December 1st - 4th, 2011
Art Basel
Miami, Florida
The EAR Duo teams up with EMMI for a performance with MARIE (Monochord-Aerophone Robotic Instrument Ensemble) at the most important art show in North America. Hosted in conjunction with The Streets Festival of Electronic Music and the Harold Golen Gallery of Art.



November 22nd, 2011 at 10:00 P.M.
Open Ears Music Series
The Blue Nile
532 Frenchmen Street
New Orleans, Louisiana
The EAR Duo teams up with Amsterdam's Ivo Bol for a very special evening of improv.

November 17th, 2011 at 7:00 P.M.
Catamount Arts
115 Eastern Avenue
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
The EAR Duo performs an evening of music for saxophones, bassoon, electronics and video. Splitting the bill with the Clog's Rachel Elliott.

November 15th - 16th, 2011
University of Vermont Residency
Burlington, Vermont
The EAR Duo presents concerts, lectures and masterclasses as part of a two-day residency. The concert is at 2:00 P.M. on November 16th.

November 15th, 2011 at 9:00 P.M.
Monkey House
30 Main Street
Winooski, Vermont
The EAR Duo performs an evening of music for saxophones, bassoon, electronics and video. Splitting the bill with the Clog's Rachel Elliott.

November 11th - 12th, 2011
Electric LaTex Festival
University of Texas at Austin
Butler School of Music
Performing Plato's Cave for improv. ensemble and electronics with Dana Jessen (bassoon) and Jeff Albert (trombone).

November 10th, 2011 at 1:30 P.M.
Red Stick International Animation Festival
Shaw Center for the Arts
100 Lafayette Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Lecture and screening of Social Structure [Construction no. 1] for voice, social media, interactive media, and 'socially aware' constructed speaker blocks. Collaboration with artists Jesse Allison and Nick Hwang.

October 15th, 2011 at 8:00 P.M.
Sonic Circuits Concert Series
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
8230 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland
Performing an evening of music with Matthew Burtner. Curating three sets of music and joined by special guests DJ Dubble8, the POD Nonet and AM/PM Quartet.

October 14th, 2011 at Noon
MICA: Maryland Institute College of Art
Mixed Media Series in Falvey Hall
1300 West Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland
Performing an afternoon of music with Matthew Burtner. Joined by special guests DJ Dubble8, the POD Nonet and AM/PM Quartet.

October 7th - 9th, 2011
ReVIEWING Black Mountain College
56 Broadway
Asheville, North Carolina
The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, along with The John Cage Trust and the University of North Carolina at Asheville, will present a three-day conference exploring John Cage's Circle of Influence, including his work and associations during the three summers he was at Black Mountain College (1948, 1952, and 1953) as well as his innovative work in music composition and visual art after Black Mountain College.

September 30th, 2011 at 7:30 P.M.
University of Northern Colorado
Frasier Hall 108
Greeley, Colorado
Tour with Cole Ingraham and Glitch Lich.

September 29th, 2011 at 7:30 P.M.
University of Colorado at Boulder
Imig Music - Chamber Hall (C199)
4415 North Broadway
Boulder, Colorado
Performing a solo show of music for saxophones, electronics and film with special guest Cole Ingraham.

September 28th, 2011 at 7:30 P.M.
Pendulum New Music Series
University of Colorado at Boulder
Evening concert and afternoon lecture for students from the composition studio.
Performing Cole Ingraham's Lattice for supercollider infused saxophone.



September 26th, 2011 at 8:00 P.M.
Denver University - Lamont School of Music
2344 East Iliff Avenue
Denver, Colorado
Evening concert and 2 P.M. afternoon lecture for students from the composition studio.
Tour with Cole Ingraham and Glitch Lich.

September 22nd - October 2nd, 2011
Pixilerations [v. 8]
New Media Fringe Festival at FirstWorks & Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Installing Social Structure [Construction no. 1] for voice, social media, interactive media, and 'socially aware' constructed speaker blocks at Brown University. The sound installation will run for three days, from September 22nd - 24th, cumulating in a live performance of the work on September 25th at 3 P.M. Collaboration with artists Jesse Allison and Nick Hwang.

September 6th - 9th, 2011
Foster Gallery of Art
111 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Installing Social Structure [Construction no. 1] for voice, social media, interactive media, and 'socially aware' constructed speaker blocks. Collaboration with artists Jesse Allison and Nick Hwang. A reception with the artists will be held from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. on September 8th at the gallery.


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August 8th - 14th, 2011
Artist Residency
1565 Wildacres Road
Little Switzerland, North Carolina
Spending a week in the Owl's Nest Cabin, tucked away in Pisgah National Forest just outside of Asheville.



May 30th, 2011 at 8:00 P.M.
NIME (New Interfaces for Musical Expression)
Chateau Neuf Library
Slemdalsveien 15
Oslo, Norway
Performing my composition About Place (2010 - ) for SOS, live environmental sounds and electronics.

