Tim Root: Kerplunk

8:00 PM; $5 - $15 sliding scale suggested donation at the door (cash/checks only)

Pianist, composer, and experimentalist Tim Root premiers his new Music/ Theatre/Performance work, Kerplunk for amplified instruments, voices, electronics, movement and foot-Foley. Blending Kagel, Kaprow and Kafka, Kerplunk tells the story of an abduction, a girl with a missing leg, an unhinged veterinarian and a fateful bus ride. Featuring Beth Fleenor (amplified clarinet, voice), Eric Barber (sax, electronics, spoken text), Bill Horist (prepared guitar, canine autopsy) and Tim Root (inside/prepared piano, electronics, voice).

A founding member of San Diego’s notorious Sledgehammer Theatre and Director of the industrial performance collective Bob, Tim Root has been creating new music/theatre/performance hybrids for more than 30 years. Kerplunk continues his practice of blending still-life theatrical narrative with improvisation, noise and electronics.

Inverted Space

Presented by UW School of Music. Inverted Space is a new student-led ensemble devoted to performing the music of our time. Tonight we present a program of music by UW student composers:

Anthony Vine, work for saxophone and electronics

Abby Aresty, Efflux for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and percussion

Jeffery Bowen, Stalasso II for flute, violin, cello, and piano

Joshua Archibald-Seiffer, Piano Trio for violin, cello, and piano

Yigit Kolat, rejected for flute, violin, cello, and piano

Kim Rivera, The Flock Becomes Empty for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, soprano, and speaker

Magma Festival

Presented by Hollow Earth Radio. Of Magic (Lori Goldston, cello; Paul Hoskin, low reeds; Dave Abramson & Paul Kikuchi, percussion); A White Hunter (Oak); Bad Luck (Neil Welch, sax; Chris Icasiano, drums); Scorpio Scorpio Scorpio

Rinus van Alebeek + Paris Hurley

Presented by Nonsequitur. Berlin-based Dutch artist Rinus van Alebeek is a writer, lo-fi sound artist, and Director of Staaltape, the cassette offshoot of esteemed label Staaplaat. Paris Hurley (Seattle) is known primarily as a violinist (Degenerate Art Ensemble, Jherek Bischoff, Kultur Shock) and increasingly as a dancer and performance artist. Tonight they each present very different works for multiple cassette recorders.