Daniel John Plonsey
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Daniel John Plonsey
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As a founding member of the Dada Chorus, 2 concerts (one in WLH, the other in Sterling Library), and one radio concert on WYBC. Mostly singing and talking.
These concerts included 3 all night concerts. My saxophone quartet (Dave Janello, Jennifer Rycenga, Evan Ziporyn and myself); my first string quartet ("String Quartet No. 2: My 18th Birthday"), and "The Saxophone Family" were performed at these concerts. Roger Manning played the part of the dog in "The Saxophone Family."
Other ad hoc concerts with Morgan witthoft, Evan Ziporyn (on top of a college building); with dozens of others in a big David Mott piece; and with the improvising ensemble Expiration Date: Rycenga, Bryan Bannister (guitar), David Black and myself.
Also in 79-80, as a member of the Yale Concert Band, playing a tour of Texas. I remember playing an arrangement of part of Ives' 2nd Symphony, and also "Country Band March." Under the direction of Keith Brion.
Friday, May 25, 1984: Metapoint, Schine Auditorium at the Sacred Heart University Library.
Also during this period: the trio Plate: Jonathan "Boo" Elmer, trombone; Adam Bresnick, electric bass; and myself, saxophones and clarinet. We played at Larry Blake's on Telegraph, with The band Eskimo (featuring John Shiurba; this was before Tom Yoder's time with the band). We also played at least one party at Michel Cahouli and Marie's place on Telegraph. we rehearsed quite a bit at 2149 Curis Street, dubbed "The Berkeley Home for the Musically Insane." Plate was joined on occassion by David Adee (French Horn), and then Randy Porter, and the band morphed into The Manufacturing of Humidifiers. Bresnick and then Elmer moved to NY and Indiana respectively.
I was at Mills from September, 1986-1988, and during this time played with the Contemporary Ensemble. I remember a concert under the direction of Katrina Kremsky (sp?), and a concert with Pauline Oliveros in which we sang and also banged small rocks together. We (not the ensemble, but Mils and Berkeley friends and I) also performed my piece "Little Thunder" one weekend afternoon.
October 15, 1988: Randy McKean concert, Mills Student Union. I think we played a duet or two, maybe a quartet too...
October 19, 1988: Hump (Randy McKean and others, maybe 6-8 people), I think at Mills. At least that's where we rehearsed... Kirk Gibson hit winning homerun for Dodgers over A's in the World Series during concert (TV on stage).
November 5, 1988: Joyce Todd thesis concert. Played on alto sax duo piece.
February 25, 1989: Composers' Cafeteria concert, Crowden School, Berkeley. Played Plonsey's "Matterhorn" (texts by Steve Mays).
April 22, 1989: Randy McKean (thesis???) concert. Played in sax quartet. Mills College.
May 24, 1989: Vern Nelson plays Plonsey's "Piano Piece #15" in recital, New Haven, CT.
July 1, 1989: The Composers' Cafeteria at Noe Valley Ministry, SF. (Plonsey's "Bootless Ragpicker" performed.)
November 10, 1989: Final Composers' Cafeteria concert, Crowden School, Berkeley.
January 19, 1990: "Play with Steve Horowitz, 18th/Valencia."
?, 1990: Sax Quartet (Plonsey, Mtafiti Imara, Chris Jonas, Randy McKean) at Architects and Heroes, 207 Powell, SF.
March 9, 1990: Kucocaki (Plonsey, Jhos Johnson, Bon Brown, and Mantra), I think ??? at some warehouse space in SF.
April 3, 1990: on Fred Lonborg-Holm's show on KALX, 9AM, the Coconut and the Lifeguard.
April 20, 1990: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at Mission Cultural Center, SF. Our tape release party for our first recording.
April 21, 1990: playing baritone sax in piece by Evan Ziporyn, with Gamelan Sekar Jaya, St. John's Church, College Avenue, Berkeley.
May 3, 1990: The Splorb Action Players Sax Quartet (Plonsey, Mtafiti Imara, Chris Jonas, Randy McKean) play at Mtafiti's thesis concert, Mills College.
June 9, 1990: Jonathan Golove and Mary Artman at Trinity Church, Berkeley. I think ??? they play my piece, "Those Metal Things."
, 1990: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at Bison Brewery, Telegraph Avenue at Blake, Berkeley.
July 15 & 16, 1990: The Coconut and the Lifeguard (Plonsey, Steve Mays, Joy Krinsky, and Mark Dickinson) at Joy's house for invited audience.
, 1990: Kucocaki (Plonsey, Jhos Johnson, Bon Brown, and Mantra) at the Freight and Salvage, Addison Street, Berkeley.
July 19, 1990: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Mint Platter (record store on Telegraph, near Dwight, Berkeley).
August 3, 1990: playing baritone sax in piece by Evan Ziporyn, with Gamelan Sekar Jaya, Fort Mason, SF.
October 2, 1990: Kucocaki at the Freight and Salvage, Addison Street, Berkeley.
October 26, 1990: The Disturbing Group (Plonsey, Randy McKean, Chris Jonas, Randy Porter, Steve Bissinger, Raj Mehta, and Mic Gendreau) at the SF Community Music Center, I think Capp street, SF.
November 23, 1990: Kucocaki at the Freight and Salvage, Addison Street, Berkeley.
November 29, 1990: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Mint Platter (record store on Telegraph, near Dwight, Berkeley).
December 7, 1990: with Raj Mehta and ??? at the Coffee Mill, Oakland.
December 8, 1990: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Ellis Street Cultural Club, 509 Ellis at Leavenworth, 7PM.
January 12, 1991: "klezmer debut" - playing bass for a wedding in the Brazil Building, Tilden Park. I think this gig had Irene Sazer, Randy Porter, Mantra and others...
January 19, 1991: improvised music at anti-war march in SF.
January 24, 1991: with Mantra and Gere and James Jacobs at the DNA, SF.
February 9, 1991: "An Anti-War Improvising Marching Band" organized by Plonsey.
February 21, 1991: Mantra at the DNA, SF.
February 24, 1991: Mic Gendreau thesis concert, Mills College.
March 22, 1991: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Noh Theatre, West Oakland (7th Street, I think).
April 8, 1991: duos with Raj Mehta at the North Berkeley Senior Center.
April 9, 1991: with Mantra (and I think James Jacobs, Jay Stebley, and maybe Randy Porter) at Spike's, SF.
April 12, 1991: with Raj Mehta at the Coffee Mill. (Probably also with Mic Gendreau and others.)
April 14, 1991: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Berkeley Square.
April 20, 1991: twenty minutes of tiny improvisations with Mic Gendreau and Eric Berkvist at the Armpit Gallery, a tiny place on Haight Street. Also on the bill, a performance artist who stuffed a flag up his butt, and perhaps had himself duct-taped to a telephone pole outside...
April 21, 1991: Bira at the Berkeley Square - did I play on this??? Also, "Olive's Festival" - what was this??? "The Manufacturing of Humidifiers - noon" - was this a gig (maybe at Olive's?) or a rehearsal???
April 25, 1991: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at Olive Oils.
May 3, 1991: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at Jerry's (709 Peralta, Oakland). Semi-private party/concert.
May 22, 1991: tenor sax in Bira Almeida's Brazilian band, Corpo Santo, at ???.
June 9, 1991: IMA (Impovised Music Association) jam at Olive Oils, afternoon.
June 22, 1991: tenor sax in Bira Almeida's Brazilian band, Corpo Santo, at La Pena.
July 12, 1991: with Mantra at the DNA, SF. As I recall, it was Mantra, me, Ward Spangler, and ???
July 26, 1991: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers and Mantra (together? or was this with a version of Everything in the World?) at Merchants.
July 27, 1991: tenor sax in Bira Almeida's Brazilian band, Corpo Santo, at Ashkenaz.
September 12, 1991: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at Olive Oils.
September 24, 1991: Plonsey and Randy Porter at the Berkeley Store Gallery.
November 20, 1991: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Heinz.
December 11, 1991: Music of Anthony Braxton. With Gino Robair, Randy McKean and others, at the Heinz.
February 1, 1992: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Elbo Room, SF.
February 9, 1992: Plonsey, Randy Porter, Ward Spangler play for the Berkeley Symphony wine and food tasting benefit, at the Berkeley Marina Marriott.
February 20, 1992: Plonsey on KDVS (Davis), playing live with CDs by Eugene Chadborne and Gino Robair. (A cassette of this exists.)
April 18, 1992: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers in Eugene, OR.
April 19, 1992: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Bijoux, Portland, OR.
April 24, 1992: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at San Jose State.
May 16, 1992: private party (Michael Macrone graduation), I think at 2149 Curtis, with all or most of Everything in the World.
June 20, 1992: Pleasure Hammer at the Coffee Mill. Randy Porter, Ward Spangler, Plonsey, and maybe Raj Mehta?)
Date Unknown, 1992???: Disaster Opera Theatre at the Heinz: Rick Ames Stories and Plonsey solo.
July 2, 1992: Disaster Opera Theatre at the Heinz: More Ames Stories and Plonsey music in quartet with Tom Yoder, Tom Dambley and Maxim Mahoney-Flake, and with Jay Rozen.
August 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30; September 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 1992: playing Gino Robair's score (plus much improv) for Cal Shakespeare's production of Macbeth, with Mic Gendreau and Jim Bove.
August 19, 1992: Mantra & the Lucky Charms (essentially Everything in the World, perhaps with one person missing) 1-2:30, Tenderloin Park, SF.
September 12, 1992: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at Kommotion, SF.
September 17, 1992: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Heinz.
September 3, 1992: Pleasure Hammer (Randy Porter, Ward Spangler, Plonsey - later to be the new Manufacturing of Humidifiers). Alzheimer's benefit, 10:30 AM, San Leandro.
October 14, 1992: Sponj at the Middle East, Boston, MA. w/ debris.
October 15, 1992: Sponj at Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT. w/ debris.
October 28, 1992: Everything in the World at the Heinz.
November 6, 1992: Dave Slusser's big band "Blow Job" at the Heinz. (One piece from this concert is on the Heinz compilation.)
March 18, 1993: Everything in the World w/ Pluto and Eulipians - but where??? Heinz, most likely.
April 28, 1993: This may have been the PlonseyCard reading at the Berkeley Store Gallery.
May 17, 1993: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the DNA, SF.
May 19, 1993: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Elbo Room, SF. (Is this certain???)
June 26, 1993: with Sponj (a.k.a. Great Circle Sax Quartet) at Gargoyle Mechanique, 28 Avenue B, NY, NY.
June 28, 1993: with Sponj (a.k.a. Great Circle Sax Quartet) at the Middle east, Boston, MA.
July 7, 1993: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Kennel Club, SF.
July 15, 1993: CD release party for the (Y)earbook (Rastascan) at the Bottom of the Hill, SF. Played solo sax in a paper costume, interspersed with Rick Ames "Fort Knox" story.
August 12 & 13, 1993: playing in Myles Boisen's score for a dance at Footwork Studio, 22nd & Mission, SF. 7PM.
September 4, 1993: Dreamland (formerly: Everything in the World) at the Starry Plough.
October 4, 1993: on Ben Lingren's "Mob Ecstasy" show on KPFA. With Gino Robair, Dave Barrett and others.
October 27, 1993: Tom Djll CD (Mutootator) release at Berkeley Store Gallery. (Did I play a duo with him at this?)
November 10, 1993: Dreamland at Brainwash, SF.
