topographies

Here’s an interesting one happening at the Chapel Performance (in the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N) tomorrow, Saturday, March 22:

topographies (an evening of music about navigating space)

Seattle composer John Teske presents an evening of music about navigating space. Local musicians will perform topographies, a new series of graphic scores which requires performers to navigate through contour maps composed of musical symbols. The pieces are a study on individual and group intention. Each player creates a narrative as they traverse the score, sometimes carving their own path and at other times traveling to reunite with the ensemble. topographies will be premiered by Neil Welch and Ivan Arteaga, saxophones; Natalie Mai Hall, violoncello; John Teske, double bass; Greg Campbell, percussion.

Topology (A/∀), for ambulatory violist and four electric guitars, is about the connections between pitches. Four electric guitars, in the each corner of the room, either sustain pitches with ebows or pick polyrhythms based on the harmonic relationships of their detuned strings. The violist moves around the room, playing fragments of music that take their tunings from the guitars in proximity. He mostly plays to himself, almost privately, so that he can be heard primarily by those near him.Topology (A/∀) will be performed by Luke Fitzpatrick, viola; Matthew Benham, Jeff Bowen, Michaud Savage, and Andrew C. Smith, guitars.

$5-15 sliding scale donation. 8pm, all ages. More info on the Wayward Music Series web site.