Improv:21
A Series of Informances on 21st century music
Beginning Sunday, January 30, 2005
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Rova:Arts is pleased to present Improv:21, a series of "informances" on 21st-Century musical improvisation led by master improvisers from the Bay Area and beyond. Taking place at San Francisco's Dance Mission Theater (3316 24th St. near Mission St.) beginning in January, and hosted by critic and KPFA radio host Derk Richardson, Improv:21 programs will explore the art and practice of improvisation through a shifting (i.e. "improvised") combination of onstage lecture and dialogue, musical demonstration and performance, and audience question-and-answer forum. Reasonably priced and easily accessible, these two-hour events are designed to inform, inspire, challenge, and enlighten a wide-ranging audience, from professional and amateur musicians to listeners of all backgrounds and levels of experience.
The first Improv:21, taking place on January 30, 2005 at 2 pm, features cross-genre guitar legend Fred Frith, whose creative approach to music was depicted in the documentary Step Across the Border. In discussion with Derk Richardson, and using recorded examples, Frith will focus on two subjects: improvisation and the recording medium, and organization and form in improvisation with large forces. This will be a chance to hear how Frith works in recording such film scores as Rivers and Tides.
Saturday, March 26, 3 pm: Guitar and electronics master Nels Cline
Sunday, June 5, 2 pm: Rova Saxophone Quartet
Plus more events for 2005 to be announced soon
Tickets: $10-15, sliding scale
For reservations call Dance Mission Theater
415.273.4633
For more information call Rova:Arts
415.487.1701
or visit www.rova.org
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