Press/publicity photos and images of io 0.0.1 beta++, its construction and performances, are collated at:

picasaweb.google.com/hanearlpark/io001beta

Photographs copyright the photographers. If you use any of the images, please credit the corresponding photographer. [Additional images…].

‘io 0.0.1 beta++’ (SLAMCD 531) is available from SLAM Productions. [Details…]

personnel: io 0.0.1 beta++ (itself), Han-earl Park (guitar), Bruce Coates (alto and sopranino saxophones) and Franziska Schroeder (soprano saxophone).

© 2011 Han-earl Park.
℗ 2011 SLAM Productions.

The construction of io 0.0.1 beta++ has been made possible by the generous support of the Arts Council of Ireland.

Press/publicity photos and images of Mathilde 253 (Charles Hayward, Han-earl Park and Ian Smith) are now collated at:

picasaweb.google.com/hanearlpark/mathilde253

Photographs copyright the photographers. If you use any of the images, please credit the corresponding photographer. [Additional images…].

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 Network Performance and Touring Award, and support from UCC School of Music and the Cork Opera House.

Photos © 2011 Julia Healy

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 at the Half Moon Theatre (Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork, Ireland) via Arena’s listen again feature (it appears at around the 39–40 minute mark). [Listen again…]

Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award, and support from UCC School of Music and the Cork Opera House.

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…]

Photos © 2011 Julia Healy

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 Opera House. Kudos to Tony O’Connor and Athos Tsiopani for the behind-the-scenes help, and to John Hough for the videography and the technical support. Thanks also to Carmel Daly and Mel Mercier of UCC School of Music; Gary Sheehan of Note Productions; Jeffrey Weeter, Paul O’Donnell and, formerly, Jesse Ronneau of the UCC Concerts Committee; and Andreas W. Ziemons, Niamh Ryan and Louise Walsh at Music Network. Thanks to David Leikam of the Arts Noticed, Linda Plover of Blue Monkey PR, Eoin Brady and Bernard Clarke of Nova, and Sandra Quinn at the Evening Echo for their support.

A big thank to the best sound engineer in the world, Alex Fiennes, for amplifying the Cork event, and making the performance sound its best! and to Melanie for the conversations and unofficial roadie duties. Kudos to Marian Murray for jumping into the deep end, a special note of thanks Paul G. Smyth for stepping-up to support this project, and to Dennis Cassidy, Fergus Cullen and Benedict Schlepper-Connolly who came to the rescue when our drum-hire situation briefly went into tail-spin.

And of course a big, big, big thanks to Charles Hayward, Ian Smith and Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith for letting me share in their skill, craft, intelligence, musicality, generosity and sense of play (and their patience with this first-time tour manager): I’ll treasure Charles’ rhythmic travels to the outer reaches of an alternative-universe Caribbean; Ian’s brave counterpoint; and the spiraling, expert stacatto precision of Wadada’s trumpet.

Last but not least, thanks to all who came to listen and witness creative music in real-time!

Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award, and support from UCC School of Music, Note Productions, the National Concert Hall and the Cork Opera House.

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 +353 (0)21 427 0022 [get tickets…].

Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith will also speak on ‘Ankhrasmation: A Systemic Music Language for Creative Music’ as part of the UCC Music Research Seminar Series. The talk is free, open to the public, and takes place at the UCC Music Building (Sundays Well, Cork) at 2:00 pm on 30 March.

Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award, and support from UCC School of Music and the Cork Opera House.

Keep up-to-date with future performance by subscribing to the web feed at

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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 Alex Fiennes) at the Half Moon Theatre (Cork Opera House, Emmet Place).
  [performance diary entry] [facebook event page]
  Tickets: €11 (€6) from corkoperahouse.ie or +353 (0)21 427 0022. [Get tickets…]
• Dublin, March 31, 2011: Performance by Mathilde 253 with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, plus Paul G. Smyth, at the Kevin Barry Room (National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2).
  [performance diary entry] [facebook event page]
  Tickets: €12 (€10) from the National Concert Hall Box Office, tel: +353 (0)1 417 0000; fax: +353 (0)1 475 1507; email: info@nch.ie. [Get tickets…]

See the performance diary for up-to-date info. [Details about events/tour…]

Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith will also speak on ‘Ankhrasmation: A Systemic Music Language for Creative Music’ as part of the UCC Music Research Seminar Series. The talk is free, open to the public, and takes place at the UCC Music Building (Sundays Well, Cork) at 2:00 pm on 30 March.

Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award, and support from UCC School of Music, Note Productions, the National Concert Hall and the Cork Opera House.

Tickets are now available for the 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 at the Half Moon Theatre (Cork Opera House, Emmet Place).
  [performance diary entry] [facebook event page]
  Tickets: €11 (€6) from corkoperahouse.ie or +353 (0)21 427 0022. [Get tickets…]
• Dublin, March 31, 2011: Performance by Mathilde 253 with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, plus Paul G. Smyth, at the Kevin Barry Room (National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2).
  [performance diary entry] [facebook event page]
  Tickets: €12 (€10) from the National Concert Hall Box Office, tel: +353 (0)1 417 0000; fax: +353 (0)1 475 1507; email: info@nch.ie. [Get tickets…]

See the performance diary for up-to-date info. [Details about events/tour…]

Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith will also speak on ‘Ankhrasmation: A Systemic Music Language for Creative Music’ as part of the UCC Music Research Seminar Series. The talk is free, open to the public, and takes place at the UCC Music Building (Sundays Well, Cork) at 2:00 pm on 30 March.

Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award, and support from UCC School of Music, Note Productions, the National Concert Hall and the Cork Opera House.

flyer © 2011 Han-earl Park and unknown photographer (click to download PDF…)

Performances are as follows:

• Cork, March 30, 2011: Performance by Mathilde 253 with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith at the Half Moon Theatre (Cork Opera House, Emmet Place).
  Tickets: €11 (€6) from the Cork Opera House. [Get tickets…]
  [performance diary entry] [facebook event page]
• Dublin, March 31, 2011: Performance by Mathilde 253 with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, plus Paul G. Smyth, at the Kevin Barry Room (National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2).
  Tickets: €12 (€10) from the National Concert Hall Box Office. [Get tickets…]
  [performance diary entry] [facebook event page]

See the performance diary for up-to-date info. [Details about events/tour…]

Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith will also speak on ‘Ankhrasmation: A Systemic Music Language for Creative Music’ as part of the UCC Music Research Seminar Series. The talk is free, open to the public, and takes place at the UCC Music Building (Sundays Well, Cork) at 2:00 pm on 30 March.

Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award, and support from UCC School of Music, Note Productions, the National Concert Hall and the Cork Opera House.