Hi everyone,

I'm really excited about a new piece that I'm developing for Mediate Art Group's Playback Concerts. It takes place in a World War II bunker in the Marin Headlands, and needless to say it's one of the most resonant spaces I've played in. Short audio samples of the room and more information can be found here:

edwardschocker.com/time-spent-looking/

The piece is being developed in collaboration with Suki O'Kane (bass drum), Adam Fong (double bass), Tako Oda (countertenor) and myself (Sho, Hichiriki & P'iri). I hope you all can make this one.

Battery Townsley
Fort Cronkhite off Rodeo Beach
Marin Headlands

Sunday, August 7, 2011
Arrive by 5:30pm.
20 minute hike to performance site.
Showtime: 6pm.
Tickets

Edward Schocker
Thingamajigs
5000 MacArthur Blvd. #9826
Oakland, CA 94613
phone/fax: 510-444-1322
cell: 510-418-3447
edwardschocker.com
thingamajigs.org


Thingamajigs is a genre-crossing arts organization that promotes, presents and performs music and other art forms created with made and found materials or alternate tuning systems.
Our mission is to develop and nurture the exploration of alternate materials and methods of creating sound, as well as promote collaborative efforts within other artistic disciplines not generally associated with festivals of music. With open workshops and performances, we welcome audiences/participants of all ages and backgrounds to join in a wonderful tradition started in the Bay Area by such composers as Harry Partch, Lou Harrison, and John Cage.

PLAYBACK > Battery Townsley
Time Sunday, August 7 • 5:30pm - 8:00pm
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Location Fort Cronkhite (off Rodeo Beach), Marin Headlands
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Created By Soundwave, Gregg Kowalsky, Marielle Jakobsons, Edward Schocker

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More Info BUY TIX: brownpapertickets.com/event/182438

Arrive by 5:30pm. 20 minute hike to performance site. Showtime: 6pm. Site can be windy and foggy even on a sunny day. We highly recommend warm clothes, blankets and proper foot attire. Limited Attendance.

Introduced in 2010, Battery Townsley explored the extreme resonances inside and around of this historic WWII harbor fortification overlooking the ocean in the hills of the Marin Headlands. August 7 features performances by electroacoustic duo Date Palms w/ Trevor Montgomery & Michael Elrod, vocal dance ensemble M. Mara Ann’s Sugar Pine Tesla, and composer/sound artist Edward Schocker.

DATE PALMS W/ TREVOR MONTGOMERY & MICHAEL ELROD
'Of Psalms' is a strange, yet fantastic fusing of Eastern style raga drones, and hypnotic Spacemen 3 style bass buzz. The music is almost like some sort of slowcore, spacerock, dronedrift that is abstract and minimal. datepalmsofpsalms.com/

M. MARA-ANN'S SUGAR PINE TESLA
M. Mara-Ann is a San Francisco based vocalist, writer, and performance artist whose multi-disciplinary work employs improvised music, dance, text, video, and theater to explore topics of the environment. She is the founder and creative director of Flying Deer Theater, which is currently producing the five-part intermedia performance series The Containment Scenario Project. Mara holds an MFA from Mills College in creative writing with cross-disciplinary emphasis in music, media, and performance.

Sugar Pine Tesla is M. Mara-Ann’s newest composition for voice and movement, developed to leverage the unique interior architecture and resonance of Battery Townsley with the dynamic cross-disciplinary talent of the vocal-dance cast of the Containment Scenario series. Performing a work integrating composition, choreography, and structured improvisation, Sugar Pine Tesla will engage and activate the particular sonic, visual, and constructive aspects of the submerged concrete and steel structure to generate an aural and visual surround sound, multi-directional, moving, shifting, reverberating intermedia work. Images and video featuring the Containment Scenario cast are located at medusa.org.

medusa.org/events/11_CSProfoundFatigue/preview/CS04_ProfoundPrev_3minExcerpt.mov
medusa.org/events/09_CSFuel/CS03_Fuel_3minExcerpt.mov

M. Mara-Ann’s Sugar Pine Tesla: Ensemble
Alexa Hall (voice)
Caroline Penwarden (voice)
Jenn Harper (voice)
Julie Binkley (dance)
M. Mara-Ann (voice)
Sarah-Elena Palmer (voice)
Sonsherée Giles (dance)
Vanessa Beggs-Skacel (voice)

EDWARD SCHOCKER
Edward Schocker’s music is a unique mixture of alternate tuning systems and unique instruments, combined with theater/opera. He has collaborated with many dancers, artists and writers to create a unique combination of sound, movement, and text. Enjoying international recognition, Edward’s music has been performed in numerous countries throughout the world. edwardschocker.com/

PLAYBACK is ME'DI.ATE Art Group's (me-di-ate.net) special fundraising series that showcases our most acclaimed events and raises money for our newly incorporated non-profit. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to be able to continue supporting artists and creating innovative exhibitions and events, including our biennial Soundwave Festival (projectsoundwave.com). PLAYBACK is presented in partnership with City Sightseeing San Francisco (city-sightseeing.us/), National Park Service (nps.gov/) and ARUP (arup.com/) and curated by Alan So and Jorge Bachmann.

PLAYBACK Single Tickets
$20 - General
$50 - Sponsor Level 1
**Includes 1 Soundwave CD gift, 1 raffle ticket for prizes, and is $25 tax-deductible
$100 - Sponsor Level 2
**Includes preferred seating, 2 free tickets to one Soundwave ((5)) event, 1 Soundwave CD gift, 5 raffle tickets for prizes, and is $65 tax-deductible
$200 - Sponsor Level 3
**Includes premier seating, free access pass to all Soundwave ((5)) events, 1 Soundwave CD gift package, 10 raffle tickets for prizes, and is $150 tax-deductible

PLAYBACK All Access Pass (To All 5 PLAYBACK Events)
$50 - General
$100 - Sponsor level 1
$250 - Sponsor level 2
$500 - Sponsor level 3

**Tickets are very limited due to the intimate nature of the events.