Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/12/2017 - 09/17/2017
9:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Location
Baltimore Theatre Project
Category(ies)
- Dance
- Music
- Avant-Garde
- Electronic
- Ensemble
- Experimental
- Festival
- Improvisation
- International
- Indie
- Premiere
- Solo
- Sonic
- Symphonic
- Workshop
- Vocal
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High Zero is the premier festival of Improvised, Experimental music on the East Coast, being fully devoted to new collaborations between the most inspired improvisors from around the world.
Lasting two weeks in total, the festival brings together 28 core musicians each year, but also involves a much larger subculture of musicians in Baltimore and on the East Coast. Unlike many related festivals, High Zero is not narrow in terms of sensibility or subculture, but rather widely inclusive of all the different types of experimental music-making in the moment. The fact that half of the festival’s core participants are from Baltimore speaks to the depth of Baltimore’s experimental music subculture, which in recent years has grown to be one of the richest cities in the country for experimental art.
The festival has a unique structure. High Zero is focused solely on new collaborations in freely improvised experimental music. Internationally famous musicians play side by side with younger “unknowns,” united by their commitment to the musical imagination. Each year, Baltimore becomes a fertile meeting-ground for a large group of inspired players, drawn from a fascinating international subculture.
Thursday Night, September 14
- Doors Open: 7:30PM
- Performances Start: 8:30PM
Solo
- Jamal Moore — woodwinds, electronics, percussion
Group One
- M.C. Schmidt — electronics, percussion
- id m theft able — voice, electronics, objects
- Lexie Mountain — voice, electronics
- Kazuhisa Uchihashi — daxophone, guitar
- Carlos Santistevan — bass, electronics
- Tania Chen — piano
Group Two
- Shelly Purdy — percussion
- Sofia Jernberg — voice
- Andrew Bernstein — saxophone
- Michael Gayle — piano
Group Three
- Julian Valdivieso — synthesizer, electronics
- Baba L’Salaam — abujaphone, voice, found objects
- Maria Shesiuk — keyboards, synthesizer
- Lynne Price — dance
Group Four
- Kate Porter — voice, cello
- Michael Gayle — piano
- Carlos Santistevan — bass, electronics
- Tomeka Reid — cello
Friday Night, September 15
- Doors Open: 7:30PM
- Performances Start: 8:30PM
Solo
- Lexie Mountain — voice, electronics
Group One
- Andrew Bernstein — saxophone
- Joe McPhee — saxophone, pocket trumpet, reeds
- Jamal Moore — woodwinds, electronics, percussion
- Tomeka Reid — cello
- Baba L’Salaam — abujaphone, voice, found objects
Group Two
- Sofia Jernberg — voice
- Lynne Price — dance
- Kate Porter — voice, cello
- Carlos Santistevan — bass, electronics
Group Three
- Dan Deacon — electronics, mechanical instruments
- Eli Keszler — percussion
- M.C. Schmidt — electronics, percussion
Group Four
- Paul Neidhardt — percussion
- Joe McPhee — saxophone, pocket trumpet, reeds
- Sheriff of Nottingham — guitar
Saturday Night, September 16
- Doors Open: 7:30PM
- Performances Start: 8:30PM
Solo
- Sheriff of Nottingham — guitar
Group One
- Dan Deacon — electronics, mechanical instruments
- id m theft able — voice, electronics, objects
- Kazuhisa Uchihashi — daxophone, guitar
- Eli Keszler — percussion
- Lynne Price — dance
Group Two
- Tania Chen — piano
- Sofia Jernberg — voice
- Tomeka Reid — cello
Group Three
- Kate Porter — voice, cello
- Maria Shesiuk — keyboards, synthesizer
- Julian Valdivieso — synthesizer, electronics
Group Four
- Shelly Purdy — percussion
- Paul Neidhardt — percussion
- Eli Keszler — percussion
Sunday Night, September 17
- Doors Open: 7:30PM
- Performances Start: 8:30PM
Solo
- Kazuhisa Uchihashi — daxophone, guitar
The Night of Randomization
As a new ongoing tradition, the High Zero Festival will leave Sunday Night’s sets up to chance. Fourteen performers will be divided into four sets, randomly. What kind of wonderful, unplanned, musical collisions will happen this year?
Musicians will be chosen from this list:
- id m theft able — voice, electronics, objects
- Andrew Bernstein — saxophone
- Tania Chen — piano
- Dan Deacon — electronics, mechanical instruments
- Joe McPhee — saxophone, pocket trumpet, reeds
- Michael Gayle — piano
- Jamal Moore — woodwinds, electronics, percussion
- Lexie Mountain — voice, electronics
- Baba L’Salaam — abujaphone, voice, found objects
- Shelly Purdy — percussion
- M.C. Schmidt — electronics, percussion
- Sheriff of Nottingham — guitar
- Maria Shesiuk — keyboards, synthesizer
- Julian Valdivieso — synthesizer, electronics
Group One
Random group from the list above.
Group Two
Random group chosen from the list above.
Group Three
Random group chosen from the list above.
Group Four
Random group chosen from the list above.
Workshops
9:30PM, Tuesday, September 12
Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore, MD 21204
Room KA115 (Computer Music Studio)
6:00PM, Wednesday, September 13
Peabody Computer Music, 1 E Mt Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
Room PCM314
Thursday, September 14
Johns Hopkins Film Center, 10 E North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21202
Note: Sorry. Cannot accomodate visitors.
12:00PM, Friday, September 15
UMBC Music, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250
4:30PM, Friday, September 15
Towson University Jazz Department, 7700 Osler Drive, Towson, MD 21204