May 25th, 2011 at 8:00 P.M.
The Sound of Mu
Markveien 58
Oslo, Norway
Allusions to Seasons and Weather: Music from a year in Norway by Peter V. Swendsen

Sigrun Eng, Cello
Dana Jessen, Bassoon
Terri Hron, Recorders
Michael Straus, Saxophones
Peter Swendsen, Electronics
Jennifer Torrence, Percussion

Allusions to Seasons and Weather: Music from a year in Norway is a set of four pieces based on Swendsen’s experience of seasonal transitions in Norway, where he lived from 2006-2007 as a Fulbright Fellow in residence at the NoTAM Computer Music Studios in Oslo. Each composition uses acoustic instruments, electronics processing, and field recordings to evoke a sense of time and place. While each of the four pieces has been performed in the US and Europe, this concert is the first full performance of the entire set and features the performers for whom each piece was originally composed.

May 24th, 2011 at 8:00 P.M.
Norwegian Academy of Music
Oslo, Norway
Premiering Brendan Faegre's Is, brann, sang for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone (one player) and quartertone marimba with Kjell Torre.

The EAR Duo teams up with EMMI for performances, residencies and lectures throughout the United States and Europe [March 29th - April 14th, 2011]. Funded in part through Meet The Composer's MetLife Creative Connections program.

April 18th - 21st, 2011
De Lindenberg: Huis voor de Kunsten
Ridderstraat 23
Nijmegen, Netherlands
The EAR Duo teams up with EMMI's Troy Rogers and flutist/composer Anne La Berge for a weeklong multimedia performance residency.

April 14th, 2011 at 8:00 P.M.
Logos Foundation
Tetrahedron Concert Series
Bomastraat 26 - 28
Ghent, Belgium

April 10th - 13th, 2011
STEIM
Artist Residency
Achtergracht 19
Amsterdam, Netherlands

April 13th, 2011 at 9:00 P.M.
OT301
Overtoom 301
Amsterdam, Netherlands

April 12th, 2011 at 8:30 P.M.
Karnatic Lab
Eerste Sweelinckstraat 10
Amsterdam, Netherlands

April 2nd, 2011 at 8:00 P.M.
Opensound Series
Third Life Studio
33 Union Square
Somerville, Massachusetts
w/ saxophonist Jorrit Dijkstra

April 1st, 2011 at 8:00 P.M.
Vortex Music Series
Democracy Center
45 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts

March 30th - 31st, 2011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Residency
[Concert on March 30th at 8:00 P.M. in Killian Hall]
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
w/ guest composer Peter V. Swendsen

MIT Program Description - The EAR Duo in collaboration with EMMI and composer Peter V. Swendsen present an evening of music fusing saxophones and bassoon with musical robots, live electronics, and film. In Matthew Burtner's Coral Attractions the EAR Duo plays in liquid harmony, performing on an array of coral percussion. The EMMI collective unveils MARIE, a new modular robotic ensemble, in three New Works that fuse human and machine power. Peter V. Swendsen's Northern Circles finds the duo exploring musical textures meant to evoke the summer solstice in northern Norway's Lofoten Islands. The evening winds down with Terry Riley's epic 1960s composition Dorian Reeds, accompanied by the magical film Looking for Mushrooms by West Coast experimentalist Bruce Conner.

March 29th, 2011 at 9:30 & 10:50 A.M.
Franklin Pierce University
Music in Our World Lecture & Concert
20 College Road
Rindge, New Hampshire

March 26th, 2011 at 7:00 P.M.
Sonic Circuits Concert Series
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
8230 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland
w/ Moonrise Hernandez, quux Duo & EMMI



March 25th, 2011 at 8:00 P.M.
McGuffey Art Center
201 Second Street, NW
Charlottesville, Virginia
w/ Moonrise Hernandez, quux Duo & EMMI

March 23rd, 2011 at 8:00 P.M.
Augustana College
639 38th Street
Rock Island, Illinois
Performing music by and with Matthew Burtner.

March 22nd, 2011 at 7:00 P.M.
Cool Beanz Coffeehouse
1325 30th Street
Rock Island, Illinois
The Burtner/Straus Duo teams up with the improvisation collective Kali Yuga.

March 19th, 2011 at 7:00 P.M.
Pink House
601 East Wright Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Burtner/Straus Duo performs an evening of music for saxophones, film and electronics.

March 2nd, 2011 at 7:30 P.M.
LSU Black Box Theater
High Voltage Concert
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Performing Matthew Burtner's (dis)Locations for alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, electronics and video with saxophonist Griffin Campbell.



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December 19th, 2010 at 8:30 P.M.
Muziekcentrum De Toonzaal
Prins Bernhardstraat 4-6
Den Bosch, The Netherlands
Performing Dorian Reeds for soprano saxophone and tape delay on a concert with the Amstel Saxophone Quartet.

December 17th, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.
Chiellerie Gallery
Raamgracht 58
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The EAR Duo teams up with Ted Coffey for a performance of music by Terry Riley at an art opening for artist Piet van Peter.

