Mills College Center for Contemporary Music Events

april 12

friday: 4:30pm, 5pm, 8pm

performances!

Mills College in the Ensemble Room, Concert Hall and Greek Theater

4:30pm: The R.I.B. Event

W.M.Houck's R.I.B. Event four players produce resonances in aluminum pan lids while a rotating baffle deflects the sound into the room. In the Ensemble Room

5pm: The Waking of Leafy Pools

Amplified objects made of glass and metal are manipulated by Key Ransone in the resonant outdoor setting. In the Greek Theater

8pm: Ikue Mori, Marina Rosenfeld, & Members of the Center for Contemporary Music

An evening of sounds mainly from the left coast. Marina Rosenfeld's Sheer Frost Orchestra features an ensemble of women wielding nail polish bottles to activate a set of reclining electric guitars. Maggi Payne's Resonant Places builds electronic soundscapes derived from urban landscapes. John Bischoff and Kenneth Atchley comprise a live electronic duo playing computer and guitar driven noise circuits. Chris Brown's Talking Drum is an interactive multi-computer piece that uses cyclical rhythms to explore distance and resonance effects of the installation environment. And Ikue Mori's Soul Mechanism: Raw-Tech in Real-Time uses multiple drum machines and effects boxes played by the composer to create a language of urban-lullabies, imaginary sound tracks, and slashing-throbbing tribal songs. In the Concert Hall

FREE!!!