posted Fri Sep 29, 2006
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posted Fri May 16, 2008
Chris Jonas' Rrake Quartet (Santa Fe) versus Jonas' Sun Spits Cherries (NYC)
Friday, May 16, 2008 (SFe show)
High Mayhem Studios, 1703-B Lena Street, Santa Fe
presented in partnership with The Outpost, www.outpostspace.org
8pm: Chris Jonas' "The Sun Spits Cherries" (featuring Molly Sturges, Vox)
Chris Jonas - compositions, soprano sax, Molly Sturges - voice, Joe Fiedler - trombone, Chris Olness - bass trombone, Milton Vilarrubbia III - percussion
A deeply nuanced world -- distinctive, accessible, simple and achingly beautiful. (Michael Kremer, Jazziz)
Started in NYC in 1997, the Sun Spits Cherries consists of soprano saxophone (Jonas), tenor and bass trombones (Joe Fiedler and Chris Olness) and percussion (Milton Villarrubia II). Neither pure improvisation, nor entirely composed, these pieces braid written music, cues and conducting techniques to layer and juxtapose different subtle and startling notions of space, color, timbre and interaction. This will be the first NM concert of the group since Jonas' departure from NYC in 2001 and will include partner, Molly Sturges on extended vocals.
9:30 pm Chris Jonas' "Rrake"
Chris Jonas - compositions, tenor and soprano sax, Joe Fiedler - trombone, Jeremy Bleich - electric bass, Paul Brown - acoustic bass, Milton Villarrubia III - drums, Peter Breslin - drums
An audience favorite in the High Mayhem Festival 2006 and 2007, the "supergroup", Rrake (in this version a six-person double trio), is Jonas' latest Santa Fe ensemble project. Considerably louder, more electric and brash than his previous projects, Rrake is an outburst, a conniption fit, a tantrum, a racket, a feast, a riot, a wassail, a spout, a rant, an exultation. To add more girth to the sound of the group, Jonas has built this group to consist of two drummers, two bass players, two horn players (trombone and saxophone). The music is distinctly rhythmic at core with melodic lines superimposed atop a complex of asymmetrical block rhythms.
High Mayhem Studios
1703-B Lena Street
Santa Fe, NM
(Behind the second street studios, first dirt road to the right off of Lena)
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The Sun Spits Cherries (NYC)
Saturday, May 17, 2008 (ABQ show)
Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale SE, Albuquerque
part of the Outpost's annual Creative Soundspace Festival
7:30pm: The Nakatani/Weaver/Balistreri Trio
9pm: The Sun Spits Cherries
Outpost Performance Space
210 Yale SE, Albuquerque, NM
2 blocks south of Central
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posted Sat Apr 19, 2008
Nine ways to fly- an invitation
I do want to say this must be one of the richest places for artistic collaboration. The things people want to express at the end of their lives I have found to be unexpected, varied and powerful. The choir has struggled with the pieces and I think this is also a rich area for future focus- facilitating more interaction between those age groups.
One woman, Barbara (who will be dying very soon-cancer ) wrote a piece called " The Dark Sea" ( the chorus of which includes the repetition of " I am searching for life")- it has a made a full imprint upon my own being and fills me with gratitude for being able to do this work. How can such fullness of creativity be stored away in these isolated institutions? What harm we do to ourselves. Here is Barbara's artist statement:
"When I was first approached to do this project I thought “no way” I don’t have that type of talent. I really snickered within myself. As we got into the song I realized Hey I can do it and I am very happy and fully of joy that I am sharing some of that with other people. I pray that it is as good as what people are telling me. I can’t see it but they can. So. I just hope and pray it comes out good. Basically that is it. Bing bing bing."
-Molly
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posted Tue Sep 18, 2007
Chris Jonas and Molly Sturges perform at the 7th Annual High Mayhem Festival
Friday night - Rrake at midnight (!) - Chris Jonas leads Rrake:
Rrake (Santa Fe). One of the best-received sets from the 2006 High Mayhem Festival, Rrake is Chris Jonas’ latest Santa Fe ensemble project. The music is a consequence of mixing composition, conduction, and improvisation via the superimposition of unlike blocks of rhythm and melody. The latest incarnation of Rrake adds much to last year’s project: new instruments, shifting transposable rhythms, layers of metric modulation and telescoping repeating cells. The resulting music is as crunchy as last year's version of the project, but with a higher level of complexity and conflicting layers. Rrake is Chris Jonas (SFe) and Joshua Smith (Oakland, CA), saxophones; Mike Gamble (NYC), guitar; Jeremy Bleich (SFe), electric bass; Paul Brown (SFe), acoustic bass; Peter Breslin (AZ and SFe), drums; Milton Villarrubia (SFe), drums.
Saturday night - 9pm - Molly Sturges with the Late Severa Wires:
Re-Wired (Santa Fe) – The Late Severa Wires featuring J.A. “Dino” Dean and Molly Sturges, live sampling, vox, bass, drums, guitars, turntables, voice. Launched out of Santa Fe in 2001 with an approach of radical improvisation, The Late Severa Wires build collages of tomes around themes that, like virtual particles, vanish and reappear, each time as strange as they are familiar. For this year’s festival the Wires will be joined by J.A. “Dino” Deane on live sampling, as well as the majestically beautiful voice of Molly Stuges. A new expansion of possibilities, a new breath of fresh air and exploration. The Late Severa Wires is made up of Carlos Santistevan (bass), Yozo Suzuki (guitar), Mike Rowland (drums), and Shawn O’Neal (turntables).
