tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125698148807732622024-02-18T19:02:20.400-08:00De Stijl MusicJack Curtis Dubowsky : Music Film Art CultureJack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-48487780987606730282018-08-30T08:53:00.001-07:002018-08-30T08:53:28.838-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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with new live score<br />Tue Oct 30, 2018 7pm <a href="https://smpl.org/">Santa Monica Public Library, Santa Monica CA</a><br />Mon Oct 29, 2018 7pm <a href="http://www.arttheatrelongbeach.org/">Art Theatre, </a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/">Long Beach CA</a></div>
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Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-26037322462993088332018-07-11T15:51:00.001-07:002018-07-11T15:53:24.745-07:00New Music Wants to Help<b>New Music Box: "New Music Wants to Help"</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Live music</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> and electro-acoustic structured improvisation to five new electrifying motion picture montages exploring the Flight AF447 disaster, Drone Warfare, Futurist Cities, Polar Ice Caps, and the Desert.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> is an internationally recognized new music group that combines acoustic instruments, electronic hardware, composed material, and structured improvisation. Hear analog synthesizer as an unpredictable vintage performance instrument. The Ensemble's electro-acoustic music is performed and recorded live, with no overdubs or sequencing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><b>"<i>redefining musical boundaries</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><b>" <i>San Francisco Classical Voice</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><b> 9/1/09</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>JCDE</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> has three albums. <b>JCDE</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> has presented extensive programs of live music to experimental film. In 2010, <b>JCDE</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> attracted global attention with concerts of Depeche Mode's <i>Violator,</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> performed entirely live, start-to-finish, with a complement of strings, to mark the album's 20th anniversary. <b>JCDE</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> has played chamber concert series, new music series, galleries, and alternative performance spaces nationwide, including The Tank (NYC), AS220 (Providence RI), The Lilypad (Cambridge MA), Meridian Gallery (SF), Cafe Du Nord (SF), Trinity Chamber Concerts (Berkeley), The Whistler (Chicago), The Frequency (Madison WI), and Vaudeville Mews (Des Moines IA).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Jack Curtis Dubowsky</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black;">is a prolific composer, author, educator, and filmmaker. </span>Major works include <i>Harvey Milk: A Cantata</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, the socio-political chamber opera <i>Halloween in the Castro</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, and an oratory with orchestra, <i>Eisenhower Farewell Address</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">. Dubowsky’s feature documentary, <i>Submerged Queer Spaces</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, a study of architecture and urban archaeology, premiered at the 2012 Frameline36 San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. Dubowsky’s choral music has been performed internationally by groups including San Francisco Choral Artists, Desert Voices, Resounding Harmony, Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, Oakland/East Bay Gay Men’s Chorus, and Mount Eden Chorus. Dubowsky has received grants from Meet the Composer, Zellerbach Family Fund, Composers and Schools, the American Composers Forum, and others. Dubowsky’s sheet music is available through JW Pepper, Sheet Music Plus, and Theodore Front Musical Literature. Dubowsky is a fellow of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Dubowsky serves on the editorial board of <i>The Soundtrack</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, published by Intellect Press.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Fred Morgan </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">is the principal timpanist of the Duluth Superior Symphony and percussionist for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. He <span style="color: black;">received his BM in percussion performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the study of Jack Van Geem and his MM from the New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Will Hudgins. Fred has performed in the Hong Kong Philharmonic, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Kansas City Symphony, Spoleto USA, Schleswig-holstein, Music Academy of the West, Jeunnesses Musicales, National Orchestral Institute, and the Aspen Music Festival. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Erika Johnson</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> has held the position of principal timpanist in the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra and has played with numerous professional orchestras. In addition to symphonic performance, she is a frequent performer of new music. As a concerto competition winner, Erika performed Deja vu by Michael Colgrass on timpani with the Indiana University Concert Orchestra. Erika holds a Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance from Indiana University-Bloomington and a Master of Music in percussion from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her teachers have included Gerald Carlyss (Philadelphia Orchestra) and Jack Van Geem (San Francisco Symphony). </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Trombonist <b>Hall Goff</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> has been a member