterman is a founding member of the Plus Minus Ensemble, based in Brussels and London, specializing in avant-garde and experimental music. Alex has worked with musicians such as Richard Barrett, Keith Rowe, Axel Dorner, Tristan Honsinger, Ned Rothenberg, Robert Ashley and Michael Finissy. He has performed as guest musician with numerous ensembles, including Trio Event (Berlin), Champs d'Action-Antwerp, Q-O2-Brussels, and Black Jackets Company-Brussels. As a curator he has organized events at Les Bains: Connective in Brussels and at the OT301 in Amsterdam. His project with the Bach Cello Suites has toured in Switzerland, Italy, Holland, and the Opera of Monaco. Alex is presently living in Brooklyn, NY.
Christopher McIntyre
leads a multi-faceted career in the contemporary arts as a performer,
composer, and independent curator. Current projects include leading TILT
Brass Band, 7X7 Trombone Band, and electro-improv group Lotet, and collaborative
efforts including composer/performer ensemble Ne(x)tworks, and cjMjs (duo
with Michael J. Schumacher). He has contributed work to the repertoire
of Lotet, TILT, Ne(x)tworks, 7X7 Trombone Band, and Downtown Ensemble's
Flexible Orchestra. Recent performance highlights include the collaborative
folio score stuplimity no.2 (music for Sundown) created for 7x7 and choreographer
Yoshiko Chuma, the 16-channel site-specific sound installation entitled
silOM, and the work Metaxis, commissioned by Roulette/Jerome Foundation,
a modular piece for the combined forces of TILT and Lotet. McIntyre is
also active as a curator and concert producer; he served as Associate
Music Curator at The Kitchen, where he was Artistic Director of the ten-piece
experimental chamber orchestra Kitchen House Blend, and lead curator of
live events during New Sound, New York. Upcoming curatorial projects include
the 2007 MATA Festival and programming the month of June at The Stone.
www.cmcintyre.com
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