December 16th, 2010 at 8:30 P.M.
Loos Foundation
Wonderwerp Music Series
Constant Rebecqueplein 20B
Den Haag, Netherlands
See program from December 14th.

December 15th, 2010 at 9:00 P.M.
OT301
Overtoom 301
Amsterdam, Netherlands
See program from December 14th.

December 14th, 2010 at 8:30 P.M.
Karnatic Lab
Eerste Sweelinckstraat 10
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Moonrise Hernandez makes their European debut with a trio of shows throughout the Netherlands.

December 9th, 2010 at 8:30 P.M.
STEIM Hotpot Lab
Achtergracht 19
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presenting a lecture/demonstration of the hypersaxophone, a new sensor-augmented saxophone developed during a recent two-month residency at NOTAM in Oslo.



December 6th, 2010 at 11:00 A.M.
STEIM
Achtergracht 19
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presenting a two-hour talk on recent research, work and performance activities as part of a guest lecture for participants in STEIM's orientation workshop.

December 4th, 2010 at 2:00 P.M.
Noorderkerk
Noordermarkt 48
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Performing Dorian Reeds for soprano saxophone and tape delay on a concert dedicated to the music of Terry Riley presented by the Amstel Saxophone Quartet.

November 29th, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.
Pakhuis de Zwijger
Piet Heinkade 179
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Performing with STEIM's Electronic Marching Band at Musiclab #4, a bi-monthly talkshow about music and technology, in collaboration with STEIM, MCN, HKU and Interface Magazine. Download Flyer!

November 12th - 14th, 2010
Cinesonika
Simon Fraser University's Surrey Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Screening of the fixed media version of a sudden change in the consistency of snow by Peter V. Swendsen.

October 25th, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.
The Sound of Mu
Markveien 58
Oslo, Norway
Performing a solo concert of music from the What are you looking at? repertoire.

October 18th - 24th, 2010
Atelier Nord - Artist Residency
Wergelandsveien 17
Oslo, Norway
Working on music from the What are you looking at? repertoire.

October 14th, 2010 at 12:30 A.M.
Future Places
Radio Futura: 91.5 FM
Porto, Portugal
Thirty minute radio broadcast of A Few Street Pieces for solo soprano saxophone by G. Douglas Barrett.



September 20th, 2010 at 5:00 P.M. (11:00 A.M. EST)
NOTAM [Norwegian Center for Technology in Music and the Arts]
Nedre Gate 5
Oslo, Norway
Virtual guest lecture to Oberlin Conservatory's Interpretation of Electroacoustic Music with Professor Peter V. Swendsen.

September 1st - November 1st, 2010
NOTAM - Artist Residency
Nedre Gate 5
Oslo, Norway
Working with Hans Wilmers at NOTAM on the integration of new sensor technologies with the saxophone. The residency will also involve various collaborations with Norwegian musicians, artists and technologists. Supported in full by an American-Scandinavian Foundation Creative Arts Grant.

August 28th, 2010 from 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Uitmarkt Festival
NIMk Dome [Tent Number 21]
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
STEIM in collaboration with the Netherlands Media Art Institute presents an afternoon performance of futuristic, homemade marching band instruments designed by Piet Jan Blauw.

June 9th, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.
Endless Possibilities
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Radio broadcast of Cory Kasprzyk's THE STATE OF THE inSIGNIFICANT for soprano saxophone and interactive electronics.

April 15th, 2010 at 8:30 P.M.
Loos Foundation
Wonderwerp Music Series
Constant Rebecqueplein 20B
Den Haag, Netherlands
rare degree teams up with electronic musician Juan Parra for an evening of improvisations.



April 7th, 2010 at 9:00 P.M.
OT301
Overtoom 301
Amsterdam, Netherlands
See program from March 18th.

March 21st, 2010 at 3:00 P.M.
Centraal Museum
U-EX(perimental) Series
Nicolaaskerkhof 10
Utrecht, Netherlands
rare degree teams up with electronic musician Juan Parra for an afternoon of improvisations.

March 18th, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.
Logos Foundation
Bomastraat 26 - 28
Ghent, Belgium
rare degree presents music for saxophones, bassoon and electronics by Cory Kasprzyk, Matthew Burtner, Ivo Bol and Dana Jessen alongside improvisations with Troy Rogers and Logos' M&M Robot Orchestra.

March 9th, 2010 at 8:30 P.M.
Karnatic Lab Concert Series
Eerste Sweelinckstraat 10
Amsterdam, Netherlands
rare degree performs music by Dana Jessen, Matthew Burtner and Terry Riley.



February 20th, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.
CNMAT - Center for New Music and Audio Technologies
1750 Arch Street
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Performing an evening solo concert of music from the What are you looking at? repertoire. This performance is supported in part by an American Composers Forum Encore Grant. Hosted by Ken Ueno.

February 19th, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.
Orpheus Chamber Music Ensemble
California State University at Fresno
Fresno, California
Performing emptiness [reflection] by Robert Coburn.

