Posts tagged Saxophone

ASAC Presents Eli Keszler & Ashley Paul, Peaking Lights

Aug 11th

A last-minute announcement for tonight’s Albany Sonic Arts show featuring Eli Keszler & Ashley Paul along with Peaking Lights. Also on the bill are Black Chalk.

Tuesday August 11 @ 8pm
Upstate Artists Guild
247 Lark St.
$5 suggested donation

Eli Keszler & Ashley Paul
and
Peaking Lights
(plus mystery band, Black Chalk)

Bios after the jump.

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Albany, Albany Sonic Arts, Ashley Paul, Black Chalk, Eli Keszler, Music, Peaking Lights, Saxophone, Upstate Artists Guild

ECFA Der Wald Review

Jan 13th

Posted by Holland Hopson in Music

A year late, I’ve run across this review (in french) of ECFA’s Der Wald. Most accurate statement from the no-doubt innacurate BabelFish translation: “the essential obstinacy of Carl Smith.” Obstinate is a compliment here, of course.

Carl Smith, Der Wald, Jazz, Music, Saxophone

Monk’s Advice

Jan 1st

Posted by Holland Hopson in Music

Here’s some New Year Resolution fodder from Thelonious Monk via Steve Lacy.

Monk's advice

Thanks to James Keepnews for sharing.

And here’s a shot of Monk’s iconic hat I took on a recent visit to the Smithsonian Museum of American History.

Thelonious Monk's Hat at the Smithsonian Museum of American History

Improvisation, Jazz, Music, Racism, Saxophone, Steve Lacy, Thelonious Monk

Tele-Morphosis

Aug 24th

Posted by Holland Hopson in Music

I’ll be playing soprano sax in another telematic performance on Thursday August 28 @ 2:00pm. This one is part of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It’s an improvisation called Tele-Morphosis directed by Pauline Oliveros that features performers from Stanford, CA; Troy, NY; and Belfast, Northern Ireland all connected together in real-time. I haven’t seen any info re: streaming of the performance, but if I do I’ll certainly post a link.

Belfast, Computer Music, Electronics, ICMC, Improvisation, International Computer Music Conference, Music, Pauline Oliveros, Performance, Saxophone, Troy

One 4 One on 8/4/8

Aug 4th

Posted by Holland Hopson in Audio

I’ve just added a new album on amiestreet.com. One 4 One is a live recording of interactive electronic music from a performance at the Impulse/Response series in Troy, NY. The title of the album is a play on the direct, one-to-one relationships between performer and computer that I was deliberately avoiding. Plus, the performance took place on January 4, 2001, hence the title. Every 390 days since (give or take) I’ve been meaning to do something with the recordings. Luckily I got around to it before 2013. (Drop me a line if you figure that one out and I’ll send you a special little something.

Check it out on amiestreet, or listen to the tracks below.

amiestreet, Audio, Improvisation, Impulse/Response, MaxMSP, Music, New Music, Saxophone

Maps Breaks $1. Maps is Free. Long Live Maps.

Mar 25th

Posted by Holland Hopson in Music

The price for my Maps CD on amiestreet.com recently broke the $1.00 barrier (see below). To celebrate I’ve the posted the album in its entirety at grabrarearts.com. Go here for complete information or use the link below to get it all in one swell foop. This is part of my pledge to make more of my music available for download in 2008. I’ll have more coming up soon, so stay tuned.

Download the full album including artwork: hopson_maps.zip

amiestreet, Grab Rare Arts, Jazz, Maps, MaxMSP, Music, New Music, Saxophone

ASAC Presents Yeh Eubanks Lafkas Clixby

Mar 8th

Posted by Holland Hopson in Music

The Albany Sonic Arts Collective has announced their latest show: Saturday March 22, at the UAG Gallery. The lineup features

C. SPENCER YEH (solo violin, electronics)

BRYAN EUBANKS (saxophone) & ANDREW LAFKAS (bass)

MEG CLIXBY (bass, electronics)

The Upstate Artists Guild 247 Lark St.
Albany, NY: Saturday March 22, 2008
Doors at 7:30 pm: show at 8:00
$5 suggested donation at the door

A.I.N.T. it Sweet

Feb 1st

Posted by Holland Hopson in Audio

Josh Ronsen has launched the Austinnitus Audio Series to showcase artists featured on the Austinnitus list. There are already plenty of good recordings to check out and Josh continues to add more. I’ve especially enjoy hearing documentation of some one-off performances, otherwise lost to the ether, such as A.I.N.T. #4. A.I.N.T. stands for Austinnitus Improv NighT, as good an excuse as any for Josh to create ad-hoc ensembles and let them loose on the world. The fourth (and final?) of this short-lived series featured Sharon Crutcher (vocals), David DeMaris (keyboards, trumpet), Holland Hopson (saxophone, banjo, electronics), Genevieve Walsh (flute), Brandon Young (vocals).