8/1 Thursday
8 and 10 pm
Thums UP
Vijay Iyer (keyboards, electronics) Himanshu Suri (lyrics) Rafiq Bhatia (guitar) Kassa Overall (drums)
8/2 Friday
8 and 10 pm
Trioing
Vijay Iyer (piano) Harish Raghavan (bass) Justin Brown (drums)
8/3 Saturday
8 and 10 pm
Tirtha
Vijay Iyer (piano) Prasanna (guitar) Nitin Mitta (tabla)
8/4 Sunday
8 and 10 pm
Vijay Iyer and Mari Kimura
Vijay Iyer (piano, electronics) Mari Kimura (violin, electronics)
8/6 Tuesday
8 pm
microSig 1: Carson Moody + Special Guests
Carson Moody (percussion) Matt Evans (percussion) Amy Garapic (percussion)
Music including Sean Griffin's virtuoso Pattycake, plus work by Tristan Perich with three-channel 1-bit tones.
10 pm
microSig 2: Red Wierenga
Red Wierenga (electronics, keyboards)
Improvisationals and Compositionals by Red Wierenga.
8/7 Wednesday
8 pm
microSig 3: Michael Riesman
Michael Riesman (piano)
A much loved guest collaborator of Ensemble Signal as both pianist and recording producer, Michael Riesman will perform a solo piano set featuring his own arrangements of Philip Glass's' film music including Dracula, The Hours, and Notes on a Scandal.
10 pm
microSig 4: Lauren Radnofsky and Brad Lubman
Lauren Radnofsky (cello) Brad Lubman (composer)
Works for cello including Luciano Berio's Sequenza XIV and Helmut Lachenmann's Pression. This set will include ambient electronic compositions of Signal Co-Artistic Director and Conductor Brad Lubman, before and after the live cello set.
8/8 Thursday
8 pm
microSig 5: Bill Solomon and Kelli Kathman
Bill Solomon (percussion) Kelli Kathman (flute)
Music including Brian Ferneyhough's Bone Alphabet, as well as works by Hilda Paredes, Ruben Naeff and Matt Sargent.
10 pm
microSig 6: Oliver Hagen
Oliver Hagen (piano)
Music including selections from Pierre Boulez's Notations, Elliott Carter's 90+ and Two Diversions, Oliver Hagen's own compositions, and Arnold Schoenberg's Waltz from Fünf Klavierstücke, op. 23.
8/9 Friday
8 pm
microSig 7: Paul Coleman
Paul Coleman (electronics)
Multi-Channel algorithmic electronic works by Paul Coleman.
10 pm
microSig 8: Steve Parker
Steve Parker (trombone with electronics)
Music for trombone and electronics by composers from New York and Austin including Steve Parker's own work.
8/10 Saturday
8 pm
microSig 9: Jamie Jordan
Jamie Jordan (soprano)
Morton Feldman's Three Voices.
10 pm
microSig 10: Jessica Schmitz
Jessica Schmitz (flute)
8/11 Sunday
8 pm
microSig 11: Doug Perkins
Doug Perkins (percussion)
Music by Christian Wolff.
10 pm
microSig 12: Ken Thomson + Special Guests
Ken Thomson (clarinet, saxes)
Music by Ken Thomson.
