Heaven Gallery

PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series

JOZEF VAN WISSEM

Jozef van Wissem - lute (Amsterdam)

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HERESY OF THE FREE SPIRIT

Jozef van Wissem - lute
Che Chen - multi-instruments (NYC)
Robbie Lee - multi-instruments (NYC)

Che Chen (true primes) & Robbie Lee (howling hex, baby dee) are Brooklyn, NY based multi-instrumentalists who have been steadily and intensively developing their unique approach to free improvisation over the last several years. Using a shifting constellation of instruments that has included bass clarinets, baroque recorders,reed and pipe organs, renaissance keyboard instruments, flutes, saxophones, bowed and plucked strings, little drums, bells, tape machines and their voices, Che Chen and Robbie Lee create earthy, slow moving improvisations that are informed as much by the ethnic folk traditions of the world as they are by 20th century composition and improvisation. Their music places precedent in listening, attention and dynamic interaction in the moment. Chen and Lee have released an LP and several cd-r's on their own Telegraph Harp imprint.

10pm, donation suggested

PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series

BLOCK/CARTER

Olivia Block - electronics
Todd Carter - electronics

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HAPTIC with ASIMINA CHREMOS

Joseph C. Mills - electronics
Adam Sonderberg - electronics
Steven Hess - drums
Asimina Chremos - dance

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BLOCK/GENETTI/SONDERBERG

Olivia Block - electronics
Carol Genetti - voice
Adam Sonderberg - electronics

10pm, donation suggested

RED Trio

Rodrigo Pinheiro, piano
Hernani Faustino, double bass
Gabriel Ferrandini, drums

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Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore

Jason Stein, bass clarinet
Jason Roebke, double bass
Mike Pride, drums

DJ sets by Clean Freaks

The venerable Portugeese jazz label Clean Feed, brings it's impecable taste to a cavalcade of performances highlighting some of it's most compelling artists. The program includes Chicago based artists as well as those from New York, Boston and Lisbon, all of whom come together to find a home under the Clean Feed umbrella. With more than 180 titles the label has been cited by the online magazine All About Jazz as one of the five most important current jazz labels operating.
Adding to its' ambitious reputation, the label thought it appropriate to organize this event in one of the capitals of jazz and improvised music - Chicago.

Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave.
2nd Fl.
Chicago
(Blue Line to Damen)

Outer Ear Series presents:

A live multi-channel composition based on sounds taken from the Sun Ra / El Saturn Collection of the Creative Audio Archive at Experimental Sound Studio.

Outer Ear is a program of the Experimental Sound Studio and is made possible by the generous funding of the Gaylord and Dorthy Donnelly Foundation.

http://www.experimentalsoundstudio.org

Duo- Piano and Percussion.

Black Forest folk at Heaven Gallery brings you:

Bruce Lamont
www.myspace.com/brucelamont

Nathan Bell
(Baltimore)

"In recent years this elder statesmen of Baltimore music (one-time bass player for Lungfish) has come to prominence for his transcendent instrumental expeditions on banjo, as well as his Human Bell project with Arbouretum’s Dave Heumann. Bell explains the appeal of solely instrumental compositions simply: it’s all about “room.” He laments that vocals can often make a song feel confining to the listener, and the extra space for interpretation and musical exploration is appealing to him. Leaving the imagination wide-open for one to wander wherever the musical spirit takes you is key to his approach. Baltimore label West Main Development captured Bell’s solo music in most glorious form with its release of a intricate live performance at the 2640 Space in 2008; the result is perhaps the most expansive and epic EP I’ve ever laid ears upon."
-Aural Slate/Baltimore based blog

myspace.com/osmodiusbell

myspace.com/humanbell

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M. Takara 3
(Brazil)

A delightful mix of brazilian rythms,jazz, experimental electronica, hip hop, and rock
M.Takara 3 has been on the international contemporary music scene for many years and many worldwide tours!
In 2008 the record "Ocupado como Gado Com Nada Pra Fazer" was considered one of the best albums released on that year by the Rolling Stone and +Soma Magazine.
In 2009 M.Takara was nominated for the Sergio Mota Award, which recognizes new technological medias and which avant-garde artists who present new ideas to brazilian musicians and artists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCWJofbzZoo

Suggested donation
(more info on the way!)

PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series

ERICSON/BAKER/BISHOP

Sture Ericson - reeds
Jim Baker - piano, synthesizer
Jeb Bishop - trombone

10pm, donation suggested

Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee, 2nd fl
Blue line to Damen

PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series

From the University of Michigan
The Creative Arts Orchestra
Directed by Mark Kirschenmann

Special guests:
Jason Stein - bass clarinet
Jason Roebke - bass

Personnel:
Katie Battistoni - guitar
Amy Cave - violin
Phil Coonce - violin
Rob Crozier - bass
Nate Davidoff - violin
Josh Holcomb - viola
Molly Jones - saxophone
Jake Kenowitz - brass
Mark Kirschenmann - trumpet
Will Marriott - saxophone
Kelly Moran - piano
Trevor New - viola
Gabriel Saltman - saxophone, bass clarinet
Eric Schindler - saxophone
Joachim Stepniewski - violin

10pm, donation suggested

Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee, 2nd fl
Blue line to Damen

Come see the inaugural concert of our new piano featuring identical twin brothers Stephen and Michael Hill on Piano and Viola performing works by Debussy, Hindemith, Britten, and Bliss. (See complete list below.)

