Telematic Music Projects 2009-2013 Presentation Handout Mark Dresser and Sarah Weaver Contact: Mark Dresser
Deep Tones for Peace Excerpts -
April 26, 2009 Deep Tones for Peace was an international internet music performance for peace in the Middle East. It was performed live on the internet between internationally recognized bass players located in both Jerusalem and New York for local audiences as well as a world-wide webcast. Our intention is to add our deep voice to the growing worldwide appeal for peace in the Middle East. We sincerely hope that our music (classical, jazz and contemporary), can be received as it is being offered, as a sharing of distinct musical languages and structures that co-exist and are appreciated by all participants. Deep Tones for Peace Now was an additional community initiative residing on the website where bassists anywhere in the world could make a personal peace transmission from their laptop via ustream.tv Audio and Video Platform: Polycom Hardware with Music Optimization
Deep Tones for Peace includes Performers, Composers, and Improvisers: Thierry Barbe (France), Mark Dresser (USA), Trevor Dunn (USA), Irina-Kalina Goudeva (Bulgaria/Denmark), Henry Grimes (USA), Lindsey Horner (USA), James Ilgenfritz (USA), J.C. Jones (Israel), Michael Klinghoffer (Israel), Chi-chi Nwanoku (UK), William Parker (USA), Barre Phillips (USA/France), David Phillips (USA), Rufus Reid (USA), Bertram Turetzky (USA), Sarah Weaver (USA) Project Coordinators: Jean-Claude Jones, Barre Phillips, Mark Dresser, Sarah Weaver, William Parker, Suzanne Thorpe, Gabriel Lanyi Technical Directors: Hama'abada, The Jerusalem Performing Arts Lab: Avi Elbaz Manhattan School of Music: Christianne Orto CUE Art Foundation: Suzanne Thorpe
Locations: Jerusalem 7pm-1pm Israel Daylight Time - Hama'abada - The Jerusalem Performing Arts Lab New York 12pm-6pm Eastern Daylight Time - The New York based performers broadcasted from a studio at the Manhattan School of Music. A public webcast viewing and presentation of the event hosted at the CUE Art Foundation
Organizations: With support from the American Embassy in Israel - Public Affairs Office, British Council in partnership with Bi Arts - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Science, Culture, and Sport, Centre Culturel Français Romain Gary a Jerusalem, Office of Cultural Affairs - Consulate General of Israel in New York, Danish Composer's Society's Production Pool/Koda's Fund for Social and Cultural Purposes, Electronic Music Foundation, Experimental Television Center’s Presentation Funds Program Supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, Hors Oeil Editions, International Society of Bassists, International Society for Improvised Music, Jerusalem Foundation Arts & Culture Department, Jerusalem Municipality Cultural Department, Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Kadima Collective Recordings, Omanout Habama, Service Culturel de Ambassade de France en Israel, University of California San Diego, World Association of Former United Nations Internes and Fellows, Zfunot Tarbut
Inspiraling 2010-2011: Telematic Jazz Explorations Excerpts 2010 - “Telewhorl” by Mark Dresser
2010 Concert June 13, 2010 A concert of new jazz works for professional improvisers between New York and San Diego performing compositions Mark Dresser, Sarah Weaver, Oliver Lake, and Gerry Hemingway. There were local audiences as well as a world-wide webcast. The music explored elements of jazz fused with artistic properties of telematics including multiplicity, heterophony, swing, polyphony, synchronicity, and nodality, to create a new music reality - telematic jazz. Audio Platform: JackTrip Video Platform: LifeSize Program: "Telein" by Sarah Weaver "As We Know It" by Oliver Lake "OilEye" by Gerry Hemingway "Telewhorl" by Mark Dresser San Diego Performers: Hafez Modirzadeh, saxophone, Michael Dessen, trombone, Alex Cline, percussion, Mark Dresser, contrabass New York Performers: Amir ElSaffar, trumpet, Oliver Lake, saxophone, Min Xiao-Fen, pipa, Gerry Hemingway, percussion, Sarah Weaver, conductor San Diego Technical Director: Todd Margolis New York Technical Director: Tom Beyer Coordinators: Mark Dresser and Sarah Weaver 4pmPDT San Diego: Calit2, University of California San Diego, Center for Research and Computing in the Arts (CRCA) 7pmEDT New York: Music Technology Program, Steinhardt School, New York University Co-Presented by Roulette Intermedia, Inc. New York, NY
2011 Concert November 2, 2011 This second concert event of the series featured new music and integrated video art conceived for the telematic medium. Program: "New Flowers in Old Tracks" by Michael Dessen "en-s(o)" by Sarah Weaver "Nourishments" by Mark Dresser San Diego Performers: Nicole Mitchell, flute, Michael Dessen, trombone, Joshua White, piano, Mark Dresser, bass and conductor New York Performers: Jane Ira Bloom, soprano saxophone, Amir ElSaffar, trumpet, Oliver Lake, alto saxophone, Tomas Ulrich, cello, Ikue Mori, laptop, Sarah Weaver, conductor Video Artists: John Crawford, Sarah Jane Lapp Set Design: Victoria Petrovich San Diego Technical Director: Todd Margolis New York Technical Director: Tom Beyer Coordinators: Mark Dresser and Sarah Weaver 7pmPST San Diego: University of California, San Diego Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater 10pmEST New York: Music Technology Program, Music Composition Program, Steinhardt School, New York University.
