Pittsburgh New Music Net

Take your senses on a trip! – come see CAPA’s Contemporary Music Ensemble, Antithesis, perform this Monday, May 17th @ 7:00 p.m. in CAPA’s Cabaret Theatre (where Dowe’s Theatre used to be).

The program will contain a variety of pieces, many of which are original works by CAPA students.  The program will include a variety of works, many of which are student compositions.  The works on the program are very diverse, ranging from fully-composed works to chance music to theremin improv with spoken voice.

More information can be found on the Facebook event page.

The Brillobox

Martin Bisi brings his unique blend of singer-songwriter story-telling, indie rock, and experimental psychedelia to the Brillobox on Sunday, May 2. Joining Bisi for this show are Brian Viglione of Dresden Dolls on drums and Michael Kaminski ex-Cop Shoot Cop.

Martin Bisi has been a NYC musician and record producer since the 80s. At a studio he started with Brian Eno in Brooklyn, he has since realized albums by Sonic Youth, Swans, John Zorn, Africa Bambaataa, The Dresden Dolls, Herbie Hancock’s Rockit, Boredoms, Helmet, White Zombie, Cop Shoot Cop, Material/Bill Laswell, Foetus, Serena Maneesh and others. This year he’s released a CD, Sirens Of The Apocalypse and an EP, Son Of A Gun on Contraphonic.

Also on the show are local standouts Dave Bernabo + Aseembly and the Mandrake Project.

Carnegie Library Main Music Department

Free

DAVID BERNABO’s new project, DJ Responsibility, seeks new spaces for music listening and performance. The album FORMALISM is a short work (19 minutes) that is being released in an edition of one copy. The sole copy is only available in the Music Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Oakland, setting up a contradiction between publicly-shared and exclusive.

The extremely limited copy is not available for sale, but will be presented as a free installation in the Music Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Oakland from April 19 to May 31, 2010. Passers-by are invited to listen to the 19-minute album through headphones. The project aims to set up the contradiction between exclusive and freely-available, placing itself in the middle of special edition and boutique records, art installation, and the growing trend of free music (via Bandcamp, free album streams, illegal downloads).

The music itself spans a number of genres and styles, from the TV-show segways of “Before the Event” and “During the Event” to the electronic time changes in “Nearer, the Twelve Bens”. “As In Form” starts as an interplay between field recordings and glitches, transitions into a clip-filled electric piano dirge, and ends with a race of vibraphone and electronic synths. The closing track, “After the Event”, blends tight drums with harpsichord, electric piano, and the sounds of a lightning storm on Saturn.

Made up of local composers, the vocal quintet Vocal Assembly makes a guest appearance in “Voice, and Then”, which is an attempt to translate the art of Paul Klee into music. Some of the sounds that creep into the piece include streams and abandoned coal plants in Shamokin, PA, gate doors in Point State Park, and piano and vibraphone sessions performed by composer Nathan Hall and Bernabo.

“Nero and His Fire” opens with filmmaker and musician tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE playing chains, bass drum, a bicycle wheel, and the “Wheel-of-Fortune” before erupting into a flurry of stacked instruments and overlapping time signatures.

Starting as a joke during the Vale and Year days, DJ Responsibility has come into existence to spread the word of responsibility in music creation and distribution.

Thanks to the generosity of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the album will be available in the Music Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Oakland during normal library hours, Monday through Thursday – 10AM to 8PM, Friday and Saturday – 10AM to 5:30PM, and Sunday 12PM to 5PM.

PERFORMERS

David Bernabo [electronics, drums, wurlitzer, harpsichord, piano, guitar, bass, vocals, synthesizer, rocks, soil]

tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE [bass drum + chain, bicycle wheel, Wheel-of-Fortune (6)]

Nathan Hall [piano and vocals (3)]

Kerrith Livengood [flute (2), vocals (3)]

Ben Harris [vocals (3)]

Brandon Masterman [vocals (3)]

On Monday, May 17th, Antithesis, CAPA High School’s new music ensemble, will present its annual concert.  The concert is at 7pm in CAPA’s Cabaret Theater (where Dowe’s used to be).

The program will include a variety of works, many of which are student compositions.  The works on the program are very diverse, ranging from fully-composed works to chance music to theremin improv with spoken voice.

Heinz Hall
Tickets

The PSO pairs Richard Danielpour’s Rocking the Cradle with Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2.