November 21, 1993: Disaster Opera Theatre at Dog Ear Books, 1173 Valencia St. at 23rd, SF. 5-8PM. The Recent History of the World: Before, During, and After the Apocalypse (w/ Tom Dambly and Mantra Ben-Ya'akova)
November 27, 1993: Dreamland at Merchants.
January 18, 1994: with Gino Robair at the Hotel Utah.
January 29, 1994: Dreamland at Brainwash (??? I've written "Brainland.")
February 3, 1994: Great Circle Saxophone Quartet at Roulette, NY.
February 17, 1994: Dreamland at Brave New World (Fulton/Masonic, SF.)
February 22, 1994: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Hotel Utah.
February 26, 1994: Dreamland at Merchants.
February 28, 1994: Dreamland at the Bottom of the Hill.
March 8, 1994: Dan Plonsey's Disaster Opera Theatre at the Hotel Utah: Drink! (w/ Russ Schoenwetter, Mantra, Sarah Cahill)
March 10, 1994: Dreamland at the Starry Plough.
March 16, 1994: Dreamland at Hotel Utah.
April 8, 1994: playing bass with Gamelan Sekar Jaya on Evan Ziporyn's "Tire Fire." Cowell Theatre, SF.
April 9, 1994: playing bass with Gamelan Sekar Jaya on Evan Ziporyn's "Tire Fire." Mountainview, CA.
April 16, 1994: playing bass with Gamelan Sekar Jaya on Evan Ziporyn's "Tire Fire." Battell Chapel, Yale, New Haven, CT.
April 17, 1994: playing bass with Gamelan Sekar Jaya on Evan Ziporyn's "Tire Fire." Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th, NY, NY.
April 21, 1994: playing bass with Gamelan Sekar Jaya on Evan Ziporyn's "Tire Fire." MIT, Cambridge, MA.
April 22, 1994: playing bass with Gamelan Sekar Jaya on Evan Ziporyn's "Tire Fire." Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
May 29, 1994: "Carnival." This was the Carnival parade w/ Peter Josheff (leading, arranger of jazzy "Ride of the Valkyries"). Also w/ Ralph Carney and a trumpet player. SF.
June 10, 1994: Playing in some dumb classical piece, conducted by Patricia Mancini. Ward Spangler also in ensemble. At the Oakland Museum, 8PM.
June 21, 1994: Disaster Opera Theatre. 10:30. At the Hotel Utah. The Alien Losers (w/ Mantra, Susan Volkan, Randy Porter, Myles Boisen, and Ward Spangler)
July 22, 1994: Dreamland at Merchants (Oakland, CA.)
July 29, 1994: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers scheduled to play at Merchants - but Merchants closes! Re-scheduled for the new Stork Club.
August 18, 1994: Dreamland at the Starry Plough.
October 4, 1994: Disaster Opera Theatre at the Hotel Utah. Jacob: A Biblical Epic (w/ Mantra, Randy Porter, Laurence Kopelovich, Kyle Granger, and Dave Hatt)
October 22, 1994: Dreamland and The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Stork Club.
November 14, 1994: Dreamland at the Bottom of the Hill.
December 2, 1994: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Stork Club.
December 11, 1994: Dreamland and The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Starry Plough.
January 25, 1995: At the Hotel Utah: Jazz Aftermath: Splatter Trio/ Ben Goldberg/Dan Plonsey/Graham Connah
January 31, 1995: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Hotel Utah.
February 2, 1995: Disaster Opera Theatre at Giorgi's. (A gallery near the Claremont Hotel.) The first of three performance of Puppet Opera Theatre (w/ Mantra, Susan Volkan, Eula Janeen Wyatt).
February 5, 1995: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Berkeley Symphony's wine and food tating fundraiser. At the Marina Marriott Hotel, Berkeley. 2-5PM.
February 16, 1995: Dreamland at the Hotel Utah.
February 17, 1995: Dreamland at the Stork Club.
February 25, 1995: Dreamland at the Boomerang (Haight St., SF)
February 28, 1995: Disaster Opera Theatre at the Hotel Utah. The Dub Opera (w/ Mantra, Amy X Neuberg, and Mic Gendreau)
March 7, 1995: The Hotel Utah - one-year party.
March 15, 1995: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at Beanbender's.
March 16, 1995: Clyde Yasuhara's Chamber League. At Giorgi's. (A gallery near the Claremont Hotel.)
March 30, 1995: KZSU "Day of Noise." 8-10 PM.
April 8, 1995: Dreamland at the Starry Plough.
May 6, 1995: Dreamland at the Stork Club.
May 17, 1995: Disaster Opera Theatre (w/ the Enormous Ensemble), at Beanbender's. Puppet Opera Theatre and A Melancholy Opera (w/ Mantra, Susan Volkan, Eula Janeen Wyatt, Tom Yoder, Becky Bryant, Ginny Morgan; add Mic Gendreau and John Schott and remove Yoder, Bryant, and Morgan for "Melancholy"). Concert Review.
May 19, 1995: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Stork Club.
July 4, 1995: At the Hotel Utah's Improv Bar-B-Q, featuring LaDonna Smith, Doug Carrol, Dan Plonsey, Splatter Duo, Barnett Band (feat. Bonnie Barnett vocals) and more. Bar-B-Q begins at 5:00 pm. Music and Munchies for $5.00!
July 15, 1995: with Gino Robair and ??? on guitar, subbing for Randy McKean as the Randy McKean Trio. In Santa Rosa (w/ Rituel.)
July 16, 1995: with Gino Robair and ??? on guitar, subbing for Randy McKean as the Randy McKean Trio. Radio Valencia.
July 18, 1995: with Gino Robair and ??? on guitar, subbing for Randy McKean as the Randy McKean Trio. Hotel Utah.
July 19, 1995: "Beanbender's release party" ???
July 26, 1995: with Steve Norton and Curt Newton at Beanbender's.
August 11, 1995: Dreamland at the Nightbreak, SF.
August 16, 1995: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at Beanbender's.
September 12, 1995: Dreamland at the Hotel Utah.
September 18, 1995: with ??? (was supposed to be Manufacturing of Humidifiers; I think that this is the show I did w/ Mantra, Bonnie Barnett, Kira Vollman and Rich West) at the Alligator Lounge, LA.
September 22, 1995: Disaster Opera Theatre (solo sax and story). At Stork Club. The Recent History of the World: Before, During, and After the Apocalypse (solo). (Followed by Ralph Carney's "Special Parrot," incl. J.R.Brody, who has a tape of my set.)
October 6, 1995: Dreamland at Nightbreak, Haight Street, SF. (w/ Her Majesty the Baby)
October 12, 1995: Dreamland at ???, Chico, CA. (w/ Idiot Flesh)
October 13, 1995: Dreamland at ??? in Arcata, CA. (w/ Idiot Flesh)
October 14, 1995: Dreamland at Grand Theatre, Salem, OR.
October 18, 1995: Dreamland at ??? in Portland, OR.
October 19, 1995: Dreamland at Eastside Tavern, Bremerton, WA.
October 20, 1995: Dreamland at Paris Theatre, Portland, OR.
October 21, 1995: Dreamland at Original Music Showcase, Portland, OR.
October 22, 1995: Dreamland at John Henry's, Eugene, OR.
November 2, 1995: Dreamland in Fresno (w/ E is for Elephant and Idiot Flesh).
December 2, 1995: Dreamland at the Stork Club.
January 6, 1996: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at the Stork Club.
January 26, 1996: with Dreamland at the Stork Club.
January 29, 1996: with Damon Smith at Coffeehead.
February 13, 1996: with John Schott at the Hotel Utah.
February 14, 1996: Disaster Opera Theatre at Beanbender's:
February 15, 1996: 1001 Noirs at Diesel Books, 8PM. Jonathan Lethem, John Schott, Dan Seamans, and Jenny Scheinman(?).
February 27, 1996: Dreamland at the Bottom of the Hill.
February 29, 1996: Dreamland at the Berkeley Square (w/ Thoth and Haunted by Waters)
March 8, 1996: at Starry Plough - but who???
March 25, 1996: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at Coffeehead.
March 28, 1996: KZSU's "Day of Noise" 2-4PM.
April 17, 1996: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers & Job. (Location unknown.)
April 19 and 20, 1996: "John Cage" music for Merce Cunningham dancers. At UC Berkeley (Hearst Gym?)
May 3, 1996: The Manufacturing of Humidifiers at Livermore, courtesy of Moe! (With Moe! as guest drummer.)
May 6, 1996: in Steve Horowitz's "The Code." Bass clarinet and clarinet. At Coffeehead.
May 22, 1996: Dreamland on KZSU's "Wednesday Night Live."
May 30, 1996: in 1001 Noirs: Jonathan Lethem, John Schott, Dan Seamans, and Jenny Scheinman. At 1015 Folsom, between 5th/6th, SF. 8PM.
June 3, 1996: in John Schott's "Ensemble Diglossia" and 1001 Noirs at Yoshi's.
June 4, 1996: with Gino Robair, Damon Smith, Beth (? Lisick?) at the Hotel Utah.
June 11, 1996: with John Schott at the Hotel Utah.
June 21, 1996: Dreamland at the Stork Club.
June 24, 1996: Solo performance at the Chapel of the Chimes, "Garden of Memory" concert, 5-8PM.
July 11, 1996: Dreamland at the Starry Plough.
July 20, 1996: Manfacturing of Humidifiers or Disaster Opera Theatre(???) at the Stork Club.
July 28, 1996: Dan Plonsey's Large ensemble, at Beanbender's.
August 10, 1996: in Clyde Yasuhara's Chamber League.
August 20, 1996: in Dave Barrett's "Sax and Violins" at Hotel Utah. With Carla Kihlstedt and Jenny Scheinman.
October 1, 1996: solo Ivory Billed) Bird ..., and sitting in for a piece or two with Tim Perkis and John Shiurba at Hotel Utah. This exists on video. I start from inside a paper "egg."
October 23, 1996: Dan Plonsey's William Shakespeare's "Hamlet." A Disaster Opera Theatre production, at Venue 9. With a cast including: Plonsey as Hamlet, Ben Goldberg as the Ghost, Ward Spangler as Claudius, Nancy Clarke as Gertrude, John Schott as Polonius, Mantra Ben-Ya'akova as Ophelia, Randy Porter as Laertes, George Cremaschi and Damon Smith as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Garth Powell as gravedigger, Graham Connah as the narrator, and Mara Lethem as conductor. Graham Connah has a videotape of this.
November 10, 1996: in rent Romus' Edgar Allan Poe thing. 848 Divisidero at McAllister, upstairs.
November 13, 1996: with Gino Robair, Dave Barrett, John Shiurba, and Tim Perkis: music of Braxton and Cardew, at Venue 9.
January 4, 1997 - Saturday: in Torrid Anos (Beth Lisick et al) at the Stork Club.
January 5, 1997 - Sunday: solo set at that short-lived place on Valencia?
January 8, 1997 - Wednesday: at Venue 9???
January 14, 1997 - Tuesday: at Hotel Utah???
January 29, 1997 - Wednesday: in Transbay Improviser's Orchestra, at Venue 9, SF.
February 19, 1997 - Wednesday: as 2nd alto in Graham connah big band. At the Elbo room, SF.
February 24, 1997 - Monday: with Gianni Gebbia at the Luggage Store.
