CUSP Presents: Seth Andrew Davis + Alexander Adams // Stephan Haluska
Thursday, July 6
Convivium 33 Gallery, 1433 E 33rd St, Cleveland
Doors at 7:30, music at 8:00
$15 suggested donation, no one will be turned away for lack of funds
Seth Andrew Davis is an improviser, performer, composer, technologist, and educator based in Kansas City, MO. Davis is involved in the improvised music/free improvisation, experimental, new music/contemporary classical and electronic music scenes in Kansas City. Davis has performed and has had his music performed in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico and Indonesia. As an artist, Davis works closely with performers and collaborators to create pieces, installations, and works that are unique to that partnership. Davis is an avid collaborator having worked with choreographers, video artists, animators, playwrights etc. His most recent work is focused around applied, interactive and performance based technology within improvisation and composition. Davis is a co-founder of Mother Brain Records with saxophonist & composer Michael Eaton. Mother Brain Records is a Midwest based label focused on releasing the works of artists in the experimental & improvised music scenes. Davis is also a co-founder of EMAS (Extemporaneous Music & Arts Society). EMAS is an improvised music & arts collective based in Kansas City that is dedicated to advancing creative work in Kansas City. Davis holds a BM in Music Composition from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a Masters in Music from the University of Central-Missouri. Davis’s music has been featured and released on labels such as EMAS Records, Lurker Bias, Neuma Records, Mother Brain Records, Personal Archives, Ramble Records, and Relay Recordings.
https://motherbrainrecordskc.bandcamp.com/.../music-for...
Alexander Adams is a percussionist and sound artist based in Chicago, IL. He is a founding member of the Galaxxu Ensemble, and frequently collaborates with a multitude of midwestern improvisers. He tours with Plague of Carcosa, Memory Dregs, and the Bucko / Adams Duo.
https://galaxxu.bandcamp.com/.../did-you-bring-enough-for...
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Cleveland-based, Stephan Haluska will perform a new work for expanded harp that focuses on generative techniques using electronic gadgets and prepared materials and objects. This performance will launch his midwest micro tour, centered around various performances and recording sessions in Chicago.