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photos: Mathilde 253 with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (Cork, 2011)

Photographs of (top to bottom) Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Marian Murray, and Mathilde 253 (Han-earl Park, Charles Hayward and Ian Smith) taken at the Half Moon Theatre (Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork, Ireland), March 30, 2011 [Details…]. All photographs by, and copyright 2011, Julia Healy. The performance was presented with funding from the Music [...]

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CD: io 0.0.1 beta++: excerpts from the liner notes

At the io 0.0.1 beta++ ’site, I’m posting short excerpts from the liner notes to ‘io 0.0.1 beta++’ (SLAMCD 531). Written by the California-based interactive media artist Sara Roberts, here’s the second excerpt: io 0.0.1 beta++ is rather special in being both an instrument and a player. And given the two attributes it has a [...]

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CD store closed (for the moment…)

I’ve shut the CD store because of the move back to the United States. I plan to reinstate the purchase option, but I can’t say when at the moment. Some of these CDs are available from other sources, and these are indicated below. Mathilde 253 [details…] Performers: Charles Hayward (drums, percussion and melodica), Han-earl Park [...]

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RTÉ: Arena: Mathilde 253 with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith

An exclusive audio clip of Mathilde 253 (Charles Hayward: drums, percussion and melodica; Han-earl Park: guitar; and Ian Smith: trumpet) with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) was broadcast on Arena, RTÉ Radio 1, 30 March 2011. You can catch the two minute twenty-seven second improvisation recorded by Alex Fiennes during the soundcheck prior the performance [...]

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Stet Lab: signing-out as curator

Originally posted at Stet Lab [original article…]: As previously announced, after thirty-two events over three and a quarter years, I’ve stepped down as curator of Stet Lab as of February 2011. The duties of running the Lab now are in the very capable hands of Veronica Tadman, Tony O’Connor, Athos Tsiopani with curatorial duties handled [...]

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RTÉ: Nova: improvisation, ankhrasmation, Mathilde 253 and Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith

Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, transformation, ankhrasmation, teaching improvisation, Charles Hayward’s backbeats and Mathilde 253? You can listen again to the interview with me originally broadcast on March 27, 2011 on Nova on RTÉ lyric fm. [Listen again…]

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thanks: Mathilde 253 with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (Cork and Dublin, 2011)

Thanks to Catherine Kirby and everyone at the National Concert Hall for able and professional assistance, to John Godfrey, Juniper Hill and Melanie L. Marshall, the then coordinators of the UCC Music Research Seminar Series, who strongly supported Wadada’s visit, and to Mary Hickson, Chris Gaughan, Peter Crudge, Eoin Winning and everyone at the Cork [...]

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tonight: Catherine Sikora, Ian Smith, Han-earl Park and Jeffrey Weeter

Tonight (Monday, April 4, 2011), at 9:00pm (doors: 8:45pm): a performance by Catherine Sikora (saxophones),
 Ian Smith (trumpet and flugelhorn),
 Han-earl Park (guitar)
 and Jeffrey Weeter (drums/electronics) takes place upstairs at The Roundy, Castle Street, Cork, Ireland. Admission is €10/€5. [Details…]

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tonight: Mathilde 253 with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (Cork, 2011)

Tonight (Wednesday, March 30, 2011), at 8:00pm: Mathilde 253 (Charles Hayward: drums, percussion and melodica; Han-earl Park: guitar; and Ian Smith: trumpet and flugelhorn) performs with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) (and amplification by Alex Fiennes) at the Half Moon Theatre (Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork, Ireland). [Details…] Tickets: €11 (€6) from corkoperahouse.ie or [...]

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performance: Catherine Sikora, Ian Smith, Han-earl Park and Jeffrey Weeter

Monday, April 4, 2011, at 9:00pm (doors: 8:45pm): a performance by Catherine Sikora (saxophones),
 Ian Smith (trumpet and flugelhorn),
 Han-earl Park (guitar)
 and Jeffrey Weeter (drums/electronics) takes place upstairs at The Roundy, Castle Street, Cork, Ireland. Admission is €10/€5. See the performance diary for up-to-date info. [facebook event page…] description A special one-of-a-kind improvised music [...]

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performance diary 03-22-11 (Cork, Dublin)

Mar-30-2011: Cork, Ireland
Mar-31-2011: Dublin, Ireland
Apr-04-2011: Cork, Ireland

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reminder: Mathilde 253 with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (Cork and Dublin, 2011)

Next week (March 30 and March 31, 2011): Performances in Cork and Dublin, Ireland, 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…] Cork, March 30, 2011: Performance by Mathilde 253 with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (and amplification by [...]

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