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posted Tue May 08, 2007
World Premiere - Memorylines: Santa Fe
VOCES DE NUESTRAS JORNADAS
A Contemporary Opera
Friday May 11th - 7pm
Saturday May 12th - 7pm
Sunday May 13th - 2pm
The Lensic Performing Arts Center - 211 West San Francisco Street
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Tel: 505-988-7050
Fax: 505-988-4370
A Commission of The Santa Fe Opera and The Lensic Performing Arts Center
A LittleGlobe Production
Molly Sturges, Artistic Director and Co-Composer
Hi everyone!
We extend our heartfelt invitation to have you join us for the premiere of Memorylines: Voces de Nuestras Jornadas. After four months integrating community building, rigorous explorations in the contemporary creative arts and personal and collective story- this amazing ensemble which has come together across economic, cultural and generational lines in Santa Fe is ready to share our work. Please help us pass the word around!
-Molly Sturges, David Gallegos and the Littleglobe Team
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posted Wed Jan 03, 2007
MOLLY STURGES/CHRIS JONAS: "In Situ"
Friday, January 5th, 2007 - 7:30 pm
"In Situ" an Site-specific Composition commissioned by SITE Santa Fe Co-sponsored by EVO Gallery.
SITE Santa Fe
1606 Paseo de Peralta (at Guadalupe)
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
(located downtown)
505-989-1199
info@sitesantafe.org
http://www.sitesantafe.org
This commissioned performance will be a site-specific immersive composition created in response to the Sixth International Biennial exhibition, Still Points of the Turning World. The
piece will be composed of acoustic, electronic, and voice sounds, as well as found sounds from the exhibition and the auditory properties of the museum building itself.
The live installation “soundtrack” will include both static and roving components.
The audience will be invited to join musician-led sonic tours through the exhibition as part of the performance.
Music by Chris Jonas and Molly Sturges
Text by M. Sumner Carnahan and John Flax with additional materials by Molly Sturges and Pat McFarlin.
Performers:
John Flax, text
Molly Sturges, voice
Alex Neville, voice
Poppy Wilder, voice
Chris Jonas, soprano saxophone
Sam Rhodes, bassoon
Sitara Schauer, violin and viola
Katie Harlow, cello
Paul Brown, acoustic bass
Lindsay Haughton, vibraphone and percussion
Joseph Sabella, marimba and percussion
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posted Wed Dec 13, 2006
Molly and Chris in Houston (unplanned)
From Molly and Chris-
Welcome to our friends, family, neighbors and colleagues. We started a new Blog because of the overwhelming love and support we have been receiving since last week when Molly was diagnosed with tongue cancer and wanting to get information out to all of you who are concerned. . .
To find out more, visit http://mollysturges.blogspot.com
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posted Wed Nov 29, 2006
Molly and Chris performing solos as a part of the High Mayhem Solos Show
Friday, December 1st -8 p.m.
Molly Sturges (voice) and Chris Jonas (saxophones) performing solos as a part of the High Mayhem Solos Show, sharing the stage with the incredible improviser/percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani (Japan/NYC)
High Mayhem Studios
1703-B Lena Street, Santa Fe NM
http://www.highmayhem.org
Free entry with purchase of a High Mayhem CD, or suggested $5-10 donation
Tatsuya Nakatani (New York City)
Originally from Kobe and Osaka, Japan, internationally renowned
percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani has toured extensively throughout the
world, having performed in approximately 80 cities and 10 countries.
Utilizing drumset, gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects, sticks
and bows, he creates collages of sound, which combine the sense of space
and beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music with the extended
techniques of New Music, yet with great energy and intensity. Although his
music defies category or genre, it can be viewed as a cross-cultural
mixture of improvised music, experimental music, jazz, free jazz, and
rock. He is the recent recipient of The Bronx Arts Council Individual
Artist grant. Also he has been selected PennPAT Artist Roster
2007(Pennsylvania Performing Art on Tour). In addition to his work as a
percussionist, Nakatani heads H&H Production, an independent record label
and recording studio based in Easton, Pennsylvania.
For a more extensive bio, please visit
http://www.hhproduction.org/TATSUYA_BIO.html
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posted Wed Sep 27, 2006
Please come to see Rrake (Chris Jonas)
Saturday, October 7th, 7:30 pm
Part of the 6th Annual High Mayhem Festival, Santa Fe, NM
Location: Wise Fool - 2778 Agua Fria, Santa Fe, NM
-across from Club Alegria- All Ages!
ALL info is here: http://www.highmayhem.org
Asymmetrics/Melodies Ensemble
Saxes/Vibes, Chris Jonas
Violin, Sitara Schauer
Saxes, Josh Smith (of birth, amitosis – from San Francisco)
Guitar/Computer, CK Barlow
Acoustic Bass, Paul Brown
Electric Bass, Jeremy Bleich
Percussion, JA Deene
Drums, Milton Villarrubia
Drums, Peter Breslin
About Rrake
Rrake is Chris Jonas' latest Santa Fe ensemble project, mixing composition, conduction and improvisation via the superimposition of long complex melodic lines atop at least two layers of conflicting asymmetrical block rhythms. Drawing from a diverse set of musical sources and the rhythmic polyphony of non musical sources such as trash trucks, building sites, automobile factories and commercial aircraft, Rrake engages an aesthetic of combined visceral jarring trance rhythmic unison, complex ambience, and non-resolvable linear melodic structures.
Jonas has explored similar regions in his many conduction and composition projects
over the past ten years in NYC, New Mexico and as guest conductor for creative ensembles internationally.
MORE INFO:
http://www.HighMayhem.org
http://www.WorldOfBing.com
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