Other Minds Season 2005-2006

Other Minds New Music Séance
(press release for Séance here)

Saturday, December 3, 2005
in cooperation with Swedenborgian Church and Piedmont Piano Company

Concerts at 2pm, 5:30pm, and 8pm

Swedenborgian Church, 2107 Lyon Street, San Francisco

Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2301, or (415) 934-8134

The intimate candlelit surroundings of Bernard Maybeck’s Swedenborgian Church will be the scene of America’s first-ever New Music Séance, presented by Other Minds, featuring a selection of hypnotic, spiritual and rarely-heard contemporary music that spans the period from Erik Satie’s Gnossienne No. 5 (1889), to Charles Ives’ Second Violin Sonata (1907), and through the 20th century to the present.

The three concerts of the Other Minds New Music Séance feature five hours of solo piano music performed by Sarah Cahill, with additional performances by Kate Stenberg, violin, and Swiss pianist Eva-Maria Zimmermann. Audiences will be treated to Alexander Scriabin’s Vers la flamme (Toward the Flame, 1914) and the world premiere of Three Fantasy Pieces, dating from the early 1960s, by the Russian-born American composer Leo Ornstein (1892-2003). A further highlight will be the American premiere of Danish artist-composer Henning Christiansen’s Den Arkadiske for violin and piano, a Fluxus gloss on folk fiddling. The concerts also feature works by John Adams, Johanna Beyer, John Cage, Henry Cowell, Ruth Crawford, Alvin Curran, Lou Harrison, Bunita Marcus, Terry Riley, astrologer Dane Rudhyar and others. Humanly unplayable music by Kyle Gann, Daniel David Feinsmith, and Gary Noland will be self-performed on a Yamaha Disklavier grand piano, including the world premiere of Feinsmith’s Amalek.

The New Music Séance marathon, produced by Other Minds Artistic Director Charles Amirkhanian, features three distinct concerts on Saturday, December 3, 2005, at 2pm, 5:30pm, and 8pm, at Swedenborgian Church, 2107 Lyon Street, San Francisco. Tickets for individual concerts are $20, $35, or $50; a series pass for all three concerts is available for $50, $100, or $150. Seating in the intimate setting of Swedenborgian Church will be general admission, with proceeds to benefit Other Minds. Advance tickets are available online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2301, or may be charged by phone at (415) 934-8134.

Other Minds monthly Brink series at the Hemlock Tavern
on the last Wednesday of every month!

1131 Polk Street (between Post & Sutter), San Francisco

Curated by Bernard Francis Kyle and David Katznelson

Wednesday, September 28, 2005, 9:30pm, $7 at the door

Brian Sacawa • Dorsey Dunn

Saxophonist Brian Sacawa with electro-acoustic music by uncompromising experimental composers Alvin Lucier, James Tenney, and Keeril Makan. “An inventive musician,” “fresh and surprising,” and “vividly lyrical” — New York Times

Dorsey Dunn performs electro-acoustic pieces based on live manipulation of sampled instruments and voices, an extended meditation on “the perimeters of language, the movement of silence, and the vagaries of comprehension.”

Wednesday, October 26, 2005, 9:30pm, $7 at the door

Bonnie Barnett

Wednesday, November 30, 2005, 9:30pm, $15 at the door

Fred Frith in Concert

Daniel Bernard Roumain joins Del Sol String Quartet and special guest DJ Scientific for
A Civil Rights Reader for Strings, Laptop & DJ

Monday, March 6, 2006, 7:30pm

Kanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center, 3200 California Street, San Francisco
in cooperation with JCCSF and Sozo Media

Tickets on sale now for this one-night-only performance!

Tickets: www.jccsf.org/tickets, or JCCSF Box Office (415) 292-1233

Information: Other Minds (415) 934-8134, www.otherminds.org

Full of energy and passion, the spirited Del Sol String Quartet reunite with Daniel Bernard Roumain (whose String Quartet No. 4 they premiered at Other Minds 11 in March 2005) for an evening of cutting edge music-making. Daniel Bernard Roumain is a pioneer in new forms, as he marries the instrumentation of string quartet with electric violin, laptop, and Hip Hop turntablist. This first-ever presentation of all four of his works for the quartet medium celebrates iconic figures of American Civil Rights who are the dedicatees of each piece: Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Maya Angelou.

Other Minds Festival 12

December 7-8, 2006

Kanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center, 3200 California Street, San Francisco

Guests to be announced.

