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wendy reid - tree pieces

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    • tree piece #55 "lulu variations 2" (concert score)
    • Glass Walls string quartet concert score
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wendy reid  -  tree pieces

 

 

upcoming:    

ambient bird - halcyon  in april

ambient bird - mosswood   in january

                        

                                      

                            sfSOUND performs wendy reid  &  toshi ichiyanagi    /   heglin-louchard-perkis trio

                                                                    toshi ichiyanagi, wendy reid, hadley mccarroll, ron heglin, ric louchard, tim perkis

 

SUNDAY 1/8/23 - 7PM :  ambient bird - mosswood

 sfSOUND PERFORMS 

WENDY REID   &

TOSHI ICHIYANAGI

with pianist Hadley McCarroll

          **********

HEGLIN-LOUCHARD-PERKIS Trio

 

mosswood sound series - 3630 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA

http://sfsound.org/series

 

ambient bird - mosswood musicians:

Lulu, african grey parrot

Wendy Reid, violin

Brenda Hutchinson, long tube

Kryś Bobrowski, glisglass

Ron Heglin, tuba

Aurora Josephson, voice

David Samas, percussion

Kanoko Nishi-Smith, koto

Matt Ingalls, clarinet

Brendan Lai-Tong, trombone

Diane Grubbe, flute

John Ingle, saxophone

 

ambient bird - live oak   in september

                                         ambient bird - live oak  with sfSOUND   Fall Equinox  Thursday Sept 22, 2022 6:30pm 

 

 

 

 

Live Oak Park   1301 Shattuck Ave  Berkeley*

 http://sfsound.org/series/#2022.9.22 

musicians:

Lulu, african grey parrot

Wendy Reid, violin

Brenda Hutchinson, long tube

Kryś Bobrowski, glisglass

Ron Heglin, tuba

Aurora Josephson, voice

David Samas, percussion

Kanoko Nishi-Smith, koto

Matt Ingalls, clarinet

Brendan Lai-Tong, trombone

Diane Grubbe, flute

Kyle Bruckmann, oboe

 

Wendy Reid’s site-specific work ‘ambient bird - live oak’ is a 44-minute interspecies sonic landscape which reflects a philosophy of connecting with all living creatures and the environment. The ensemble includes the musicians of sfSOUND and others working with the sounds of the birds, the crickets, the creek and the trees of Live Oak Park.

The structure of this work can be described as a musical process which attempts to reflect nature’s manner of operations: sonic fragments of an African grey parrot become the cells of a spatially notated score to be interpreted and performed by the musicians within the ambient environment.  Contextual in nature, the work allows performers to act according to unpredictable conditions and variables which arise within the musical continuity. In performance, an attempt is made at a spontaneous unforced growing of sound and silence in which emphasis is placed on formation rather than pre-established form, as in the building and shaping of cell-like units in living processes. 

The first incantation of ambient bird entitled ‘ambient bird 433’,  pays homage to John Cage’s composition 4’33”(1952).  This fall equinox performance with sfSound celebrates its 70th-year anniversary.

*LOCATION OF PERFORMANCE: Live Oak Park 1301 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, just north of the recreation/theatre building, near the creek, under the trees.

There is no formal seating: stand and watch or wander, sit on the grass, ground, steps, distant picnic tables or bring your own chair/blanket

TIME OF PERFORMANCE:  6:30 - 7:14 PM

 This performance is made possible with a grant from Innova and the city of Berkeley

 

the bird cage   march

Center for New Music:  Mills Grist  March12, 2022  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKvnr16XXqg  (27:40)

beyond borders 3    august

                                                           BEYOND BORDERS:  BIRDS - IMPROVISATIONS - ENVIRONMENTS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5te42oZpMLc&t=1432s  

SATURDAY  AUGUST 14, 2021 - 8PM  CENTER FOR NEW MUSIC

C4NM YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Concert Info/Program

birds without borders 2   march

Holy Names Faculty and Friends Recital March 2021

birds without borders    july

                                                            birds without borders  -  network music festival uk  july 14-18 2020

Network Music Festival July 14-18, 2020

Wendy Reid: Birds Without Borders

 Ambient Bird-Online:  birds without borders

Friday July 17 12pm (PDT)  

 live.networkmusicfestival.org 

 

Ambient Bird-Online:  birds without borders

https://networkmusicfestival.org/programme/performances/wendy-reid-ambient-bird-online-birds-without-borders/

ENSEMBLES

Bird  Ensemble #1:  

Lulu, African Grey Parrot 

Wendy Reid, violin

 Krys Bobrowski, glisglas

Brenda Hutchinson, long tube instrument

Aurora Josephson, voice

 Ron Heglin, tuba, voice

 

Bird Ensemble #2:  an international group of musicians: 

Thea Farhadian,violin (Berlin)