February 19th, 2010 at Noon
Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center
328 Lomita Drive
Stanford, California
Performing an hour-long duo interpretation of Mark Applebaum's The Metaphysics of Notation with electronic musician Ted Coffey. The performance will be recorded for a forthcoming release from Innova Records. Hosted by Mark Applebaum.



February 18th, 2010 at 9:00 P.M.
Luggage Store Gallery
New Music Series
1007 Market Street
San Francisco, California
Evening of improvisations with Ken Ueno, Ted Coffey and Matt Ingalls.

February 17th, 2010 at 7:30 P.M.
University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music
3601 Pacific Avenue
Stockton, California
Performing an evening solo concert of music from the What are you looking at? repertoire alongside an afternoon lecture and masterclass with students from the saxophone studio. Hosted by Robert Coburn.

February 13th, 2010 at 6:00 P.M.
Uncertainty Music Series
Never Ending Books
810 State Street
New Haven, Connecticut
Performing an evening solo concert of music from the What are you looking at? repertoire. This performance is supported in part by an American Composers Forum Encore Grant.



February 12th, 2010 at 8:30 P.M.
IBeam Music Studio
168 7th Street
Brooklyn, New York
Evening of improvisations with Juraj Kojs, Richard Johnson, Andrew Greenwald, Scott Petersen, Brian Kane and Paula Matthusen.

February 10th, 2010 at 2:30 P.M.
Yale University's Music and Technology Lab
New Haven, Connecticut
Guest lecture on contemporary saxophone techniques and trends with a focus on the composer's role in the preparation and presentation of music for performer and live electronics. Hosted by Juraj Kojs' Composition and Performance of Music, Multimedia Art, and Technology Class.

February 6th, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.
Harold Golen Gallery of Art
12 Nights Concert Series
314 North West 24th Street (in the Wynwood Art District)
Miami, Florida
Performing an evening solo concert of music from the What are you looking at? repertoire. This performance is supported in part by an American Composers Forum Encore Grant.



February 5th, 2010 at Noon
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, Florida
Presenting a guest lecture to the composition seminar on contemporary saxophone techniques and trends with a focus on the composer's role in the preparation and presentation of music for performer and live electronics. Hosted by Paula Mattheson and Orlando Garcia.

February 4th, 2010 at 7:00 P.M.
Frost School of Music
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
Presenting an evening lecture in Room 206 on the performers role in the preparation and performance of music for acoustic instruments and electronics. Hosted by Dale Underwood.

February 1st, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.
Longwood University
201 High Street
Farmville, Virginia
The Richmond-based quux collective performs an assortment of music for saxophones, percussion, clarinets, didgeridoos and electronics.

January 26th, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.
The Camel
1621 West Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia
See program from February 1st.



January 21st, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.
CCT Forum on Electroacoustic Improvisation at The Bridge PAI
presented by the Music Department Colloquium Series
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
rare degree finishes up their winter tour with an evening of improvisation with students and faculty from the University of Virginia's Center for Computer Music.

January 20th, 2010 at 7:30 P.M.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
School of Music Recital Hall
Greensboro, North Carolina
rare degree performs music for saxophones, bassoon and electronics by Cory Kasprzyk, Matthew Burtner, G. Douglas Barrett, Peter VZ Lane, Ivo Bol, Dana Jessen and Alex Kotch. Hosted by Steve Stusek.

January 16th, 2010 at 8:30 P.M.
The Red Room
425 East 31st Street
Baltimore, Maryland
See Program from January 20th.

January 15th, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.
Sonic Circuits Concert Series
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
8230 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland
See Program from January 20th.



January 13th, 2010 at 7:00 P.M.
Hope Church
87 Seaverns Avenue
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Sharing the evening with the Meltdown Incentive in a concert hosted by the Composers in Red Sneakers. See Program from January 20th.

January 13th, 2010 at 12:30 P.M.
Dartmouth College
Vaughan Recital Series
Faulkner Recital Hall - Hopkins Center for the Arts
Hanover, New Hampshire
See Program from January 20th.



January 12th, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.
Outpost Performance Space
186 1/2 Hampshire Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
See Program from January 20th.

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December 8th, 2009 at 8:30 P.M.
Karnatic Lab Concert Series
Eerste Sweelinckstraat 10
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Performing Tetralemma by Ted Coffey [music], Eric Knisley [animation] and Mike Houston [drawings] and (dis)Locations by Matthew Burtner [music + video]. All from the What are you looking at? Series.



November 28th, 2009 at 3:00 P.M.
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Haitinkzaal
Oosterdokskade 151
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Portals of Distortion makes their highly anticipated debut performing works for nine saxophones by Matthew Burtner and Ken Thomson.



November 13th, 2009 at 8:30 P.M.
Theater Perdu
Kloveniersburgwal 86
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Performing A Few Silence for unspecified ensemble by and with G. Douglas Barrett. The evening will also include a lecture by the composer.