of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra since 1977 and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players since 1979. Hall received his BA from Oberlin College and MM from the Yale University School of Music, where his principal teacher was John Swallow. Hall has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, Eastern Brass Quintet, the Wall Street Brass Quintet, Paul Lavalle’s Band Of America, the New York City Ballet, and at the Spoleto Festival and the Macerata Opera of Italy. Raising his bell in the popular realm, Hall has performed with Frank Zappa, Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Hope, Nelson Riddle, Diane Carroll, Linda Ronstadt, Vic Damone, John Pizzarelli, and The Manhattan Transfer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Rufus Olivier III</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> has performed extensively with the San Francisco Symphony, Opera and Ballet orchestras, as well as the Santa Rosa Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, and Quinteto Latino. He has performed in the Musikverein of Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and New York’s Carnegie Hall. <span style="color: black;"> </span>A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Mr. Olivier studied music at Azusa Pacific University, where his principal teachers were David Breidenthal, principal bassoonist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and his own father, Rufus Olivier Jr, principal bassoonist of the San Francisco Opera and Ballet orchestras. </span></div>
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Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-3398948010203645002011-06-02T23:34:00.001-07:002011-06-02T23:42:19.938-07:00Dan's Big Hands and Birthday Party Clown Screenings at OTCFFTwo of my short films, <i>Dan's Big Hands</i> and <i>Birthday Party Clown</i>, will screen at the <a href="http://www.outtwincitiesfilmfest.com/">Out in Twin Cities Film Festival</a> on Sunday, June 5, 2011, at 2:30 PM. <div>The screening is at the St Anthony Main theatre in Minneapolis. <div>Here's a <a href="http://www.outtwincitiesfilmfest.com/OTCFFFinal.pdf">link to the festival schedule</a>. <div>Sheet music for a choral version of "Dan's Big Hands" is available <a href="http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Dan-s-Big-Hands-TB-Piano-Optional-SA/19251110">here</a>. <div>Film presskits are available <a href="http://destijlmusic.com/press.html">here</a>.</div></div></div></div>Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-23429321193994842962011-05-10T23:02:00.000-07:002011-05-10T23:06:00.591-07:00Matrixsynth blog posts "Signals" Video<a href="http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2011/05/signals-jack-curtis-dubowsky-ensemble.html">http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2011/05/signals-jack-curtis-dubowsky-ensemble.html</a><div><br /></div><div><span>This super cool synth blog has posted our video for "Signals" from JCDE 1, which begins with a "light show" by the Jupiter-6 synth!</span></div>Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-4436112995582998792011-04-24T22:34:00.000-07:002011-04-24T22:39:19.880-07:00NYC Dilemma (uncut version) screens at Microscope GalleryMy short film, <i>NYC Dilemma</i>, I co-produced with Director Todd Wilson, is screening in Bushwick, Brooklyn, on April 30, 2011.<br /><i>NYC Dilemma</i> had its world premiere at BFI in London and its US Premiere at MIX Fest in NYC.<br />Here's the info about the screening.<br /><br />Day Job<br />organized by Ben Coonley<br />Microscope Gallery<br />4 Charles Place<br />Bushwick<br />Brooklyn NY 11221<br /><br />SATURDAY APRIL 30, 7PM<br />Admission $6 – Reservation recommended!<br /><br />Contact:<br />tel: 347.925.1433<br />info@microscopegallery.com<br /><br />The concept of a "day job" implies a kind of second-order activity. Though day jobs are financially expedient, they are generally assumed to be unrelated to the artist's raison d'être, making art. It may be embarrassing for an artist to admit to having a day job; some believe that successful artists do not work outside of the studio. But the waking hours and creative activities of most artists are deeply impacted by the non-studio-based things they do to make money. Day jobs may "wear us down" by sucking away precious time and energy on mundane or common tasks. But they also introduce us to problems, structures, routines, materials, skills, people and ideas (in short, subject matter) that we simply wouldn't have access to if we didn't have to work for a living.<br /><br />This is a program of films created during, about, and for artists' day jobs. They include: remarkable films made as part of a non-art paid activity; films that were directly inspired by paid work activities; and films that were shot and/or edited on the sly while the artist was getting paid to do something else.<br /><br />Artists include:<br /><br />Marie Losier (French Institute Film Programmer)<br />Kent Lambert (Medical Film Archivist)<br />David Kay (Senior Encoder at a Late 90s Internet Startup)<br />XXXXXXX XXXXXXX (Artist Assistant)*<br />XXX XXXXXXX (Collectable Figurine Prototype Painter)*<br />Benj Gerdes (Wedding Videographer)<br />XXXX XXXXX (Video-on-Demand Supervisor)*<br />Jack Curtis Dubowsky (Music Studio Technician)<br />Ben Coonley (Instructional Practices Videographer)<br />Jesse Cain (Documentary Cinematographer)<br />Dianne Bellino (Oral Storyteller/Performer for Children)<br />And others…Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-10274438576466555132011-03-24T22:39:00.000-07:002011-03-24T22:45:33.655-07:00Pink Apple 2011 TrailerPink Apple (Zurich Switzerland film festival) features Jack Curtis Dubowsky in its new festival trailer for 2011!<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ho5j3J_l_u8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Composer / Director Jack Curtis Dubowsky screened <a href="http://www.pinkapple.ch/2009/php/detail.php?id=212&ort="><span style="font-style:italic;">Dan's Big Hands</span> at Pink Apple in 2009.