Performances

upcoming performances
date venue time details
October 2010 (TBC) Venue TBC
Cork, Ireland
TBC Stet Lab returns!
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October 22, 2010 Lichtblik Kino
Kastanienallee 77
10435 Berlin, Germany
10:00pm (doors: 9:00pm) Performance by Richard Barrett (electronics) and Han-earl Park (guitar) presented by AUXXX.
Donation: €5.
[Details…]
October 25, 2010 Celeste Jazz Bar
Hamburgerstrasse 18
Vienna, Austria 1050
9:00pm Han-earl Park (guitar) performs as part of the Neu New York / Vienna Institute of Improvised Music.
[Details…]
November 6, 2010 Sonic Arts Research Center
Queen’s University
Belfast, N. Ireland
9:30am Not exactly a gig, but a presentation, ‘Subject Matter: Improvising Cyborgs’ by Han-earl Park at the TWO Thousand + TEN symposium. More info to follow…
[Details…]
November 25, 2010 Ó Riada Hall
UCC Music Building
Sundays Well
Cork, Ireland
8:00pm Performances by Matana Roberts (saxophone), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Mark Sanders (drums) as part of the UCC concert series. More info to follow…
We’re also looking for dates between 22 and 24 November. Interested promoters, venues and sponsors, please get in touch!
March 30, 2011 Venue TBC
Dublin, Ireland
TBC Performances by Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) with Mathilde 253 (Charles Hayward (drums, percussion and melodica), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Ian Smith (trumpet and flugelhorn)).
Details to follow…
Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award, and support from the Arts Council of Ireland, and support from the Improvised Music Company.
March 31, 2011 Venue TBC
Cork, Ireland
TBC Performances by Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) with Mathilde 253 (Charles Hayward (drums, percussion and melodica), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Ian Smith (trumpet and flugelhorn)).
Details to follow…
Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award, and support from the Arts Council of Ireland, and support from the Triskel Arts Centre and the UCC School of Music.

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recent performances
date venue details
July 29, 2010 Lewis Glucksman Gallery
UCC
Cork, Ireland
Lewis Glucksman Gallery presents a solo (or guitar-guitarist duet) performance by Han-earl Park (guitar).
Free admission.
[Details…]
June 15, 2010 Ó Riada Hall
UCC Music Building
Sundays Well
Cork, Ireland
Final Stet Lab of the 2009-2010 season! Featuring Alex Hawkins (piano) plus The Real-Time Company (for the Ad-Hoc Association) of… Paul Dowling and Tony O’Connor (bass guitars).
[Details…]
June 18, 2010 (TBC) The Savoy Theatre
Patrick’s Street
Cork, Ireland
The Jitney Trio (Marian Murray (violin), Neil O’Loghlen (double bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar)) perform at the Mutant Cabaret as part of the Trash Culture Revue.
[Details…]
May 26, 2010 Blackrock Castle Observatory
Cork, Ireland
Human-Machine Improvisations (Cork, 2010)
Debut performance by io 0.0.1 beta++ (itself) with Bruce Coates (saxophones), Franziska Schroeder (saxophones) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award, and support from the Arts Council of Ireland, Blackrock Castle Observatory, The Castle Bar and Trattoria and the UCC School of Music.
Arts Council Ireland logoMusic Network logo
[Details…]
May 24, 2010 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
An improvised music performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones), Marian Murray (violin) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
[Details…]
May 10, 2010 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Stet Lab featuring Juniper Hill (voice) and shape note singers, plus The Real-Time Company (for the Ad-Hoc Association) of… Marian Murray (violin), Claudia Schwab (violin) and Kevin Terry (guitar).
[Details…]
April 18, 2010 Cafe OTO
18–22 Ashwin Street
Dalston
London E8 3DL
England
Performance by Charles Hayward (drums, percussion and melodica), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Ian Smith (trumpet and flugelhorn)—a.k.a. Mathilde 253—plus Lol Coxhill (saxophone).
[Details…]
April 17, 2010 Turville Memorial Hall
Welford Road
Husbands Bosworth
Leicestershire LE17 6JX
England
An open recording session hosted by Owlhouse Recordings with Lee Allatson (drums), Han-earl Park (guitar), Jamie Smith (guitar) and Oliver Betts (clarinet, harmonium and electronics).
[Details…]
April 16, 2010 Music @ School of Arts, Culture & Environment
Alison House
12 Nicolson Square
Edinburgh EH8 9DF
Scotland
Recording session with Han-earl Park (guitar), Shiori Usui (voice) and Lin Zhang (electronics).
April 15, 2010 Stills Gallery
23 Cockburn Street
Edinburgh EH1 1BP
Scotland
Grind Sight Open Eye presents a performance by Han-earl Park (guitar); Han-earl (guitar) with Sean Williams (electronics); Heddy Boubaker (saxophone); and Edimpro (Jillian Mathews (harp), James Pitts (drums), Armin Sturm (bass), Shiori Usui (voice), Jack Weir (guitar) and Sean Williams (electronics)).
