MUSIC | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 | 7 PM | $20 IN ADVANCE, PAY WHAT YOU WISH DAY OF
Folding Space Conduction Ensemble
Join us at FUSION | 708 on Saturday, September 26, at 7 PM for The Folding Space Conduction Ensemble.
Come witness the edge of musical creation with the 14-piece Folding Space Conduction Ensemble. Utilizing 50 signs and gestures the Folding Space Conduction Ensemble creates real time spontaneous improvised musical compositions. The group features 14 of the most regarded and accomplished musicians, actors, and improvisers in New Mexico. Carlos Santistevan conducts and creates the structure while the musicians provide the content. The result is large ensemble improvised music that moves with the agility of a tightly composed/rehearsed trio.
TICKETS: $20 in advance
Pay What You Wish at the door.
“In Santistevan’s hands, Dino’s baton continues to conduct new sonic explorations, ensuring this rare musical form persists and evolves for future generations to discover.” —SF Reporter
“A mind blowing performance…a beautiful exercise in collectivity” —Offside
ABOUT THE FOLDING SPACE CONDUCTION ENSEMBLE
The Folding Space Conduction Ensemble continues the legacy of the Conduction Lexicon created by the maestro Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris and passed on to Carlos Santistevan by the great JA “Dino” Deane. Using 50 different signs and gestures, the ensemble creates real-time large ensemble spontaneous music that exists in a genre-less space blurring the lines between improvisation and composition.
“Conduction®” —The practice of conveying and interpreting a lexicon of directives to construct sonic arrangement or composition; a structure-content exchange between conductor/instrumentalist that provides immediate possibilities to alter or initiate harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, progression, articulation, phrasing or form by manipulating pitch, dynamics, timbre, duration, silence, and organization in real time”
The Musicians are responsible for the content. The Conductor is responsible for providing the structure. The musical form reveals itself to everyone (conductor/ musicians/listeners) as it unfolds in the moment.
The Folding Space Conduction Ensemble is a JA “Dino” Deane Legacy Project that explores the possibilities of Conduction monthly. Many members of the ensemble have been exploring this revolutionary form of music together for over 20 years as members of Dino’s Out of Context, while new voices bring a vitality and freshness to the music.
The Folding Space Conduction Ensemble Features:
Carlos Santistevan – conductor
John Flax – text
David Forlano – electronics/sampling.
Katie Harlow – cello
Rosie Hutchison – violin
Marya Errin Jones– vox/electronics
Sean Kennedy – tuba
Micky Lusk – harp
Keely MacKey – cello
Alex Neville – acoustic guitar
Chris Ogden – bassoon
Joseph Sabella – vibraphone
Alicia Ultan – viola
Milton Villarrubia III – drums/percussion