6 nights at 6 different venues showcasing the many sides of the CMG and featuring visiting and local artists.
Tuesday, 10/15
No Fun
$7
8:30pm-late (21+)
Some wild and local sounds of the CMG community featuring:
Social Stomach, Winnie Black, Galaxy Research, Halfbird, and Starship Infinity
Wednesday, 10/16
Turn! Turn! Turn!
$10-20 (sliding)
8:30-10:30pm (all ages)
PAK (NY, Tzadik recording artists)
Phobia Outfit (Pdx)
Zvi (Pdx)
Thursday, 10/17
Holocene
Confluence: the Visiting Artist Series
8pm
$15 (21+)
Darius Jones (NY, solo sax)
Embedded Star Ensemble (Pdx) with Shahzad Ismaily (NY)
Saloli (Pdx)
Friday, 10/18 — Early Show and Q&A
Beacon Sound
207 SE Grand Ave (new location!)
5-7pm
Free (donations gladly accepted)
Shahzad Ismaily Q&A with Bob Ham (Portland Mercury, XRAY FM) followed by a performance with Lisa Schonberg, Mike Gamble, Dana Reason, and Paris Myers
Friday, 10/18
S1 Gallery
$15 ($10 for S1 members)
8pm
Synths, guitars and saxophones oh my!
Featuring:
Shahzad Ismaily (NY), Max Kutner (NY), Jamondria Harris (Pdx), Crystal Cortez (Pdx), Briggan Kraus (NY)
& the Annual Improvised Round Robin Duets!
Saturday, 10/19 — Afternoon workshop
S1 Gallery
Shahzad Ismaily Workshop: “Merging Composition and Improvisation”
1-3pm
$20 General ($10 for S1 Members)
Saturday Evening, 10/19
Leaven Community
Extradition Series Fall Concert
$10-20 (sliding)
Doors at 7, music at 7:30pm
Featuring works by Toshi Ichiyanagi, Sarah Hughes, Matthias Kaul, Luke Nickel, and Daniel James Wolf
Sunday, 10/20
The 1905
Jazz and free jazz all day long!!
- 11:30-1:30pm: Noah Simpson trio (free)
- 3-5pm: Dan Clucas/Ralph Thomas/Michael Vlatkovich/Andrew Jones/Tim DuRoche ($5)
- 5-7pm: Rich Halley’s Outside Music Ensemble ($10)
- 8-11pm: Hearts and Minds (Chicago) ($15)
The Improvisation Summit of Portland 2019 is supported by the Fred W. Fields Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation.
Extradition’s 2019 season continues with a recital by Edmonton-based composer/performer Mark Hannesson of the Wandelweiser Composers Collective, performing five of his own works with guest musicians from the Extradition Series community.
> Child (2019): This piece, which is receiving its world premiere tonight, uses words and short phrases from the “United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child” to create a minimalist canticle, with an open instrumental ensemble supporting a vocalist. It will be performed by Jena Viemeister (voice), Mark Hannesson (trumpet), Matt Carlson (piano), Lee Elderton (clarinet), Branic Howard (guitar), Catherine Lee (oboe), and Collin Oldham (cello).
> Home.Haven.Refuge (2019): Our second world premiere for the evening is based around a UNHCR statistic showing that someone, somewhere in the world, is forcibly displaced every two seconds as a result of conflict or persecution. It will be performed by Mark Hannesson (trumpet), Catherine Lee (oboe), and Matt Hannafin (percussion).
> Like the Shuffling of Feet on Pavement (2017): A duo for pianist and clarinetist, each of which is given a small range of written material, which they must arrange over the course of the piece according to their own sense of pace and timing. The piece will be performed by Matt Carlson (piano) and Lee Elderton (clarinet).
> Small Garden (2015): Small Garden is a series of seven short, poetic text scores, each comprising just four to eighteen words. Tonight’s performance will assay five of them, each performed by a different group of instrumentalists that includes Mark Hannesson (trumpet), Matt Carlson (piano), Lee Elderton (clarinet), Matt Hannafin (percussion), Branic Howard (guitar), Catherine Lee (oboe), and Collin Oldham (cello).
> Undeclared (2016): On October 20, 2006, a drone attack in Pakistan’s Bajaur District struck a school, killing 68 children aged 7 to 17. The score for this piece consists entirely of those children’s names and ages, along with the simple instructions “play one note/sound for each child / take as much time as needed / pause between each as long as needed.” It will be performed solo by Mark Hannesson (whistling + computer processing).
NOTE: This recital will take place at Resound NW, not at Extradition’s regular concert venue.
Saturday, September 21
Resound NW
1532 SW Jefferson St, PDX
Doors 7pm, music 7:30pm
Refreshments will be served during intermission.
The Extradition Series presents concerts and recitals that exist at the intersection of composition and improvisation, intentionality and chance, clarity and silence. The series is curated and directed by Matt Hannafin and presented by the Creative Music Guild.
www.extradition-series.com
www.facebook.com/TheExtraditionSeries
www.youtube.com/c/TheExtraditionSeries
www.creativemusicguild.org
The Extradition Series 2019 Summer Concert will take place on Saturday, July 27, 2019, featuring five intimate works of experimental music.