Michael D. Hill, viola
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Michael began studying the viola at the age of seventeen with John Largess and continued his education with Masao Kawasaki and Dr. Catharine Carroll, earning a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Cincinnati’s College- Conservatory of Music. While in Cincinnati, he was active in several orchestras as well as various chamber music performances. He is currently studying to earn the Master of Music degree at the University of Louisville’s School of Music with Chien-Ju Liao and is a member of the Graduate String Quartet as well Ms. Liao's teaching assistant. Michael has performed as an orchestral and chamber musician at the Aspen Music Festival and School and has appeared principal violist with the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy. He collaborates on chamber music performances in the area as well as in Chicago and Cincinnati, Ohio. Michael hopes to advance his career as a performer and continue to share music with others through education and through efforts making classical music more accessible to the public. He is a faculty member of the Community Music Program at the Univeristy of Louisville.

Stephen T. Hill, piano
Stephen began his musical studies in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio at the age of twelve with Tuyen Tonnu at the Cleveland Music School Settlement. Within this institution, he was active in collaborative and solo performances. During this time, he also worked with Laurent Boukobza. Stephen continued his studies with Dmitry Rachmanov and Ludmila Lazar at Chicago's College of Performing Arts, earning a Bachelor of Music degree. While training in solo repertoire for the piano, Stephen also collaborated with instrumentalists and worked closely with vocal colleagues on the art song and song cycle. Currently, Stephen remains active in promoting music and music education in the Chicago area where he teaches privately and actively performs solo and chamber music in the hope of making music a staple of society and increasing its accessibility to the public.

Progam

L'isle joyeuse Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Sonata for Viola and Piano Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)
I Fantasie
II Thema mit Variationen
III Finale (mit Variationen)
Elegy Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)

Intermission
Sonata for Viola and Pianoforte Arthur Bliss (1891 - 1975)
I Moderato
II Andante
III Furiant: Molto allegro
IV Coda: Andante maestoso

Chicago (Monday March 1st, 2010) Through their Gift of Pianos Program: the PianoForte Foundation and the Piano Technicians Guild have donated a Knabe Grand Piano to Heaven Gallery. Also thanks to a generous contribution from Mark and Angie Evans.

Sunday March 21st, 2010 3pm. Come see the inaugural concert featuring identical twin brothers Stephen and Michael Hill on Piano and Viola performing works by Debussy, Hindemith, Britten, and Bliss. (See complete list below.)

Heaven Gallery has been hosting classical and Jazz concerts for the past 5 years with it’s “Protest” improvised jazz series every Saturday and it’s Sunday Brunch classical series once a month. These have featured such groups and soloists like Anaphora, Jim Baker, Fifth House Ensemble, Tiny Mahler Orchestra and The Jennifer Maxwell and Svetlana Belsky Duo. Also, Heaven recently ran a pilot program for one year that gave piano lessons to deserving children. Unfortunately, both the pianos at Heaven are in unstable conditions and not worth fixing. Now, with the donation from PianoForte and PTG, Heaven can continue to promote quality musical performances. This donation will surely transform the gallery’s musical programs in it tenth year of operation.

The Gift of Pianos program is a joint effort of the Chicago chapter of the Piano Technicians Guild and PianoForte Foundation to refurbish donated pianos and place them in schools, churches, and community institutions that are in need of a good instrument. Hundreds of people per year contact the PTG seeking donations, while registered piano technicians review their requests and identify pianos with enough potential to be reconditioned into well-playing instruments. Once pianos are located, they are placed in suitable reconditioning venues where chapter personnel volunteer their work for the purpose of training, camaraderie, and fulfillment of the charitable cause. A Donation Committee, made up of music school administrators or teachers as well as other Chicago-area music aficionados, and the Piano Donation Program Director, seek out worthwhile individuals or organizations to receive the pianos. Special care is given to the selection process to ensure neutrality and worthiness of each and every recipient. Technicians from across the areas where pianos have found their eventual homes will be solicited for upkeep and recognition of their efforts will be promoted.

Heaven Gallery is a non-profit gallery and multi-disciplinary arts space in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood that encourages, mentors, and presents new and emerging artists, musicians, and filmmakers to audiences throughout Chicago land and beyond. In order to encourage submissions from the widest diversity of artists, regardless of their financial situation, Heaven Gallery widely promotes our open proposal process, and does not charge submission or exhibition fees. All of our programs are open to the public. Heaven strives to make artwork
accessible to all community members: our visual art exhibitions are free of charge, and all events are open to audiences on a pay-what-you-can basis. Heaven celebrates it’s 10 year anniversary in July 2010. Heaven Gallery is partially supported by a Grant From the Illinois Arts Council and a Community Arts Assistance Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

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