Neal Kosaly-Meyer

Neal Meyer performs works by John Cage using materials from Finnegans Wake. Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake (1974) uses Joyce’s name to create a series of mesostics which take us through the entire book in a little more than an hour, abandoning syntax and semantics but retaining and distilling the music and magic of the Joycean language. One7 (1991) is for a solo performer utilizing “any way of making sounds.” The sounds used for this realization are the Ten Thunderclaps — ten one-hundred letter words made by Joyce which provide structural punctuation at crucial points in Finnegan's Wake.

Dennis Rea Large Ensemble

Seattle guitarist Dennis Rea presents guided group improvisations and chamber compositions with Stuart Dempster (trombone, etc.), James DeJoie (bass clarinet), Beth Fleenor (clarinet), Kate Olson (soprano saxophone), John Seman (bass) and Tom Zgonc (drums). Pianist Stephen Fandrich opens.

Amy Denio & Friends: Mythunderstandings

Presented by Nonsequitur, supported in part by 4Culture.  Seattle's omni-musical treasure Amy Denio collaborates with the Tiptons Saxophone Quartet & Drums, Coast Salish storyteller and Native American flutist Paul "Che oke' ten" Wagner, and director Lisa Halpern, weaving together oral histories of ten people from all walks of life into a rich tapestry of songs and images based on these personal stories and myths they share.

Amy Denio & Friends: Mythunderstandings

Presented by Nonsequitur, supported in part by 4Culture.  Seattle's omni-musical treasure Amy Denio collaborates with the Tiptons Saxophone Quartet & Drums, Coast Salish storyteller and Native American flutist Paul "Che oke' ten" Wagner, and director Lisa Halpern, weaving together oral histories of ten people from all walks of life into a rich tapestry of songs and images based on these personal stories and myths they share.

Seattle Rock Orchestra

Seattle Rock Orchestra performs works by Scott Teske, Ian Williams, Emily Westman, Andrew Joslyn, Nat Evans, Jherek Bischoff, Evan Flory-Barnes, Alex Guy, Samantha Boshnack, John Teske, Barry Uhl, and more. Each piece explores the musical motifs of a different decade or genre in pop music. The evening will culminate with performances of music from Beck Hansen's Song Reader.

Buckingham & Galloway: Atemporal

Charles Buckingham and Vance Galloway present works encouraging active listening and contemplation of our shifting perceptions of time. No video: the scene behind your closed eyelids will serve as your only visual aid. Field recordings, electronic and acoustic guitar, radio interference, and signals from long-deceased stars are sources for extensive mixing and signal processing.