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GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA

Electric Lodge
Venice, CA

GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA perform all new compositions in their first LA appearance in 4 years! Winner LA WEEKLY AWARDS 'BEST WORLD MUSIC GROUP' 2003 and 2005. MUSIC COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED BY ADAM RUDOLPH

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12 and SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 @ 8PM

Admission $25 general, $15 students w/ valid ID

Advance tickets recommended

Performing artists:

BENNIE MAUPIN - bass clarinet, alto flute, bamboo flutes
PABLO CALOGERO - bass clarinet, bass flute, Tibetan trumpet
GUSTAVO BULGACH - clarinet, bamboo flute
MATT ZEBLEY - alto clarinet, bamboo flute
ELLEN BURR - c flute, alto flute, piccolo, bamboo flute,
EMILY HAY - c flute, alto flute, piccolo, bamboo flute
FAWNTICE McCAIN - c flute, alto flute, piccolo, bamboo flutes, suling,ocarina
MYKA MILLER - oboe, english horn
RANDY GLOSS - riq, frame drums, conga, batajon, gongs, tuned gongs, bells,percussion
MUNYUNGO JACKSON - congas, udu, cajon, marimbula, surdos, talking drum,percussion
MILES SHREWSBERY - tabla, frame drum, udu, shakers. percussion
ANDRES RENTERIA - bata, cajon, bowls, shakers, percussion
ANDREW GRUESHOW - achimevu, sogo, talking drum, berimbau, percussion
TJ TROY - tabla, frame drum, dumbek, percussion
ADAM YASMIN - cajon, percussion
BILL CASALE - acoustic bass
NICK ROSEN - acoustic bass
LAURA STEENBERGE - acoustic bass
RONIT KIRCHMAN - violin
TYLANA RENGA- violin
PALOMA UDOVIC- violin
MIGUEL ATWOOD FERGUSON - viola
KAREN ELAINE - viola
CASSIA STREB - viola
APRIL GUTHRIE - cello,
PETER JACOBSON - cello
WOODY APLANALP - guitar

Web page:
www.metarecords.com/go.html

Videos:
www.metarecords.com/go_youtube.html

Go: Organic Orchestra @ my space:
myspace.com/goorganicorchestra

Videos:
metarecords.com/go_youtube.html

Unique in the realm of approaches to improvisational conducting, Go: Organic Orchestra utilizes a composed non-linear score consisting of sound and motion elements. These include tone rows, synthetic scales, melodies, linguistic shapes, intervallic patterns, textural gestures, modes, ragas, maqams, and plainchant. The score serves to provide material for both the improvisations and the orchestrations. Motion and forms and are generated through the application of the composers rhythm concept Cyclic Verticalism whereby polymeters are combined with additive rhythm cycles.

In concert, the composer conducts the musicians in a spontaneous way by using a variety of hand signals to cue and orchestrate the score and direct the improvisations. He seeks 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: weaving an audio syncretic music fabric.

The music is organic in the sense that the compositions and conducting serve as inspiration and context for the musicians to express themselves in the moment by using their instruments as an amplifier for their inner voice. Through listening and imagination the conductor and performers inspire one another to create emotional colorations of sound.

Rather than the score being a set of instructions of what, how and when to play, the non-linear semiotic (symbols) of the written music are an invitation to discover the potentialities of what can happen when transformed into syntax as expressed through the hands and breath of a group of virtuosic, imaginative, and soulful improvisers.

CONCERT REVIEWS:

"The music, performed by a large ensemble of wind and percussion players, rose like vines from hand drummer Adam Rudolph's written instructions and hand signals. And it truly is organic -- a blend of gentle sustained dissonance, heaven-crashing rhythm jams, and individual improvisations. No joke: a startling and involving development in roots music, with more to follow."
- Greg Burk, LA Weekly

" I caught a performance Go: Organic Orchestra down in SoHo last spring and was swept away by what they were doing. It was fascinating and ahead of its time, in the best possible way. I loved every minute of it. "
- Marc Meyers, jazzwax.com

" I was fortunate to have attended two nights with Adam Rudolph's Go: Organic Orchestra at Roulette a few months back and was blown away by Adam's distinctive blend of jazz and world music as well as his conducting."
- Bruce Lee Gallanter - Downtown Music Gallery

This mixture of planning and spontaneity is brought to life with such a high level of musicality that the organic part of the groups name is always honored.
Steve Holtje, The Big Takeover

Extraordinary.... the audience was absolutely absorbed.
Howard Mandel, Jazz beyond Jazz

Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave, Venice, CA 90291
(1 BLOCK EAST OF ABBOT KINNEY)

Note: We strongly encourage alternative transport. Walk, bike, Blue Bus # 2 or Metro # 33 or #333. However, we also have free, on-site parking.

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

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