Sounding the Margins

Hosted by Sarah Cahill

Program One
Friday, May 31, 2002 8:00 PM

Four Meditations for Orchestra - Sounding the Margins Orchestra
I. From Unknown Silences
II. Tuning Meditation
III. Interdependence
IV. Approaches and Departures

Maggi Payne - flute
Diane Grubbe - flute
Tom Bickley - recorder
Philip Gelb - shakuhachi
Matt Ingalls - clarinet
Phillip Greenlief - soprano saxophone
Francis Wong - tenor saxophone
Jon Raskin - baritone saxophone
Tom Djll - trumpet
Stuart Dempster - trombone
Monique Buzzarté - trombone
Toyoji Tomita - trombone
David Dove - trombone
Bill T. Roper - tuba
Sara Schoenbeck - bassoon
Shoko Hikage - koto
Brett Larner - koto
Fred Frith - guitar
Maryliz Smith - piano
David Gamper - electronics
Angelique van Berlo - free bass accordion
Tom Nunn - homemade instruments
Gayle Young - Amaranth
Brenda Hutchinson - long tube instrument
Anne Hege - soprano
Karolyn van Putten - voice, percussion
Tara Flandreau - violin
Allison (AJ) Johnson - violin
Patty Liu - violin
Natalie Brejcha - viola
Jorge Boehringer - viola
Hugh Livingston - cello
Anne Bourne - cello
Loren Dempster - cello
Matthew Sperry - bass
Chris Williams - bass
George Cremaschi - bass

Steed Cowart: Rehearsal Director

Variations for Sextet (1959 - 1960) - sfSound Group
Matt Ingalls - clarinet
Hugh Livingston - cello
Diane Grubbe - flute/picc
David Bithell - trumpet
Carrie Weick - French horn
Hadley McCarroll - piano
Jennifer Bailey - conductor

Saxual Orientation (1998) - ROVA
Bruce Ackley - soprano saxophone
Steve Adams - alto saxophone
Larry Ochs - tenor saxophone
Jon Raskin - baritone saxophone

Dream Flight (2002)
Pauline Oliveros - accordion
Ione - spoken word (guest artist)
Brenda Hutchinson - long tube instrument
Maggi Payne - flute

Exerpt from Io and Her and the Trouble with Him (2001)
Written and Directed by - Ione
Choreography - Joanna Haigood
Set Design -Wayne Campbell
Sound Track - Pauline Oliveros
Performers: Joanna Haigood
Sheila Lopez
Suzanne Gallo

Red Shifts (2000)
Monique Buzzarte - trombone
Tim Perkis - oscillator
Xopher Davidson - electronics
David Gamper - max patches

Double Basses at Twenty Paces (1968)
Chris Williams - bass
Matt Sperry- bass
Alan Johnson - referee
Stuart Dempster - second
Tuckier Dulin - second

For Tonight (2002) - The Space Between
Pauline Oliveros - accordion
Philip Gelb - shakuhachi
Dana Reason - piano

Program Two
Saturday, June 1, 1:00 PM

Sound Fishes (1992) - Adem Trio
Gayle Young - Amaranth
Anne Bourne - cello
Angelique Van Berlo - free bass accordion

Trio for Flute, Piano and Page-Turner (1963)
Diane Grubbe - flute
Sarah Cahill - piano
Page-turner - to be announced

What Time Is It? (2002) - Timeless Pulse
Pauline Oliveros - accordion
David Wessel - electronics
George Marsh - percussion
Jennifer Wilsey - percussion

Quintuplets Play Pen: Homage to Ruth Crawford Seeger (2001)
Sarah Cahill - piano

Portrait of Tom Bickley
Tom Bickley - recorder, electronics

"Jaga Warrior's Tribute" from Njinga the Queen King; The Return of A Warrior (1993)
featuring Terry Baruti and Lorraine Bowser
with members of Adigun Sipho and Bana Ya Kongo

For Robert Kostka (2002) Ghostdance Trio
Pauline Oliveros - accordion
Shoko Hikage - koto
Toyoji Tomita - trombone

13 changes for Malcolm Goldstein (1986)
Chris Brown - computer
John Bischoff - computer
Tim Perkis - computer

In the Time of One (2000) - Circle Trio (1997 -)
Pauline Oliveros - accordion
India Cooke - violin
Karolyn Van Putten - voice, percussion

Tuning Meditation (1971) Albany Community Chorus directed by Anne Hege
Melinda Woodward
Amy Gorman
Alison Cardinet
Mary Gillis
Angela Kucherenko
Chris Klein
Maia Ramsey
Julie Hart
Roseann Fahner
Anne Hege

From Sonic Meditations 1971 - (performed by the audience)

What sounds constitutes your musical universe?

