Harold Golen Gallery
2294 NW 2nd Ave, Wynwood Art District, Miami FL, 33127
434-284-2985
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October 23, 2009 at 8PM
151 NW 24th Street Wynwood District Miami, FL 33127
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Entrance fee: $5
Join us for an evening of experimental music featuring renowned composer, performer and improviser Elliott Sharp. Sharp has been for years a star of the New York experimental scene with his unique interplay between guitar, saxophone, and live electronics. Sharp’s work defies definition, exploring the boundaries of rhythm, groove, noise and tone. FLEA (FIU Laptop & Electronic Arts) Ensemble joins Elliott Sharp in the performance of his landmark Hammer Anvil Stirrup.
Co-organized with Paula Matthusen.
About Elliott Sharp:
Elliott Sharp is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer central to the avant-garde experimental music scene in New York City for over thirty years. He has released over 200 recordings spanning the musical spectrum, all with his personal stamp. He leads the projects Carbon and Orchestra Carbon, Tectonics, and Terraplane and has pioneered ways of applying fractal geometry, chaos theory, and genetic metaphors to musical composition and interaction. His collaborators include Ensemble Modern; Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; Radio-Symphony of Frankfurt; pop singer Debbie Harry, computer artist Perry Hoberman; blues legends Hubert Sumlin and Pops Staples; jazz greats Jack deJohnette, Sonny Sharrock, Arthur Blythe, Oliver Lake, and Billy Hart; turntable innovator Christian Marclay; and Bachir Attar, leader of the Master Musicians Of Jahjouka from Morocco.
Discography: Sharp's most recent CD releases include "Octal" and "Concert In Dachau", both for solo guitar, "Cryptid Fragments," a collection of electroacoustic works from 1991-1996; "Commune", the score to the feature documentary by Jonathan Berman, and "String Quartets: 2002-2008" with the Sirius String Quartet. The complete discography may be found at: http://www.elliottsharp.com
About FIU’s FLEA:
FLEA (FIU Laptop & Electronic Arts) Ensemble is FIU's newest musical group. The group performs exciting new work and reinterprets classics of the avant-garde by combining hi-fi and lo-fi technologies. Each piece offers new ways of (re)interpreting technology. FLEA has performed in numerous venues and at festivals in Miami, including 12 Nights, New Music Miami, Subtropics, as part of SHARE at the Winter Music Conference, and Miami ArtBasel. The group's repetroire includes pieces by Kristine H. Burns, Doug Van Nort, Paula Matthusen, Erik DeLuca, Samuel Pluta, and for the 2009-10 season they have taken on pieces by Elliott Sharp, Orlando Jacinto Garcia, and Jaclyn Heyen.. Performers in the 2009 ensemble include Andrew Brugat, Daniel Brigham, Pedro De Faria, Jaclyn Heyen, Daniel Lepervanche, Jonatan Mendieta, and Nayla Mehdi. Directed by Paula Matthusen.