</a>Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-34986206588941690972011-01-11T19:03:00.000-08:002011-01-11T19:21:12.900-08:00"Gentle Wind" screens at Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsJack Curtis Dubowsky's digital video "Gentle Wind" screened Saturday, January 8, 2011 as part of the VCCA Filmmakers Showcase at the VCCA 40th Anniversary event at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia.<div><br /></div><div>“Gentle Wind” (2008) (2:13) shows the persistence of nature within a highly urbanized environment:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>a plastic bag, the leaves of weeds sprouting in the pavement, and peeling paper from a disused billboard react to the motion of air.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A birds flies over barren rooftops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Light penetrates an overpass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Our constructions also form part of “nature.”</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Suny Monk of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts says, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">We expect to use the film showcase for at least three other events - one now envisioned in tents (yea! could work beautifully), one in NYC (venue not yet known), one at our studio facilities in Auvillar France, and one here in the hayloft barn which will lend itself to the multiples concept."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Suny says, "</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">We owe huge thanks to Karl Nussbaum whose brain hatched the first film ideas and who followed through to plan, notify, receive, edit and refine the showcase and to Lexie Boris, our director of communication, who worked alongside Karl and is handling the use of all the films going forward."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Here's an interview of Suny with Tanja Softic on TV! Tanja and I were fellows at VCCA together in November of 2009. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/29kR-EC_Yow?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/29kR-EC_Yow?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><div><br /></div><div>Here's the digital video of "Gentle Wind."</div><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YCVpI6WgwCM?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YCVpI6WgwCM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-22554874477478039632010-12-13T02:06:00.000-08:002010-12-13T02:09:19.334-08:00New Website: jackcurtisdubowsky.comCheck out the new website, <a href="http://www.jackcurtisdubowsky.com">jackcurtisdubowsky.com</a>Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-70518939384148203702010-12-06T22:44:00.000-08:002010-12-06T22:47:45.417-08:00World premiere of “My Agnostic Solstice”<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco presents the world premiere of “My Agnostic Solstice,” words and music by <b>Jack Curtis Dubowsky</b></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, commissioned by Noam Szoke.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana;">The new piece for mixed chorus explores a topic requested by Mr. Szoke: what does an agnostic or atheist sing on a Christmas concert?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana;">“My Agnostic Solstice” will be performed in LGCSF’s legendary annual “Christmas Crap-Array” cabaret, December 16, 17, and 18, 2010 at 8 pm at the EXIT Theatre in San Francisco.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Dubowsky has enjoyed a long relationship with the chorus, which has performed much of his work, including “Silent Holy Hanukah Bush,” the controversial “Magic Snow,” and the choral opera <i>Halloween in the Castro.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></i></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Dubowsky’s choral music is available at sheetmusicplus.com.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana;">The world's first mixed lesbian and gay chorus, LGCSF is dedicated to building and enriching the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender (LGBT) community through song and a love of music. The Chorus has performed around the world, and hundreds of times in San Francisco. LGCSF was founded in 1980 by Bay Area musicians and community members.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Calibri;"><a href="http://www.lgcsf.org/"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext;">http://www.lgcsf.org/</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="color:windowtext;"><a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/136018">http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/136018</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHc891sXOpRDbKYI_awQxPE_G-8VAyd8TgaD7Ac_xnarFRQQCS5HBPUXlDQTxAuYY7gDQqC1PdYlRGBn4cAnr8c2I7Ruzqel8kx5AOkiClsqTcpalcmfgQzCoyvDbU1HQyRrO21Ix-4U/s1600/craparraypoop.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHc891sXOpRDbKYI_awQxPE_G-8VAyd8TgaD7Ac_xnarFRQQCS5HBPUXlDQTxAuYY7gDQqC1PdYlRGBn4cAnr8c2I7Ruzqel8kx5AOkiClsqTcpalcmfgQzCoyvDbU1HQyRrO21Ix-4U/s200/craparraypoop.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547828191338340802" /></a><br /><!--EndFragment-->Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-74628546547131561922010-07-12T18:23:00.000-07:002010-07-12T18:26:47.702-07:00DUBOWSKY ENSEMBLE PLAYS Depeche Mode's VIOLATOR (20th Anniversary Concert) at CAFE DU NORD !!! 7/28/10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4T_McIVsAqldAD8UukU4BAmHGwJwi0zPzEd9863mgfGGtpnsBu6bXR8A-eYwKHeKVXLsMwYD0GmjYs-PUL9opQT7al4G899Us5bTst1ofRm5Dn4Kp6d7eTjyI-e9Fn94h0fGkhrhvOOw/s1600/JCDE+Violator+Eagle.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4T_McIVsAqldAD8UukU4BAmHGwJwi0zPzEd9863mgfGGtpnsBu6bXR8A-eYwKHeKVXLsMwYD0GmjYs-PUL9opQT7al4G899Us5bTst1ofRm5Dn4Kp6d7eTjyI-e9Fn94h0fGkhrhvOOw/s200/JCDE+Violator+Eagle.