Heaven Gallery

The Tiny Mahler Orchestra: one show only

Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte
Cindy Cox: three pieces from “Hierosgamos:
Seven Studies in Harmony and Resonance”
Ravel: Sonatine
Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90
Brahms: Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 108

General admission: $10, or $8 for students
Small children free

www.tinymahler.com

PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series
5th Anniversary Celebration Weekend

DAVID BOYKIN

David Boykin - solo reeds

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SHERPA

Jaimie Branch - trumpet
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Toby Summerfield - bass

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THE GREEN PASTURE HAPPINESS with special guest FRANK ROSALY

Brian Labycz - modular synth
Daniel Fandino - modular synth
Aaron Zarzutzki - electronics
Frank Rosaly - drums

$15 suggested donation

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

PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series
5th Anniversary Celebration Weekend

KEEFE JACKSON'S PROJECT PROJECT

Josh Berman - cornet
Jacob Wick - trumpet
Nick Broste - trombone
James Falzone - clarinet
Guillermo Gregorio - alto saxophone, clarinet
Jason Stein - bass clarinet
Keefe Jackson - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Dan Bennett - baritone saxophone
Matt Schneider - guitar
Anton Hatwich - bass
Frank Rosaly - drums

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JASON AJEMIAN'S WHO CARES HOW LONG YOU SINK

Jason Ajemian - bass, vocals
featuring members from across the Chicago Music Community

10pm, $15 suggested donation

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

PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series

RIORDAN/THATCHER

Marc Riordan - piano
Daniel Thatcher - bass

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BLACKSBERG/KIMMEL/LABYCZ/RIORDAN

Dan Blacksberg - trombone (Philadelphia)
Jeff Kimmel - bass clarinet
Brian Labycz - electronics
Marc Riordan - drums

http://myspace.com/danblacksbergmusic

10pm, donation suggested

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

CHICAGO SOUND MAP 2010

Saturday, April 17
Compositions by Jeb Bishop

The Ensemble

Boris Hauf - Tenor sax, Soprano sax
Keefe Jackson - Tenorsax, Contrabass Clarinet
Jason Stein - Bass Clarinet
Anton Hatwich - Bass
Liz Payne - Bass, Viola
Dudley Bayne - Piano
Todd Carter - Synth, Sampler
Brian Labycz - Electronics
Michael Hartman - Percussion, Synth
Steven Hess - Drums, electronics

10pm, donation suggested

JEB BISHOP

Chicago-based trombonist/improviser/composer Jeb Bishop has been active in new/jazz/improvised music since 1993. Originally trained as a classical trombonist, he was also active in underground rock bands in North Carolina in the 1980s. He has attained international recognition for his work with groups including the Vandermark 5, the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Globe Unity Orchestra, and Atomic School Days, among others. His own projects include the Jeb Bishop Trio, the collaborative quartet The Engines, and Lucky 7s.

His composition for Chicago Sound Map 2010 will focus on the dichotomy/sympathy between electronic and acoustic instruments, the notational strategies appropriate to each, and the traditions of improvising that have grown around each.

CHICAGO SOUND MAP 2010

Friday, April 16
Performing Compositions by Judith Unterpertinger (Austria/London)

The Ensemble

Boris Hauf - Tenor sax, Soprano sax
Keefe Jackson - Tenorsax, Contrabass Clarinet
Jason Stein - Bass Clarinet
Anton Hatwich - Bass
Liz Payne - Bass, Viola
Dudley Bayne - Piano
Todd Carter - Synth, Sampler
Brian Labycz - Electronics
Michael Hartman - Percussion, Synth
Steven Hess - Drums, electronics

10pm, donation suggested

JUDITH UNTERPERTINGER

Juun (*1977 in Austria) studied Composition and Piano with Christoph Cech, Gunter Waldek and Martin Stepanik at Anton Bruckner University Linz, and Philosophy with Michael Benedikt at the University of Vienna.

Working as a composer, pianist and performance artist. Main research interest is the realisation of musical-performative architectures, particularly mechanical, psychological and urban conditions of form. Research of relations between various artforms, such as music, dance and fine arts. List of works comprises ensemble pieces, short operas, sound installations, photographs, drawings and performances. Releases on renowned and independent labels.



Commissions for compositions and performances by Janus Ensemble, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation), Klangspuren Schwaz, Festival Echt/Falsch, 4020-Festival, Soundings and Linz09, amongst others. Cooperation with ensembles of various styles & characteristics, from delicate improvisations to industrial/noise: unterPritperTingerchard, duounbre, fruitmarket gallery, don@u.com.

