5pm Sunday, April 28, 2013
I will be the special guest of the New England Forum for Acoustic Ecology (NEFAE) for a public talk, followed by a reception and concert with NEFAE members.
Studio Soto
10 Channel Center StreetBoston, MA
www.studiosoto.org
suggested donation $10
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Program:
5pm – artists talks
- Eric Leonardson, “20 Years of Acoustic Ecology: Reflections and New Challenges”
- Tom Plsek, “Hear We Are”
6:30 – reception
7:00 – concert
- Members of the New England Forum for Acoustic Ecology — Michael Bullock, Ernst Karel, Tom Plsek, and Jed Speare
- Eric Leonardson – solo with Springboard
Audio artist, composer, performer, instrument inventor, radio artist, sound designer, visual artist, curator, and educator for over 30 years; Eric Leonardson devotes a majority of his professional career to unorthodox approaches to sound and its instrumentation with a broad understanding of texture, atmosphere and microtones. As a practicing artist and educator Leonardson has an interest in the elusive lines that separate art media and disciplines; the promise of technology to enable new possibilities in art, discovering connections between physical action, sound, images, and ideas through artistic collaborations and research. He is President of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology, founder of the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology, Executive Director of the World Listening Project, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is currently an artist-in-residence at Amherst College as a Copeland Fellow.
The Springboard is an experimental instrument built in 1994 to explore the sonic potential of coil springs and other readily available materials. The inaudible vibrations of these materials are amplified by one very affordable piezo disc contact microphone. When played with cello bows and homemade friction mallets, Leonardson produces extraordinary sounds that belie the humble origin of these materials.
Trombone explorer Tom Plsek has been stretching trombones and our concepts of them for years. His compositions include pieces for ensembles and solo trombone often incorporate improvisation, technology, and performance art. Tom has performed with such artists as Jerry Hunt, Malcolm Goldstein, Phill Niblock, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Joe Morris, Marjorie Morgan, and with the Outsider Quartet. He has performed at New Music American in 1983 and 1986. He is a member of the Mobius Artists Group and Chair of the Brass Department at Berklee College of Music in Boston where he also teaches a course on acoustics. He is a member of the Acoustical Society of America for which he has given many presentations mostly about the use of technology with brass instruments. He is featured on several recording including “Firehouse Futurities,” 1999: Rastascan Records (BRD038) and Tautology (005); and “Jump or Die; 21 Braxton Compositions 1992,” Music and Arts (CD-843). The CD “MVP LSD” with Joe Morris, guitar and John Voigt, bass was released in 2009 and has received numerous positive reviews.
The New England Forum for Acoustic Ecology (NEFAE) is a regional chapter of the American Society for Acoustic Ecology (ASAE).
The ASAE is a membership organization dedicated to exploring the role of sound in natural habitats and human societies and promoting public dialogue concerning the identification, preservation, and restoration of natural and cultural sound environments.