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493195875964291890" /></a><br /><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">JACK CURTIS DUBOWSKY ENSEMBLE "<i>redefining musical boundaries</i></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">" <i>San Francisco Classical Voice</i></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> 9/1/09</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:14px;">JACK CURTIS DUBOWSKY ENSEMBLE & STRINGS</span></span></b></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:14px;">PERFORM DEPECHE MODE’S </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:14px;">VIOLATOR</span></span></i></b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:14px;"> ALBUM</span></span></b></span></span></b></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:14px;">LIVE IN CONCERT</span></span></b></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><b>DATE: </b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Doors 7pm, show 8pm</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><b>VENUE:</b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> Cafe Du Nord, 2170 Market Street, San Francisco CA 94114. Phone: 415 861 5016</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><b>TICKETS:</b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> $10</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><b>BOX OFFICE:</b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> Tickets available at the door</span></span> </b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><b>ENSEMBLE WEBSITE:</b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.destijlmusic.com/jcde.html">http://www.destijlmusic.com/jcde.html</a></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><b>VENUE WEBSITE:</b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> <a href="http://www.cafedunord.com/">http://www.cafedunord.com</a> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b>HIGH RES PHOTOS: <span style=" text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; color:black;"><u><a href="http://www.destijlmusic.com/jcde.html">http://www.destijlmusic.com/jcde.html</a></u></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">In a very special engagement, the <b>Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble</b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> and strings perform the entire Depeche Mode album <i>Violator</i></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">, start to finish, completely live, with no pre-records or sequencing.<span> </span>For the 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary of this auspicious album, hear it live, as you have never heard it before.</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">The <b>Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble</b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">, a groundbreaking new music ensemble led by classical and film composer Jack Curtis Dubowsky, combines acoustic instruments, electronic hardware, composed material and structured improvisation. The Ensemble treats analog synth as a rare and unpredictable performance instrument. The Ensemble's contemporary electroacoustic music, is performed and recorded live with no overdubs or sequencing. The Ensemble just released its second album, II, and returned from an April tour of the east coast.</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">The Ensemble has played chamber concert series, new music series, galleries, alternative performance spaces, and has also presented programs of live music to experimental film.</span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; ">Personnel</span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Jack Curtis Dubowsky<span> </span>: Arrangements, Synthesizer, Vocals<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Jake Harris : Trombone, Vocals</span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Fred Morgan : Drums<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Yuri Kye : Violin<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Alice Kao : Violin</span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Adam Young : Cello</span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;">Ari Gorman: Double Bass</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><u>Also appearing:</u></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><b>The Hurd Ensemble</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> exists where electronic, classical, rock, experimental and jazz intersect, combining live electronics with violin, viola, cello, upright bass, and piano for driving, accessible, wildly rhythmic music filled with melody and extremes of percussion. Listen to samples of their work at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.georgehurd.com/" target="_blank">www.georgehurd.com</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/georgehurd" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/georgehurd</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">. </span><div style="font-size: medium; "></div></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:12px;"><b>ElectroSonic Chamber</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;"><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:12px;">Experience the psychedelic sounds of The ElectroSonic Chamber, a four-piece band conceived and born in the Bay Area. Comprised of a Filipino and Bay Area natives, they are a splash of good old California sunshine sprinkled with Trans-Pacific flair. Loud enough to feel some good vibrations, a splendid time is guaranteed for all! </span></span></div></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;"><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:12px;">Wilfred Galila - Guitar/Vocals, </span></span></div></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;"><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:12px;">Dominic Mercurio - Drums/Samples, </span></span></div></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;"><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:12px;">Clint Forney - Guitar, </span></span></div></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;"><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:12px;">Joey Hassid - Keyboard.