“INFINITE NOW”
GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA
Creative music concert residency
PERCUSSION – WINDS – STRINGS
10 NIGHTS OF Music made live, living and in the acoustic moment
MUSIC COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED BY ADAM RUDOLPH
WEDNESDAY JUNE 8 THRU SUNDAY JUNE 12
And
WEDNESDAY JUNE 15 THRU SUNDAY JUNE 19
All concerts @ 8PM
Admission $15 on Wednesdays and Thursdays
$20 Friday, Saturday and Sunday
$50 for 10 night pass
No advance tickets or reservations – cash only at the door
ELECTRIC LODGE, VENICE, CA
1416 Electric Ave.
(1 BLOCK EAST OF ABBOT KINNEY SOUTH OF CALIFORNIA)
PLEASE PARK IN FREE ON SITE LOT
DIRECTIONS 310.306.1854
Each of the 10 nights will feature members of the Organic Orchestra who will improvisationally interpret the compositions in a creative ritual of the now. Musicians are invited to show up whatever nights they choose.
Thus, the conductor, musicians and audience will not know who is coming until the moment of the performance – the music score has been created and rehearsed to be open for any possible instrumentation.
Members of previous Go: Organic Orchestra concerts will make up the core group, with the addition of many new woodwind, percussion and string players invited to rehearse and perform:
BENNIE MAUPIN-SARA SCHOENBECK-ANDRES RENTERIA-DAVID PHILIPSON-ALAN LIGHTNER-RALPH JONES-KAREN BAKUNIN-EMILY HAY-PABLO CALOGERO-ELLEN BURR-TREVOR WARE-GUSTAVO BULGACH-PAUL SHERMAN-MATT ZEBLEY-WOODY APLANALP-HARRIS EISENSTADT–AJAYI JACKSON-MUNYUNGO JACKSON-BILL CASALE-THOMAS STONES- JEREMY DRAKE-RANDY GLOSS-CORY WRIGHT -FAWNTICE MCCAIN-JESSICA CALTRON-MILES SHREWSBERY–JOHN PAUL MARAMBA-TRACY WANNOMAE-MYKA MILLER-ANDREW GURESHOW-DAVID ROTHBAUM-PAUL TCHOUNGA-ADDO KPAKPO-FEDERICO RAMOS-ANDREW PASK-BILL CLARK-HARISH RAGHAVAN-JEFF GAUTHIER-JIRO PLUTSCHOW-KRIS TINER-MIGUEL ATWOOD-BEN WENDEL-WILLIAM ROPER-DAVID JOHNSON-MICHAL BIRNBRYER-ALEX CLINE
Inivted guests include:
BIG BLACK-PETER ERSKINE-MARK DRESSER-I NYOMEN WENTEN-JIHAD RACY-HOUMAN POUMEDHI-LENI STERN-ALBERT’TOOTIE’HEATH
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GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA - ADAM RUDOLPH, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
THE ORGANIC ORCHESTRA CONCEPT: OVERVIEW
Organic Orchestra is an original orchestral concept of improvisation. The music is composed as thematic material, which provides a spontaneous orchestral context and inspiration for improvisational dialogue. Music materials consist, among other things, of original melodies, textural gestures, music languages, tone rows, traditional and synthetic scales, diadic and intervalic harmonies, call and response, polyphony, dynamics, and the coloration of silences. Additional forms are generated through Rudolph’s concept of “Cyclic Verticalism”, whereby polyrhythms, as used in African music, are combined with rhythm cycles, as used in Indian music.
In concert, Adam Rudolph conducts the musicians in a spontaneous way, using music/letter grids, language themes, graphic and traditional notation, Indian ragas and original song forms to create moods, motion, and sonic gestures. The orchestral concept is to generate unusual relationships of sound against sound, form against form, and rhythm against rhythm in a non-linear, ever shifting kaleidoscope of music images.
The music is “organic” in the sense that the compositions and conducting exist as an inspiration and context for the musicians to express themselves by using their instruments as an amplifier for their inner voice. Performers are given the freedom to use their imagination and listening ability to develop the compositions within their own individual motion and timing, while still relating to the overall form and their aesthetic and musical functions.
ORGANIC ORCHESTRA: PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS
THE CUES: In performance, there are 10 cues (music/letter grids, graphic and traditional notation), which are available to the conductor throughout the concert. Each musician has all 10 of these on his/her music stand at all times. Any combination of instruments could be cued at any time (solo to full orchestra). The hand signal cues go from general direction (cue #) to more and more specific: range, dynamics, type of gesture etc. There are varying degrees of improvisational freedom offered in the interpretation of these cues, depending how specific they are. The directions are simple, clear and easy to follow, yet effective in the expressive range they offer.
THE COMPOSITIONS: Each movement consists of 2 – 4 compositions by Rudolph. These can be for the full ensemble, soloist or any predetermined ensemble combination. The compositions range from thorough composed passages written in western notation, to graphic scores, which allow for considerable interpretive freedom by the performers. The compositions serve as modules, which can be combined in any sequence or combination. The conductor determines when and how each composition is played. In addition, pre-composed material can be played in combination with an improvisation. For example, a written oboe solo might become a duet with an improvised solo on flute. Further, this duet might be orchestrated with various cues from the orchestra or sections of the orchestra.
THE CONDUCTOR: Adam Rudolph serves as the “improvising conductor” for the Organic Orchestra concept. His job is to listen and create the orchestrations from the compositional elements, the cues, the rhythmic devices and the improviser’s expression.
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