[Nonsequitur] 3/17: Microscores Project (with correct date!)

[Steve Peters]

NONSEQUITUR PRESENTS: THE MICROSCORE PROJECT (cellist Jessica Catron & 
violinist Johnny Chang)

Saturday, March 17, 8 PM (doors open 7:30)
Chapel Performance Space
Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, Seattle
(in Wallingford, just south of 50th St.)
$5-$15, sliding scale

Nonsequitur is pleased to present this concert in our new venue located 
in the beautiful Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford. 
More info at our web site - http://nseq.blogspot.com


The Microscore Project is an ongoing collaboration between violinist 
Johnny Chang and cellist Jessica Catron that began in December 2001 and 
has since led to the commissioning and performance of over 225 
miniature works from artists around the world - including distinguished 
composers such as Pauline Oliveros, Peter Ablinger, Philip Brownlee, 
Harold Budd, and James Tenney. Each piece written for the project is 
approximately 30-seconds in duration and the pieces are performed 
back-to-back to create a larger "work" that is unique to each concert.

The Microscore Project has attracted the attention of a variety of 
artists - from seasoned composers and performers to instrument 
builders, poets, graphic designers, performance artists, rock stars, 
electronic sound artists, and even a hypnotist. Adventures involving 
materials such as glass bottles, wool gloves, Snapple caps, tree 
branches, AM/FM radios, and even margaritas are all within the realm of 
the microscore palette.

In addition to several premiere pieces written by local Seattle 
composers for this program, the selection of microscores for this 
performance will be framed by several works from James Tenney's "Postal 
Pieces" as well as "Just Another Bagatelle," a duo he composed for the 
Microscore Project in 2004. A groundbreaking composer and one of the 
foremost music theorists of his generation, James Tenney passed away in 
August last year while on faculty at CalArts. This concert is dedicated 
in his memory.

The duo will be joined by surprise guests for the finale: James 
Tenney's Postal Piece No.6 "Swell Piece No.1" for trio)


“Johnny and Jessica are a unit to be reckoned with, a synergy to taste 
and devour…monster-truck-style.” -Adam Overton, composer

JESSICA CATRON is an accomplished 'cellist living in Los Angeles. She 
completed her MFA in Contemporary Cello Performance from the California 
Institute of the Arts in 2002, and received her BM in Cello Performance 
from the University of New Mexico in 1999. Over the last seven years, 
Jessica has been devoted to contemporary music, experimental forms, and 
improvisation and has extensive performance experience in a wide 
variety of musical genres.

As a soloist, she has been invited to perform new works for cello at 
the Sonic Boom Festival (Vancouver, British Columbia) and La Festival 
de Musica Contemporanea (Bogota, Colombia). As an ensemble musician, 
she has performed in the Seattle Improvised Music Festival, the 
University of Auckland Contemporary Performance Series, the Big Sur 
Experimental Music Festival, the Los Angeles CEAIT Festival, Friday 
Nights at the Getty Center, the Getty Center Summer Sessions Series, 
the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, the .sound series at the Schindler 
House, the James Tenney Tribute/Memorial Concert at CalArts, the LA 
Philharmonic Green Umbrella New Music Series, the International Folk 
Alliance Conference (Memphis, Tennessee), the Lotus Festival 
(Bloomington, Indiana), California WorldFest, and the Lincoln Center 
Out-of-Doors Festival (NYC).  Her symphonic experience includes the 
Santa Fe, Southwest, Tulare County, San Fernando, and Black Hills 
symphonies, as well as the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and the 
Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra.

Earning her living as a teacher and session cellist, Catron can be 
heard on a number of soundtracks, including original music for the 
Paramount Classics film "Mean Creek," Sony Pictures "Levity," and most 
recently "The Covenant." She was recently seen performing with ex-Stone 
Temple Pilots rockstar Scott Weiland on the "Tonight Show with Jay 
Leno," for which she arranged all the string parts, and has recorded 
with, toured and/or performed alongside artists such as Carla Bozulich, 
Nels Cline, Sheila Nicholls, Weba Garretson, Dave Matthews, and E from 
the band The Eels. Other current projects include the folk-vocal 
quintet VOCO, and the experimental duo Missincinatti with guitarist 
Jeremy Drake.
www.myspace.com/jessicacatron


Violinist/Composer JOHNNY CHANG is a passionate supporter of new music 
that extends far beyond the conventional, commissioning and performing 
works by established and emerging composers.

Mr. Chang has worked extensively as a soloist and chamber musician. 
Significant among his many projects, is his ongoing involvement with 
New Zealand-based contemporary music ensembles Stroma and 175 East. In 
December 2002, he performed at Weill Recital Hall, New York City with 
Ensemble Sospeso in the Brian Ferneyhough Perspective Concert - 
presenting the American premiere of the Ferneyhough String Trio. A few 
months later, Mr. Chang toured as a member of Pasadena’s Southwest 
Chamber Music to New York City and Vienna, Austria culminating in 
performances at the Schoenberg Institute. During the summer of 2004, he 
was invited to perform John Cage’s "19'37.988" for solo violin at 
LACMA’s exhibition "Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form 1940-70s".

More recently, he has been focused on organizing performance 
installations at venues such as the Cold Storage Project and Dangerous 
Curve Gallery, experimenting with performer dynamics and situations by 
presenting creative arrangements, new compositions and open-form 
experimental music.  Johnny received an MFA in Composition (2006) and 
an MFA in Violin Performance (2002) from the California Institute of 
the Arts, and his BM in Violin Performance (1999) from the University 
of Auckland, New Zealand.
www.chchang.net
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