wendy reid - tree pieces
upcoming:
Ambient Bird - Live Oak 2023 with sfSOUND and the bird ensemble
San Francisco Classical Voice Preview -Lou Fancher:
https://www.sfcv.org/articles/preview/wendy-reid-taps-ambience-natural-world-her-music
Friday September 22nd 6:15pm
ambient bird - live oak 2023 musicians:
Lulu, african grey parrot
Wendy Reid, violin
Brenda Hutchinson, long tube
Krys 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
Other Minds Nature of Music 18 : Wendy Reid July 13, 2023 Dresher Studio 7:30pm
https://www.otherminds.org/nature-of-music/
East Bay Express: Democratic Birdsong
https://eastbayexpress.com/democratic-birdsong/
https://treepieces.net/files/1235032/eastbayexpresswendyreid.pdf
https://edition.pagesuite-
‘ambient bird - west oakland’ with the bird ensemble: front: David Samas, Kanoko Nishi-Smith, Krys Bobrowski back: Ron Heglin, Aurora Josephson, Lulu, Wendy Reid (photo: OM staff, b/w edit)
Charles Amirkhanian, Lulu, and Wendy reid discussing Tree Piece #8:
Berkeley Bird Festival: Sunday October 15 - 4:30pm
David Brower Center -2150 Allston Way, Berkeley
‘From Twittering Machine to Ambient Bird: Composing with a bird named Lulu’ https://berkeleybirdfestival.org/wingedwonderment/
4:30-5:00 From Twittering Machine to Ambient Bird: Composing with a Bird named Lulu— Wendy Reid
Composer Wendy Reid will talk about her Tree Pieces, ongoing musical processes which reflect nature’s manner of operations, and her African Grey Parrot, Lulu, with whom she has lived for 17 years and whom she credits as co-composer for her recent works. Reid has created a unique musical ‘tree notation’ for these pieces ranging from strictly notated conventional scores to her current quasi-improvisational works, using spatial notation and time frames, read from bottom to top akin to following the growth of a tree. In her presentation, she will show scores, play excerpts, and talk about her wonderful musical relationship with Lulu.
lulu's back in town: live oak park september 22, 2023 - 6:15pm
Ambient Bird - Live Oak 2023 fall equinox:
with sfSOUND and the bird ensemble at Live Oak Park - Berkeley
6/21/23 ambient bird - epitaph klee with the bird ensemble at the Garden of Memory Festival
Bird Ensemble - front: David Samas, Kanoko Nishi-Smith, Krys Bobrowski back: Ron Heglin, Aurora Josephson, Lulu, Wendy Reid (photo: OM staff)
Garden of Memory at Chapel of the Chimes 2023
Wendy Reid, lulu, Aurora Josephson, Kanoko Nishi-Smith, David Samas
- Google Calendar ICS
- Bird Ensemble: David Samas, Aurora Josephson, Lulu, Wendy Reid, Kanoko Nishi-Smith
Garden of Memory
Summer Solstice Celebration at Chapel of the Chimes
4499 Piedmont Ave. Oakland, CA
www.gardenofmemory.com
5-9pm
ambient bird - mosswood january 8, 2023
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
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HEGLIN-LOUCHARD-PERKIS Trio
mosswood sound series - 3630 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA
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 2022
ambient bird - live oak with sfSOUND and the bird ensemble 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
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)
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
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
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
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:
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 (photo: D.Samas
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: 