March 10, 1997 - Monday: Music of Dan Plonsey at Yoshi's: Sax Quintet (w/ Sheldon Brown, Dave Slusser, Alex Weiss and ?); second set the Low Ensemble, featuring Jay Rozen.
March 23, 1997 - Sunday: in Steve Lew's Quartet at Beanbender's.
March 30, 1997 - Sunday: with the Beanbender's Crew at Beanbender's.
April 3, 1997 - Thursday: KZSU's "Day of Noise." 1PM. This might have been with John Schott.
April 7, 1997 - Wednesday: at Venue 9 with the "Beanbender's Band" and John Schott's thing. (Cleveland is in sling while Mantra sings.)
April 14, 1997 - Monday: at Luggage Store??? I forget all details - book just says: "me @ Luggage Store."
April 18, 1997 - Friday: at the Luggage Store, with the Transbay Improviser's Orchestra. As I recall, this was led by George Cremaschi.
April 24, 1997 - Thursday: with Joe Karten and Greg Sinibaldi at the Yellow Room.
April 30, 1997 - Wednesday: with Eugene Chadbourne, Carrie (the oboist), and a bass player, doing Eugene's Insect & Western music. At the Lizard and the Snake, Chapel Hill, NC.
May 4, 1997 - Sunday: with Great Circle Saxophone Quartet, Buttonwood Tree, Middletown, CT.
May 7, 1997 - Wednesday: with Great Circle Saxophone Quartet, Greene St Grill, Cambridge, MA.
May 10, 1997 - Saturday: with Great Circle Saxophone Quartet, Biblio's. New York city.
May 31, 1997 - Saturday: with Moekestra, Gilman St.
June 8, 1997 - Sunday: With rent Romus and others, "Edgar Allan Poe." At Beanbender's.
June 21-26, 1997: With Great Circle Saxophone Quartet, bay area and LA.
July 21, 1997 - Monday: with Gino Robair and others at Venue 9.
July 25, 1997 - Friday: At Studio For with the Superheroes of Jazz: Joe Karten, Greg Sinibaldi and Matthew Sperry.
July 31, 1997 - Thursday: with Gino Robair and others at the Yellow Room.
August 2, 1997 - Saturday: playing the music of Peter van Bergen. With van Bergen, John Schott and Joe Karten. Radio Valencia.
August 17, 1997 - Sunday: at Beanbender's as a member of Wadada Leo Smith's orchestra.
September 21, 1997, Sunday: Outdoor music with Ward Spangler, somewhere in the area for some forgotten purpose - this might have been the Alzheimer's benefit, or an outdoor gig in SF...
October 5, 1997, Sunday: the premeire of 4 new Plonsey compositions for
2 reeds, 2 brass, guitr, bass and percussion. With Greg Sinibaldi, Joe Karten,
Tom Yoder, John Schott, Steve Lew, Jenya Chernoff and Matt Lebofsky.
8:15PM,
Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA. $5
October 16, 1997, Thursday: in Eugene Chadbourne's Insect and Western
ensemble.
8PM, Venue 9, 252 9th Street, San Francisco CA. $12
October 18, 1997, Saturday: Tag Team of Heavyweight Improvisors vs. Eugene
Chadbourne. With Graham Connah, Gino Robair, Scott Amendola, John Shiurba,
Phillip Greenlief, Tim Perkis, Myles Boisen, George Cremaschi, Carla Kihlstedt,
Tom Heasley, Joe Sabella, Garth Powell, Rex Probe, plus special surprise guests.
8PM, Venue 9, 252 9th Street, San Francisco CA. $12
October 19, 1997, Thursday: in Eugene Chadbourne's Insect and Western
ensemble.
8:15PM,
Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA. $5
October 22, 1997, Wednesday: in Ben Goldberg's Brainchild.
With Graham Connah, Trevor Dunn, Steve Adams, Carla Kihlstedt,
John Schott, Elliot Humberto Kavee, Peter Valsamis, Smith Dobson Jr.,
Scott Amendola, Rob Burger, and others(!).
8PM, Venue 9, 252 9th Street, San Francisco CA. $6-10, sliding scale
October 23, 1997, Thursday: in Torid Anos. Words and ranting by Beth
Lisick; with Gino Robair, John Shiurba, and George Cremaschi.
Opening for the amazing Shaking Ray Levis!!!
9PM(?) The Hotel Utah, 400 Bryant St., SF, CA. $5(?)
November 13, 1997, Thursday: in Steve Horowitz's Mousetrap,
with Laura Carmichael, Matt Brubeck, Dave Revelli, and Horowitz.
11PM, KDVS, Davis, CA. Free!
November 15, 1997, Saturday: in Steve Horowitz's Mousetrap,
with Laura Carmichael, Matt Brubeck, Dave Revelli, and Horowitz.
7:30PM, Radio Valencia Cafe, 1199 Valencia at 23rd St., SF, CA. $3-5
November 16, 1997, Sunday: in Steve Horowitz's Mousetrap,
with Laura Carmichael, Matt Brubeck, Dave Revelli, and Horowitz.
8:15PM,
Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA. $5
November 30, 1997, Sunday: in duet with Chris Jonas: woodwinds and chalk:
creating an 11' x 7' artwork.
8:15PM,
Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA. $5
December 1, 1997, Monday: in duet with Chris Jonas: woodwinds and chalk:
creating an 11' x 7' artwork.
8:30PM, Alligator Lounge,
3321 Pico, Santa Monica, CA. $6
December 7, 1997, Sunday: with the Great Circle Saxophone Quartet
(Chris Jonas, Randy McKean and Steve Norton)
Fall Cafe, 307 Smith Street,
between President and Union, Carrol Gardens, Brooklyn.
4:30 - 7PM. (718) 403-0230. Admission free.
December 8, 1997, Monday: with the Great Circle Saxophone Quartet
(Chris Jonas, Randy McKean and Steve Norton)
8PM, 521 W. 26th Street, lower level, Manhattan (between 10th & 11th)
Take the C or E to 23rd St. $8
December 20, 1997, Saturday: solo. Other sets by Jon Raskin Trio,
Phil Gelb, and others.
2779 (formerly known as Komotion) 2779 16th St. (at Folsom)
SF, CA. Tape Music Lounge at 8pm, performances at 9pm. $4.
Call 510-763-0316 or email bobbost@orban.com for more details.
February 22, Sunday: with San Diegan musicians: Scott Walton, Dana Reason, Glen
Whitehead and Vanessa Tomlinson.
301 Spruce
Street, San Diego CA. A
preview by Mark Lewis
appeared in San Diego Sidewalk.
March 1, Sunday: as a member of The Unmusical Rivets, an ensemble
of the Beanbender's hosts.
8:15PM,
Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA.
$5
March 15, Sunday: as a member of Eugene Chadbourne's "Insect & Western"
Ensemble.
8:15PM,
Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA.
$5
March 22, Sunday: as a member of Henry Kaiser's production
of "Peter and the Wolf."
8:15PM,
Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA.
$5
April 3, Friday: as a member of John Schott's Diglossia Ensemble,
as part of Rova's 20th anniversary celebration.
ODC,
San Francisco, CA.
April 11, Saturday: in the 20th anniversary concert of Sheep's
Clothing's first all-night concert!
New Haven, CT.
Sheep Central,
maintained by Supermarky.
April 26, Sunday: in 1001 Noirs:
Author Jonathan Lethem (Gun With Occasional Music,
Amnesia Moon and more recent books I haven't gotten to yet!)
and John Schott present a set of short black-humor
stories with Occasional Music. With Jenny Scheinman, Dan
Seamans and me.
8:15PM,
Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley,
CA.
$5
May 17, Sunday: a new composition: Plonsey Episodes 1-9: Everybody Does This
(Nostalgia of the Infinite) will
be performed by the
Bang on a Can All-Stars.
The Knitting Factory,
74 Leonard St., New York, NY
Tickets are on sale through
the Knitting Factory, 212-219-3006 by phone or
at the club.
This work was commissioned by the
Bang on a Can People's
Commissioning Fund.
May 18, Monday:
Daxophones Meet Saxophones: a concert of music by
daxophonist/guitarist Mark Stewart, and saxophonist/clarinets Evan Ziporyn and
Dan Plonsey. Mark and Evan are members of the
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Mark also plays in Fred Frith's guitar quartet.
The Knitting Factory,
74 Leonard St., New York, NY
Tickets are on sale through
the Knitting Factory, 212-219-3006 by phone or
at the club.
May 27, Wednesday: solo and in duet with percussionist Gino Robair.
9:30PM, Edinburgh Castle, 950
Geary, San Francisco. Call 415-776-6631 for more info.
June 24, Wednesday: with Seattle bassist Matthew Sperry.
9:30PM, Edinburgh Castle, 950
Geary, San Francisco. Call 415-776-6631 for more info.
July 15, Wednesday:
20th Century FORUM and Chapel of the Chimes present the third annual Garden of
Memory: A Columbarium Walk-Through Event at Chapel of the Chimes, a
labyrinthine Julia Morgan-designed columbarium and mausoleum with gardens,
fountains, and stained-glass skylights at 4499 Piedmont Ave., next to Mountain
View Cemetery, in Oakland on Wednesday, July 15 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. The
program will feature simultaneous performances in different parts of the
building by Bay Area composers, musicians, and other performers presenting a
variety of acoustic and electronic music and video; the audience is free to
move throughout the buiding during the performances. Admission is $10, $8 for
students and seniors; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. For
information, call 20th Century FORUM at (415) 255-8225.
The artists, many of whom are well-known to Bay Area audiences, to be featured
at this event include composers Charles Amirkhanian, Carl Stone, Edmund
Campion, Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Belinda Reynolds, Dan Becker, Maggi Payne,
and Laetitia Sonami; pianist Sarah Cahill; composer/ clarinetist Beth Custer;
glass instrument musician Miguel Frasconi; multi-instrumentalist Randy Porter;
koto player Miya Masaoka; video artist John Sanborn; Tibetan singer Te Chung;
saxophonist Dan Plonsey; Balkan ensemble Panacea; composer and vocalist Pamela
Z; Balkan singer Mantra Ben-Ya'akova; and pianists and electronic keyboardists
Chris Brown and Matthew Goodheart.
July 24, Friday: presenting a set of new music for strings and brass: Version Re-Mix. With: Carla Kihlstedt, Tom Swafford, Sarah Willner, Samantha Black, Ashley Adams, Joe Karten, and Mantra Ben-Ya'akova. The Art Rattan Co. Warehouse, 1218 Miller Avenue, Oakland (off International Blvd.). Sliding Scale Donation $0-20 All Ages Welcome, 8:30 pm (set order TBA), sorry, no wheelchair access: , The East Bay Creative Music Festival
July 26, Sunday: presenting a set of new music for strings and brass: Orchestral Version. With: Carla Kihlstedt, Jenny Scheinman, Tom Swafford, Sarah Willner, Samantha Black, Ashley Adams, Joe Karten, Tom Yoder, Dana Reason, and Mantra Ben-Ya'akova. 8:15PM, Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA. $5
August 4, Tuesday: in Ben Goldberg's Brainchild. With all the usual suspects. 10:30PM, and midnight. Bruno's, Mission St., SF. $4
August 5, Wednesday: in Ben Goldberg's Brainchild. With all the usual suspects. 8:15PM, Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley,CA. $5
August 6, Thursday: in Ben Goldberg's Brainchild.
See August 5.