Barbara Golden, piano, tape (Nova Scotia) 

Barbara Held, flute (Barcelona) 

Silvia Matheus, electronics (Brazil) 

Biggi Vinkeloe, alto saxophone (Sweden) 

 

 

bird haiku   february

Faculty and Friends:

Saturday, February 8, 2020  - 4:00pm, Holy Names University Studio Theater - Valley Performing Arts Center;

works by *Reid, Prokofiev, Lauro, Copland, Barber,Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Bizet 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Tree Piece #67 'bird haiku' for African Grey Parrot and open ensemble

Lulu, African Grey Parrot

 Wendy Reid, violin

Brenda Hutchinson, long tube instrument

Krystyna Bobrowski, glisglas

Aurora Josephson, voice

Ron Heglin, tuba, voice

 

ambient bird 433   april

Ambient Bird 433  4-14-2019              (photo: A.Aldrich)

Ron Heglin, Brenda Hutchinson, Aurora Josephson, Lulu, Wendy Reid, Krystyna  Bobrowski with 3 open ensembles  (-complete list of performers below)  

 

garden of memory    june

Garden of Memory, Solstice Concert

June 21,2019  5-9pm

Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland

Lulu, African Grey Parrot

Wendy Reid , violin

Aurora Josephson, voice

Brenda Hutchinson, long tube instrument

Ron Heglin, tuba, voice

 Garden of Memory 6-21-19 

 

Ambient Bird 433

April 14, 2019 7-8pm

Frank Ogawa Plaza Forum   

 

 

 AMBIENT BIRD 433 for African Grey Parrot and 3 open ensembles:

ENSEMBLES:

 Bird Ensemble (#1):  Lulu, African Grey Parrot; Wendy Reid, violin; Krys Bobrowski, glissglass; Brenda Hutchinson, long tube instrument; Aurora Josephson, voice; Ron Heglin, tuba

Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble (#2): Rodrigo Barriga, electric bass; Tony Gennaro, percussion; Eric Glick Rieman, melodica; Jake Parker Scott, saxophone; Mitch Stahlmann, flute; Jess Tambellini, trumpet; Maia Ziaee, voice;  Steed Cowart, director 

FROG POND 433 Ensemble (#3): Kattt Atchley, voice, laptop; Kenneth Atchley, laptop; Nancy Beckman, shakuhachi; Tom Bickley, recorder, electronics; John Bischoff, laptop; Tom Djll, trumpet;  Barbara Golden, suir, suling; Silvia Matheus, bird whistles; Maggi Payne, flute, bird whistle; Tim Perkis, laptop; Brian Reinbolt, tweet-boxes

Full Description

 

 Ambient Bird 433 concert 4-14-19 (audio)     (photo: A.Aldrich)         

 video of Ambient Bird 433 performance 4-14-19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Lulu at Ogawa 4-14-19     (photos: Andrew Aldrich)

 

 https://www.facebook.com/tbickley/videos/10156795217756834/

sfchronicle11-5-18ambientbird433

proartsgallery.org

https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/oakland-composer-birds-make-beautiful-music-togetherttp://treepieces.net/files/SFChronicle11-8-18edit.PDF

 

Rescheduled from 11/10/18 to 4/14/19:

 

 

*Friday, October 19, 8pm, Mondavi Arts Center, UC Davis Faculty Recital:  Tree Piece #34 'frog ostinato' for oboe and percussion,  with  Kyle Bruckmann, oboe,  Christopher Froh, percussion; other works by Elliot Carter, Lou Harrison, Du Yun, Liza Lim

 

*Friday, November 2, Tree Pieces Window Gallery Opening 6-9pm, 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza

TREE PIECES - VISUAL SCORES in the Window Gallery - Pro Arts, Oakland Nov.2 - 30

   

https://proartsgallery.org/event/wendy-reid-tree-pieces-visual-scores-ambient-collage/

https://www.facebook.com/tbickley/videos/10156795217756834/

 

 

 

Tree Piece #66  AMBIENT BIRD 433 for African grey parrot and 3 open ensembles:

 pdf of visual score

 

 

 

 

 

 

  JUNE 21 chapel of the chimes:  LULU with

Wendy Reid, Aurora Josephson, Brenda Hutchinson, Ron Heglin

 

 

 

Steed Cowart & Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble

Lulu Variations 3                          

                                                        

                     Lulu at the Chimes                                                                              Lulu at Turquoise Grotto

 

 

 

 

tree piece #8 for solo persussion:

 

 

tree piece #2 for violin, percussion, and tape:    tree piece #10 for violin, percussion, and tape: tree piece #17  for two or more instruments: tree 

 

 

 

piece #21  for violin, percussion, and tape:

 

  

tree piece #31  for trumpet and percussion:  

 

tree piece #34 for oboe, percussion, and tape:

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