8/13 Tuesday (KR)
8 pm
Mary Halvorson and Joe Morris
Mary Halvorson (guitar) Joe Morris (guitar)
10 pm
Mary Halvorson and Brandon Seabrook
Mary Halvorson (guitar) Brandon Seabrook (guitar)
8/14 Wednesday (KR)
8 and 10 pm
Thumbscrew
Mary Halvorson (guitar), Michael Formanek (bass) Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
8/15 Thursday (KR)
8 and 10 pm
Thumbscrew
Mary Halvorson (guitar) Michael Formanek (bass) Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
8/16 Friday (KR)
8 and 10 pm
Mary Halvorson Septet
Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Jon Irabagon (alto sax) Ingrid Laubrock (tenor sax) Jacob Garchik (trombone) Mary Halvorson (guitar) John Hébert (bass) Ches Smith (drums)
8/17 Saturday (KR)
8 and 10 pm
Mary Halvorson Septet
Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Jon Irabagon (alto sax) Ingrid Laubrock (tenor sax) Jacob Garchik (trombone) Mary Halvorson (guitar) John Hébert (bass) Ches Smith (drums)
8/18 Sunday (KR)
8 and 10 pm
Mary Halvorson Septet
Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Jon Irabagon (alto sax) Ingrid Laubrock (tenor sax) Jacob Garchik (trombone) Mary Halvorson (guitar) John Hébert (bass) Ches Smith (drums)
8/20 Tuesday (KR)
8 pm
Duo with Tom Rainey
Satoko Fujii (piano) Tom Rainey (drums)
10 pm
Briggan Krauss, Kappa Maki, Nels Cline, Satoko Fujii, Michael T.A. Thompson
Briggan Krauss (sax) Kappa Maki (trumpet) Nels Cline (guitar) Satoko Fujii (piano) Michael T.A. Thompson (drums)
8/21 Wednesday (DDT)
8 pm
Satoko Fujii Trio with Rene Hart and David Miller
Satoko Fujii (piano) Rene Hart (bass) David Miller (drums)
10 pm
Junk Box
Kappa Maki (trumpet) Satoko Fujii (piano) John Hollenbeck (drums)
8/22 Thursday
8 pm
Satoko Fujii and Ikue Mori
Satoko Fujii (piano) Ikue Mori (electronics)
10 pm
Fujii Quartet
Satoko Fujii (piano) Kappa Maki (trumpet) Rene Hart (bass) David Miller (drums)
8/23 Friday
8 pm
Min-Yoh Ensemble
Kappa Maki (trumpet) Satoko Fujii (piano) Curtis Hasselbring (trombone) Andrea Parkins (accordion)
10 pm
Satoko Fujii and Kaze
Satoko Fujii (piano) Special Guests
8/24 Saturday (RK)
8 pm
Satoko Fujii Large Ensemble
Andrew D’Angelo (alto sax) Curtis Hasselbring (trombone) Joe Morris (guitar) Rene Hart (bass) David Miller (drums) Special Guests
10 pm
Minamo
Satoko Fujii (piano) Carla Kihlstedt (violin)
8/25 Sunday (KR)
8 pm
Brass and Percussion Ensemble
Kaze: Kappa Maki, Frank London, Nate Wooley (trumpets) Satoko Fujii (piano) Special Guests
10 pm
Fujii Trio with Rene Hart and David Miller
Satoko Fujii (piano) Rene Hart (bass) David Miller (drums)
8/27 Tuesday (CWL)
8 and 10 pm
Fred Frith and Laurie Anderson
Fred Frith (guitar) Laurie Anderson (violin, keyboards)
TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS
8/28 Wednesday (GCP)
8 and 10 pm
Fred Frith Trio
Fred Frith (guitar) Jason Hoopes (double bass) Jordan Glenn (drums)
8/29 Thursday (GCP)
8 pm
Fred Frith and John Zorn
Fred Frith (electric guitar) John Zorn (sax)
TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS
10 pm
Fred Frith Solo
Fred Frith (electric guitar)
8/30 Friday (DDT)
8 pm
Fred Frith, Nava Dunkelman and Jeanie-Aprille Tang
Fred Frith (piano) Nava Dunkelman (percussion) Jeanie-Aprille Tang (electronics)
10 pm
Normal
Fred Frith (home-mades) Sudhu Tewari (heavily assisted ready mades)
8/31 Saturday (CWL)
8 pm
Fred Frith, Ikue Mori and Nate Wooley
Fred Frith (electric guitar) Ikue Mori (electronics) Nate Wooley (trumpet)
10 pm
NORMAL
Fred Frith (home-mades) Sudhu Tewari (heavily assisted ready mades)