Wednesday, October 27, 2010

MOTHER MAY I - DEVELOPMENT



























"Mother May I learn from you but find my own voice, learning from difficulties of the past to create opportunities in the future"

Support is mounting for the Mother May I Project. I received notification from the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs that they are supporting the project with a CityArtist grant!

This is a big step forward. I have been working as a professional grant writer for about a decade now, having raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for other people's projects. This is the first of my artistic projects to receive monetary support!

There's a long road ahead to do this project the way I want - many many more organizations to approach, but the first stones of the path have been set.

HOORAY!!

FRANK'S WEB




INTERSECT.
INTERACT.
INTEGRATE.




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October 2010

all month
10/01-10/30
WAYNE HORVITZ CURATES UNIVERSITY OF THE STREETS SERIES (NYC)

The University of the Street Curators Series begins in October, featuring artists selected by internationally renowned composer/keyboardist Wayne Horvitz. Filled with innovative and visionary talent such as Vincent Chancy (Sun Ra, Lester Bowie, Elvis Costello), Kenny Wollesen (Norah Jones, Tom Waits), Robin Holcomb, Elliot Sharp, Briggan Krauss, and a long A-list of other performers, OUTS kicks off this new monthly series. As a part of the month-long series of activities Horvitz also curated VOICES OF THE FUTURE, a mini-series highlighting dynamic young artists.

Information: www.universityofthestreets.org


10/01
DOUBLE YOKO (Beth Fleenor & Paris Hurley)
and special guests ORKES MANOHARA

Experimental performance duo Double Yoko, featuring Beth Fleenor and Paris Hurley, weave their unusual blend of lush orchestral scoring, pointillism and keening noir-pop, using clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, voices and electronics. Stripping away layers of comfort to expose the raw core of each individual voice, Double Yoko steps to the edge of their personal abilities, calling on each other to stretch past the point of expectation. Through a disciplinary practice that involves time spent digesting daily experiences as much as composing new matter and materials, Double Yoko is a constantly shifting time-based entity that strives to process individual and collective experience to encourage growth and healing.

Orkes Manohara - Krusnedi Sukarwanto (cello/guitar/Javanese ukuleles) and Maeg O'Donoghue-Williams Sukarwanto (voice / sruti box) - will start the evening with a set of experimental and traditional Javanese keroncong music, centered around the cello and voice. First in a series of Orkes Manohara performances concerning the deceivingly fleeting, ephemeral quality of culture.

Information: www.thefrankagency.org/paris or www.thefrankagency.org/beth



10/08 & 10/10
MONKTAIL'S ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND
with NON GRATA

Organized by founder and director John Seman, Monktail represents a breadth and depth of musical experience unmatched in the region. Ensembles as diverse as their flagship improv big band NON GRATA, the overtone choice SEATTLE HARMONIC VOICES, the celebrated funk and jazz onslaught of REPTET, the bopcore trio FLOSS, chamber oriented DEAL'S NUMBER, Beth Fleenor's shape-shifting FIGEATER, as well as death-jazz trio SPECIAL O.P.S. all find their home under the umbrella of Monktail. While in Seattle, Monktail has earned top honors as an arts organizaiton, including Earshot Golden Ear Awards in 2002 & 2006 for Emerging Group, Best Outside Group (Reptet), and Concert of the Year (Monktail Raymond Scott Project). Monktail Records celbrated their ninth full-length release in 2010.

Information: www.monktail.com


10/09
SONNY CLARK MEMORIAL SEXTET
Music of Ornette Coleman

Wayne Horvitz (piano), Al Keith (trumpet), Craig Flory (reeds), Willem de Koch (trombone), Geoff Harper (bass), Andy Roth (drums).