November 7th, 2009 at 5:00 P.M.
Swift Creek Mill Theatre
17401 Jefferson Davis Highway
Colonial Heights, Virginia
The Richmond-based quux collective performs works for saxophones, percussion, clarinets, didgeridoos and other instruments by David Maslanka, Jacob ter Veldhuis, Paul Smadbeck and others.



November 7th, 2009 at 10:00 A.M.
3rd Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival
Modlin Center for the Arts - Cousins Theater
Richmond, Virginia
Featured guest artist performing music from the What are you looking at? Series.

PROGRAM
Tetralemma by Ted Coffey [music], Eric Knisley [animation] and Mike Houston [drawings]
Dry Cell by J. Anthony Allen [music] and Arie Stavchansky [video]
(dis)Locations by Matthew Burtner [music + video]

November 5th, 2009 at 7:30 P.M.
Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, Louisiana

Griffin Campbell and Michael Straus premiere new music for two saxophones (any combination of soprano, alto, tenor or baritone) and electronics under 100 seconds in length by Dan VanHassel, David Franzson, Christopher Burns, Ian Wilson, Alexander Sigman, Scott Smallwood, Steven Ricks, G. Douglas Barrett, Juan Parra, Ivo Bol, Cory Kasprzyk, Ted Coffey, Dana Jessen, Alex Kotch, Brian McWhorter, Jay Batzner, Andrew Cole, Paul Hayden, Asha Srinivasan, Brett Dietz, Ken Ueno, Lou Bunk, Ben Stonaker, Jeff Herriott and Ulrich Krieger. See projects for more information.

November 3rd, 2009 at 10:00 P.M.
Open Ears Music Series at The Blue Nile
New Orleans, Louisiana
See Program from November 5th.

November 2th, 2009 at 7:30 P.M.
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, Louisiana
See Program from November 5th.

November 1st, 2009 at 8:00 P.M.
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
See Program from November 5th.

September 10th, 2009 at 7:00 P.M.
Odeon Nightclub
Singel 460
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Performing several short improvisations as part of Sarah Parton's Giving Pieces: This Is For You.

August 28th, 2009 at 7:00 P.M.
Poppehuis
Westvest 32
Delft, Netherlands
Performing solo saxophone music by JacobTV and Steve Reich.

August 17th, 2009 at 7:00 P.M.
Maandagmodel Lab
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A weekly gathering focused on improvisation and indeterminacy. Coordinated and directed by percussionist Robbert van Hulzen.

June 9th, 2009 at 8:00 P.M.
St. Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
New York City
See Program from June 6th.

June 7th, 2009 at 3:00 P.M.
St. Luke's Church
1101 Bay Ridge Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland
See Program from June 6th.

June 6th, 2009 at 8:00 P.M.
Artomatic Festival
55 M Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C.

The quux Saxophone Quartet premieres (Another) Three Movements for Saxophone Quartet by David Heuser alongside works by Ruby Fulton, David Maslanka, Steve Reich and Caryl Florio. Tour supported in part by a Peabody Career Development Grant and funding from the Artist Foundation of San Antonio.



May 12th - 18th, 2009
STEIM (Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Orientation Workshop

May 1st, 2009 at Noon
dam² [location here]
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Premiering A Few Street Pieces and A Few Silence (Dam Square, 05.01.09, 12:00 P.M.) for solo soprano saxophone by G. Douglas Barrett.

April 29th, 2009 at 7:30 P.M.
Scheltema Complex
Marktsteeg 1
Leiden, Netherlands
Performing Saxony by James Tenney.

April 11th, 2009, All Day
Visual Music Marathon
Visual Arts Theater, School of Visual Arts
333 West 23nd Street
New York City
Screening of the fixed media version of a sudden change in the consistency of snow by Peter V. Swendsen.

April 5th, 2009 at 2:00 P.M.
World Minimal Music Festival
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Piet Heinkade 1
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Performing Clapping Music by Steve Reich.



April 4th, 2009 at 8:00 P.M.
CREA (Studio 209)
Turfdraagsterpad 17
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Premiering Broken Telescope for two alto saxophones by Ruby Fulton alongside works by Reich, Gordon and Riley.

March 17th, 2009 at 7:00 P.M.
Universität der Künste
Einsteinufer 43 - 53
Berlin, Germany
Performing Billie for alto saxophone and boombox by JacobTV.

March 7th, 2009 at Midnight
Musicbox Club
Rua Nova do Carvalho 24
Lisbon, Portugal
rare degree presents improvisations and interpretations of music by Steve Reich, Michael Gordon and Erik Spangler. Accompanied by the live visual stylings of Sarah Buckius.

00:00h Set 1 - Michael Straus + Vitor Rua [guitars]
00:45h Set 2 - rare degree w/ DJ Dubble8 [turntables + electronics]
01:30h Set 3 - DJ Dubble8 Solo Set
03:00h Set 4 - Mike Stellar [turntables] + Daltonic Brothers [video]



February 17th - 22nd, 2009
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art
West Bank Arts Quarter
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Performing (dis)Locations by Matthew Burtner and a sudden change in the consistency of snow by Peter V. Swendsen.