August 16, Sunday: playing clarinets as a member of the Steve Lew Quartet. 8:15PM, Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA. $5
August 23, Sunday: with Amy Denio, Steve Lew and Carla Kihlstedt. 8:15PM, Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA. $5
August 29, Saturday: presenting an entire evening of painting/playing with Chris Jonas as a celebration of being 39 (for just three more days!). 8:15PM, Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA. $5
August 30, Sunday: presenting an entire evening of new music as a celebration of being 39 (for just two more days!) Solo, painting/playing with Chris Jonas, and Disaster Opera Theatre, and more! With many artifacts to be given away! 8:15PM, Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA. $5
September 13, Sunday: as a member of Eugene Chadbourne's Insect & Western ensemble, with Carla Kihlstedt, Ashley Adams, Jeff Kaiser, and Gino Robair. 8:15PM, Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley,CA. $5
September 25, Friday: as a member of John Schott's Diglossia Ensemble. 8PM, New Langton Arts, San Francsico
October 1, Thursday: as a member of Moe! Staiano's Moechestra. 9:30PM, The Starry Plough, Oakland
October 22: Plonsey Episodes 1-9: Everybody Does This (Nostalgia of the Infinite) will be performed by the Bang on a Can All-Stars. This is the second performance ever, the West Coast premiere. It will be performed as part of the Other Minds Festival. This work was commissioned by the Bang on a Can People's Commissioning Fund.
October 23, Friday: Daxophones Meet Saxophones: a concert of music by daxophonist/guitarist Mark Stewart, and saxophonist/clarinets Evan Ziporyn and Dan Plonsey and vocalist/electronic-musician Pamela Z. Mark and Evan are members of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Mark also plays in Fred Frith's guitar quartet. Two sets. 8:15PM, Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley,CA. $5
November 22, Sunday: in Ben Goldberg's Brainchild. With all the usual suspects. 5PM, Brazil Room, Tilden Park, Berkeley. Private party for Bruno's employees.
December 20, Sunday: With: Mantra Ben Ya'akova's ensemble of improvisers, including: Ashley Adams, Myles Boisen, Jenya Chernoff, Nancy Clarke, Cleveland Plonsey, Dan Plonsey, Gino Robair, John Schott, Karen Stackpole, Moe! Staiano, Susan Volkan, and Tom Yoder. 8:15PM, Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley,CA. $5
January 10, Sunday:
Solo oboe,
voice and cheap synth, with Myles Boisen, real-time processing. Celebrating
the
release of the new CD-R
Understanding Human Behavio,
Limited Sedition
006.
Come hear such number one hit favorites as:
"I've got a little oboe in my soul"
"I'm sitting on top of the world (with an oboe)," and of course:
"One of these times - I'm going to play the oboe again"
7:30PM,
Beanbender's, 2295 Shattuck Ave.,
Berkeley,CA.
$5
Sunday, March 25
In the Beanbender's All-Stars, with Nancy Clarke and Bill Hsu; with
slides by Alan Brightbill.
Beanbender's at the Fine Arts Cinema, 2451 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
Saturday, May 8
KZSU's "Day of Noise." Live in the studio with Phil Gelb, John Shiurba,
Matthew Sperry, Scott Rosenberg, Sean Meehan and Garth Powell, from
approximately 1-3PM.
At 90.1FM,
or you can listen to KZSU at:
http://realaudio.stanford.edu.
May 11
In the Cleveland Plonsey Urchestra (with Cleveland and Mantra.
2026 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
Saturday, May 15
In the Berkeley Music Circus, 1-4 PM, downtown Berkeley, with 100 others.
Thursday 20th, 20:15 De Provadje Theater, Verdronkenoord 12 in Alkmaar Theater is near by the central train station, phone number is: 072 511 01 36 Monday 24th, 20:30 De Paradox, Telegraafstraat 62 in Tilburg Also very close to the central train station, Phone number is: 013 543 22 66 Wednesday 26th, 20:30 Cafe Binnen, Binnen Bantammerstraat 9 in Amsterdam Nearby the central station, also near the Nieuwe Mart, Phone Number is: 020 421 89 01 Saturday 29th, 21:00 SJU-Huis, Varkenmarkt 2 In Utrecht A five minute walk from Utrecht Central Station, Phone number is: 030 234 04 36 Monday 31st, 21:00 Cafe Wilhelmina, Wilhelminaplein 6 in Eindhoven I do not know how close this is to the train station, Phone Number is: 040 244 72 86
June 21, Monday: 20th Century FORUM and Chapel of the Chimes present the fourth annual Garden of Memory: A Columbarium Walk-Through Event at Chapel of the Chimes, a labyrinthine Julia Morgan-designed columbarium and mausoleum with gardens, fountains, and stained-glass skylights at 4499 Piedmont Ave., next to Mountain View Cemetery, in Oakland on Wednesday, July 15 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. The program will feature simultaneous performances in different parts of the building by Bay Area composers, musicians, and other performers presenting a variety of acoustic and electronic music and video; the audience is free to move throughout the buiding during the performances. Admission is $10, $8 for students and seniors; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. For information, call 20th Century FORUM at (415) 255-8225.
July 10, Saturday: As a guest clarinetist on one tune with Mumble & Peg, at the Starry Plough, Oakland.
July 18, Wednesday: as a member of Spirit Park, with
Ron Thompson and Karen Stackpole.
8PM, Venue 9
July 29, Thursday: as a member of Moe! Staiano's Moechestra. 9:30PM, The Starry Plough, Oakland
August 21, Saturday: Leading an ensemble of:
Vinny Golia, reeds Dan Plonsey, reeds Jeff Kaiser, trumpet Mike Vlatkovich, trombone Steuart Liebig, electric bass Billy Mintz, drums Mantra Ben-Ya'akova, voiceat Ventura City Hall, Ventura, CA.
September 9, Thursday: as a member of Spirit Park, with
Ron Thompson and Karen Stackpole.
9PM, The Luggage Store
November 10, Wednesday: as a member of Spirit Park, with
Ron Thompson, guitar; Karen Stackpole, percussion and gongs.
9:30PM, The Starry Plough, Oakland
December 1, Wednesday: leading Daniel Popsicle: playing a collection of brand new compositions by Plonsey which will also feature a generous amount of improvisation. The ensemble is marked by its unusual instrumentation, which enables it to escape the standards of intonation which have prevailed in the Western World for the majority of this millenium. Daniel Popsicle was organized to meet an obligation to Plonsey's former teacher, Anthony Braxton: "Sir, we must now write music for the next millenium!" The ensemble:
Dan Plonsey: oboe, clarinets, c melody saxophone Ben Goldberg: clarinet Joe Karten: shofar Tom Yoder: trombone Phil Gelb: shakuhachi Ward Spangler: marimba Wayne Vitale: Balinese percussion & gangsa Sarah Willner: Balinese gangsa, viola Tom Swafford: violin Samantha Black: cello Ashley Adams: bass Matthew Sperry: bass Randy Porter: cumbus, guitar, violin John Schott: national steel guitar Gino Robair: mandolin & percussion Erling Wold: farfisa organ Lynn Wold: acrusonic organ Mantra Ben-Ya'akova: voice9:30PM, The Starry Plough, Oakland
Thursday, January 13: with Gino Robair and friends, at the Hotel Utah, 9:30PM.
Tuesday, January 25: With Club Foot Orchestra at the World Financial Center Winter Garden at 7PM. Admission is supposedly free. It's all part of a silent film festival.
Sunday, March 19:
The premeire of
Sunburst (scenes 1-6)
Paul Schick, libretto; w/ Mantra & Cleveland Plonsey, Susan Volkan,
Nancy Clarke, Tom Yoder, Sarah Willner, and John Schott as Orpheus.
At 2:55PM!
As part of the:
OPUS415 No.5 Bay Area New Music Marathon,
Produced by the Common Sense Composers Collective
Sunday, March 19, 2000 1 pm - 11 pm
Theater Artaud, San Francisco,
450 Florida, between 17th Street and Mariposa
All Day Pass $18, $13 students/seniors.
Tickets: 415-621-7797 Info: 415-285-8680,
or buy on the web at
ticketweb.
``Sunburst,'' Dan Plonsey's dramatic scene
for three colander-wearing
instrumentalists and a handful of
singer-actors, managed to be oddly en
tertaining despite being essentially a string
of in-jokes. -- Joshua Kosman, SF Chronicle, March 21, 2000. Thanks a lot, Josh.
Saturday, May 6: Berkeley Day of Music (organized by Randy Porter). Music by and for me and kids and adults too. Berkeley Public Library, 2PM. Also, improvisations with random humans around Shattuck Avenue. 3-5 PM. Admission Free.
Saturday, May 13: Foot 'n' Shoe Music, curated by Sarah Cahill, as part of the Berkeley Arts Festival. Situated in the former home of Huston's Shoes on Shattuck Avenue. One composition: "Concerto for Hi-Hat and Orchestra of Children." 4PM. Admission Free.
Saturday, May 13: KZSU's Day of Noise. Improvisations with Kaffe Matthews, Alan Brightbill, Randy Porter, and Ron Thompson. 10:30 PM. 90.1FM. This is the 6th annual KZSU Day of Noise! At 90.1FM, or you can listen to KZSU at: http://realaudio.stanford.edu.
Monday, June 12: Mark Stewart with Pamela Z and Dan Plonsey At a relatively new space called Tuva: 3192 Adeline, where M.L.K. and Adeline merge together, half a block south of Ashby BART, West side of the street. $6-10 sliding scale. 8PM.
Saturday, June 17: First day of "Trios Festival," co-sponsored by New Langton Arts. Improvisations with Spiritpark (Ron Thompson and Karen Stackpole). New Langton Arts, 7:30 PM. Bill Horvitz Trio (w/ Steve Adams and Joe Sabella, opening). $10.
Sunday, June 25: Improvisations with Jeff Kaiser and Ernesto Diaz-Infante. Jupiter, Shattuck at Allston Way, Berkeley. Free. 3PM. "024C" opening.
Friday, July 7 At the Meridian Gallery, with Phil Gelb and others.
Saturday, July 8 As a member of Ben Goldberg's Brainchild, at the Zeum's "Avant Yard" summer series of concerts, in the Zeum's backyard. The Zeum is at 4th/Howard in San Francisco. 1PM. Admission Free!
Saturday, July 22 Compositions of Dan Plonsey performed by Daniel Popsicle, at the Zeum's "Avant Yard" summer series of concerts, in the Zeum's backyard. The Zeum is at 4th/Howard in San Francisco. 1PM. Admission Free!
Sunday, October 15
The world premiere of
"Humming, moving, still our flowers are blooming under the old
Portcullis"
for large ensemble and miniature tableau theatre, by Dan Plonsey,
performed by Daniel Popsicle.
The lineup for this performance is:
Dan Plonsey: c melody sax Phil Gelb: shakuhachi Michael Zelner: clarinet Tom Yoder: trombone Erling Wold: accordion, organ Lynn Wold: farfisa organ Tom Swafford: violin Sarah Willner: viola Ashley Adams: bass Steve Lew: electric bass Mike Pukish: percussionMaster percussionist genius Moe! will open the evening with a solo performance of walloping.
Wednesday, November 1 With John Schott's Hootenanny. Cato's Ale House.
Feb 14,16,18(2)
Four concerts with a collective sextet of Plonsey,
Peter van Bergen, Steve Horowitz, Joost Buis,
Jim Bove, and Jim Meneses. We will be playing
compositions that we have written that are inspired
directly by Sun Ra's music. I don't know what the
others have written yet, but I focussed on writing
music related to the Discipline series.
