On April 4, 2009, SFU Contemporary Arts put on a show of electroacoustic music that included a new piece by Barry Truax, Chalice Well, three pieces for flute and “tape” played by visiting flautist Mark McGregor, a live laptop ...
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Theriault, Hannafin, Hamilton
The concert on Thursday evening the 5th of March was a special one for me, its being the first time I'd heard Doug Theriault live. From the first CD of his I owned, Unidentified, I have been enormously taken by the music of this enormously talented Portlander. ...
Europe at galleryHOMELAND
I have attended a lot of exhilarating concerts in Portland, and the exceptional concert on Monday, February 23, was no exception. Four extraordinary musicians from Europe played in three sets, very different from each other but all concerned with pushing acoustic instruments to their limits--to beyond their limits. (To making a mockery of the idea ...
Spirit Journies
The five pieces on Barry Truax's most recent CD are all from this century, 2001 through 2006. Given the similarity of dates and the thematic unity suggested by the album title, one might unwarily conclude that these five are similarly similar. They're not. If I wanted to ...
Truax Miscellany
Pacific Fanfare(1996) Like all such, Pacific Fanfare is a short piece; unlike other fanfares, this one has no stirring licks by the trumpet section. Instead, there are some very nice foghorns, as befits the Pacific part of the title. Sadly, short here means three minutes, which is not just ...
Barry Truax
Truax: So here we are in the gardens of the Archevêché in Bourges, with its formal gardens and its walkways and roses. Asymmetry: Maybe we should just talk about this, then, and forget about music for awhile.... Or perhaps this is just the place to talk about soundscape and ...
KK Null and David Brown, Terminal Hz
Fans of KK Null and David Brown (who together are Terminal Hz) probably already have this CD. If you don't, you should get it right away. (If you're not a fan of KK Null or David Brown, you should get this right away, so that ...
Portland New Ushers in the New Year at a New Venue
The first Portland New Music Society concert took place at Enterbeing on the 22nd of January. Featured were Christopher Penrose, Peter Karman, Michael Hallenbeck, J.P. Jenkins, and Drew Adams.
Cold Night Hot Music
The October Portland New Music Society concert was a little bit of a departure from the usual eclectic mix of live electronics and improvisation. This evening was all composed music, although compositions with very open structures, to be sure, with electronics and improv. The unusually cold evening kept the usual Jáce Gáce ...
Peter Playing the Shrubbery
Hi All, The editor is away at the Gaida Festival and ISCM World Music Days in Vilnius, LT. He almost never works on the site when he's away so here's something from the editor's very own demonspawn spawn to tide us over. Enjoy. -Webmaster