The University at Albany
Department of Music is pleased to present a unique program of Duet Improvisations on
On the program, Tom Burre and Joseph Reinsel will perform
together with Burre on guitar, sampler, computer and voice and Reinsel using
customs video and audio processing software. They will guide one another
through interactive laptop processes for music and video. Ben Chadabe,
percussionist, and Langdon C. Crawford, laptop, will combine improvised music
with abstract video to explore rhythmic patterns and synchronicity. Using
birds, street lights, and Chadabe's real-time playing as source material, the
transformations form a fabric of polyrhythmic connections.
Based in the
Capital Region, guitarist, vocalist and electronic musician Tom Burre composes
and improvises in many diverse musical genres. Metroland acclaimed the debut CD by BoneOil, Burre's art rock
performance group, as 'Best Album of the Year' in 2000 and called Burre 'Best
Guitarist making a statement' in 2001. His recent performances combined sound
with dance and food preparation for 'Waldorf Salad', an interactive composition
co-written and performed with dancers Jack Magai and Leah Walsh. Burre will perform
with guitar, sampler, computer and voice.
He uses granular synthesis software in a 6-channel speaker set up.
Benjamin Chadabe,
improvising percussionist and video artist, has performed with poet Pierre
Joris, with dancers including Min Tanaka and the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company,
with voice artist Jaap Blonk, and with other composers and improvisers
including Damien Catera, Bryan Kieser, Warren Burt, and Elliott Sharp. He has
recently performed in
Langdon C. Crawford
has been improvising with electronics since 1999. Starting with guitars and
effects, he moved into computer music, eventually incorporating graphics and
live interaction. In 2001, he began designing, composing and performing works
and systems for laptop performance and real-time interaction. His current
interests involve melding the visceral experience of a rock concert with the
experimentation and improvisation in live and computer music performance.
Joseph Reinsel creates sound and video art using digital and
analog tools and instruments. He uses digital media including video, video and
sound installation, music and Internet art to give form and substance to his
vision. Reinsel's works have been
performed at ParticleWave/Pixelache 2005 (Finland), KUNSTRADIO/Ars Electronica
Festival 2004 (Austria/ Baltimore), the
MAXIS Festival of Sound and Experimental Music (Sheffield,UK), Roulette(NY);
Deep Listening Space (NY), Galapogos Arts Space (NY), Tonic/subtonic (NY),
Engine27 (NY), Mobius (Boston, MA) and Harvestworks Digital Media Center
(NY). He is a Visiting Assistant
Professor in the Visual Arts Department at the
Tickets are $8 for the general public and $4 for students and may be purchased through the Performing Arts Center Box Office. For further information, contact the Box Office at (518) 442-3997 or visit the Performing Arts Center website at www.albany.edu/pac.
