----/ The Squid List /-------------------------------------------------- Media & Music with NIRUSU III
Thursday, July 6 8pm $6-$15 sliding ----/ Event Description /----------------------------------------------- NIRUSU III, the trio of Susan Allen, Nicholas Chase and Rus Pearson, revisit its improvisational explorations with two concerts in the San Francisco Bay area. The multi-media performances will be held in Berkeley at the historic Maybeck Recital Hall on on June 30 at 8pm (invitation and press only) and again July 6 at Oakland's 21 Grand gallery, host to numerous avant-garde performance acts. Hailed by the LA Weekly as "a master trio pushing the edge of audio- visual improv," NIRUSU III integrates a visual track of live animation into real time improvisation to create sonic and visual environments. The trio combines the diverse backgrounds of these acclaimed musicians -- Allen in classical music, Chase in electro-acoustic music and visual design, and Rus in jazz. Susan Allen is an internationally renowned harpist who is both an alumna and current faculty member at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). The LA Weekly cites Allen as one who "moves birdsong moments through trilling vibrations -- inverse, obverse and beautiful", by El Naciónal in Caracas, Venezuela as "a sort of paradigm for the female world and a first-rate harpist: expressive and with a magnificent ability", and by the Darmstadter Echo (Germany) as a "sovereign interpreter." Chase, a CalArts alumnus has received numerous awards for his work, including the first President's Distinguished Alumnus Award in Music from CalArts. He has been hailed as "brilliant" by Strad Magazine. The Los Angeles Times calls his work "flamboyant, avant- garde...brawling yet taut...the Rite of Spring meets Metallica." and the LA Weekly wrote "the human brain at its most imaginative." Master bass virtuoso from the UK, Rus Pearson has recently recorded and toured with jazz great David Liebman. In their premiere Bay Area performances June 30 and July 6, the trio NIRUSU III will work improvisationally with graphical video imagery, electronics and bass and harp/kayageum sounds in cutting-edge explorations of state of the art music and visuals. The group will tour the UK and New Zealand during the 2006-2007 concert season. For more information visit www.nirusuiii.com. ----/ Venue Info /------------------------------------------------------ 21 Grand 416 25th St. (at Broadway) Oakland 510-444-7263 http://www.21grand.org ----/ Additional Info /------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 661-904-8240 http://www.nirusuiii.com ----/ The Squid List Admin /--------------------------------------------- The Squid List, a tentacle of Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/ subscribe, unsubscribe, change your email address or change your subscription options: http://lists.laughingsquid.org/mailman/listinfo/squidlist/ Frequently Asked Questions & Submission Guidelines Squid List FAQ: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/faq.html The Squid List Online Calendar: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/ The Squid List RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/squidlist ----/ Laughing Squid /-------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.com art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond Laughing Squid Web Hosting http://laughingsquid.net friendly, dependable and secure web hosting services for artists, individuals, bloggers, non-profits and small organizations The Squid List is licensed under a Creative Commons License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