[Details…]
April 14, 2010 House Gig
La Crosse Terrace
Glasgow
Scotland
Performance by Han-earl Park (guitar); Han-earl (guitar) with Neil Davidson (guitar); Heddy Boubaker (saxophone) and Fritz Welch (percussion); and the Cr:acc Ensemble (Nicole McNeilly (bass trombone), Liene Rozite (flute) and Michael Shearer (bass clarinet)).
[Details…]
April 12, 2010 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Stet Lab featuring John Godfrey (guitar) plus The Real-Time Company (for the Ad-Hoc Association) of… Enda Buckley (guitar), Tony O’Connor (bass guitar), Owen Sutton (drums) and Athoulis Tsiopani (keyboard).
[Details…]
March 15, 2010 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Performance by the Jitney Trio (Marian Murray (violin), Neil O’Loghlen (double bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar)) plus the Quiet Music Ensemble (Roddy O’Keeffe (trombone), Ilse De Ziah (’cello), John Godfrey (guitar) and Jesse Ronneau (double bass)).
[Details…]
[Poster…]
March 8, 2010 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Stet Lab featuring Paul Stapleton (new musical instruments / sound sculptures) and Nick Williams (guitar and electronics).
[Details…]
February 8, 2010 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Stet Lab featuring Evan Dorrian (drums).
[Details…]
January 30, 2010 Basement Project Space
1 Camden Place
Camden Quay
Cork, Ireland
Final performance by the Jitney Trio (Marian Murray (violin) and Han-earl Park (guitar) with Tony O’Connor (bass guitar) depping) as part of their month long residency at the Basement Project Space.
[Details…]
[BPS page…]
[Poster…]
January 23, 2010 Basement Project Space
1 Camden Place
Camden Quay
Cork, Ireland
Performance by the Jitney Trio (Marian Murray (violin), Neil O’Loghlen (double bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar)) as part of their residency at the Basement Project Space.
[Details…]
[BPS page…]
[Poster…]
January 16, 2010 Basement Project Space
1 Camden Place
Camden Quay
Cork, Ireland
Performance by the Jitney Trio (Marian Murray (violin), Neil O’Loghlen (double bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar)) as part of their residency at the Basement Project Space.
[Details…]
[BPS page…]
[Poster…]
January 11, 2010 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
First Stet Lab of 2010. Featuring Korhan Erel (electronics).
[Details…]
January 9, 2010 Basement Project Space
1 Camden Place
Camden Quay
Cork, Ireland
Debut performance by the Jitney Trio (Marian Murray (violin), Neil O’Loghlen (double bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar)), and their first performance as part of their month long residency at the Basement Project Space.
[Details…]
[BPS page…]
[Poster…]
December 7, 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Me, Bailey; You, Parker: Justin Yang (saxophones and electronics) with Han-earl Park (guitar) perform as part of the final Stet Lab of 2009.
[Details…]
November 10, 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Stet Lab’s third birthday! With Han-earl Park (guitar) and Kevin Terry (guitar).
[Details…]
November 6, 2009 Ó Riada Hall
UCC Music Building
Sundays Well
Cork, Ireland
Performance by Paul Dunmall (saxophone and bagpipes) and Han-earl Park (guitar) as part of the UCC concert series.
[Details…]
[Concert series page…]
[Poster…]
[Get the CD…]
October 22, 2009 Ó Riada Hall
UCC Music Building
Sundays Well
Cork, Ireland
A performance by Thomas Buckner (voice) with Jesse Ronneau (bass and piano) and Han-earl Park (guitar) as part of the UCC concert series.
[Concert series page…]
October 12, 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Stet Lab with Marian Murray (violin), Tony O’Connor (bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
[Details…]
[Listen…]
September 23, 2009 Lewis Glucksman Gallery
UCC
Cork, Ireland
Not exactly a gig, but a talk by Han-earl Park (ostensibly) on a painting by Billy Foley. Presented as part of ‘In Detail’ and the exhibition ‘Then + Now: Evolving Art Practices.’
September 7, 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Performance by Kato Hideki (bass), Katie O’Looney (drums) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
[Details…]
[Poster…]
June 8, 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Stet Lab before the 2009 summer break with Juniper Hill (voice and little instruments) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
[Details…]
[Listen…]
May 16, 2009 Sonic Arts Research Center
Queen’s University
Belfast, N. Ireland
Closing concert of Sonorities 2009. Performance of Pauline Oliveros’ ‘Droniphonia’ with Chris Corrigan (diffussion), Manuela Meier (accordion), Oliveros (bandoneon and electronics), Gascia Ouzounian (violin), Han-earl Park (guitar), Pedro Rebelo (piano), Franziska Schroeder (saxophones), Justin Yang (saxophones), with Chris Chafe (celleto and electronics) and Doug Van Nort (electronics).