February 10th, 2009 at 8:30 P.M.
Karnatic Lab Concert Series
Eerste Sweelinckstraat 10
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Performing a sudden change in the consistency of snow by Peter V. Swendsen and FeXIV (Iron Fourteen) by Per Bloland [music] and Scott Draves [video].

February 1st, 2009 at 4:00 P.M.
Eglise Saint-Merri
76 rue de la Verrerie
Paris, France
Premieres of Dans le souffle d'Eole by John Ladge, Generation Next by Alex Kotch, Double Choeur by Philippe Portejoie and Soundpainting by Vincent Le Quang. Directed by Nicholas Prost in collaboration with students from the Paris Conservatory.

January 18th, 2009 at 1:00 P.M.
De Kazerne
Van Ostadestraat 341
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Afternoon of music and dance improvisations (multiple saxophones).

January 10th, 2009 from 10:30 P.M. - Midnight
BBC Radio presents Hear and Now
London, England
Excerpts and discussion from the U.K. premiere of James Tenney's In a large, open space at the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (full performer lineup here).

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December 16th, 2008 at 1:00 P.M.
Fontys Conservatory of Music
Zwijsenplein 1
Tilburg, Netherlands
Premiere of tjugotre by Cory Kasprzyk alongside a performance of Sick Puppy, Sad Puppy, (bad puppy, dead puppy) for alto saxophone by David Franzson.

November 30th, 2008 at 8:30 P.M.
PickUp Club
Roosie Wooff Sessions
NDSM Werf, tt Neveritaweg 15N
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Improvisation with members of Rosie Wooff.

November 24th, 2008 at 9:30 P.M.
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Bate's Mill Art Space on Milford Street
Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Performing saxophone(s) on the UK premiere of James Tenney's In a Large, Open Space (1994) with the Montreal based Quatour Bozzini as part of the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. This event is one of three concerts at the HCMF representing the largest Tenney retrospective outside North America in the recent years.



August 29th, 2008 at 7:00 P.M.
International Computer Music Conference
Sonic Arts Research Centre
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Performing FeXIV (Iron Fourteen) by Per Bloland [music] and Scott Draves [video].

August 23rd, 2008 at 8:30 P.M.
The Red Room
Matthew Burtner Saxophone Retrospective
425 East 31st Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Presenting an evening of saxophone music by Matthew Burtner including two very rare performances of Portals of Distortion and Endprint for nine tenor saxophones!

August 16th, 2008 at 8:00 P.M.
Yippie Museum and Cafe
9 Bleecker Street
Greenwich Village, New York City
Performing solo music for soprano, alto, tenor saxophones and electronics by Per Bloland, Ian Wilson, Matthew Burtner, Cory Kasprzyk and Terry Riley.

June 19th, 2008 at 8:00 P.M.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra's 8 Days in June Festival
Max M. Fisher Music Center - Music Box
3711 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan

Performing saxophone(s) on John Cage's Lecture on the Weather with text by Henry David Thoreau. The Cage Ensemble will perform the work twice seperated by a Q&A session with members of the ensemble. Featuring stage director Donna Feore alongside Peter Oundjian, Tom Allen, Kalimah Johnson, Mark Fewer, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Michael Straus and members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

May 31st, 2008 at 10:00 P.M.
Heaven Gallery of Art
1550 North Milwaukee (2nd Floor)
Chicago, Illinois
rare degree premieres Instance for soprano saxophone, bassoon, turntables and live electronics by Dan Van Hassel alongside works by Terry Riley, Erik Spangler, Stockhausen, Per Bloland and Judith Shatin.

May 24th, 2008 at 8:00 P.M.
Artomatic Festival
1200 First Street, NE
Washington, D.C.
rare degree performs works for saxophones, bassoon, turntables and electronics by Jacob TV, Terry Riley, Erik Spangler and Judith Shatin.

April 30th, 2008 at 8:00 P.M.
Gassmann Electronic Music Series
University of California
Irvine, California
Performing THE STATE OF THE inSIGNIFICANT for soprano saxophone and interactive electronics by Cory Kasprzyk alongside music from the What are you looking at? repertoire.

April 29th, 2008 at 8:00 P.M.
Music Box Series at The Climate Theater
285 9th Street (at Folsom)
San Francisco, California
w/ Per Bloland: Sound & Electronics

Innovative Bay Area glitch-pop band 45isdistance will be opening things up followed by a solo saxophone set with Cory Kasprzyk's THE STATE OF THE inSIGNIFICANT for soprano saxophone and interactive electronics alongside music from the What are you looking at? repertoire.



April 26th, 2008 at 8:00 P.M.
CCRMA Concert Series at Stanford University
The Knoll, 660 Lomita Drive
Stanford, California
w/ Per Bloland: Sound & Electronics
Premiering THE STATE OF THE inSIGNIFICANT for soprano saxophone and interactive electronics by Cory Kasprzyk alongside music from the What are you looking at? repertoire.