Feb 23,24,25,26,27,28
Five concerts of Dan Plonsey: Bird-Constructions & Musics
and one (Feb 24) participating in a performance art/music show
by Molly Sturges and Chris Jonas.
Dan Plonsey: Bird-Constructions & Musics
May 5, Saturday, 6PM, Dan Plonsey presents:
Garbaggio Truckio Fantastico
as part of the:
7th annual KZSU Day of Noise! At 90.1FM,
or you can listen to KZSU at:
http://realaudio.stanford.edu.
May 8, Tuesday, 10:30 AM, the Berkeley Symphony plays Plonsey's The Dolphins in the Forest, Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley campus, Berkeley. Pre-performance talk by Plonsey. Free!
May 30, Wednesday evening, 6-9PM: With John Schott's Hootenanny, Cato's Ale House. Piedmont Ave, just above MacArthur. Admission free! (Please eat and drink, though!) Music from early 20th century America. With Mantra, Ben Goldberg, Tim Madden and Dan Seamons.
June 10: 17 or so marches by Plonsey, performed by New Music Works in Santa Cruz:
ANNUAL AVANT GARDEN PARTY
2001: A SPACE GARDEN
Sunday, June 10, 2001, 2 - 6pm
Topside Estates, 700 Spring Street, Santa Cruz
Sponsored by Streetlight Records
This year's Avant Garden Party brings
super-galactic spheres to this annual outdoor fete of flora, music, and
feasting. It's about space; it's about gardens;
it's about as extraterrestrial as we can get without wearing
pressurized suits.
Dan Plonsey: 21Marches into the 21st Century* (World Premiere)
Henry Brant: Spatially-separated music
Fred Frith: New work* (World Premiere)
Darcy Reynolds: Works for viola and piano
Sound installations by Douglas Leedy, John Cage,
and others
June 24
Daniel Popsicle performs works by Dan Plonsey (Music of
Northwestern El Cerrito).
Presented by Beanbender's and the
Berkeley Arts Festival.
Also on the program: Ben Goldberg's Brainchild,
Toychestra, and Graham Connah's Jettison Slinky.
Sunday, June 24
7 PM
2200 Shattuck Avenue (former Lee Frank Jewellers)
$6-$10, sliding scale
contact: 510-665-9496.
July 15
Dan Plonsey presents:
Garbaggio Truckio Fantastico
as part of the:
THE FIRST ANNUAL TRANSBAY SKRONKATHON BBQ
1pm
Phyll Smith/Andre Custodio -- Ethereal/Dark
Ambient/Experimental/DarkWave/Noise
Ron Thompson -- solo guitar+computer
Dan Plonsey's Garbaggio Truckio Fantastico -- truly improvised music
interval
3pm
Rubber City -- David Slusser [sax], Ralph Carney [horns], Richard
Saunders [bass], Michel Dumonceau [drums]
Saint of Killers -- avant-space-rock-metal-noise
interval
4:30pm
sfSound Group -- a new music ensemble
Compomicro-Dexall -- Noise-free-mad-jazz-punk-grindcore duo
Jessica Loos / Damon Smith Duo -- Improvised Sound Poetry/String Bass
interval
6pm
Marco Eneidi -- solo saxophone
Myles Boisen & Karen Stackpole -- prepared guitar and gongs
Tori Anus -- computer/guitar/viola/drum/random circuits from:
[Jorge Boehringer, Kris Miltner, and David Horton]
interval
7:45pm
tonamatt -- Nancy Beckman [shakuhachi], Tom Bickley
[recorder&electronics], Marianne MacDonald [harp], Kattt Sammon [voice]
Phillip Greenlief -- solo saxophone
Double Nickels -- a double quintet with
[John Shiurba/Myles Boisen, matt ingalls/John Ingle, Tom Djll/Tom Yoder]
[Dan Plonsey/Eli Crews, Gino Robair/Karen Stackpole]
interval
9:30pm
Bob Marsh [cello,etc]/Scott R Looney [computer]/Ernesto Diaz-Infante
[guitar extensions]/Garth Powell [drums]
Transmission Trio -- [Colin Stetson, Eric Perney, Andrew Kitchen]
Monday, September 10, 2001: Plonsey Episodes 1-9: Everybody
Does This
(Nostalgia of the Infinite) will
be performed by the
Bang on a Can
All-Stars. This is the third performance ever, the LA premiere.
This work was commissioned by the
Bang on a Can People's
Commissioning Fund.
7pm,
Bovard Auditorium
at USC, Los Angeles, CA.
Saturday, September 29:
SpiritPark (Plonsey, Ron Thompson, guitars; Joe Sabella, percussion)
Part of Trio Festival 2. Begins at 4PM; SpiritPark is the 4th of 5
trios to play, going on at approximately 7PM.
Tuva:
3192 Adeline, where M.L.K. and Adeline merge together,
half a block south of Ashby BART, West side of the street.
$6-10 sliding scale.
Thursday, October 4: with Jeff Kaiser, trumpet, and others.
8pm, The Luggage Store.
Jeff KAISER (trumpet);
Dan PLONSEY (woodwinds);
Ernesto DIAZ-INFANTE (guitar).
Jeff Kaiser, Dan Plonsey, and Ernesto Diaz-Infante
will be exploring the underworld realm of Hades using
their sound as auditory metaphors (in the post-Jungian
symbolic sense of the word) for the psychology of
antiquity also known as mythology. Wait! Actually they
will just be improvising. Their select tools are:
trumpet, flugelhorn and electronics (Jeff), an
arsenal of woodwinds (Dan), and a guitar strung with
dental floss, paper clips and a small stuffed rabbit
named Persephone (Ernesto).
Review
so jeff kaiser had this table full of gear and was playing CDs
mostly (precomposed) and mixing everyone else's sound. dan sat
out for the first 10 minutes or so, but more than made up for it
later. ernesto rushed in after about 20 minutes and proceeded
to play subtle gorgeous quiet counterpoint to the others' raucous...
but i'm getting ahead of myself. so jeff's CDs, multioctavous
babble overlaid with these low throbbings, see, caused gravity
and direction to be exerted on the players. very dense, very
forward motion. immediately a music was evident, amplified by
multiphoniacal varihorn soloduos. never seen someone use one a
them mouthpieces that-a way, hmm. they got all this music in
their heads and fingers -- my fave was the medieval stuff in the
middle plus the hocketing and of course the impromptu sung
canonical. not that the derivations were explicit, mind you.
resonances within resonances. the drunken minstrels carouse while
the philosopher ponders.
-- Tildy Bayar
Sunday, October 28, 2001: Plonsey Episodes 1-9: Everybody
Does This
(Nostalgia of the Infinite) will
be performed by the
Bang on a Can
All-Stars. This is the fourth performance ever.
It will be performed as part of the Bang on a Can Marathon.
This work was commissioned by the
Bang on a Can People's
Commissioning Fund.
Brooklyn Academy of Music (a.k.a. BAM)
Tuesday, January 29, 2002 at 8 pm
Jay Rozen, tuba recital, with Dan Plonsey, guest improviser on one piece,
and composer of solo tuba piece, The Actual Physical Center of the
Universe.
UC Stanislaus (near Modesto, CA). Admission $5.
Friday, February 8, 2002 at 8 pm
John Shiurba
with special guests Dan Plonsey on alto saxophone, matt ingalls on clarinet,
Tom Yoder on trombone, Matthew Sperry on contrabass, and Gino Robair on
percussion, with Morgan Guberman and Lara Bruckmann, voices.
San Francisco -- On February 8, New Langton Arts presents guitarist John
Shiurba, performing two new works: 30 Interjections and TRIPLICATE. Using
everything from his knuckles to kitchen utensils, Shiurba improvises and
expands upon the traditional sound range of the electric and acoustic
guitar, producing unrecognizable results. The performance begins at 8 pm.
Tickets are $8 general, $6 members, students, and seniors. New Langton Arts
is located at 1246 Folsom Street (between 8th and 9th streets) in San
Francisco. For more information or reservations, call 415 626 5416.
Tuesday, April 9, 2002 at 8 pm
Daniel Popsicle: "Music from Northern El Cerrito: Daniel Popsicle plays
Cerrito Theatre Music of Dan Plonsey"
The Cerrito Theatre is a theatre which may or may not be
restored to use if it isn't turned into a mattress store or
(unspecified) national chain pet food store.
The Black Box
1928 Telegraph Ave
Oakland CA 94612
bet. 19 & 20 St. Downtown Oakland
1 block from 19 St BART
510-451-1932
wheelchair accessable
All shows start at 7:54pm.
Admission is $6-$1000 sliding scale
Friday, June 7, 2002, 8PM
Two 10-minute solo sets, as part of:
Irrational Exhuberance
at 848 community space (that's 848 Divisadero),
San Francisco, CA.
Short performance (10 minutes?)
with Cleveland and Mischa,
clarinet, and toy trains
and various percussion and wind instruments.
Friday, June 21, 2002, 5PM(??)
Performers include Ingram Marshall, Kyle Gann, Daniel Lentz with Brad Ellis
and William Trimble, Maggi Payne, Laetitia Sonami, Krystina Bobrowski, Dean
Santomieri, Matthew Goodheart, Greg Moore, Jason Serinus, Dan Plonsey,
Katrina Wreede, Miguel Frasconi, John Bischoff, Charles Amirkhanian, Henry
Kaiser and Danielle de Gruttola, Ya Elah, Elaine Kreston, Brenda Hutchinson,
Jerry Kuderna, Philip Gelb with Shoko Hikage and Brett Larner, Randy Porter,
Pamela Z, Sarah Cahill, and the Cornelius Cardew Choir.
Garden of Memory offers a unique and personal musical experience to every
listener as he or she wanders freely through this multilevel maze of interior
gardens, alcoves, pools, and antechambers ingeniously designed by Julia
Morgan. Drawing crowds of around eight hundred people each year (including a
large number of children), Garden of Memory has become a favorite summer
solstice celebration for Bay Area audiences.
New Music Bay Area is a nonprofit organization which provides opportunities
and information to composers and performers of new music throughout the Bay
Area. New Music Bay Area is supported by grants from the California Arts
Council and the generosity of its members and donors. Garden of Memory is
supported in part by a Community Partnership Grant from the San Francisco Bay
Area Chapter of American Composers Forum.
Music (Plonsey compositions played by
eight members of Daniel Popsicle:
John Schott, Matthew Sperry, Tom Yoder, John Shiurba,
Lynn Wold, Suki O'Kane, Michael Zelner, and Plonsey)
and toy trains as part of the incredible, wonderful
Chapel of the Chimes
New Music Bay Area and Chapel of the Chimes present their magical summer
solstice celebration Garden of Memory: a Columbarium Walk-Through Event at
Chapel of the Chimes, a labyrinthine Julia Morgan-designed columbarium and
mausoleum replete with gardens, fountains, and stained-glass skylights at
4499 Piedmont Ave., next to Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland on Friday, June
21 from 5 to 8 pm. The program features simultaneous performances in
different parts of the building as composers and musicians present a variety
of acoustic and electronic music, installations, and interactive events; the
audience is free to move throughout the building during the performances.
Admission is by sliding scale, $20-5. For information, call New Music Bay
Area at (415)563-6355 ex. 3, or write to info@newmusicbayarea.org.