Information: www.waynehorvitz.net



10/11
SEATTLE JAZZ COMPOSERS ENSEMBLE

As a kick-off event, marking the efforts of this developing jazz advocacy group, and a new season of unparalleled productions, the SJCE will perform original arrangements of Ennio Moricone's music and compositions by local composers Jim Knodle, Beth Fleenor, Josh Rawlings, Ethan Thomas, Nelson Bell, Michael Owcharuk, and Nate Omdal, among others. All proceeds from the event go to the SJCE's efforts to become a non-profit organization dedicated to propagating the work of local jazz composers.

Information: www.seattlejazzcomposersensemble.com



10/14
SONNY CLARK MEMORIAL SEXTET
Music for the Baroness Nica
Earshot Jazz: Art of Jazz Series

Wayne Horvitz (piano), Al Keith (trumpet), Craig Flory (reeds), Willem de Koch (trombone), Geoff Harper (bass), Andy Roth (drums).

Information: www.waynehorvitz.net


10/14
WAYNE HORVITZ / SWEETER THAN THE DAY
with Special Guest CUONG VU

Sweeter Than the Day, Wayne Horvitz's piano-based acoustic band welcomes Cuong Vu (trumpet) for a special Seattle performance. Joining Horvitz (piano), Keith Lowe (bass), and Eric Eagle (drums), Cuong Vu will be performing in place of Sweeter Than the Day guitarist Tim Young who is unable to attend the performance.

Information: www.waynehorvitz.net/projects/sweeter.html


10/15 & 10/16
WAYNE HORVITZ / SWEETER THAN THE DAY
(OREGON SHOWS)

Wayne Horvitz (piano), Timothy Young (guitar), Keith Lowe (bass), and Eric Eagle (drums).

Information: www.waynehorvitz.net/projects/sweeter.html


10/21
DOUBLE YOKO (Beth Fleenor & Paris Hurley)
with ASHIA GRZESIK


10/29
FIGEATER (performing unit: ECO-Fig)
with SLOW SKATE
Josephine

Figeater performing unit: ECO-Fig takes flight for its first trio adventure to Eat, Consume, and Obliterate the FIG. Featuring Beth Fleenor (clarinets / beth boxing), Stephen Parris (guitar), Mark Ostrowski (drums).

Information: www.thefrankagency.org/Figeater

ROCKTOBER

This month has been awesome - the collection of collaborations is really quite beautiful....so much!!

I've been so immersed in it all that I rarely have the capacity for words...or rather more words than Frank demands on a daily basis.

Here's just a couple of the highlights...




10/01_Double Yoko_8pm
Chapel Performance Space
Good Shepherd Center

10/02_Music with PK_1-5pm
Alhambra
1st & Pine

10/08_MCMC's Non Grata_7pm
Egan's
1707 NW Market St

10/09_SJCE_8pm
Shunpike's Golden - WA Hall

10/11_SJCE Kick-Off Party_7:30pm
Tula's
2214 2nd Ave

10/21_Double Yoko_8pm
Can Can
94 Pike St (at 1st)

10/25_Owcharuk 5
Waids

10/28_Matana Roberts_8pm
Earshot Jazz Festival
Chapel Performance Space
Good Shepherd Center

10/29_Figeater
Josephine
with Slow Skate

10/31_Seattle Pianist Collective with Michael Owcharuk_2pm
Seattle Asian Art Museum

Saturday, October 9, 2010

BUNNIES BUNNIES EVERYWHERE

(it's like they're on parade.....I am loving the increasing engagement of the rabbit...soon the world will be ours - muwaaahaahaaha! smiles abound!!!!)



Friday, October 8, 2010

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE

Like any individual thing, maybe it can't solve all the problems in one swoop, but WHAT IF creativity / imagination / the arts can help heal/engage individual people one at a time, giving them a way to deal with themselves and thereby the rest of it - isn't it one of our most valuable resources for sustainability?

Mission Objective:
Cultivate sustainable daily systems - Cultivate sustainable social systems.

Theory:
An emphasis on creativity in a culture gives rise to creative solutions to social problems

And Another Thing:
Being an Artist IS a job - and it is just as important as any other civil servant.