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5-26 June 2009, exhibit 'Surprise the Tender Alphabet: image meets text' at The Nave
exhibit page
19 June 2009, 8 p.m., Metal and Glass Ensemble at The Nave
Metal and Glass Ensemble • buy tickets
$7 donation.
Come enjoy the acoustic drone music of Boston's one and only Metal and
Glass Ensemble! We will be presenting two concerts this month, joined
by several special guests. Be prepared to take in some incredible long
tones and be transformed. Metal & Glass Ensemble is a
Boston-based improvisational group with
a rotating membership who create acoustic drone-based music with bowed
cymbals and other metal objects, and glasses tuned to a just-intoned
23-note octave. This just scale, employing whole-number ratios akin to
a natural harmonic overtone series, is the only formal tuning used in
the group. The bowed metal generates its own shifting but interrelated
pitch classes, while the instrumental players contribute using a
variety of microtonal intonations. In this way the music is liberated
from the 12-tone equal-tempered octave, and explores a broad spectrum
of harmonic relationships. The ensemble uses a structured
improvisational scheme (such as a chart or graphic score) to give each
performance a specific form. In some cases the structure is conceptual,
expressed through verbal imagery. The music itself evolves gradually
over time, often conveying a meditative quality.
Peter Warren - bowed metal
Heather Townsend - glass
Thadd Comstock - glass
Matt Samolis - glass & flute
Randy Winchester - bowed metal
Phillip Lampe - bowed metal
Kathryn Schulmeister - bass
Jane Wang - cello/bass
Grant Smith - percussion
David Michael Curry - viola / saw / cello
 
24 June 2009, 8:00 p.m., The Bruno Raberg Nonet at The Nave for Joe's Jazz & Blues Fest
Bruno Raberg • buy tickets
$12, $10 students with ID
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Somerville Arts Council present: Joe's Jazz & Blues Fest
Innovative bassist/composer Bruno Raberg will present a night of
original music written for his all-stellar nonet. Raberg is a mainstay
on the Boston scene and has 6 recordings in his name featuring Mick
Goodrick, Donny McCaslin, Matt Wilson, Ben Monder, Chris Cheek and
others. Featured are trumpeter Phil Grenadier who’s currently a member
of guitarist John Scofiled Sextet, Allan Chase formerly with drum
legend Rasheed Ali.
“Raberg knows how to make a nonet sing. [His] music moves in subltle,
wave-like variations….colored by warm, pastel harmonies and tone
colors” –Jon Garelick, Boston Phoenix
“Recommended new release” –David Adler, AllAboutJazz–New York
“Publisher’s Pick Of The Week” –Michael Ricci, AllAboutJAzz–New York
11 July-9 August 2009, 'Physical Digital' at The Nave
exhibit page
Artists:
Rachel Gargiulo, Ted Ollier, John Pyper, Liz Shepherd
11 July 2009, 6-9 p.m., Opening reception, 'Physical Digital' at The Nave
exhibit page
Artists:
Rachel Gargiulo, Ted Ollier, John Pyper, Liz Shepherd
18 July 2009, ARTBeat! in Davis Square
Somerville Arts Council
29 August 2009. Project MUM: dance party underneath the McGrath Highway!
Event page
9-11 October 2009, Honkfest in Somerville
Honkfest
15 October 2009, Nave@5 BIRTHDAY BASH!!! at The Nave
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