Sunday, July 14, 2002 at ~8 pm
Garbaggio Truckio Fantasticko presents:
"It's All in Good Fun (you assholes)"
An opera (a very short - 10-15 minutes long - opera),
a mockery: of everyone, from top to bottom of the music
world, including performers, composers, reviewers, presenters, theorists, audience.
on the
Second Annual
TRANSBAY SKRONKATHON BBQ, 1PM-11PM,
Tuva Space, 3192 Adeline, Berkeley.
Saturday, July 27, 2002 at 8 pm
For the second set we premiere scenes from an opera-in-progress,
"AMARAMA." The libretto, by Paul Schick, incorporates four (now five)
different tellings of a pastoral comedy, "The Faithful Shepherd,"
("Il Pastor Fido", Guarini, 1590), a complex tale of 3 mismatched
couples, which is mined for its conflicting depictions of Love,
which is herein associated with disturbance, dislocation, discontinuity,
and, of course, disaster. The music is inspired by that of Indian films,
and the action takes place in Ancient Greece/60s California.
Musicians include:
Nancy Clarke, Phil Gelb, Ben Goldberg, Matt Ingalls, Steve Kirk,
Suki O'Kane, Mantra Plonsey, Mike Pukish, John Schott, Jonathan Segel,
John Shiurba, Ward Spangler, Matthew Sperry, Sarah Willner, Lynn Wold,
Tom Yoder, Michael Zelner, and Dan Plonsey.
Daniel Popsicle: "Music from El Cerrito: Daniel Popsicle plays
Music for Occasions of State," and: "The Playback Operas of El Cerrito, no.
1: Excerpts from AMARAMA."
Music: Dan Plonsey, Libretto: Paul Schick
New Langton Arts "Award Show"
Tickets are $8 general, $6 members, students, and seniors. New Langton Arts
is located at 1246 Folsom Street (between 8th and 9th streets) in San
Francisco. For more information or reservations, call 415 626 5416.
Details:
The first set consists of compositions from the past year
written for Daniel Popsicle, a 10-15 person group dedicated
to presenting the music of (Northern) El Cerrito, in this case,
a collection of "Music for Occasions of State": a couple dozen
very short pieces, alternately rousing and contemplative.
Monday, August 5, 2002 6:30-8:30PM
Monday, September 30, 2002 at 8 pm (and 10 PM)
STATEMENT: "I founded the
Daniel Popsicle Ensemble in response to Anthony Braxton's
instruction: "Sir, we must now write music for the next millenium!
we'll make billions!" Billions referring to musical notes, not dollars,
I have since realized, but I'm finding this group to be the ideal
ensemble with which to work. I am writing music which emerges
(despite whatever my original intentions) as a sort of oddball
post-apocalyptic band music, related to that of the Thai brass bands,
Indian wedding bands, New Orleans brass bands, ironic Dutch bands,
Sun Ra Arkestra, Braxtonian creative music orchestras
and ghost trance ensembles, and junior high bands.
"On September 30, the centerpiece of our concert will be the
premiere of a giant piece, "Wise King Taken by the Foolish One,"
which will span the two sets (no pieces will be repeated from set one
in set two; the audience is invited to stay for the entire
evening of music). In and around this piece will be some other works
which range from selections of very short, through-composed works, to
tunes and songs which are designed to set up improvisations by
the group's many fine players. Indeed, the music I am writing can only
be played by musicians with skills in both reading and improvising: they
alone can bring the sort of tight-but-looseness, the spontaneous
combustability, and the subversiveness which in my opinion is the
soul of what we have called Jazz. I am very fortunate to be living
in the Bay Area, where uniquely in this world I have access to
such musicians who _also_ bring in enormous individual experience in
Klezmer, Balinese music, rock, blues, classical music, Salsa, free improv,
Italian film music, Japanese music, Brazilian music, and of course
all the historical "traditions" of jazz.
"I would like to stress that
I am presenting this music not as "jazz" or "avant garde" or
as any other genre, rather, this is music of El Cerrito (that is,
one particular music of Northern El Cerrito!). Having this concert
presented by Jazz in Flight, I have naturally pondered whether what
we are doing is "Jazz" and/or "In Flight." I could say, somewhat
seriously, that this is music which is simultaneously in flight
_from_ jazz and _back to_ jazz. I'll leave it to my listeners to
tell me what they think! Please send responses to: dan@plonsey.com,
and while you're at it, check out
www.plonsey.com for lots more
words which run parallel to the music, especially
about
"Wise King Taken by the Foolish One",
about which I have
written 26 essays, but none of it really explaining what you will hear!"
Monday, October 7, 2002 8PM
Sunday, October 13, 2002 7:30PM
Members of Daniel Popsicle: "Music from El Cerrito: Daniel Popsicle plays
Music for Occasions of State." (See above, July 27, 2002.)
Performing at an open house for the Education Department
of the
Richmond Art Center,
Monday, August 5 from 6:30-8:30.
Come and hear us, and also check out art classes for kids.
In addition to our music, there will be kids art activities.
540 Barrett Avenue (at 25th St.), Richmond, California (510) 620-6772.
Daniel Popsicle: "Music from El Cerrito: Daniel Popsicle plays
Music by Dan Plonsey"
At Yoshi's -- a
Jazz in Flight
production.
Concert Preview from Contra Costa Times, by Andrew Gilbert
With:
Carol Adee,
Liz Albee,
Jenya Chernoff,
Marc Culbertson,
Phil Gelb,
Ben Goldberg,
Steve Kirk,
Matt Lebofsky,
Suki O'Kane,
Naomi Okuyama,
Randy Porter,
Mike Pukish,
John Schott,
John Shiurba,
Matthew Sperry,
Sarah Willner,
Lynn Wold,
Tom Yoder,
and
Michael Zelner.
In John Shiurba's 5x5 at Headlands Center for the Arts.
With Matt Ingalls, Eli Crews, Garth Powell, and John Shiurba.
Performing level 2, volume 2 of the 5x5 set.
With Beth Lisick reading from her new book,
This Too Can be Yours opening.
In John Shiurba's 5x5 at SIMM series, 116 9th Street (at Mission),
San Francisco.
With Matt Goodheart, Matthew Sperry, Gino Robair, and John Shiurba.
Performing level 2, volume 2 of the 5x5 set.
Someone else playing after.
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Saturday, October 19, 2002 2PM
With John Schott & Friends: A Homage to Down Home Music & Arhoolie Records Guitarist extraordinaire John Schott (T.J. Kirk, Junk Genius) along with the virtuosos clarinetist Ben Goldberg (New Klezmer Trio, Junk Genius), saxophonist Dan Plonsey (Great Circle Saxophone Quartet), Matt Wright (CNMAT) will perform "...old-timey, country blues numbers...strange braxtonia, quirky written material...angular, but lyrical...perhaps even something resembling 'jazz'". |
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Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8PM
Playing in 50-person orchestra playing a Ghost Trance composition by
Anthony Braxton.
The Black Box
1928 Telegraph Ave
Oakland CA 94612
bet. 19 & 20 St. Downtown Oakland
1 block from 19 St BART
510-451-1932
wheelchair accessable
All shows start at 7:54pm.
Admission is $6-$1000 sliding scale
Wednesday-Thursday, October 23-24, 2002 just before midnight-1:30AM
(actually ended up being 12:30-2:30)
On the 8th annual
KZSU Day of Noise.
KZSU, Stanford, 90.1 FM.
8PM, Friday and Saturday, November 22 and 23
Members of Daniel Popsicle
perform music composed by Dan Plonsey to two radio plays by Samuel Beckett,
"Words and Music" and "Cascando."
Produced and directed by Naomi Okuyama
Also, the ensemble will perform selctions from the
body of "Music of El Cerrito," and there will be other performances as well
(see below).
The Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Ave (just north of Pleasant Valley,
a.k.a. 51st Street), Oakland
Three Chairs Productions
presents two different evenings of
Words and Music
at the Chapel of the Chimes, the
beautiful Julia Morgan-designed columbarium in North Oakland.
All performances will be radio-transmitted locally within the Chapel,
and visitors can experience the radio plays and music at the source or
over the air while wandering through the galleries.
The two evenings present performances of the radio plays
"Words and Music" and "Cascando" by Samuel Beckett, with original
music composed by Daniel Plonsey. Also featured is the world
premiere of "Tents" and "Tense", new radio plays by local wordsmith and
impresario Adam Tobin. Each evening there will be different programs
performed by the El Cerrito ensemble Daniel Popsicle, along with
music from local singers Diana Pray and Ariela Morgenstern.
The more visually inclined can feast their eyes on "Vision,"
a new video installation by Ted Vadakan, as well as the
jewel-like surroundings of the Chapel.
INFO: (510) 594-9409 or 3chairs@earthlink.net
TICKETS: $10 -- $25 suggested donation.
Thursday, January 9, 2003 at 8:30 pm
John Shiurba's 5x5
with Gino Robair, percussion; Morgan Guberman, bass;
Matt Ingalls, clarinet and violin; John Shiurba, guitar.
New Langton Arts
1246 Folsom Street (between 8th and 9th streets) in San
Francisco.
FREE!
Audience: Buzz, Hadley, Dina, and some guy
Friday, January 10, 2003 at 11 pm
As part of:
Sound/Shift Oaklandi,
a two day concert:
Friday, January 10, 6PM-Midnight
Saturday, January 11, Noon -11PM
Sound/Shift Oakland
$10 / $15 for both days.
At 21Grand
A review: About our set, Michael Zelner writes:
"I just feel sorry for those who left before the end and missed
Plonsey's singing. It really was moving, in a strange way."
Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 9PM:
A new piece of mine: Concerto for Electric Guitar and Toy Orchestra
will receive its world premiere as part of:
Starry Plough, 3101 Shattack Ave., Berkeley.
Fred Frith's solo music is amazing and wonderful for
the way in which he can mix shimmery noise, strange tunings,
brushes, kitchen utensils, and folk-like melodies into a
dramatic and surreal narrative. Frith's compositions
received wider public attention recently as the score
for "Rivers and Tides," the Andy Goldsworthy film. (This
soundtrack will be released by Winter & Winter in June.)
Toychestra's six women are charming and crude superheroes
who save bits and pieces of the world at a time from dreary and
maddening cynicism with their collection of toy pianos,
toy violin, emergency board, yes-man, boing-boing,
accordion-people, grrrlz-rule, etc., apparently arranged
for under the influence of beer and marshmallow peeps.
Toychestra is: Lexa Walsh, Shari Robertson, Corey
Weinstein, Petra Podlahova, Angela Coon, and
Michelle Adams.
Tuesday, May 6, 2003 at 9PM:
Cafe Du Nord, 2170 Market St., San Francisco. 9PM.
Monday, June 9, 2003
Thursday, June 12, 2003
Sunday, June 15, 2003, 8PM
Thursday, June 19, 2003
Saturday, June 21, 2003, 5PM
Sunday, June 29, 2003, 8PM
Saturday, September 13, 2003, 8PM
Playing in an ensemble of Matt Ingalls' sfSoundGroup, as part of:
Sunday, September 28, 2003, 11AM
Saturday, October 11, 2003, 8PM
With Mantra and others, as part of the Berkeley Arts Festival.
Thursday, October 16, 2003, 8PM
With Chris Jonas, Molly Sturges, Randy McKean, Tom Duff, Mantra
and others, as part of the Berkeley Arts Festival.
Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 8PM
The Manufacturing of Humidifiers play together for the first time in... years!