This was preceded by a presentation by Han-earl Park on io 0.0.1 beta as part of the TWO Thousand + NINE symposium.
Han’s travel was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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[Watch/listen…]
May 11, 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Stet Lab featuring Bruce Coates (saxophones) and Jonny Marks (voice), with Han-earl Park (guitar) and Owen Sutton (drums).
[Details…]
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April 14, 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Stet Lab featuring Katie O’Looney (drums and percussion) with Han-earl Park (guitar).
[Details…]
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March 26, 2009 Lewis Glucksman Gallery
UCC
Cork, Ireland
Performance by Han-earl Park (guitar) and Franziska Schroeder (saxophone) presented by Glucksman Unplugged.
One of the best performances I’ve been involved in….
[Details…]
[Listen…]
March 10, 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Stet Lab presents guitar-guitarist duets (one year after the first, public performance in Ireland).
[Details…]
[Listen…]
February 11, 2009 Lewis Glucksman Gallery
UCC
Cork, Ireland
Performance by Paul Dunmall (saxophones), Han-earl Park (guitar), Mark Sanders (drums), Jamie Smith (guitar) as part of the UCC concert series.
[Concert series page…]
[Poster…]
[Listen…]
[Get the CD…]
February 10, 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Stet Lab featuring Paul Dunmall (saxophone), Mark Sanders (drums) and Jamie Smith (guitar), a special appearance by Katie O’Looney (environmental percussion), plus Andrea Bonino (lap steel), Han-earl Park (guitar), Paul Dowling (drums), Neil O’Loghlen (bass), Owen Sutton (drums), Veronica Tadman (voice) and Kevin Terry (guitar).
[Details…]
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January 12, 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Opening Stet Lab of 2009 featuring Murray Campbell (violin).
[Details…]
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December 9, 2008 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Final Stet Lab of 2008 featuring Bruce Coates (saxophones) with Sarah O’Halloran (voice), Neil O’Loghlen (bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
[Details…]
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December 3, 2008 FrImp
Elgar Room
Arts Building
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, England
Performance by Zlatko Baracskai (drums), Bruce Coates (saxophones), Mike Hurley (piano), Trevor Lines (bass), Han-earl Park (guitar), David Ryan (clarinet) and Walt Shaw (percussion and electronics).
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December 2, 2008 The Klinker
Maggie’s Bar
98–100 Stoke Newington Church Street
London N16, England
Guitar-guitarist duets by Han-earl Park and Esprit.
November 10, 2008 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Stet Lab celebrates its first birthday!
Featuring Franziska Schroeder (saxophone) with Han-earl Park (guitar) and others.
[Details…]
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October 9, 2008 Ó Riada Hall
UCC Department of Music
Sundays Well
Cork, Ireland
Tenth Stet Lab with Han-earl Park (guitar), Jesse Ronneau (bass), Veronica Tadman (voice) and others.
[Details…]
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July 10, 2008 Ó Riada Hall
UCC Department of Music
Sundays Well
Cork, Ireland
Ninth Stet Lab featuring Mike Hurley plus The Real-Time Company (for the Ad-Hoc Association) of… Tony O’Connor (bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
[Details…]
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June 20, 2008 Rackwick
Island of Hoy
Orkney, Scotland
Not exactly a gig, but noteworthy for being possibly the most northerly location that I’ve performed at.
June 12, 2008 Upstairs @ Sláinte
Market Lane (off Patrick Street)
Cork, Ireland
Performance by Murray Campbell (violin), Marian Murray (violin) and Han-earl Park (guitar), and other ad-hoc groupings, as part of Stet Lab.
[Details…]
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May 8, 2008 The White Room
@ The Bodega
Cornmarket Street
Cork, Ireland
Seventh Stet Lab with The Real-Time Company (for the Ad-Hoc Association) of… Marian Murray (violin), Neil O’Loghlen (bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar), with Veronica Tadman (voice).
[Details…]
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April 10, 2008 Sonic Arts Research Centre
Queen’s University Belfast
Belfast, N. Ireland
Performance by io 0.0.1 beta (itself) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
March 14, 2008 The White Room
@ The Bodega
Cornmarket Street
Cork, Ireland
First, public performance in Ireland of the guitar-guitarist duets presented by the Cork Music Collective.
[Listen…]
February 14, 2008 Ó Riada Hall
UCC Department of Music
Sundays Well
Cork, Ireland
Improvised? Extemporized? Composed?
Performance by Chick Lyall (piano, keyboards and electronics) and Han-earl Park (guitar) as part of the UCC concert series.
