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1998-99 Season

New Music
Sept 17 8:00 p.m. The Space, Saint John
Program: improvised material and works by Thomas Schudel, Jordan Nobles, John Fodi, and Andrew Miller
Nadia Francavilla, violin
Lee Saunders, choreographer/performance artist    
D’Arcy Philip Gray, percussion
Andrew Miller, bass    


Sept 19 8:00 p.m. Memorial Hall, UNB
Program: improvised material and works by Thomas Schudel, Nick Didkovsky, Jordan Nobles, John Fodi, and Andrew Miller
Lee Saunders, choreographer/performance artist    
John Ball, actor/director
Deborah Lambie, actor
Richard Hornsby, clarinet
D’Arcy Philip Gray, percussion
Andrew Miller, bass    

Oct. 16 7:30 Beaverbrook Art Gallery
A presentation of the performance piece Where Do We Go Now? by J.S. Bach/Andrew Miller/Mark Carmody
Exhibition opening: Happy Days: An Intervention by Marie-Josee Lafortune
Andrew Miller, bass
Mark Carmody, effects processing

January 30 5:00-7:00 p.m. Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Concert portion of opening of the show A New Brunswick Trilogy
premieres of April by Richard Gibson and Chainlink2 by Andrew Miller
Nadia Francavilla, violin
Andrew Miller, bass and electronics

April 10 8:00 p.m. The Space, Saint John
Program:  Premiere of Blue Snow by Alasdair MacLean, improvised work, and  pieces by Andrew Miller, André Prevost, Michael Horwood, and Richard Gibson.

Nadia Francavilla, violin
D’Arcy Philip Gray, percussion    
Andrew Miller, bass
Mark Carmody, electric guitar and electronics

April 17 8:00 p.m. Memorial Hall, UNB
Program:  Premiere of Pulses by Jordan Nobles, improvised work, and music by Alasdair MacLean, Andrew Miller, Richard Gibson, Steve Reich, and Barbara Monk Feldman.
Nadia Francavilla, violin
D’Arcy Philip Gray, percussion    
Andrew Miller, bass
Mark Carmody, electric guitar and electronics
Richard Hornsby, clarinet


May 8 Off the Wall Outdoor Festival of Art, Saint John
Program: Improvised Work and pieces by Andrew Miller and Robert Henderson
Andrew Miller, bass
Rob Dutton, trumpet
D’Arcy Gray, percussion and electronics
Mark Carmody, electric guitar and electronics

July 8 King’s Place Shopping Mall
July 9 Beaverbrook Art Gallery
July 10 Boyce Farmer’s Market
July 10 Memorial Hall, UNB

NEXT1999 large-ensemble project
Marc Sabat, violin and viola
Nadia Francavilla, violin and electric violin
Norman Adams, cello and electric cello
Andrew Miller, bass
Richard Hornsby, clarinets
Joel Miller, saxophones
Christine Jensen, keyboards and saxophone
Curtis Dietz, trumpet
Gina Patterson, horn
DJ Mercury, electronics
D’Arcy Gray, percussion and electronics

Program:
In C (1964)by Terry Riley (USA)
Workers Union (1975)by Louis Andriessen (Netherlands)
Critical Band (1988) by James Tenney (Canada)
Interferences III (1983) by Alcides Lanza (Canada)
Pulses (1999) by Jordan Nobles (Vancouver)
Ambient Improvisation charts by Joel Miller/DJ Mercury

August 3 Ottawa Chamber Music Festival
Program: works by Michael Parker, Andrew Miller, Alasdair MacLean, Alice Ho, and Richard Gibson
Nadia Francavilla, violin
Andrew Miller, bass
Richard Hornsby, clarinet
D’Arcy P. Gray, percussion and electronics














Outreach

Sept 15 10:30 Garden Creek School, Fredericton
Sept 18 9:00 Cambridge Narrows School
Sept 18 1:00 McAdam Elementary School
Program: works by Thomas Schudel, Miles Davis, John Fodi, Andrew Miller, Don Messer, Béla Bartok, Peter Warlock
Nadia Francavilla, violin
D’Arcy Philip Gray, percussion
Andrew Miller, bass

March 9-12  Residency at Nelson-Miramichi Rural School
Motria Sabat, dancer/choreographer
Lindsey Sweeney, dancer/choreographer
Nadia Francavilla, violin
D’Arcy Philip Gray, percussion
Andrew Miller, bass

A pilot project of the NB Department of Economic Development, Tourism, and Culture and Department of Education

April 6 10:30 Minto Elementary
April 7 9:00 Royal Road School (2 performances)
April 8 9:30 Geary Elementary
April 13 9:00 Assinaboine Ave. School (Oromocto)
April 13 1:00 Harvey Elementary
Program: works by Michael Horwood, Alasdair MacLean, André Prevost, Béla Bartok, and Richard Gibson.

D’Arcy Philip Gray, percussion    
Andrew Miller, bass
Nadia Francavilla, violin

For the Family
Sept 13  Gallery Connexion, Fredericton
Program: works by Thomas Schudel, Miles Davis, John Fodi, Andrew Miller, and Béla Bartok
Nadia Francavilla, violin
D’Arcy Philip Gray, percussion
Andrew Miller, bass    

April 10 2:30 p.m. New Brunswick Museum, Saint John
April 11 2:30 p.m. Gallery Connexion, Fredericton
Program: works by Michael Horwood, Alasdair MacLean, André Prevost, Béla Bartok, and Richard Gibson.

D’Arcy Philip Gray, percussion    
Andrew Miller, bass
Nadia Francavilla, violin





BarSounds
Sept. 13    Septemberfest        Picaroons Tap Room
Program: Works by Thomas Schudel, Miles Davis, John Fodi, Andrew Miller, Don Messer, Béla Bartok, J.S. Bach, and Peter Warlock
Nadia Francavilla  violin
D’Arcy Philip Gray  percussion
Andrew Miller  bass    

April 11    April Fuel        Picaroons Tap Room
Program: Improvised material and works by Anon. (Late 14th Century), Jean Joseph Mouret, D’Arcy P. Gray, André Alexis, Andrew Miller, Alasdair MacLean, Robert Schumann, Richard Sanger  Béla Bartok, Norman Symonds, Iosif Ivanovici, and Charlie Parker.
Nadia Francavilla  violin
D’Arcy Philip Gray  percussion
Andrew Miller  bass    
John Ball  actor
Kathleen Scherf  actor