March 20th, 2008 at 8:00 P.M.
The Lighthouse
1421 Buchanan Street
Washington D.C.
rare degree performs works for saxophones, bassoon, turntables and electronics by Riley, Spangler and Shatin.

March 9th, 2008 at 8:00 P.M.
MonkeyTown
Matthew Burtner & Friends
58 North 3rd Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Haleh Abghari [voice], Morris Palter [percussion], Michael Straus [saxophones], Ted Coffey [computers] and Matthew Burtner [everything else] perform experimental and electronic music/opera by Burtner/Coffey at MonkeyTown. Four Screens, Communal Setting, 6.1 Surround Sound, Intimate Capacity: 32

February 27th - 28th, 2008
Oberlin Conservatory of Music - Residency
173 West Lorain Street
Oberlin, Ohio
Presenting an afternoon workshop on contemporary saxophone techniques (28th) along with an evening concert of music from the What are you looking at? repertoire (27th). Hosted by Peter V. Swendsen.

February 13th, 2008 at 12:30 P.M.
Vaughan Recital Series at Dartmouth College
Faulkner Recital Hall - Hopkins Center for the Arts
Hanover, New Hampshire
Performing an afternoon of music from the What are you looking at? repertoire.



February 5th, 2008 at 8:00 P.M.
Club SAW
67 Nicholas Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Performing an evening of music from the What are you looking at? repertoire.

February 4th, 2008 at 9:00 P.M.
ARRAYstudios
60 Atlantic Ave., STE. 218
Toronto, Ontario
Performing an evening of music from the What are you looking at? repertoire.

February 3rd, 2008 at 8:00 P.M.
Dreamland Theater
26 North Washington Street
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Performing an evening of music from the What are you looking at? repertoire.

February 2nd, 2008 at 8:00 P.M.
(SCENE) Metrospace
110 Charles Street
East Lansing, Michigan
rare degree (formally Sonic Circus) performs music for saxophones, bassoon, turntables and live electronics by Riley, Spangler, Shatin, Swendsen and Bloland.



February 1st, 2008 at 8:00 P.M.
Canterbury House Concert Series
721 East Huron Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan
rare degree (formally Sonic Circus) performs music for saxophones, bassoon, turntables and live electronics by Riley, Spangler, Shatin, Swendsen and Bloland.

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November 9th, 2007 at 8:00 P.M.
Technosonics Festival VIII at Live Arts
123 East Water Street
Charlottesville, Virginia
Performing (dis)Locations by Matthew Burtner.
View press release here.



October 10th, 2007 at 8:00 P.M.
The STONE
Matthew Burtner & Friends
New York City's East Village
Located at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street
Performing (dis)Locations by Matthew Burtner.

September 25th, 2007 at 8:00 P.M.
Longwood University
201 High Street
Farmville, Virginia
Debut of the quux collective!
Performing chamber music by Shatin, Riley, Swendsen, Karnatz and Maslanka.

April 30th, 2007 at 7:30 P.M.
Peabody's Friedberg Hall
Baltimore, Maryland
Computer Music Departmental Recital
Premiering Séance by Cameron Tracy and a gaze fixed at infinity by Vitor Rua.

April 28th, 2007, All Day
Visual Music Marathon
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts
Screening of the fixed media version of a sudden change in the consistency of snow by Peter V. Swendsen.

April 20th, 2007 at 8:00 P.M.
The Lilypad
1353 Cambridge Street (Inman Square)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
w/ Katarina Miljkovic: Live Electronics
See Program from April 19th.

April 19th, 2007 at 5:00 P.M.
Franklin Pierce College
Cheney Hall
20 College Road
Rindge, New Hampshire
w/ Katarina Miljkovic: Live Electronics

rare degree presents a lecture and concert of contemporary chamber music. Premiering a firefly in the belley by Erik Spangler and Drop by Katarina Miljkovic alongside music by Ter Veldhuis, Bunk, Spangler and Swendsen.

April 14th, 2007 at 8:30 P.M.
The Red Room
Double Bill with NYC's Chuck Bettis
425 East 31st Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Performing a set of music from the What are you looking at? repertoire.

April 13th, 2007 at 5:00 P.M.
Peabody's Griswold Hall
Baltimore, Maryland
Premiering focus by Michael Straus alongside music by Bunk, Burtner, Riley, Swendsen and Bloland.

April 1st, 2007 at 8:00 P.M.
Eyedrum Art & Music
290 MLK Jr. Drive Southeast, Suite 8
Atlanta, Georgia
Performing an evening of music from the What are you looking at? repertoire.

March 31st, 2007 at 9:00 A.M.
North American Saxophone Alliance Region 7 Conference
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Performing (dis)Locations by Matthew Burtner and a sudden change in the consistency of snow by Peter V. Swendsen.

