About the series

Jack Straw Productions and WCF present a series of talks and performances of new music. The series is free to the public. Refreshments are served. Events are wheelchair and special needs accessible. Contact Jack Straw for arrangements at (206) 634-0919.

 

Begun in 1999, the series has offered over 120 free presentations of visiting and local composers and performers to the public.

 

2008 presenters

January 9 - Gust Burns

February 13 - Hope Wechkin

March 12 - Dennis Rea

April 9 - Anna Homler

May 14 - Bill Smith

June 11 - Tom Baker

July 9 - Tom Varner

 

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Upcoming

Hope Wechkin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

photo: Steven Miller

 

JOSHUA KOHL and JEFF HUSTON

Creating the Music for c(H)ord with inkBoat

Wed., Sept. 10 @ 7:30pm

Composer Joshua Kohl of the Degenerate Art Ensemble will present his project with the San Francisco based performance company. Kohl created this project with the help of composer/music software developer Jeff Huston. The music was created by recording hours of source material on homemade instruments and then "remixing" it through Huston's software. more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Composer Spotlight

Hope Wechkin

BRUCE HAMILTON

Many Voices, One Voice: Embracing Eclecticism

Wed., August 13 @ 7:30pm
Jack Straw Productions
4261 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle map FREE

 

Bruce Hamilton will play excerpts that contrast in style and genre but address similar musical ideas. He will discuss issues and survival tactics for the eclectic artist, and present recent work.

 

Bruce Hamilton composes and performs music in a variety of genres. He has performed as a percussionist, improviser, and electronic musician for over 20 years. Hamilton was born near Philadelphia in 1966, and grew up in New Jersey. He holds degrees in Composition and Percussion Performance from Indiana University, where he received the Performer's Certificate, the Dean's Prize for Chamber Music Composition, and the Cole and Kate Porter Memorial Composition Scholarship. He has studied composition with Claude Baker, Harvey Sollberger, Wayne Peterson, Frederick Fox, and Eugene O'Brien; and electronic and computer music with Jeffrey Hass. His music is published by Non Sequitur Music and can be heard on the Albany, Capstone, Memex, Phill, SEAMUS, and Mark labels. Hamilton has received honors, awards and commissions from ALEA III, AMC, ASCAP, PAS, Barlow Endowment, Carbondale Community Arts, Jerome Foundation, National Society of Arts and Letters, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Whatcom Symphony, Russolo-Pratella Foundation, and SEAMUS. Recent performances have included those at the NWEAMO Festival, Friends of Rain, Electronic Music Midwest, and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention.

Over the past four years Hamilton has performed laptop-based electroacoustic music under various monikers at the Decibel Festival, Hempfest, Sonarchy Radio, and small venues around the Northwest. A co-organizer of the Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival, Hamilton is currently Associate Professor of Music at Western Washington University, where he teaches music theory, composition, and directs the electroacoustic music studio (WWEAMS). more

 

Supporters

Jack Straw ProductionsJack Straw Productions gratefully acknowledges The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, City of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, 4Culture King County Lodging Tax Fund, Washington State Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, PONCHO, ArtsFund, Seattle Foundation, and individual contributors for their support of Jack Straw Artist Programs.