EXTRADITION PLAYS CORNER: A Philip Corner Festival
$12 ($50 festival pass)
- Matt Hannafin, narrator & vibraphone
- Robert Blatt, guitar
- Brandon Conway, guitar
- Lee Elderton, soprano saxophone
- Collin Oldham, cello
- Reed Wallsmith, alto saxophone
- Shao Way Wu, double bass
- Branic Howard, piano
- Catherine Lee, oboe d'amore & English horn
- Caspar Sonnet, harmonica
- Matt Carlson, piano
Philip Corner — Heraclitus 2
Philip Corner — Lesson from the East: Perfection is Not Exactness
Philip Corner — Just Another 12-Tone Piece
Philip Corner — Sang-Teh ("Situations")
From January 21 through February 18, 2023, Extradition will present EXTRADITION PLAYS CORNER, a five-concert festival exploring the work of seminal American experimental composer Philip Corner, held across five consecutive Saturdays.
When we get around to building a Boulevard of Experimental Music Heroes, Philip Corner will get a particularly large and well-placed statue. Born in the Bronx, New York, in 1933, he began composing as a teenager and went on to study with Henry Cowell, Olivier Messiaen, Otto Leuning, and Dorothy Taubman, as well as with Korean calligrapher Ki-sung Kim. He was a founding member of Fluxus with Yoko Ono, George Maciunas, Nam June Paik, and others; composer in residence with New York's Judson Dance Theater in 1962-64; co-founder of the Tone Roads ensemble with James Tenney and Malcolm Goldstein; co-founder of Gamelan Son of Lion with Barbara Benary and Daniel Goode; an inveterate performer of both his own and others’ works; and a longtime educator, teaching at Rutgers University, the New School, and elsewhere. Now 89 and a nearly 30-year resident of Reggio Emilia, Italy, he continues adding to his enormous body of work, which includes thousands of compositions created in a range of styles, including text, graphics, and traditional notation.
As a humble celebration, in January/February 2023 Extradition will present multiple concerts and events exploring 65 years of Corner's prolific creativity, from 1957 right up to the present day.
About Matt Hannafin, narrator & vibraphone
About Brandon Conway, guitar
Brandon Conway plays guitar and feedback/no-input mixer and occasionally writes for ensembles. Brandon strives to create compelling sounds using the essential resources of the guitar and idiosyncratic systems design. Among other things, Brandon likes modal melodies, harsh noise, Gene Kelly, saxophones, and Seth Brown. Brandon currently plays with Alma Freer and Halfbird. He lives with his wife and two sons in Portland, makes web apps for a day job, and is a board member of the Creative Music Guild.
About Lee Elderton, soprano saxophone
About Collin Oldham, cello
Oregon native Collin Oldham has performed with the Corigliano, Mariner, and Carpe Diem String Quartets, the National Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, and the Washington Opera, as well as alternative musical groups like The Decemberists, and The Portland Cello Project.
About Shao Way Wu, double bass
Shao Way Wu is a freelance jazz bassist and Portland resident who grew up in Hong Kong. He moved to and from the Bay Area in 1971 at the age of fifteen. Shao Way has business degree with an art minor University of San Francisco.
About Branic Howard, piano
About Catherine Lee, oboe d'amore & English horn
About Caspar Sonnet, harmonica
About Matt Carlson, piano
Matt is a perfomer interested in music's capacity to articulate ideas that cannot be reduced or translated to another form or medium.
https://mattcarlson.bandcamp.com/