Saturday, July 23, 2011
7:30pm
THE STEPHANIE TAYLOR SONGBOOK
sound. at The Schindler House: The Stephanie Taylor Songbook is the premier performance of 8 songs by Los Angles artist Stephanie Taylor. The songs were originally written between 2002 and 2007 to accompany sculpture based installations. Taylor utilizes a rhyme based process to generate an elastic method of storytelling in which the traditional order of narrative elements is both acknowledged and upended. Working with a conceptual model of "logical thinking" which is twisted into absurd narratives that are not, in the least, logical, each song, technically, tells a story, yet the stories are abstract, and barely sensical. The songs are derived from the stories using a 5 note system based on dominant vowel sounds present in the sentences.
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advance tickets $23; SASSAS and FOSH members $18; tickets at the door $28.sound. at the Kings Road Park Pavilion
Saturday, August 20, 2011
1:00pm
SINGING SHAPE
sound. at the Kings Road Park Pavilion: Singing Shape is an exploration of Shape Note singing (also known as Sacred Harp singing), a tradition associated with the deep south and introduced by itinerant music teachers to make the melodies and harmonies accessible to those with no formal musical training. The participants are arranged in a square based on four part harmony for this exclusively a capella form. The result is a wall of vocal sound that is powerful, compelling and intended to be experienced from within the singing group.
A free workshop in Shape Note singing by Los Angeles composer and musician Jessica Catron starts off this day-long event which features two singing sessions: a "traditional" sing including hymns and traditional songs and an "alternative" sing featuring compositions created specifically for the SASSAS event by Los Angeles experimental composers Ezra Buchla and Laura Steenburge, artists Joyce Lightbody and Stephanie Taylor and SASSAS board member and LAFMS co-founder Joe Potts.
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Admission: FREE
sound. at the Kings Road Park Pavilion
Saturday, September 24, 2011
5:00pm
JOHN SCHNEIDER'S JUST GUITARS
sound. at the Kings Road Park Pavilion: John Schneider's Just Guitars. Just Guitars is a program designed for adapted guitars and voice by internationally recognized guitarist and composer John Schneider. Consisting of works by renowned composers Lou Harrison, Terry Riley and Ben Johnston as well as two works composed by Schneider, this program unites several works composed specifically for Scheinder’s re-fretted National Steel Guitar tuned using just intonation.
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Admission: FREE
sound. at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook
Sunday, October 16, 2011
3:00pm
ALEX CLINE, LADY NOISE and WILLIAM ROPER
The Baldwin Park Scenic Overlook is is unique in the greater Los Angeles area. A historically complex site once cleared for residential development and adjacent to an oil field, the Overlook offers views of the entire LA Basin as it resides at the juncture of industry and parkland / preserve. Each composer will choose a specific location at the Overlook and make a sound recording that will become the basis for their composition.
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Admission: FREE
sound. 2011 is produced by Cindy Bernard in collaboration with Scott Benzel, Gregory Lenczycki, Jorge Martin, Renee Petropoulos, Joe Potts, Dawson Weber, Board of Directors; Danny Gromfin, Board of Advisors.
The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) is supported in part through grants from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the West Hollywood Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission and the support of our members. For further information on SASSAS: www.sassas.org or contact us at 323.960.5723.
Contribute to SASSAS at the $50 level and receive discounts for sound.
Designers from left to right: Djego Padilla (2008); Hedi El Kholti / Channa Horwitz (2007); Wendy Furman (2006); Linda Nishio (2005, 2004); Tom Recchion (2003,2002, 2001); Cindy Bernard (2000; 1999). 2009 anniversary logo by Cindy Bernard.
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