> Eva-Maria Houben, “The Crickets of Raspberry Island” (2014), performed by Lee Elderton (clarinet), Matt Hannafin (sustaining sound), Branic Howard (sustaining sound)
> Angharad Davies, “Cofnod Pen Bore” (2012), performed by Annie Gilbert (voice), Matt Hannafin (stones), Branic Howard (electronics), Margaret McNeal (voice), and Stephanie Lavon Trotter (voice)
> Lo Wie, “Score for 3 Performers” (2015), performed by Alissa DeRubeis (electronics), Juniana Lanning (electronics), Caspar Sonnet (dobro)
> Alvin Lucier, “The Sacred Fox” (1994), performed by Matt Hannafin (voice + resonant vessels)
> Brian Moran & Linda Austin, “15 Minutes @ PS122/PWNW” (2005/2019), performed by Linda Austin (dance)
The performance by Linda Austin will be a recreation of a 2005 performance by New York dancer and electronics player Brian Moran, utilizing Moran’s original accompanying audio track merged with new audio by Austin.
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Performance Works NW
4625 SE 67th Ave, PDX
Doors 7pm, music 7:30pm
Tickets at door, $10–$20
Refreshments will be served during intermission.
The Extradition Series presents concerts and recitals that exist at the intersection of composition and improvisation, chance and intentionality, clarity and silence. The series is curated and directed by Matt Hannafin and presented by the Creative Music Guild.
www.extradition-series.com
www.facebook.com/TheExtraditionSeries
www.youtube.com/c/TheExtraditionSeries
www.creativemusicguild.org
Join us for a night of improvisations with trios curated by Mike Gamble of The Creative Music Guild. This is the fifth installment of the Synth Library Improv night.
Brandon Conway
Michelle Alany
Ryan Stuewe
Visuals: Matthew Rempes
Luke Wyland
Crystal Cortez
Tim DuRoche
Visuals: Nathaniel Kornet
Setareh
Noah Simpson
Amenta Abioto
Visuals: Arjan Miranda
7.19.19
8pm – 11pm
$10 – General
$5 – S1 Members
Tickets at the door
8 NE Killingsworth
8 NE Killingsworth
8 NE Killingsworth
8 NE Killingsworth
The Creative Music Guild and S1 co-present C.J. Boyd with special guests Alissa DeRubeis and Jamondria Harris
C.J. Boyd will also be teaching a workshop at S1 during the day. Click here for more info on that event.
6.8.19 / 8-11PM
All Ages
$5 general, free S1 members
Artist Bio
Bassist turned vagabond C.J. Boyd uses bass loops and voices in order to try and stop time. On perpetual tour since March 2008, movement and stasis are both at the center of his music. Weaving together improvisation with a sparse, minimalist aesthetic, Boyd creates waves of sound, worlds of provocative unlived memories through a singular approach to the upright bass and electric bass guitar that makes everything near and far.
Though solo performance takes up the bulk of his time and effort, he occasionally tours with the improvised chamber orchestra Kurva Choir and has also released music with Chris Schlarb, Eliot Lipp, Move, and his electronic alias DJ Too Slow. Past projects include Desert Center, Rhonya, Like No Tomorrow, and he’s been known to join a band for a one-off or the length of a tour, such as with Paleo (AZ), Shy Hunters (NY), Real Live Tigers (TX), and Harm (AK). All the while, he also runs a small label called Obsolete Media Objects, which has released such lovely folks as Balmorhea, Aisha Burns, Dilute, and Nelly Kate.
His non-stop musical travels have been propelled primarily by a van that runs on vegetable oil while in North America, whereas frequent European tours will find him catching trains, buses, planes, boats, and cars. But regardless of how he arrives to the gig, the music is driven by a commitment to ceaseless discovery and re-invention. His oceanic sounds provide a home for the homeless and journeys to the homebound.
C.J. Boyd
Alissa DeRubeis
Jamondria Harris
–Entry to this event comes with one raffle ticket for our 5 year anniversary raffle on 6/30 at 5PM. Items up for raffle include a fully populated 48hp 4ms Pod, a hand-built video synthesizer, gift cards and other synthy stuff.
Beyond the Low End: A Workshop with C.J. Boyd / 6.8.19
Join C.J. Boyd as he explores using the bass guitar outside its traditional role as a rhythm instrument in this intimate workshop. Techniques to be demonstrated include ebow on the bass, vibrato fret tapping, atmospheric looping, and more. Students are encouraged to come with come questions and there will be plenty of time for exploring specific topics of interest. No prior experience is required.
6.8.19 / 3PM-4PM
All Ages
$10 general, $5 S1 members
–Entry to this event comes with one raffle ticket for our 5 year anniversary raffle on 6/30 at 5PM. Items up for raffle include a fully populated 48hp 4ms Pod, a hand-built video synthesizer, gift cards and other synthy stuff.