— Contact Other Minds at (415) 934-8134, www.otherminds.com —

— Programs subject to change —

**Spectacular photos available for direct press download





				Other Minds announces New Music Concerts, OM12 Festival dates for 2005-2006 Press photos can be downloaded here.
				Other Minds New Music Séance (press release for Séance here) Saturday, December 3, 2005 in cooperation with Swedenborgian Church and Piedmont Piano Company Concerts at 2pm, 5:30pm, and 8pm Swedenborgian Church, 2107 Lyon Street, San Francisco Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2301, or (415) 934-8134 The intimate candlelit surroundings of Bernard Maybeck’s Swedenborgian Church will be the scene of America’s first-ever New Music Séance, presented by Other Minds, featuring a selection of hypnotic, spiritual and rarely-heard contemporary music that spans the period from Erik Satie’s Gnossienne No. 5 (1889), to Charles Ives’ Second Violin Sonata (1907), and through the 20th century to the present. The three concerts of the Other Minds New Music Séance feature five hours of solo piano music performed by Sarah Cahill, with additional performances by Kate Stenberg, violin, and Swiss pianist Eva-Maria Zimmermann. Audiences will be treated to Alexander Scriabin’s Vers la flamme (Toward the Flame, 1914) and the world premiere of Three Fantasy Pieces, dating from the early 1960s, by the Russian-born American composer Leo Ornstein (1892-2003). A further highlight will be the American premiere of Danish artist-composer Henning Christiansen’s Den Arkadiske for violin and piano, a Fluxus gloss on folk fiddling. The concerts also feature works by John Adams, Johanna Beyer, John Cage, Henry Cowell, Ruth Crawford, Alvin Curran, Lou Harrison, Bunita Marcus, Terry Riley, astrologer Dane Rudhyar and others. Humanly unplayable music by Kyle Gann, Daniel David Feinsmith, and Gary Noland will be self-performed on a Yamaha Disklavier grand piano, including the world premiere of Feinsmith’s Amalek. The New Music Séance marathon, produced by Other Minds Artistic Director Charles Amirkhanian, features three distinct concerts on Saturday, December 3, 2005, at 2pm, 5:30pm, and 8pm, at Swedenborgian Church, 2107 Lyon Street, San Francisco. Tickets for individual concerts are $20, $35, or $50; a series pass for all three concerts is available for $50, $100, or $150. Seating in the intimate setting of Swedenborgian Church will be general admission, with proceeds to benefit Other Minds. Advance tickets are available online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2301, or may be charged by phone at (415) 934-8134. Other Minds monthly Brink series at the Hemlock Tavern on the last Wednesday of every month! 1131 Polk Street (between Post & Sutter), San Francisco Curated by Bernard Francis Kyle and David Katznelson Wednesday, September 28, 2005, 9:30pm, $7 at the door Brian Sacawa • Dorsey Dunn Saxophonist Brian Sacawa with electro-acoustic music by uncompromising experimental composers Alvin Lucier, James Tenney, and Keeril Makan. “An inventive musician,” “fresh and surprising,” and “vividly lyrical” — New York Times Dorsey Dunn performs electro-acoustic pieces based on live manipulation of sampled instruments and voices, an extended meditation on “the perimeters of language, the movement of silence, and the vagaries of comprehension.” Wednesday, October 26, 2005, 9:30pm, $7 at the door Bonnie Barnett Wednesday, November 30, 2005, 9:30pm, $15 at the door Fred Frith in Concert Daniel Bernard Roumain joins Del Sol String Quartet and special guest DJ Scientific for A Civil Rights Reader for Strings, Laptop & DJ Monday, March 6, 2006, 7:30pm Kanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center, 3200 California Street, San Francisco in cooperation with JCCSF and Sozo Media Tickets on sale now for this one-night-only performance! Tickets: www.jccsf.org/tickets, or JCCSF Box Office (415) 292-1233 Information: Other Minds (415) 934-8134, www.otherminds.org Full of energy and passion, the spirited Del Sol String Quartet reunite with Daniel Bernard Roumain (whose String Quartet No. 4 they premiered at Other Minds 11 in March 2005) for an evening of cutting edge music-making. Daniel Bernard Roumain is a pioneer in new forms, as he marries the instrumentation of string quartet with electric violin, laptop, and Hip Hop turntablist. This first-ever presentation of all four of his works for the quartet medium celebrates iconic figures of American Civil Rights who are the dedicatees of each piece: Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Maya Angelou. Other Minds Festival 12 December 7-8, 2006 Kanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center, 3200 California Street, San Francisco Guests to be announced. — Contact Other Minds at (415) 934-8134, www.otherminds.com — — Programs subject to change — **Spectacular photos available for direct press download