Dan Plonsey, Randy Porter and Ward Spangler.
Sunday, November 16, 2003, 8PM
Thursday, December 11, 2003, 8PM
Sunday, April 25, 2004, 8PM
Saturday, May 8, 2004 at 9PM:
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattack Ave., Berkeley.
Sunday, June 20, 2004 at 8PM:
Monday, June 21, 2004, 5-9PM:
Sunday, June 27, 2004, 1-3PM:
Saturday, October 30, 2004, TWO SHOWS: 6PM and 8PM:
Saturday, June 04, 2005:
Sunday, June 05, 2005:
Sunday, June 12, 2005:
Tuesday, June 21, 2005:
Saturday, July 2, 2005:
Friday, June 2, 2006:
Saturday, June 3, 2006:
Sunday, June 4, 2006:
Saturday, June 17, 2006:
Wednesday, June 21, 2006:
Sunday, July 30, 2006:
Friday, September 1, 2006:
2 shows this coming Friday and Saturday feature music by Daniel Popsicle
(Dan Plonsey large ensemble). We're celebrating the release of the
long-awaited double-CD successor to Moving About, Humming, Still Our
Flowers are Blooming, Under the Old Portcullis - this release has the
shorter title: Wise King Taken by the Foolish One.
Friday Oct 6:
The Illuminated Corridor
Saturday Oct. 7:
Daniel Popsicle plays as part of
RIVEROPOLIS.
Friday,March 1, 2007:
Illuminated Corridor presents
The Great Wall: music and film, West Grand @Valley,
Oakland. Music includes Dan Plonsey's String Ensemble: Jonathan Segel, Marielle Jakobsons, and Jeff Hobbs: violins; Merlin Coleman: cello; Lisa Mezzacappa, and George Cremaschi: bass; John Shiurba, Bill Wolter, and Myles Boisen: guitars; with Dan Plonsey conducting. Atop a rooftop nearby, music broadcast on 104.1FM for at least a 3 block radius.
Wednesday, April 25:
Sunday, April 29: o
Friday, May 4:
Wednesday, May 9: Daniel Popsicle presents the premiere of Dan Plonsey's
Rafting Season,
part 8 of Plonsey's "Many More than Four Lousy Seasons" series.
This 50-minute long piece depicts the pointlessness of many things,
in a very friendly and accomodating, even ingratiating manner.
The ensemble will be
joined by dancers from the
Dandelion Dance Theatre.
8PM, 21Grand.
416 25th Street @Broadway, near 19th street BART, Oakland.
The evening, part of Evander Music's "2+2 series," will begin with a set
of music by saxophonists Jon Raskin snd Phillip Greenlief,
along with percussionists John Hanes and Gino Robair.
Saturday, May 25:
Plonsey plays bass clarinet (one of a half-dozen or so bass clarinettists!) in Moe!'s Moe!kestra 10th anniversary show. Destroying yet another piano, and another piece.
Thursday, June 21:
Dan Plonsey and members of Daniel Popsicle will play at the annual
Garden of Memory"
concert at the
Saturday, June 9:
Plonsey plays oboe in Sean Meehan's Enormous Quartet, as part of the fifth annual
Matthew Sperry Memorial Festival (a.k.a. Sperryfest)
Saturday, July 7 (that is: 7/7/7):
Theatre Yugen presents an all-day cycle of five noh
plays, with interludes.
The fourth play in the cycle, an adaptation of the fourth act of
Eugene O'Neil's Long Day's Journey Into
Night, is scored by Dan Plonsey and music will be performed by Plonsey and Suki O'Kane, Jonathan Segel, Lynn Murdock, John Shiurba, and Marc Bolin.
This is, as far as we know, the first noh cycle ever presented in the US!
Thursday, August 23:
Daniel Popsicle will play at the Starry Plough. The lineup:
Friday, September 14:
Saturday, September 15:
Directions to the Milk Bar
(from oakland/SF/Berkeley):
Take 880 south through Oakland. Exit at 66th Ave.
Friday, February 22, 2008
The Daniel Popsicle ensemble has been dedicated to the performance and
recording of the simple and unpretentious new music of El Cerrito, whose
roots are in the music of Thai marching bands, Sun Ra's "Discipline"
series, somewhat clunky jazz and exotica. (More details below)
Current Lineup of Daniel Popsicle:
Saturday, June 21:
Dan Plonsey and Daniel Popsicle will play at the annual
Garden of Memory"
concert at the
Sunday, July 13:
Dan Plonsey
-- and the exciting fabulous return performance/examination of:
Garbaggio Truckio Fantastico
-- at the now-annual Skronkathon, at:
Friday, Saturday and Sunday September 12, 1 and 14:
Friday, October 3, 2008:
FRED FRITH and TOYCHESTRA - Apart and Together.
"Together" part featuring the world premiere of a concerto for
guitar and toys by Dan Plonsey.
Same as above - new Plonsey Guitar Concerto with Fred Frith and Toychestra, but at:
Memorial services for our dear friend Matthew Sperry, who, while
riding his bicycle to work was hit by a truck. At the Chapel of the Chimes.
Performing Matthew's "Processional" (from music he wrote for his wedding),
Braxton (110A), and my "For Matthew, Stacia, and Lila" (written June 6).
In the PornOrchestra at the Parkway Theatre, Oakland. Turned
out to be with both the Moe!kestra and and PornOrchestra under the
direction of Gino Robair.
John Shiurba's 5x5:
as an Acme Observatory show at the
Jazz House (formerly Tuva space), 3192 Adeline, Berkeley.
Memorial concert for Matthew Sperry, at 21Grand.
Daniel Popsicle performed "Lila Looms and Brooms" and "For Matthew, Stacia, and Lila."
With Phil Gelb,
John Shiurba, Randy Porter, Lynn Wold, Tom Yoder, Samantha Black, Ashley Adams,
Michael Zelner, Matt Ingalls, Gino Robair, and Tim Perkis.
Dan Plonsey/Gino Robair duo,
as part of the incredible, wonderful
Chapel of the Chimes "Garden of Memory"
Here's last year's press release, which should be the same for this year:
New Music Bay Area and Chapel of the Chimes present their magical summer
solstice celebration Garden of Memory: a Columbarium Walk-Through Event at
Chapel of the Chimes, a labyrinthine Julia Morgan-designed columbarium and
mausoleum replete with gardens, fountains, and stained-glass skylights at
4499 Piedmont Ave., next to Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland on Friday, June
21 from 5 to 8 pm. The program features simultaneous performances in
different parts of the building as composers and musicians present a variety
of acoustic and electronic music, installations, and interactive events; the
audience is free to move throughout the building during the performances.
Admission is by sliding scale, $20-5. For information, call New Music Bay
Area at (415)563-6355 ex. 3, or write to info@newmusicbayarea.org.
Talking with Chris Brown on his KPFA (94.1) show, 10PM.
I'll play music of Matthew Sperry, along with Phil Gelb and John Shiurba.
sfSound Series: sfSoundGroup, Hans Grüsel's Krankenkabinet,
Zeek Sheck's Town's People
Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
The Daniel Popsicle Subsidiary Mostly Improvising Marching Band
(Plonsey, Shiurba, Chernoff, Lebofsky and Zelner.)
Performing with the Gracie Coates Dancers, as
part of the Berkeley Arts Festival contingent in the
annual How Berkeley Can You Be parade.
Marching up University Avenue to Shattuck from
California.
Free!
2110 Shattuck Avenue, between Addison and Center,
right by Berkeley BART>
$8.
2110 Shattuck Avenue, between Addison and Center,
right by Berkeley BART>
$8.
as part of the Berkeley Arts Festival.
2110 Shattuck Avenue, between Addison and Center,
right by Berkeley BART>
$10.
Triaxium West: the Music of Anthony Braxton
Acme Observatory at the
Jazz House (formerly Tuva space), 3192 Adeline, Berkeley.
Plonsey in trio with Matt Ingalls and Kyle Bruckmann,
and in duo with Tom Yoder.
Anthony Braxton Tentet
8PM, Thursday, December 11, 2003
Victoria Theatre
2961 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 863-7576
Tickets: $15/20/30, available from
www.tickets.com
The complete ensemble lineup is as follows:
Anthony Braxton: reeds; Liz Allbee: trumpet; Matt Ingalls: clarinets;
Greg Kelley (Boston): trumpet; Dan Plonsey: reeds; Gino Robair: percussion;
Scott Rosenberg (LA): reeds; Jay Rozen (NY): tuba;
Sarah Schoenbeck (LA): bassoon; John Shiurba: guitar.
Daniel Popsicle celebrates the release of its CD:
"Music of El Cerrito, Volume 2a:
Moving About, Humming, Still Our Flowers Are Blooming,
Under the Old Portcullis"
More information:
Full Press Release
With John Shiurba's 5x5
Acme Observatory at the
Jazz House (formerly Tuva space), 3192 Adeline, Berkeley.
One year ago, almost to the day,
a piece of mine: What Leave Behind:
Concerto for Electric Guitar and Toy Orchestra
received its world premiere as part of a concert of:
FRED FRITH and TOYCHESTRA - Apart and To
gether.
Now, we are presenting the same lineup (but with new Toychestra songs
and new improvisations by Frith) in celebration of the CD release
of What Leave Behind (S.K., May, 2004) at:
In a large ensemble playing the music of Jacopo Andreini,
with Andreini conducting. Musicians include: Gino Robair, George Cremaschi,
John Shiurba, Matt Ingalls, Kyle Bruckmann, Jacob Lindsay, Scott Rosenberg,
Ron Heglin, Toyoji, Tom Djll and Liz Allbee.
Jazz House (formerly Tuva space), 3192 Adeline, Berkeley.
The annual Garden of Memory concert, at the
Chapel of the Chimes "Garden of Memory"
Playing solo in the cloyster of the gentle spirit. Clarinets,
toy synth, autoharp, Mark Stewart-made tri-slide whistle thing,
toy percussion thing, circus can thing; as many as possible at once.
Also duos with various known and unknown collaborators, including
Cleveland and Mantra and Mischa.
Daniel Popsicle plays at Museum of Children's Art. Bits of this concert are captured in Tim Perkis's
film documentary, Noisy People.
Daniel Popsicle at the
Berkeley Arts FestivalHQ
2324 Shattuck Avenue (between Kittredge and Bancroft)
We've scheduled two shows in hopes that parents would bring
their children to the early one - or for that matter, to the later.
Costumed concertgoers eligible for reduced price admission.
New Frith/Toychestra/Plonsey and Daniel Popsicle CDs available at
discounted price of $10, or both for $15.
The Matthew Sperry Memorial Concerts night one: Music by
Anthony Braxton, in honor of Braxton's 60th birthday. Plonsey plays in a
band of 60 people at the new
21 Grand,
416 25th Street, Oakland (at Broadway). 8PM.
The Matthew Sperry Memorial Concerts night two: Music in
honor of Matthew Sperry. The evening ends with a new piece by Plonsey for the
full 27 person "OrcheSperry" ensemble.
21 Grand,
416 25th Street, Oakland (at Broadway). 8PM.