2006 One-year stipend at SKE. 2007 composer in residence at ARGE Komponistenforum Mittersill, Austria. 2010 composer in residence at London Metropolitan University, Department of Music and Architecture.

Currently lives and works in London, UK.

ABOUT CHICAGO SOUND MAP

Chicago Sound Map began in 2007 as an annual new music festival taking place in multiple venues throughout the city of Chicago. Each year a selection of composers is invited to devise musical systems that focus on the dualism of composition and improvisation. A large ensemble of experienced improvisers interprets each composer’s proposal. Chicago Sound Map was initiated by Boris Hauf and is curated by Boris Hauf, Brian Labycz, D Bayne & Michael Hartman.

The malleable relationship between music and the ensemble is realized best in process oriented rather than goal oriented work. The transient nature of the ensemble helps framing and reassessing the working process of composer and the ensemble. Compositions understood as structural and/or formal guides to improvisation rather than content orientated approaches have had bigger chances for success. Composers understanding that dynamic and composing accordingly have, quite frankly, been more fun to rehearse, play and listen to. Each composition has limited rehearsal (depending on the amount of composition from 90-180 mins per piece & an extended soundcheck).

In 2008 Kuro Neko Music released the CD Chicago Sound Map Performs Compositions by Olivia Block and Ernst Karel which documents that years performance at the Chicago Cultural Center.

series of experimental fusings of a free jazz jam session and a hiphop open mic session

MUSICIANS: David Boykin- drums, Alex Wing – bass and guitar, Ben Boye – piano, keyboards, Jayve Montgomery – samples, sax, flute , misc. percussion,

******PLUS SPECIAL GUEST bassist Una MacGlone from Scotland*****

MCs: HBSOLTHEPOLICYKING, Noah, Kem Ankh, and others TBA

Suggested donation $10 – free for participants

and Hunter Husar. All ages $10.

An illuminating night of musical genius!

Vollmar
(www.vollmarmusic.com)
"Justin Vollmar is folksy, on-the-porch or around-the-campfire singer/songwriter music. Vollmar espouses a vulnerability and quirky introspection largely missing from the music made at most informal social gatherings. To put it simply:Vollmar is absolutely amazing."

Meander
( www.myspace.com/meandermeander )
"Because of the stunning sheen and almost impossible perfection of Mandy Ellis' ability to craft modern, American songs for voice and steel string guitar, her repertoire stands boldly and sure-footedly apart from so many others that share such a form. Ellis, along with collaborators such as Califone's Jim Becker, Pillars and Tongues' Mark Trecka, and Pete Tsoukas, present stirring, memorable, and shimmering performances that are marked by a rare professionalism and straightforward sincerity and grace."

Rollin Hunt
( www.myspace.com/rollinghunt )
"The magic of local singer/songwriter Rollin Hunt is how he works with what he's got. Watching him play, backed by his ramshackle band, you sense the chasm between the pop songs he dreams and his delivery -- and his willingness to broach the space regardless of how awkward it may be -- is a winning proposition... The songs aren't about love, they're hallucinatory narratives about watching your neighbors make out in their window, distributing a pamphlet about yourself so you can be understood, or antelopes. Hunt has only played a handful of shows, but he's already on his way to becoming a local legend." CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Half-handed Cloud
(www.myspace.com/handycloud )
Half-handed Cloud is an interesting phenomenon. John Ringhofer, the man behind the namesake, is as joyful and frugal as his music. An economical thinker, Ringhofer prefers the subway over a taxicab, is a recycler of plastic, a compulsive note-taker, and a habitual optimist. He doodles in the margins of paperbacks, carries a couple different colored pens, and continues to use an antiquated CD walkman. When not on tour he lives in Berkeley California & works as a part-time custodian. Half-handed Cloud is able to ensconce complicated theological concepts into playground song without condescending to his subject or to his listener.

Starts at 10pm
suggested donation

PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series

STIRRUP

Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Nick Macri - bass
Charles Rumback - drums

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DELIUS/BISHOP

Tobias Delius - saxophone, clarinet
Jeb Bishop - trombone

***TOBIAS DELIUS PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN CANCELLED***

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STEIN/DANIELL/MILLS/HESS

Jason Stein - bass clarinet
David Daniell - guitar
Joseph Mills - electronics
Steven Hess - drums

10pm, donation suggested

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