Listening for Music through Community

Curated by Pauline Oliveros
Leonardo Music Journal
CD Series Volume 19

1. Nameless Sound Youth Ensemble + Guests: Parenthesis 1 (5:13)

Nameless Sound Youth Ensemble under the direction of David Dove. Performed by Paula Anicete (clarinet, voice), Chris Cogburn (percussion), David Dove (trombone), Ryan Edwards (guitar, voice), Juan Garcia (bass), Jason Jackson (saxophones, clarinets, other things), Matt Roberson (electronics), Jawwaad Taylor (trumpet MC/voice), July 2006. Web site: <www.name-lesssound.org>.0000

2. Norman Lowrey: In Whirled Trance(Formations) (4:54)

Composed by Norman Lowrey, 1944. Performed by members of the Avatar Orchestra Metaverse (Viv Corringham, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.; Biagio Francia, Agropoli, Italy; Lief Inge, Oslo, Norway; Xisuthra Lomu, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Norman Lowrey, Madison, New Jersey, U.S.A.; Andreas Mueller, Regensburg, Germany; Pauline Oliveros, Kingston, New York, U.S.A.; Tina Person, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Liz Solo, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada; Max D. Well, Regensburg, Germany; and Chris Wittkowsky, Regensburg, Germany). Performed October 2008. Recorded by Norman Lowrey. Web site: <users.drew.edu/nlowrey/right.html>.

3. Sarah Weaver: Sema (Excerpt) (3:51)

Composed by Sarah Weaver, June 2008. Performed by Sarah Weaver (composer/conductor), Lesley Greco (voice), Anne Hege (voice), Sarah Paden (voice), Zevin Polzin (guitar), Margaret Schedel (electric cello) and Kevin Terry (guitar). Recorded live by Sarah O'Halloran at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland, 4 July 2008. Web site: <www.sarahweaver.org>.

4. Tom Bickley: Angelorum (Excerpt) (6:46)

Composed by Tom Bickley. Performed by the Cornelius Cardew Choir (Joseph Zitt, Tony Williams, Tommy Soden, Katherine Setar [cantor], Bob Marsh, Cathryn Hrudicka, Brad Fischer, Tom Duff [cantor], Dave Cowen, Tom Bickley [cantor] and Nancy Beckman), directed by Tom Bickley. Recorded live, 20 November 2005, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA. Web site: <www.metatronpress.com/artists/tbickley>.

5. If, Bwana: Cicada #1: Version EHG 9' (5:04)

Composed by Al Margolis, 2008. Live performance by Lisa Barnard (voice), Monique Buzzarté (trombone), Tom Hamilton (Nord modular synthesizer); Jacqueline Martelle (flute) and Al Margolis (computer) at the Emily Harvey Gallery, New York City, 18 September 2008. Live performance recorded on an unattended portable digital recorder. Composition "assembled" by Al Margolis in late 2008. Web site: <www.pogus.com>.

6. Caterina De Re: The Gasholder Stupa (Excerpts) (4:17)

Composed by Caterina De Re. Performers included Caterina De Re (director, producer, vocals, composer, video, sound design, set, audio editing), Michael Pestel (Birdmachine, flute), Elizabeth Panzer (harp), Ryder Cooley (accordion, singing saw), André Laurent O'Neil (cello), Brandon Seekins (laptop, MAX/MSP programming), Marshall Trammell (pocket trumpet), Surajit Sarkar (consultation, projection). Venue: The Gasholder (or Gasholder House) in Troy, upstate New York. Photography by Wil Lindsay. Live recording by Alex Chechile, 29 April 2006. Edited by Caterina De Re.

7. Seth Cluett: Fleeting and Massive (4:30)

Composed by Seth Cluett, 2008. Recorded by Jennifer Eberhardt, June 2008. Commissioned by the 2008 Movement Research Festival. Curated by Milka Djordjevich, Jeff Larson, Chris Peck and Anna Sperber. Web site: <www.onelonelypixel.org>.

8. Doug Van Nort: DLCGO (6:06)

Composed by Doug Van Nort, 2007. Performed by Tom Bickley, Monique Buzzarté, Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Al Margolis, Kim McCarthy, Kristin Norderval, Pauline Oliveros, Zevin Pol-zin, Roberto Rodriguez and Katharina von Rütte. Recorded by Zevin Polzi, 10 June 2007. Web site: <www.music.mcgill.ca/~doug/>.

9. Marc Jensen: Patterns of Living and Sounding (5:47)

Composed by Marc Jensen, 2006. Recorded in live performance by the University of Oklahoma New Improv! Century Ensemble, 16 April 2008.

10. Kathy Kennedy: HMMM Public Performances (5:17)

Recorded by David Gutnick, June 2005. Web site: <www.kathykennedy.ca>.

11. Paula Matthusen: Lathyrus (4:55)

Composed by Paula Matthusen, 2007. Performed by members of the Florida International University Laptop & Electronic Arts (FLEA) Ensemble (Pedro De Faria, Erik DeLuca, Juan Espinosa, Jaclyn Heyen, Daniel Lepervanche, Nayla Mehdi and Jaime Reveles) and recorded by Erik DeLuca, 2009. Web site: <www.paulamatthusen.com>.

12. Shannon Morrow: Listening Garden (5:15)

Composed by Shannon Morrow, spring 2007. Performed by Juditta Musette (voice and percussion), Jude Casseday (percussion), Jay Cartwright (accordion), Wendy Spitzer (oboe), Nicolette DeGroot (coconuts), Erin Bailey (saw), John Barrile (cello), Steve Burnett (electric...