malouf@Apple.COM (Fred Malouf) (05/08/91)
On May 19, 1991 a concert of computer music by composers from CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University) will be presented at the New Performance Gallery in San Francisco. The concert will start at 8:00 P.M. and tickets are $10/$8. The New Performance Gallery is located at the corner of 17th and Shotwell (one block east of South Van Ness) in the Mission district (San Francisco). The pieces being presented are: Impossible Animals by David Jaffe, for violin and tape Intonations of the Wind by Joanne Carey, for tape Kombination XI by Stephen Pope, for tape and speaker Remote Control by Chris Chafe, performed by Tonus Finalis Smoking Room Blues by Stanislaw Krupowicz, performed by Tonus Finalis Impossible Animals will be performed by the composer. Mr. Jaffe is a graduate of Stanford, has won a composer's fellowship from the NEA, and whose body of work includes orchestral, solo, chamber, vocal, and computer music. Ms. Carey is a visiting composer at CCRMA and she has studied with Allen Strange, Lou Harrison, and Tikey Zes. Mr. Pope is the editor of Computer Music Journal, now in its 15th year, published by the MIT Press. He has realized compositions at the studios of the Vienna Music Academy, CMRS in Salzburg, IRCAM in Paris, SSSP in Toronto, and CCRMA. Mr. Chafe is a composer/cellist with an interest in using the computer as an aid to music composition and performance. He is on the staff at CCRMA and has performed his music in Europe, North America, and Asia. Mr. Krupowicz is a graduate of Stanford and is an author of various compositions for chamber ensembles, orchestra, tape and electroacoustic instruments. His music has been performed in many countries of Europe, Asia and both Americas and he has won several awards or grants. Tonus Finalis consists of Chris Chafe on celletto and electronics, Stanislaw Krupowicz on keyboards, and Fred Malouf on guitar and electronics. The group was created with the idea that improvisation be a strong part of the groupUs character. All three members are composers/performers with varied backgrounds in rock, jazz, ethnomusics, and new music. Each of the composers will introduce their music and there will be an opportunity for the audience to talk with them after the concert. Fred Malouf malouf@apple.com