March 15th, 2007 at 8:00 P.M.
Kerrytown Concert House
415 North Fourth Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Premiering (dis)Locations by Matthew Burtner and Haiku by Matt Diamond alongside works from the What are you looking at? repertoire.

March 6th, 2007 at 5:00 P.M.
Peabody's Griswold Hall
Baltimore, Maryland
The (Almost) Acoustic Saxophone
Assisted by Greg Jukes [derabucca] and Tim Hoft [piano].
Premiering The Miraculous Tale by Halim El-Dabh alongside music by Babbitt, Denisov, Riley and Ter Veldhuis.



February 28th, 2007 at 8:00 P.M.
Peabody's Griswold Hall
Baltimore, Maryland
Performing December 1952 by Earle Brown.

February 7th, 2007 at 8:00 P.M.
Peabody's Friedberg Hall
Baltimore, Maryland
The Peabody Concert Orchestra performs An American in Paris by George Gershwin.

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December 7th, 2006 at 8:00 P.M.
An Die Musik LIVE!
409 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland
* Dubbed as a Standing Room Only Event by the Baltimore Examiner.
Presenting the U.S. Premiere of Voci di una città immaginaria by Vítor Rua alongside works by Wesley-Smith, Ricks, Bloland, Ter Veldhuis and Swendsen.



December 1st, 2006 at 11:30 A.M.
Peabody's Studio 308C
Baltimore, Maryland
Lecture and performance of multimedia saxophone music.

November 9th, 2006 at 5:00 P.M.
EuCuE Concert Series
Concordia University's Oscar Peterson Concert Hall
7141 Sherbrooke Avenue West
Montreal, Quebec
Performance of Straus' composition Another One for electronics.

November 7th, 2006 at 8:00 P.M.
International Computer Music Conference
Tulane University's Dixon Hall
New Orleans, Louisiana
Performing a sudden change in the consistency of snow by Peter V. Swendsen.

October 22nd, 2006 at 8:00 P.M.
The 24 Hour Concert
Peabody's Griswold Hall
Baltimore, Maryland
Premiering Groove for alto saxophone, viola and french horn by Adam Knauss.

October 13th, 2006 at 3:00 P.M.
Nordic Music Technology Conference
Norwegian University for Technology and Science Trondheim, Norway
Screening of the fixed media version of a sudden change in the consistency of snow by Peter V. Swendsen.

September 6th, 2006 at 6:00 P.M.
High Zero Festival of Experimental Improvised Music
Eastern Park in Baltimore's Mount Vernon Cultural District
HighJinx! Music for the Living Dead

May 8th, 2006 at 7:30 P.M.
Peabody's Griswold Hall
Baltimore, Maryland
Computer Music Departmental Recital
Premiering Permutations I by Matt Diamond.

April 20th, 2006 at Noon
Thursday at Noon Concert Series
Peabody's Friedberg Hall
Performing Doo-Dah by William Albright.

March 27th, 2006 at 8:00 P.M.
Kyungmi Lee's Master's Degree Recital
Peabody's Friedberg Hall
Baltimore, Maryland
Performing Aeolian Partitions by Pauline Oliveros.

March 25th, 2006 at 8:00 P.M.
Prospect Dance Group Studio Show
McGuffey Art Center
Charlottesville, Virginia
Performing a sudden change in the consistency of snow by Peter V. Swendsen.

March 17th, 2006 at 8:00 P.M.
Peabody's Goodwin Hall
Baltimore, Maryland
Saxophone Studio Recital
Performing The Big Turtle Fanfare from the South China Sea (arr. Straus) by Gyorgy Ligeti.

March 17th, 2006 at 6:30 P.M.
Brian Bubnash's Senior Recital
Peabody's Griswold Hall in Baltimore, MD
Performing Doo-Dah by William Albright.

March 15th, 2006 at 8:00 P.M.
Brian Sacawa Masterclass
Peabody's Cohen-Davison Theater
Baltimore, Maryland
Performing Sequenza VIIb by Luciano Berio.

March 6th - 8th, 2006
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, Louisiana
quux Saxophone Quartet chamber music residency
Presenting a masterclass with students from the NSU saxophone studio and two concerts of music for saxophone quartet by Peck, Florio, Maslanka and others.

March 4th, 2006 at 3:30 P.M.
Peabody's Griswold Hall
Baltimore, Maryland
Assisted by dancer Elizabeth Montegomery.
Premiering Maracatu by Liduino Pitombeira and a sudden change in the consistency of snow by Peter V. Swendsen alongside music by Vandevorst, Berio and Wesley-Smith.



March 2nd, 2006 at Noon
Thursday at Noon Concert Series
Peabody's Cohen-Davison Theater
Baltimore, Maryland
Performing Weapons of Mass Distortion by Martin Wesley-Smith.

February 8th, 2006 at 7:30 P.M.
New Music at Peabody
Peabody's Griswold Hall
Baltimore, Maryland
Premiering Pauli Exclusion Principle by Richard Horner.

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