Music July 1997 News

NEWS

July 1997

USA., July 18. PAUL WINTER ON TOUR (AUGUST).

23 / Town Crier / New York City / (with Oscar Castro-Neves)
25 / The Iron Horse / North Hampton, MA / (with Oscar Castro-Neves)

Spain, July 18. FESTIVAL DE NOVES MUSIQUES.

The second Festival de Noves Músiques (Festival of New Musics) will be held at the Cova de la Font Major, in Francolí, Tarragona, between the 14 and the 16 of August. Among the performances to be held, mention must be made of the ones by Paul Giger and Damia Timoner. There also will be different lectures and other events, as well as record exhibitors. For further information, contact the telephone numbers 977 613339 (if calling from within Spain) or 34 77613339 (if calling from outside Spain).

Europe, July 18. KELLER QUARTETT ON TOUR (AUGUST).

07 / Stavanger / Norway
13 / Copenhagen / Denmark
29 / Stresa / Italy

USA, July 18. STEVE ROACH'S NEW ALBUM.

On This Planet is now complete and in production for September on Fathom Records. This is a studio recording of selected pieces born during his last year's numerous live concerts across the U.S. Omar Faruk Tekbilek and Patrick O'Hearn are featured guests on the title track. Mexican composer Jorge Reyes will visit Roach's studio in August for a new collaboration. The third David Hudson release on Celestial Harmonies, with Steve as producer and collaborator, will feature the didgeridoo in a landscape of sound worlds created bySteve.

USA., July 18. GLEN VELEZ ON TOUR.

July 31 / Portland, Maine-Concert The Maine Festival
August 3-10 / Johnson, Vermont - Residency / Percussion Intensive / Johnson State College
August 15 / Boston, Massachusetts - Clinic & Concert / Berklee College of Music / World Percussion Festival

USA, July 18. GS DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE.

Edirol Corporation, a division of The Roland Group, will host the GS Developers Conference for North America, an unprecedented event for developers and designers of music software, MIDI song files, computer games and multimedia presentations. On the West Coast, the conference will meet July 29 in Seattle. East Coast attendees will meet August 1 in Orlando.

Italy, July 18. STEVE ROACH & VIDNA OBMANA CONCERTS.

Steve Roach y Vidna Obmana have been invited to perform at the Verucchio Festival July 26th in Verucchio, Italy, a small medieval town near Rimini. They will perform their first U.S. concert together on July 30 at Shank Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. According to Steve Roach, this show will be more experimental and improvisational than their other shows in Chicago and Italy. On August 1 Steve returns to Chicago for the Second Projekt Festival. He'll perform a solo set, and a live set with Vidna Obmana. The festival is August 1st and 2nd at the Vic Theatre.

USA, July 18. IASOS EVENT.

"Using Sound & Music for Healing & Light-Body Activation". July 26, Saturday, 8:00 pm. Mountain View, California. In this 2-hour event, Iasos will be discussing the theories of how sound can have a healing effect. This evening will be both conceptual (talking) and experiential (listening to music).
Information & Reservations:
Phone: 415-988-9800
800-909-6161
Fax: 415-988-9884
Email: info@eastwest.com

Germany, July 18. KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN CONCERTS.

July 26 / Augustinuskirche, Schwäbisch Gmünd
August / 31 / Schul-Aula, Kürten (im Schulzentrum, Kartenverkauf an der Abendkasse)

Europe, July 18. JAN GARBAREK GROUP ON TOUR (JULY).

25 / Elmshorn/ Germany
27 / Bodo / Norway
29 / Flims / Switzerland
30 / Ferrara / Italy
31 / Rome / Italy

USA, July 18. MARK ISHAM 'S CONCERTS.

July 22-23 / Catalina Bar & Grill / Hollywood. (Guests: Billy Childs-Piano, Doug Webb-Saxophone, Kurt Wortman-Drums, Sid Page-Violin, Tom Warrington-Bass).
August 22-23: Mark Isham Introduces: The Afterglow Ensemble. Featuring the acoustic jazz music from Alan Rudolph's upcoming movie, "Afterglow" (starring Nick Nolte and Julie Christie). Performers: Mark Isham-Trumpet, David Goldblatt-Piano, Gary Novak-Drums, Jeff Littleton-Bass, Sid Page-Violin. Club Brasserie (located in the Belage Hotel). Los Angeles.

Europe, July 18. DAVE HOLLAND QUINTET DE GIRA.

July:
20 / Nürnberg / Germany
21 / Nürnberg / Germany
23 / Genova / Italy
24 / Aversa / Italy
27 / Hyeres / France
28 / Paris / France
29 / Bonn / Germany
30 / Zuerich / Switzerland
31 / Frankfurt/M / Germany
August:
04 / Lisbon / Portugal
05 / Roma / Italy
08 / Santa Anna Arresi / Italy

USA, July 18. LORIN GREAN DE GIRA.

July:
19 / Borders Books & Music / Bryn Mawr, PA
19 / Borders Books & Music / Princeton, NJ
20 / Encore Books & Music / Princeton, NJ
August:
2 / East West Bookshop / Mountain View, CA
5 / Kelly House / Mendocino, CA

Austria, July 18. K@RLHEINZ ESSL EVENTS AT SALZBURG FESTIVAL.