</span></span></div></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;"><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; ">About </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; ">Violator</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "> </span></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">Released twenty years ago in 1990, Depeche Mode’s seventh studio album continued a commercial and artistic flirtation with the American west, the guitar, the synth, and the sampler, all while stretching the structural form of the pop song.</span></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><i>Violator</i></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> comprises nine songs, two un-indexed experimental “interludes,” and four singles: “Personal Jesus,” “Enjoy the Silence,” “Policy of Truth,” and “World in My Eyes.” The album has sold 13.5 million copies to date, making it DM’s biggest seller, as well as one of Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” All of the songs are composed by Martin L. Gore, a combination of recluse and exhibitionist.</span></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">“Blue Dress” is really about Martin wearing the dress, not the implied second person.<span> </span>Seen in this manner, “Blue Dress” attempts to elucidate a sexual fetish much in the same vein as “Strangelove” and “Master and Servant.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">The demo version of “Enjoy the Silence” suggests the song was intended to be the next “Somebody” before Alan Wilder’s production pumped the simple chord progression to dance club intensity.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">“Personal Jesus” continued both the use of guitar and the homoerotic buddy/savior fixation of “Never Let Me Down Again.” It followed in the twangy footsteps of their unexpected cover of “Route 66” that had been encouraged by their American label and parlayed into an alterative radio hit.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">“Clean” features an echoic homage to Pink Floyd’s “One of These Days.”<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">The album remains to this day both popular and enigmatic, an unlikely crossover that remains influential to this day.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><b><u>Recent Press</u></b></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://thephoenix.com/Providence/Picks/Event.aspx?id=657312&date=04-12-2010">http://thephoenix.com/Providence/Picks/Event.aspx?id=657312&date=04-12-2010</a></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://epmusic.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/jack-curtis-dubowsky-ensemble-the-tank/">http://epmusic.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/jack-curtis-dubowsky-ensemble-the-tank/</a></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.sequenza21.com/2009/09/ten-questions-for-jack-curtis-dubowsky/"><span style=" text-decoration: none; color:black;"><u>http://www.sequenza21.com/2009/09/ten-questions-for-jack-curtis-dubowsky/</u></span></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><span style=" text-decoration: none; color:black;"><u><a href="http://www.sfcv.org/preview/dubowsky-ensemble-meets-its-meridian">http://www.sfcv.org/preview/dubowsky-ensemble-meets-its-meridian</a></u></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.sfcv.org/reviews/jack-curtis-dubowsky-ensemble/depeche-mode-lost-in-translation">http://www.sfcv.org/reviews/jack-curtis-dubowsky-ensemble/depeche-mode-lost-in-translation</a></span></span></div>Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-17665139561179377982010-05-06T16:38:00.000-07:002010-05-06T17:18:41.208-07:00DUBOWSKY ENSEMBLE + STRINGS play Depeche Mode's VIOLATOR (20th Anniversary Concert) June 3, 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNHsAEf5EwwkRKfQHMI_X6B1pIvYbCkiW0pzx6W0N38APGZGkvRPeC39JX5LMugUd_ez3ME9oNeHzVJCd1Pp4YeNuOVDy9ClNhZNiQpYsBJ0md6KG0RdqmEU6_BamWIb9ST6z9b9jDRk/s1600/Depeche-Mode-Violator-Delantera.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNHsAEf5EwwkRKfQHMI_X6B1pIvYbCkiW0pzx6W0N38APGZGkvRPeC39JX5LMugUd_ez3ME9oNeHzVJCd1Pp4YeNuOVDy9ClNhZNiQpYsBJ0md6KG0RdqmEU6_BamWIb9ST6z9b9jDRk/s320/Depeche-Mode-Violator-Delantera.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468315869785618242" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><div><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">JACK CURTIS DUBOWSKY ENSEMBLE "<i>redefining musical boundaries</i></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">" <i>San Francisco Classical Voice</i></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> 9/1/09</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:14px;">JACK CURTIS DUBOWSKY ENSEMBLE & STRINGS</span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:14px;">PERFORM DEPECHE MODE’S </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:14px;">VIOLATOR</span></span></i></b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:14px;"> ALBUM</span></span></b></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:14px;">LIVE IN CONCERT</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><b>DATE: </b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">Thursday, June 3, 2010, 9 pm</span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><b>VENUE:</b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> Eagle Tavern, 398 12th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-4330. Tel. (415) 626-0880</span></span> </b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><b>TICKETS:</b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> $6</span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><b>BOX OFFICE:</b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> Tickets available at the door</span></span> </b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><b>ENSEMBLE WEBSITE:</b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> <span> <a href="http://www.destijlmusic.com/jcde.html">http://www.destijlmusic.com/jcde.html</a></span></span></span></b></span><b></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><b>VENUE WEBSITE:</b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.sfeagle.