Browsing Archive: August, 2013

Michael Wittgraf's "Improvisations 2013"

Posted by Katherine Bergman on Friday, August 30, 2013, In : Studio Z Performance 

Michael Wittgraf and Malcolm Lynn Baker join forces for a performance of Improvisations 2013 at Studio Z on Wednesday, September 4. Wittgraf stepped in as guest blogger today to give us a preview of the event.


Improvisations 2013 was first performed in March of 2013 at the University of Denver with Malcolm Lynn Baker on saxophone and me on computer.  The music ranges from loop-based to rhythmically amorphous to loud to quiet.  The concept is simple: construct electronic sound processing envir...
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Interview with Scotty Horey

Posted by Katherine Bergman on Friday, August 2, 2013, In : Studio Z Performance 

Percussionist Scotty Horey will present modernist works by Schuyler Tsuda, James Dillon (with guest clarinetist Pat O’ Keefe), Yoshihisa Taira, and Vinko Globokar at Studio Z on Saturday, August 10, 7:30 p.m. Tickets and information here.


You have been influenced by many genres of music throughout your career. How did these lead you to your concentration on music from the modernist tradition?

I grew up listening to rock and roll and oldies with my dad, and classical music with my mother, so...
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