Free Forum Discussion
Saturday June 1, 6:00 PM
David Bernstein, Renee Coulombe, Allison Johnson, Moira Roth, and Katherine Setar, will discuss the significance of Pauline Oliveros. Moderated by Dana Reason.

Program Three
Saturday June 1, 8:00 PM

The Heart of Tones - (1999) - Sounding the Margins Orchestra
Anne Hege - soprano
Karolyn van Putten - voice, percussion
Maggi Payne - flute
Diane Grubbe - flute
Tom Bickley - recorder
Philip Gelb - shakuhachi
Matt Ingalls - clarinet
Phillip Greenlief - soprano saxophone
Jon Raskin - baritone saxophone
Tom Djll - trumpet
Stuart Dempster - trombone
Monique Buzzarté - trombone
Toyoji Tomita - trombone
David Dove - trombone
Bill T. Roper - tuba
Sara Schoenbeck - bassoon
Brenda Hutchinson - long tube instrument
Tara Flandreau - violin
Allison (AJ) Johnson - violin
Patty Liu - violin
Natalie Brejcha - viola
Jorge Boehringer - viola
Hugh Livingston - cello
Anne Bourne - cello
Loren Dempster - cello
Matthew Sperry - bass
Chris Williams - bass
George Cremaschi - bass
Matthew Goodheart - piano
Fred Frith - guitar
Angelique van Berlo - free bass accordion

Steed Cowart: Rehearsal Director

The Well and the Gentle (1983) - Sounding the Margins Orchestra with:
Shoko Hikage - koto
Brett Larner - koto
Tom Nunn - homemade instruments
Gayle Young - Amaranth
David Gamper - electronics

Wind Horse (1989) - The Cornelius Cardew Choir
Sandra Yolles
Steven Tobin
Marjorie Tichenor
Maryliz Smith
Katherine Setar
Jonathan Segel
Jim Riley
Matthew Priest
Marianne McDonald
Bob Marsh (co-founder)
Aurora Mahassine
Cathryn Hrudicka
Penelope Houston
Brad Fischer
Leah Fenimore
Tim Duff
Tom Duff
Matthew Ross
Davis Dave
Cowen Beau Casey
Tom Bickley (co-founder and director)
Margot Bevington
Nancy Beckman

Margin Calls (2002) - Deep Listening Band
Stuart Dempster - trombone, conch shells, didjeridus, toys
David Gamper - keyboard, overtone flutes, found instruments
Pauline Oliveros, accordion, voice
with The Cornelius Cardew Choir, Tom Bickley, Director and the Albany Community Chorus, Anne Hege, Director

Betting on the Margin (2002) - Deep Listening Band
with the Cornelius Cardew Choir and the Albany Community Chorus

EISing on the Cake (2002) - Deep Listening Band
with the Cornelius Cardew Choir and the Albany Community Chorus

Pauline's Solo (1992 - 2002) - Pauline Oliveros - accordion.
"Listening to this space I sound the space. Listening to the energy of all who are present I sound this energy. Listening to my listening and your listening I make this music here and now with the assistance of all that there is. I dedicate this music to compassion in this world now." -Pauline Oliveros

The Pauline Oliveros Birthday Potluck Picnic
Picnic and Outdoor Performance
Sunday, June 2, 2002 1:00 PM
Dolores Park on Dolores between 18th and 19th Streets
San Francisco

The Grand Buddha Marching Band (1981)
Brenda Hutchinson - coordinator
Tom Bickley - drum major
Everyone

The Grand Buddha Marching Band is another meditation work from the Deep Listening Pieces collection. Stylistically similar to Oliveros' seminal Sonic Meditations, The Grand Buddha Marching Band does not require any special performance preparations or special musical training, and is intended to be performed over a long period of time. In this work, the "band" consists of a group of singers or instrumentalists who form a tight, single-file, circular mandala form which spirals around a designated "drum major." Each marcher may make sounds spontaneously during the march, while "listening" and maintaining full awareness of the other marchers' performances. As the members become more distantly spaced, the marchers may speed up, slow down, or pass each other. The piece concludes when all performers have completely dispersed.