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">http://www.sfeagle.com/</span></a> </b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b>HIGH RES PHOTOS: <span style=" text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; color:black;"><u><a href="http://www.destijlmusic.com/jcde.html">http://www.destijlmusic.com/jcde.html</a></u></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">In a very special engagement, the <b>Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble</b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> and strings perform the entire Depeche Mode album <i>Violator</i></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">, start to finish, completely live, with no pre-records or sequencing.<span> </span>For the 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary of this auspicious album, hear it live, as you have never heard it before.</span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">The <b>Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble</b></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">, a groundbreaking new music ensemble led by classical and film composer Jack Curtis Dubowsky, combines acoustic instruments, electronic hardware, composed material and structured improvisation. The Ensemble treats analog synth as a rare and unpredictable performance instrument. The Ensemble's contemporary electroacoustic music, is performed and recorded live with no overdubs or sequencing. The Ensemble just released its second album, II, and returned from an April tour of the east coast.</span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">The Ensemble has played chamber concert series, new music series, galleries, alternative performance spaces, and has also presented programs of live music to experimental film.</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; ">Personnel</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Jack Curtis Dubowsky<span> </span>: Arrangements, Synthesizer, Vocals<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Hall Goff : Trombone, Vocals</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Fred Morgan : Drums<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Yuri Kye : Violin<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Alice Kao : Violin</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Adam Young : Cello<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Also appearing:<span> </span>Monks of Doom.<span> </span>(JCDE <i>Violator</i> goes on first.)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.magneticmotorworks.com/monksofdoom.html">http://www.magneticmotorworks.com/monksofdoom.html</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Monks of Doom were formed in 1986 by four members of the ever-popular college/indie rock band Camper Van Beethoven.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; ">About </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; ">Violator</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "> </span></span></i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">Released twenty years ago in 1990, Depeche Mode’s seventh studio album continued a commercial and artistic flirtation with the American west, the guitar, the synth, and the sampler, all while stretching the structural form of the pop song.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><i>Violator</i></span><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> comprises nine songs, two un-indexed experimental “interludes,” and four singles: “Personal Jesus,” “Enjoy the Silence,” “Policy of Truth,” and “World in My Eyes.” The album has sold 13.5 million copies to date, making it DM’s biggest seller, as well as one of Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” All of the songs are composed by Martin L. Gore, a combination of recluse and exhibitionist. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">“Blue Dress” is really about Martin wearing the dress, not the implied second person.<span> </span>Seen in this manner, “Blue Dress” attempts to elucidate a sexual fetish much in the same vein as “Strangelove” and “Master and Servant.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">The demo version of “Enjoy the Silence” suggests the song was intended to be the next “Somebody” before Alan Wilder’s production pumped the simple chord progression to dance club intensity.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">“Personal Jesus” continued both the use of guitar and the homoerotic buddy/savior fixation of “Never Let Me Down Again.” It followed in the twangy footsteps of their unexpected cover of “Route 66” that had been encouraged by their American label and parlayed into an alterative radio hit.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">“Clean” features an echoic homage to Pink Floyd’s “One of These Days.”<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">The album remains both popular and enigmatic, an unlikely crossover that is influential to this day.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><b><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><b><u>Recent Press</u></b></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://thephoenix.com/Providence/Picks/Event.aspx?id=657312&date=04-12-2010">http://thephoenix.com/Providence/Picks/Event.aspx?id=657312&date=04-12-2010</a><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://epmusic.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/jack-curtis-dubowsky-ensemble-the-tank/">http://epmusic.