Telemotions: A Networked Intermedia Concert Document
April 16 and 17, 2011 This concert features new music composed and performed by Mark Dresser (bass), Myra Melford (piano) and Myra Melford (trombone), performed in a visual environment created by Victoria Petrovich (scenic design) and Victoria Petrovich (telematic video). With live audiences at both sites, Dresser and Melford performed in San Diego at the Calit2 Theatre within Petrovich's immersive stage design, while Dessen performed in the Calit2 Auditorium at UC Irvine where Crawford was also integrating live video into both performance spaces. The performances took advantage of a dedicated, high-bandwidth network between the Irvine and San Diego buildings of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, a leading research unit based at the University of California. The music explores both rhythmic grooves and the tactile subtleties of sound, along with integrated scenic design and live video. Audio Platform: JackTrip Video Platform: UltraGrid and Active Space
Program: Part 1: Rasa (Dresser) Red Beach* Threads and Promises (Dessen) Part 2: Telemotives (Dresser) Yours, Mine and Ours (Dresser) Curtain* Part 3: Untitled 4* Optiputatively Speaking (Dessen) City of Illusions* Part 4: Piano Music* Deep Forest* Quark Charms (Dessen) * Scores for improvisers based on drawings by Don Reich
Artists: Mark Dresser, bass, Myra Melford, piano, Michael Dessen, trombone, Victoria Petrovich, scenic design, and John Crawford, telematic video Additional production/artistic support: Todd Margolis, Omar Ramos, Ash Smith Filming and Editing by Alex Matthews
Locations: San Diego, CA: Calit2 Theatre, Atkinson Hall, UC San Diego Irvine, CA: Auditorium, Calit2 Building, UC Irvine
Supported by the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA), the University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA), the Department of Dance and Department of Music at UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School for the Arts, and the Department of Music at UC San Diego
ResoNations 2009: International Telematic Music Concerts for Peace Excerpt -
November 20, 2009 7:30PM EST United Nations Headquarters in New York 4:30PM PST University of California San Diego, United States of America 5:30PM MST The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada November 21, 2009 12:30AM BST Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom 9:30AM KST Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea "ResoNations" meaning "to resonate nations" is a series since 2009 with local and telematic concerts at the United Nations and international sites. The program consists of new compositions for peace by contemporary composers from each participating country for the full telematic ensemble to perform together. ResoNations aims to create peace by engaging the role of the arts and technology in the international peace process, through the medium of telematic music, to transcend geographic distance and boundaries, and utilize the music itself as a vehicle for peace. Audio Platform: JackTrip Video Platform: Access Grid
Opening Remarks: H.E. Simona Miculescu, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations Welcome: Dean Leslie, WAFUNIF Presidential Attaché and Arts for Peace Director Program: "Hope's Dream" by Mark Dresser and Sarah Weaver "Disparate Bodies" by Pedro Rebelo "Rock, Paper, Scissors" by Chris Chafe "Green-colored Harmony" by Jun Kim
Personnel: United Nations Headquarters in New York - Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Chambers: Joan La Barbara, voice, Yoon Sun Choi, voice, Robert Dick, flute, Jane Ira Bloom, soprano saxophone, Marty Ehrlich, woodwinds, Oliver Lake, saxophone, Dave Taylor, trombone, Tomas Ulrich, cello, Samir Chatterjee, tabla, Sarah Weaver, conductor, composer, coordinator San Diego, California, USA - University of California San Diego, Center for Research in Computing and the Arts, CalIT2: Mark Dresser, contrabass, conductor, composer, coordinator Banff, Alberta, Canada - The Banff Centre: Chris Chafe, electric cello, composer, coordinator, technical director, Lee Heuermann, soprano, Charles Nichols, electric violin, Sam Davidson, clarinet and electronics, Geoff Shoesmith, tuba and electronics, Knut Eric Jensen, piano Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom - Queens University Belfast, Sonic Arts Research Centre: Pedro Rebelo, composer, piano, Franziska Schroeder, saxophone, Manuela Meier, accordion, Steve Davis, drums/percussion, Justin Yang, saxophone/electronics Seoul, South Korea - LeeHaeRang Art Theater, Dongguk University: Presented by Graduate School of Culture Technology (GSCT), KAIST, and MARTE Lab, Dongguk University Jun Kim, composer, SeungHee Lee, haegeum, Euy-shick Hong, saxophone, Woon Seung Yeo, visuals, Quartet X: Yoonbhum Cho, 1st violin, Soyeon Park, 2nd violin, Heejun Kim, viola, Saelan Oh, cello
