LADONNA SMITH & BISSET&BEINS at ROULETTE

Nov. 2, 2005

Type: event
Starts: Nov 12 2005 at 12:00AM
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ROULETTE
http://www.roulette.org/
at Location One 20 Greene St (between Canal and Grand St)
8:30 PM Admission $15 Students $10
ROULETTE & LOCATION ONE MEMBERS FREE
TICKETS/RSVP: 212.219.8242
contact: [email protected]

LADONNA SMITH
LaDonna Smith will play in the moment, a deeply intense solo set reflecting emotional depth, technical explorations and current personal musical inclinations. In addition there may be a guest or two. As a violinist and violist, LaDonna Smith has been on the international new music scene for nearly 30 years. She is an active performer, as well as an educator and native of Birmingham, Alabama. LaDonna has created a style of improvisation that is uniquely her own. Alternating classical and extended techniques, she explores her instrument, painting scenarios and sound pictures as she plays. She has performed at practically every major improvisation festival and many of the New Music Festivals. She has toured Europe on numerous occasions, playing solo and in collaboration with many musicians. Her travels have taken her from New Music America to the former USSR, Siberia, China and Japan. In addition, she and guitarist Davey Williams have toured North America and Europe many times as a duo.

BISSET & BEINS
John Bisset - acoustic guitar (London); Burkhard Beins - percussion and objects (Berlin.) Bisset and Beins began playing together in 1995 and have toured extensively, as a duo and in collaboration with others. Over the time their styles have developed in very different ways, resulting in a wide range of projects from melodic instrumentals to electronic noise. Burkhard has become one of the pioneers of the so-called "Berlin Reductionism," but also is a member of the "post-industrial" group Perlonex and a frequent duo-collaborator with table-top guitarist Keith Rowe. John leads the London Electric Guitar Orchestra and deconstructs song structures with his band, Pocket, besides working extensively as an improviser. In 2001 their duo CD, Chapel, was released on 2:13 Music.