[Concert series page…]
[Poster…]
December 13, 2007 The White Room
@ The Bodega
Cornmarket Street
Cork, Ireland
Second Stet Lab featuring the Murray Campbell Dutch All Stars.
[Details…]
[Listen…]
November 28, 2007 On The Edge (Safehouse Brighton)
Open House Pub
Springfield Road
Brighton BN1, England
Duets by Murray Campbell (violin) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
[Watch/listen…]
November 27, 2007 The Klinker
Maggie’s Bar
98–100 Stoke Newington Church Street
London N16, England
Duets by Murray Campbell (violin) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
November 26, 2007 Grind Sight Open Eye
The Forest Café
3 Bristo Place
Edinburgh, Scotland
Duets by Murray Campbell (violin) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
Thanks to all, and Martin Parker and Lin Zhang in particular, for putting us on.
November 9, 2007 Lewis Glucksman Gallery
UCC
Cork, Ireland
Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophone) and Han-earl Park (guitar) as part of the UCC concert series.
[Concert series page]
[Poster…]
[Watch/listen…]
November 8, 2007 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
First Stet Lab featuring Bruce Coates (saxophone), Sarah O’Halloran (voice/stuff) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
[Details…]
[Listen…]
November 1, 2007 FrImp
The Victoria Pub
John Bright Street/Station Street
Birmingham, England
Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones), Paul Dunmall (saxophones), Trevor Lines (bass), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Jamie Smith (guitar).
(Afterwards, Bruce, Han and Trevor infiltrate the Yardbird!)
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August 2, 2007 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
Han-earl Park (guitar) is the outsourced labor to sit in with Gregory Walker (violin) and the Cork Music Collective.
June 15, 2007 Ó Riada Hall
UCC Department of Music
Sundays Well
Cork, Ireland
Ad-hoc, informal and semi-public performance and recording session for the upcoming rev. 0.0.4 of the guitar-guitarist duets
[Listen and get the CD]
February 16/17, 2007 The Queen’s Hall
Edinburgh, Scotland
arts coucil ireland Planned and ad-hoc performances by Murray Campbell (violin), Peter Elsdon (keyboards and electronics), Hannes Raffaseder (electronics), Jules Rawlinson (electronics) and Han-earl Park (guitar) as part of dialogues 2007.
Han’s travel was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
selected list of past performances
date venue details
November 9, 2006 The Klinker
London, England
First London performance of the guitar-guitarist duets.
November 7, 2006 Fizzle
Birmingham, England
Han meets the Birmingham improv community.
November 2, 2004 The Klinker
London, England
First pubic performance by Han-earl Park (guitar) and Stuart Ritchie (drums) as a duo.
May 21, 2004 Turner Sims Concert Hall
Southampton, England
First Southampton performance of the guitar-guitarist duets (presented by klangsieben), and perhaps last time I‘ll perform in a concert hall.
…But never say never.
February 27 and 28, 2004 The Bongo Club
Edinburgh, Scotland
As part of dialogues 2004, the guitar-guitarist duets go beta and io 0.0.1 beta comes out of hiatus to do its first Edinburgh performance.
[Listen to the guitar-guitarist duets…]
[Listen to the Taxidermists with io 0.0.1 beta… (starts at 48'18")]
January 25, 26 and 27, 2003 Thy Teater, Hanstholm, Denmark Han provides some faux-bluegrass for the performances by De Daders.
…I had a ball.
October 28, 2002 City Café, Edinburgh, Scotland Possibly the most accomplished Amplification by the Church of Sonology, and its Edinburgh debut. (As part of dialogues 2002.)
[Listen…]
September 21, 2002 John Hansard Gallery
Southampton, England
First ‘solo’ performance by io 0.0.1 beta, and its Southampton debut (for Cage 2002-90/10).
May 13, 2002 Resonance FM
London, England
Broadcast/netcast of the Sonological message (for You Are Hear).
[Listen…]
March 15, 2002 Boxing Club
London, England
First known Sonological Amplification.
March 13, 2002 dorkbot-london
Boxing Club
London, England
First known public appearance of the Sonological Process.
December 15, 2001 Stroud House Gallery
Stroud, England
Notable as one of the worst musician-promoter experiences I‘ve had (as part of COMPUTE).
December 5, 2001 dorkbot-london
Boxing Club
London, England
io 0.0.1 beta is introduced to dorkbot-london.
June 7, 2001 Freud Café
Oxford, England
First public performance by io 0.0.1 beta (as part of VAIN Live Art).
December 6, 2000 De Illusie
Den Haag, The Netherlands
First recording session by io 0.0.1 beta with Murray Campbell and Han-earl Park.
[Listen…]
April 23, 2000 California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, California
Performance by a prototype of io.
(date uncertain) 2000 The Smell
Los Angeles, California
Absolutely the worst venue I‘ve played at.