Ten Questions from the Cork Independent

From the local free tabloid, the Cork Independent. My first (last?) fluff piece…

From the Cork Independent March 26th 2009
From the Cork Independent March 26th 2009

How many members of the (semi-fictional) trans-national tribe of latter-day improvising musicians can say they’ve done a fluff piece, huh? (Not counting the blindfold tests.) Braxton? Crispell? Parker? Ha! I don’t think so….

The newspaper piece was by Graham Lynch, with a photo by John Hough.

performance diary 03-31-09

upcoming performances
date venue time details
April 14th 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)
Stet Lab featuring Katie O’Looney (drums and percussion), plus OPKA (Owen Sutton (drums), Paul Dowling (bass guitar), and Kevin Terry and Andrea Bonino (guitars)).
Admission: €10/5.
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May 11th 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)
Stet Lab featuring Bruce Coates, plus The Real-Time Company (for the Ad-Hoc Association) of… Paul Dowling (bass guitar), Vicky Langan (electronics) and James O’Gorman (guitar).
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
May 16th 2009 Sonic Arts Research Center
Queen’s University
Belfast, N. Ireland
2:30pm (TBC) Not exactly a music performance, but a presentation by Han-earl Park on io 0.0.1 beta as part of the TWO Thousand + NINE symposium.
I may also be performing in the evening, but that’ll likely be a last-minute call. Stay tuned.

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performances: Park-Schroeder

On Thursday, March 26th 2009, at 6:00 pm: Glucksman Unplugged presents improvised music by Cork-based guitarist-constructor Han-earl Park and Belfast-based saxophonist-theorist Franziska Schroeder at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery. Admission is free.

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performance diary 03-17-09

upcoming performances
date venue time details
March 26th 2009 Lewis Glucksman Gallery
UCC
Cork, Ireland
6:00pm Performance by Han-earl Park (guitar) and Franziska Schroeder (saxophones) presented by Glucksman Unplugged.
Admission free.
April 14th 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)
Stet Lab featuring Katie O’Looney.
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
May 11th 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)
Stet Lab featuring Bruce Coates.
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
May 16th 2009 Sonic Arts Research Center
Queen’s University
Belfast, N. Ireland
2:30pm (TBC) Not exactly a music performance, but a presentation by Han-earl Park on io 0.0.1 beta as part of the TWO Thousand + NINE symposium.

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