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/jack-curtis-dubowsky-ensemble-the-tank/</a><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.sequenza21.com/2009/09/ten-questions-for-jack-curtis-dubowsky/">http://www.sequenza21.com/2009/09/ten-questions-for-jack-curtis-dubowsky/</a><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><span style=" text-decoration: none; color:black;"><u><a href="http://www.sfcv.org/preview/dubowsky-ensemble-meets-its-meridian">http://www.sfcv.org/preview/dubowsky-ensemble-meets-its-meridian</a><br /></u></span></span></div></span>Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-28212547018071298902010-05-04T23:20:00.000-07:002010-05-05T03:07:15.462-07:00Stephin Merritt 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea SFIFFTuesday, May 4, 2010. Stephin Merritt's world premiere of his new score for the 1916 classic <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0006333/">20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</a>, presented by the San Francisco International Film Festival at the Castro Theatre. <div><br /></div><div>I was looking forward to this event, and I must say I was pretty pleased overall.</div><div><br /></div><div>Merritt's interest in scoring film dates to the 2000 independent film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253063/">Eban and Charley</a>, although the eccentric, urbane, deep-voiced icon is most known for The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs, and lispy titles like The Sixths' <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinths_and_Thistles">Hyacinths and Thistles</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>The best feature of Merritt's score was the extensive use of theatre organ, played by the Castro's own <a href="http://www.davidhegarty.com/castro">David Hegarty</a> on the Castro's historic "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurlitzer">Mighty Wurlizter</a>." Merritt's score seemed custom-composed for the Castro Theatre and the Wurlitzer; a festival programmer who introduced the program indicated this event was originally slated for December, but rescheduled at Merritt's request in order to have the Castro and the organ. </div><div><br /></div><div>There's a number of very cool things about Merritt's use of the Wurlitzer. Many programmers (SF International and SF Silent film festivals among others) bring in various ensembles (including Alloy, Clubfoot, <a href="http://dubowsky.blogspot.com/2009/05/lost-world-with-dengue-fever-at-sf.html">Dengue Fever</a>, Tom Verlaine, Brand Upon the Brain) into the Castro Theatre to do live music to film; few actually use the organ. Merritt's score feels site-specific, making the live performance extra special, incorporating not only the house instrument, but the house organist as well. The Wurlitzer is built into the Castro Theatre; what most people look at and perceive as the organ is in fact only the console. All the pipes and instruments and percussion attachments are in the walls and spaces behind mechanical louvers. It is essentially part of the building. Since the 1916 film was shot <a href="http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-11662-6/silent-film-sound">silent</a>, organ accompaniment further reinforces romantic notions of the era. (The Castro Theatre was actually <a href="http://www.castrotheatre.com/history.html">built in 1922</a>, and the Wurlitzer actually installed in 1979, replacing a <a href="http://www.christianwillis.com/conn651/Conn_651_Photos/Conn_651_Photos.html">Conn 651</a> which probably dated from the 50s or 60s.)</div><div><br /></div><div>Merritt and Hegarty were joined by Daniel Handler (aka <a href="http://music.ign.com/articles/574/574228p1.html">Lemony Snicket</a>) on accordion, and a tuba player who was less than solid, but also suffered from passages written too fast for the instrument and without reasonable consideration for breathing. Daniel and Stephin also did some vocalizing, often through megaphones or processing which made them sound like voices from the past. </div><div><br /></div><div>These vocalizations were amusing but at times tended to poke fun at the film, rather than draw viewers into its grainy world. While some lines might be uproariously clever (the cry of "help!" from a suspended balloonist, or the incessant falsetto "unhand me!" of a molested woman), it veered too often into <a href="http://www.mst3k.com/">Mystery Science Theatre 3000</a> territory - a predictable humor at the expense of the film. </div><div><br /></div><div>This film was made nearly a century ago and deserves respect; it has been restored from a rare nitrate print at the UCLA archive, and odds are it may be around longer than any of Merritt's work. However, the director is no longer around to oversee its contemporary scoring, and was not available to guide Merritt as one might imagine: "hey, this part is not a joke. This is supposed to be sad / scary / etc." Having scored <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0239554/">a few films</a> myself, I have learned to become sensitive to and respectful of a director's intentions. While it is amusing to laugh at an old film, that is the easy way out. It is a greater challenge, but gives a greater cinematic experience, to compose music for an old film that creates in the mind of the viewer the same tension and immersion as a new release.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nevertheless, wry humor is a big part of Merritt's simple, straightforward score. A feral woman lost on an island sings a song about how she doesn't want to wear pants. Each successive reel begins with essentially the same title card, an opportunity Merritt seizes to humorously reprise his main theme each time.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's Merritt's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea main theme:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCv02qD010jY48KYUAzPVgo8I_1DuM2_0_yyvEdqn9JGhwPdbSlRjWofU3om4jHf8ZmLWwV7ObPwPxx6k4L3twIR3DOxGtj36Y1jNCba_oUkprbtdEv-hFv-NiekhgegE-MYt7jzCf6kI/s1600/20,000Leagues.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 92px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCv02qD010jY48KYUAzPVgo8I_1DuM2_0_yyvEdqn9JGhwPdbSlRjWofU3om4jHf8ZmLWwV7ObPwPxx6k4L3twIR3DOxGtj36Y1jNCba_oUkprbtdEv-hFv-NiekhgegE-MYt7jzCf6kI/s400/20,000Leagues.