From Phillip Greenlief's Press Release:
Matthew Sperry Memorial Concert Program
First Set
OrcheSperry plays Tuning Meditation, by Pauline Oliveros
Aaron Bennett - solo
Phillip Greenlief Theresa Wong duo
Merlin Coleman, solo
Matthew Sperry Trio (Ingalls, Perkis, Robair, Shiurba)
Lisa Moskow, solo
Scott Looney, David Reaboi duo
OrcheSperry plays XXOO, by John Shiurba
Second Set
OrcheSperry plays Compound #1, by Phillip Greenlief
Jacob Lindsey, Aurora Josephson, Damon Smith trio
Kanoko Nishi Theresa Wong duo
Jon Raskin 4tet (Raskin, Allbee, Cremaschi, Robair)
Myles Boisen, solo
OrcheSperry plays (what's your piece called Dan?) by Dan Plonsey
OrcheSperry Members:
Liz Allbee, trumpet
Adam Bates, vibraphone
Aaron Bennett, soprano saxophone
Chris Broderick, clarinet
Myles Boisen, guitar
Keller Coker, trombone
Merlin Coleman, voice
George Cremaschi, contrabass
Matt Davingnon, turntable
Kiku Day, shakuhachi
Philip Gelb, shakuhachi
Phillip Greenlief, tenor saxophone
Matt Ingalls, clarinet
John Ingle, saxophone
Aurora Jacobson, voice
Jacob Lindsey, clarinet
Scott Looney, electronics
Polly Moller, flute(s?)
Lisa Moskow, sarod
Kanoko Nishi, koto
Suki O'Kane, accordion, percussion
Tim Perkis, electronics
Dan Plonsey, saxophone
Jon Raskin, saxophone
David Reaboi, contrabass
Gino Robair, conductor
John Shiurba, guitar
Moe! Staiano, percussion
Theresa Wong, amplified bicycle, cello
Michael Zelner, clarinet, flute
Dan Plonsey's big band, Daniel Popsicle, makes a rare appearance (first
since October 2004) at the
Santa Cruz New Music Works Avant Garden Party.
At the Arboretum at UCSC, 2-6PM.
(Doors at 1:30PM.)
A joint fundraiser for New Music Works
and the Arboretum at UCSC.
Admission: General $35 Advance, $40 at Door, UCSC Box Office.
The annual Garden of Memory concert, at the
Chapel of the Chimes "Garden of
Memory"
Dan Plonsey plays solo and in duos and with whoever shows up, including
Mantra, Michael Zelner & Suki O'Kane and Liz Allbee.
"Ives" Concert: semi-improvised versions of
music of Charles Ives - not recommended for Ives purists! This
event was put together by Jacob Lindsay, and features metamorphoses of
Ives compositions by Lindsay, Kyle Bruckmann, Aurora Josephson, Phillip
Greenlief, played by ensembles of up to ~15 musicians.
Capp Street Community Music Center, 544 Capp, SF.
2006
Daniel Popsicle plays as part of the 2006 SperryFest.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley.
Dan Plonsey plays in the OrcheSperry, conducted improvisation by Gino Robair,
and an improvisation ("Let thoughts of
Matthew Sperry flow through you soundly") by Stuart Dempster.
Night 2 of SperryFest 2006.
21Grand, Oakland.
Dan Plonsey plays in the OrcheSperry, in a second
conducted improvisation by Gino Robair, and probably unheard,
Night 3 (of 3) of SperryFest 2006.
in pieces by Phillip Greenlief and Christian Asplund.
21Grand, Oakland.
Dan Plonsey plays in the Golden Bolts of Tone
horn section on several pieces by P.A.F. (Scott
Rosenberg et al) at the Hotel Utah.
Garden of Memory"
Dan Plonsey plays solo and in duos and with whoever shows up, including
Mantra, Michael Zelner & Suki O'Kane and Liz Allbee.
At the Chapel of the Chimes,
"a labyrinthine Julia Morgan-designed columbarium and
mausoleum replete with gardens, fountains, and stained-glass skylights."
4499 Piedmont Ave., next to Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland
5-9PM
With 10 other saxophonists, as Saxophonists Who Play Other Things,
as part of the Edgetone Music Festival.
At 21Grand, Oakland.
Dan Plonsey again
plays in the horn section The Golden Bolts of Tone
on several pieces by P.A.F. (Scott
Rosenberg et al) at the Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco.
Available now from:
UNlimited Sedition
7:11 PM.
21 Grand on 25th at Broadway in Oakland
* Movies and pieces of movie will be projected on buildings, accompanied by
live music by such as Daniel Popsicle, Big City Orchestra,
Admiral Ted Brinkley (semi-ret.), Graham Connah's band and a dozen others.
We'll play for a 25-minute edited version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Free Admission.
7-10 PM.
Museum of Children's Art (mocha)
9th and Washington
* Riveropolis is the work of Gregory Gavin, who has spent weeks constructing
a river in the adjacent Swan's Courtyard, with plateaus, waterfalls,
bridges, boats, and riverside habitats for artworks.
We'll play throughout the evening. This will be a good event for children:
they will be able to play in the "ocean" area at the end of the river,
and you can spend 10 minutes or three hours depending on your attention
span and sleep needs.
Free admission.
2007
Tim Perkis' long awaited documentary
Noisy People
has it's premeire screening at the PFA.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 8PM,
Pacific Film Archive,
2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Tickets: 510-542-1124
Members of Daniel Popsicle will assist you in making a gold record at the
flea market at Laney College. Sometime in the afternoon.
Music of El Cerrito: Daniel Popsicle plays the COLOR MUSIC
compositions of Dan Plonsey.
8PM, 2323 Shattuck. This art deco building,
a former bank, is now the concert venue ofthe Berkeley Arts Festival.
Two sets of music, featuring:
Lynn Murdock, Tom Yoder, John Schott, Chris Silvey, Cory Wright,
Randy McKean, Michael Zelner and Suki O'Kane.
The COLOR MUSIC is a group of 99 pieces (we'll play around 20) designed
to be listened to while making art. Bring your own materials or use ours,
or just listen. This music may not change your life for the better,
but it might have some affect upon your fantasy life - for while its
origins are clearly from among the most ordinary and even hum-drum
this world can offer, the trajectory is into the otherworldly,
imaginary, El Cerrito.
The Lab, 16th/Capp Street, San Francisco.
At the Chapel of the Chimes,
"a labyrinthine Julia Morgan-designed columbarium and
mausoleum replete with gardens, fountains, and stained-glass skylights."
4499 Piedmont Ave., next to Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland
5-9PM
This event is always a great favorite among people who love, hate, or are usually
usually made sad by the state of or are simply
indifferent to new music. Around fifty musicians are stationed in rooms
throughout the building, all making music simultaneously. The audience wanders where it likes, hearing as much as it likes of any one thing. Families with
children of any age are very welcome.
21Grand, Oakland.
Theatre Artaud, San Francisco.
10 AM. Free! Reservations are necessary!
Ava Mendoza solo
Daniel Popsicle
Friendship First
The Dark Smile with simon lott, kurt kotheimer, josh smith
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley.
Starting some time around 9PM.
Dan Plonsey&Strings at the Milk Bar
New music by Plonsey in the tradition of the Simple Music, Series 3, of
El Cerrito, Northern Hills Region. All sorts of other stuff too - see:
The Milk Bar for more info.
8:30PM, suggested donation $5-$10
(directions below)
Daniel Popsicle plays music of El Cerrito -
Dan Plonsey's compositions celebrating the little bit of the next millenium
we've gotten through without incident and with incident as well.
Central Avenue Stage
11:30AM (untill 12:30)
Central/Webster Alameda
as part of the Peanut Butter Jam - lots more music all day and Sunday too!
This would be a good show for the whole family - arrive early for Hank Hooper!
At the end of the exit ramp turn left at the light onto 66th. Follow 66th Ave. past the Coliseum and turn right onto San Leandro Ave. Follow San Leandro past the Coliseum BART station until you hit 81st Ave.
Turn left onto 81st Ave., noticing the Sunshine Biscuit Factory complex on your left (that's where you're going).
Pass the first fenced driveway, and turn left at the 2nd, (also fenced) driveway across the street from Mothers Cookies Factory, You'll be met at the gate between 7:30 and 8:30 pm.
We are in studio # 223, the entrance is at the very left of the building. Latecomers call (510) 289-5188 or (510) 205-7103
2008
8PM
The Berkeley Arts Festival
presents: Dan Plonsey/Daniel Popsicle playing Music of El Cerrito
2213 Shattuck Avenue (formerly Gateway Computers next to former
site of Eddie Bauer!)
$10-$5
Program: Selections from the Color Music of El Cerrito
(the complete set comprises 99 pieces, designed to accompany artists at work)
Also: My Version, The Superhero of Shirts,
and Music for Sax Quartet, and Music for Solo Oboe whose primary
use in El Cerrito is to promote among those who hear it and those
who do not, hope for an eventual Understanding of Human Behavio [sic].
At the Chapel of the Chimes,
"a labyrinthine Julia Morgan-designed columbarium and
mausoleum replete with gardens, fountains, and stained-glass skylights."
4499 Piedmont Ave., next to Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland
5-9PM
Line-up:
The set was almost the same as at the previous gig (Berkeley Arts festival),
adding Light Shade of Puce and
the first 3 sections of Hockey Season.
21 Grand on 25th at Broadway in Oakland
The Skronkathon is an annual all-day (well, 10 hours) thing
that goes from noon-10PM. Food likely to be available.
After the fact: Suki O'Kane, Michael Zelner, John Shiurba and I ended up playing two sections of "Hockey Season." Both Zelner and Tom Duff made recordings.
Memebers of Daniel Popsicle play parts 1&2, 3&4, 5&6 of
"Hockey Season" (Fri, Sat, Sun respectively), along with two films: "Modern
Times," by Liz Allbee, and "Bulb," by Frazer Bradshaw.
At The Noodle Factory, 1255 Union (at 26th), West Oakland.
Friday lineup: Plonsey, Zelner, Wright, Shiurba, Silvey, Chachkin, O'Kane
Saturday lineup: Plonsey, Shiurba, Silvey, Chachkin, O'Kane
Sunday lineup: Plonsey, Zelner, Wright, Shiurba, Silvey, O'Kane
I'll be playing at the
Temescal Arts Center,
511 48th Street, Oakland, right around the corner from Lanesplitters Pizza on Telegraph (have a pizza and a Racer 5 first!).
9PM. Cost is not high.
The lineup: Cory Wright, Josh Smith and me: saxophones (with Josh also on drums); John Schott, guitar; John Shiurba, guitar and bass.
We'll do some music you've never heard before. It will be sorta like jazz.
The bill includes: the Joshua Smith Quartet and Scott Barkin, songwriter.
Monday, January 19, 2009
At the Ivy Room:
858 San Pablo Ave
(between Solano Ave & Washington Ave)
Albany, CA 94706
(510) 524-9220
With Daniel Popsicle, playing the Color Music of El Cerrito.
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Real Time Opera presents:
LEAVE ME ALONE!
An "Is it JAZZ?" OPERALibretto: Harvey Pekar (with Mantra Plonsey, Dan Plonsey, Joyce Brabner) Music: Dan Plonsey (with Josh Smith) For all details (and to Buy Some Stuff in support of the opera), see the Leave Me Alone opera website. You will also be able to view the opera in real time (or after) from this site. |
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009:
For those who like seeing me dress in
giant paper costumes: I will be playing solo and perhaps accompanied by
Cleveland and Mischa at Temescal Arts Center this Tuesday.
That is: 511 48th Street @ Telegraph, Oakland CA, 8:30 PM. Right behind Lanesplitter Pizza...
First Tuesdays@Temescal presents:
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Dan Plonsey dan@plonsey.com |
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