Presented by the Innovation Talks Symposium II, Arts for Peace of UN-NGO WAFUNIF Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations
ResoNations 2010: International Telematic Music Concerts for Peace Document -
December 3, 2010 9:00pmEST United Nations Headquarters in New York, with support from New York University December 4, 2010 10:00amCST China Electronic Music Center, Beijing, China, with support from Syneme, University of Calgary December 4, 2010 11:00amKST Umyon Theater, National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts, Seoul, Korea, with support from Audio andInteractive Media (AIM) Lab, Graduate School of Culture Technology (GSCT), KAIST Audio Platform: JackTrip Video Platform: Polycom, LifeSize, Tandberg
Opening Remarks: Mr. Abdulkaleq Bin-Dhaaer Al-Yafei, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations Welcome: Dean Leslie, WAFUNIF Presidential Attaché and Arts for Peace Director Sarah Weaver, Composer and Coordinator Yang Ming, Beijing Musician Kwan Kim, Seoul Technologist Program: “The Spirits of the Water” by Yoon-Jeong Heo “Harmony” by Min Xiao-Fen “Ascension” by Sarah Weaver
Musicians: United Nations Headquarters in New York - Jen Shyu, Voice, Jane Ira Bloom, Soprano Saxophone, Min Xiao-Fen, Pipa, Mark Dresser, Bass, Satoshi Takeishi, Percussion, Sarah Weaver, Conductor Beijing, China - Wu Na, Guqin, Yan Jun, Voice and Electronics, Yang Ming, Trombone, Wang Lichuan, Percussion Seoul, South Korea - Chi-wan Park, Piri, Hyang Hee Lee, Seng Hwang, Yoon Jeong Heo, Geomungo, Woong-sik Kim, Percussion Technical Directors: United Nations – Charles Hagaman, Beijing – Ken Fields, Seoul – Woon Seung Yeo
Presented by the Innovation Talks Symposium III, Arts for Peace of UN-NGO WAFUNIF Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations
Thresholding 2012: A Telematic Music Event, New York – Seoul Excerpts - “Auspicious Meeting” by Mark Dresser
New York: May 4, 2012 10:00PMEDT Seoul: May 5, 2012 11:00AMKST Jazz and Korean Shaman music luminaries come together as a telematic ensemble in New York and Seoul to perform an unprecedented concert of compositions and improvisations. “Thresholding” is expressed as thresholds in the music, the telematic medium, and the “holding” of these states as profound liminal experience. Audio Platform: JackTrip Video Platform: LifeSize, Tandberg
Program: “Auspicious Meeting” by Mark Dresser “Perpetual He(a)ring” by Sarah Weaver -Intermission- Improvisation by Seoul Musicians Improvisation by New York Musicians Improvisation by New York and Seoul Musicians
New York, NY: Music Composition Program, Music Technology Program, Steinhardt School, New York University Musicians: Ellery Eskelin, tenor saxophone, Mark Dresser, bass, composition, Jim Black, drumset, Sarah Weaver, composition, conductor Technical Director – Tom Beyer
Seoul, Republic of Korea: Performing Arts Center at the Korea National University of Arts, Theater B Musicians: Bae Il Dong, p’ansori vocalist, Hyunseok Shin, haegeum, Simon Barker, drumset, Technical Director – Woon Seung Yeo
Coordinators: Mark Dresser, Sarah Weaver, Woon Seung Yeo
Telematic Transform Music Excerpt:
April 23, 2011 Transform is explored in this concert of premiere pieces with renowned musicians through the concept of node as point of multiple intersections. “Node 111” for solo percussion expresses this through multiplicity of self. “Node 4x4” works with a quartet in New York and a geographically spatialized quartet between San Diego, Irvine, Montreal, and Seattle. Audio Platform: JackTrip Video Platform: Access Grid
Program: “Node 111” Gerry Hemingway, percussion, Sarah Weaver, composer “Node 4x4” New York: Oliver Lake, saxophone, Hadi Eldebek, oud, Dave Taylor, bass trombone, Gerry Hemingway, percussion, Sarah Weaver, composer/conductor San Diego: Mark Dresser, bass Irvine: Michael Dessen, trombone and electronics Montreal: Eldad Tsabary, laptop Seattle: Stuart Dempster, trombone, didjeridu, conch shells
Locations: 9:00pmEDT New York: Music Technology Program, Steinhardt School, New York University. Technical Director – Tom Beyer Montreal: Department of Music (Electroacoustic Studies) and Concordia Hexagram Institute for Research/Creation in Media Arts and Technology, Concordia University