July 19 - August 10 / Mirabellgarten, Pflanzentunnel / "Amazing Maze (8-channel sound installation version)"
August 7-8 / Ensemble Modern will give a live performance with compositions by K@rlheinz Essl: "...wird sichtbar am Horizont", "Entsagung", "Cross the Border", "Déviation", "O rosa bella".

Europe, July 18. NOIRIN NI RIAIN ON TOUR.

July 18-26 / Summer School at the University of Limerick, Ireland
July 28 / Chapel of the Monastery of the Relic, Plouneour-Menez, Brittany, France

July 18.

BRIEFS:

On July 18, Pierre Bastien will give a live performance at the Galeria Metropolitana de Barcelona, in Barcelona, Spain.
On July 18, Alfonso Villalonga will give a live performance at Cafe del Sol, in Barcelona, Spain.
On July 19, Werner Kodytek will give a live performance at Galpon Sur, in Barcelona, Spain.
On July 19, Alain Wergifosse will give a live performance at Mi Bar, in Barcelona, Spain.
On July 19, Lisa Villavechia will give a live performance at Associacio Heliogabal, in Barcelona, Spain.
From July 20 to August. 3 , Johanne Shenandoah will be on tour in Spain.
On July 25, Lucia Hwong's Cyber Love will be released on Sonic Images label.
On July 25, Gracia Territori Sonor will present the project Equipo de Accion Sonora (EAS) at the Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, in Barcelona, Spain.
On July 29 and August 1, The Hilliard Ensemble will give a live performance at Cambridge, UK.
On July 29, Arild Andersen will give a live performance at Lübeck, Germany.
Mike Oldfield's next UK single, Women of Ireland, should be released in August.
On August 1-8, the Sidmouth International Festival of Folk Arts will be held in Sidmouth, Devon, UK.
On August 2, Misha Alperin will give a live performance at Altenhof bei Eckernfoerde, Germany.
On August 2, Danny Heines will give a live performance at Freight & Salvage, in Berkeley, CA, USA.
On August 23, Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai will give a live performance at Chautauqua, in Boulder, CO, USA.
On August 23, Forever Einstein will give a live performance at AS220, in Providence, R.I., USA
On August 29-31, the Fylde Folk Festival will be held at Fleetwood, Lancashire, UK.
On August 30, Absence by K@rlheinz Essl (for violin solo) will be performed at the Internationale Akademie für Neue Komposition, in Schwaz, Austria.
On August 30, Eliza Gilkyson will give a live performance at Music Hall, in Santa Fe, NM, USA.
On August 30-31, a WOMAD festival will be held at Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, UK.

Spain, July 18. SONAR 97.

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July 9.

BRIEFS:

On July 10, Pamela Z will perform several pieces for voice, real time electronic processing and samples triggered with The BodySynth (It allows the performer to trigger sounds with physical gestures). The concert will take place in the Alte Schmiede, Vienna, Austria.
On July 23 to July 26, the Six Exquisites International Sound Arts Festival II will be held at the Tacoma Art Museum, in Tacoma, Washington, USA. Some of the included artists are Brenda Hutchinson, Dan Senn, Pi-hsien Chen, Pamela Z, Martien Groeneveld, and Dorothy Martirano.
On June 21, Robert Moog demonstrated the prototype of The Ethervox, Big Briar's new MIDI theremin, at the First International Theremin Festival in Portland, Maine, USA.
On July 26, Billy McLaughlin will give a live performance at the St. Croix Festival Theater, in St. Croix Falls, WI, USA.
On July 19, Vas will give a live performance at the Club Caprice, in Redondo Beach, CA, USA.
On July 31, John Whelan will give a live performance with Pat Kilbride at the Bridgeport Public Library, in Bridgeport, CT, USA.
XAKK (Bjorn Fogelberg) is working on the follow up to his 64 CD. The tunes finished so far are inspired by Ambient Dub, Trance and House.
The three Summer Solstice concerts by the Paul Winter Consort at the Cathedral of St John the Divine, in New York, USA, were an interesting combination of Davy Spillane's pipebag, Cathie Ryan's voice, Paul Winter's saxophone and Paul Halley's keyboards. The artists are now in Connecticut, participating in the recording of a Celtic Solstice release.

USA, July 9. ANCIENT FUTURE ON TOUR (JULY).

19 / Grass Valley, CA / California World Music Festival / Nevada County Fairgrounds
20 / San Ramon, CA / Arts & Winds of the World festival / Amphitheater of San Ramon Central Park
22 / South Lake Tahoe, CA / Valhalla Summer Festival / Tallac Historic Site
23 / Calaveras County, CA / Cedar Center
25 / Sierra City, CA / Kentucky Mine Amphitheater
27 / Healdsburg, CA / Healdsburg Plaza

Canada, July 9. OSCAR LOPEZ ON TOUR (JULY).

10-13 / Winnipeg, MB / Winnipeg Folk Festival / (with The Compadres)
23-27 / Calgary, AB / Calgary Folk Festival / (with James Keelaghan)

USA, July 9. TINGSTAD & RUMBEL ON TOUR (JULY).

8 / Kirkly, WA
23 / Renton, WA
26 / Concrete, WA / Cascade Farms 25th Anniversary

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