6:00pmPDT San Diego: Department of Music, University of California San Diego Irvine: REALab (Realtime Experimental Audio Laboratory), University of California Irvine Seattle: Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXArts), University of Washington Technical Director – Michael McCrea
Jazz Telemotions: A Networked Trio Concert Excerpt -
7pm May 12, 2010 This music reflects our common interest in integrating approaches that emphasize pitch and rhythmic syntax with those that come more from a deep focus on the tactile subtleties of sound itself. Many pieces also involve a sensation of multi-dimensionality, exploring the dynamic contrasts - whether simultaneously or across time - between expressing a vibrantly independent sound world and flowing within a composite, social space. The projected video is a real-time improvised response to the music in visual form, generated by John Crawford's Active Space interactive media performance system. Live video feeds are processed simultaneously by multiple networked computers running the Active Space software at both sites and directed by Crawford in Irvine to produce abstract, painterly representations of the performers, interleaved with drawings by Don Reich. The stage design at the UC San Diego site is a small-scale exploration of scenic space as an expressive, flexible component of the telematic performance environment. Translucent screens are meant to integrate with the environment, and evoke a sense of expansion and an articulation of atmosphere through the diffusion and direction of light. Audio Platform: JackTrip Video Platform: UltraGrid and Active Space
Program: All works were composed by the performers during 2009-2010. Part 1: Improvisation Telemotions (Dresser) Japanese Music* Mauger Time (Dresser) Part 2: Dry Rain #1 and #2* Fifth Species (Dessen) Part 3: Barcelona and Sagrada Familia* Scorestream #3 (Dessen) Part 4: Facade #1 and #2* Canales Rose (Dresser) * Scores for improvisers based on drawings by Don Reich
Artists: Mark Dresser, bass (UCSD), Myra Melford, piano (UCSD), Michael Dessen, trombone (UCI), Victoria Petrovich, scenic design (UCSD), John Crawford, telematic video (UCI) Main concert site: Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, UC San Diego, CA Remote site: eMedia Studio, Calit2 Building, UC Irvine, CA Production Assistants: Ash Smith - Camera operator and video assistant Omar Ramos - Lighting design and video assistant Danny Shapira - Network Audio Nick Patin - Local Audio (UCSD)
Upcoming in 2013
A Virtual Tour - A Carbon Reduced Footprint Concert Series On April 5, 6 and 7, 2013, a quartet of composer/improvisers and UC faculty – Mark Dresser, bassist, Michael Dessen, trombonist, flutist Nicole Mitchell, and pianist Myra Melford - will perform a "virtual tour" created by Dresser and Dessen of new music conceived for three different groups performing with San Diego on three consecutive nights. The San Diego group will be partner on April 5 with saxophonist Jason Robinson, multi reed player Marty Ehrlich and drummer Bob Weiner located at Amherst College, on April 6 from the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology in Zurich with multi-flutist Matthias Ziegler and Gerry Hemingway on drums and live electronics and on April 7 from the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, with support from Consortium for Digital Arts, Culture, and Technology (cDACT) at Stony Brook University with Sarah Weaver, conductor, Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, Ray Anderson, trombone, Min Xiao-Fen, pipa, and Matt Wilson, drums. There will be premiers of new compositions for the events by Mark Dresser, Michael Dessen, and Nicole Mitchell from UCSD, Marty Ehrlich and Jason Robinson from Amherst and Sarah Weaver from Stony Brook. Weaver’s composition “Universal Synchrony Music” will incorporate cosmic interaction, approaching the telematic medium from the musical, technological, and metaphorical standpoint of synchrony.
This virtual tour format also enables the musician to mine the environmental benefits of networking technologies. By rehearsing via the internet over a period of many months, the musicians will develop a body of music that would normally require multiple flights, saving thousands of dollars, scores of travel hours, and much fossil fuel.
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