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467717226046286786" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Merritt's themes were related and used well throughout, instrumentally and with voice. Undersea sections tended to rely on electronics and "doppler" like "submarine" sounds, which could get a bit tiresome after a while. While some of Merritt's electronic sounds used in action sequences or on land could be quite interesting, there was enough underwater photography (quite a feat for a 1916 motion picture) that the underwater "ping" seemed to be a repetitive crutch which didn't match the inventiveness of other electronic sections. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here are two photographs of Merritt's electronic setup. </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqjKL0CBNKKUWOr8f5i5RlS4y16f2fYxypr-twRbeUaGVdycXNYy6le3KxUd3OD1eU6iivFS4QLCzFxq0BFuULTaz6pOcbF8SOcnvuAC9qhHmL67H56TTEJdZMIC3fHTyYFVbkamHNmk/s1600/merritt+setup2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqjKL0CBNKKUWOr8f5i5RlS4y16f2fYxypr-twRbeUaGVdycXNYy6le3KxUd3OD1eU6iivFS4QLCzFxq0BFuULTaz6pOcbF8SOcnvuAC9qhHmL67H56TTEJdZMIC3fHTyYFVbkamHNmk/s320/merritt+setup2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467715840353392834" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqjKL0CBNKKUWOr8f5i5RlS4y16f2fYxypr-twRbeUaGVdycXNYy6le3KxUd3OD1eU6iivFS4QLCzFxq0BFuULTaz6pOcbF8SOcnvuAC9qhHmL67H56TTEJdZMIC3fHTyYFVbkamHNmk/s1600/merritt+setup2.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVk5JKzo3eza-PLSbTtj-hUuESRb_ePGLbelj_l1lUTesNCztQsp8lE6RjFg-yQjT8iF-JWqyeJ9bJHK0VTAdErFfx-T66Z53OvgHK99GL7opKrr9keih3m3E9V3Ya-3LZL1U7LQ-d3II/s1600/merritt+setup.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVk5JKzo3eza-PLSbTtj-hUuESRb_ePGLbelj_l1lUTesNCztQsp8lE6RjFg-yQjT8iF-JWqyeJ9bJHK0VTAdErFfx-T66Z53OvgHK99GL7opKrr9keih3m3E9V3Ya-3LZL1U7LQ-d3II/s320/merritt+setup.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467715832254668594" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>That upright electronic thing with knobs appears homemade and has its own little keyboard with white keys that you can barely see, as there's another little box in front of it. Does anyone know what the upright thing with knobs is? Or where Merritt got it?</div><div><br /></div><div>Merritt's music for <i>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</i> (1916) is a mature electroacoustic score which incorporates electronics, tuba, accordion, voice, and theatre organ. It relies on humor to liven up the movie, which may or may not be the best thing for this film, although the Castro audience was certainly amused. The Castro was packed, and once again a program of live music to film was one of the finest offerings of the San Francisco International Film Festival.</div>Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-9146218155101313652010-03-19T00:27:00.000-07:002010-03-19T00:58:57.262-07:00Quattrocelli Free Show at Amnesia<a href="http://www.classicalrevolution.org/">Classical Revolution</a> hosted a free show by <a href="http://quattrocelli.com/">Quattrocelli</a>. Amazing. Amazing this touring German quartet can play in Turlock but not book a paying show in San Francisco. This is how low SF has fallen. Turlock has more opportunity for touring groups than San Francisco. I'm just saying. <div><br /></div><div>At any rate, we are so fortunate that Classical Rev could get this happening for us. I arrived a bit late, so I didn't see all they opened with; it was apparently an Americana set featuring Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, and the like. Lukas, the birthday boy cellist, vocalized a "trombone solo" on "Summertime" using his bow as a prop slide. It was very amusing and brought much laughter from the crowd.</div><div><br /></div><div>The second half of the concert was an amazing set of film score music. Highlights included original arrangements of the Magnificent Seven title theme, the Empire March from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wGR4-SeuJ0">Stern Kriege</a>, some Morricone, and a really touching rendition of My Way. The entire show was performed off-book, with the notable exception being a few notes on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWZxV0dmjws">slide-whistle</a>, for which there was, comically and conspicuously, a music stand and part.</div><div><br /></div><div>The sound of the group is amazing. You know how in the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x45SLNA6gE">competitive barbershop</a> world, the quartets carefully audition voices which blend perfectly? This was like that, but on cellos. The tone matched so perfectly, it was astounding. You could oftentimes hardly distinguish who was playing what part, you had to look closely. Quite amazing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Outside of matched tone, there was lots of interesting cello technique on display. Notably, one large-handed cellist could strum his cello like a guitar, and also play it with a plectrum like a large guitar. This made an amazing sound.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you missed Quattrocelli here in SF, catch them March 20 in Turlock (no kidding), or on the 21st and 22nd in Los Gatos (also no kidding.) Check their <a href="http://quattrocelli.com/">website</a> for details on those gigs and the rest of their tour. </div>Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-50547494660758354732010-03-05T01:16:00.000-08:002010-03-05T01:38:09.493-08:00JACK CURTIS DUBOWSKY ENSEMBLE embarks on East Coast Tour 2010<!--StartFragment--> <div class="Section1"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, serif;"><b></b></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, serif;"><b><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For immediate release:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">JACK CURTIS DUBOWSKY ENSEMBLE </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">embarks on</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> East Coast Tour 2010 </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/87EdoEpaZdM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/87EdoEpaZdM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The release of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble II</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> , our 2</span></b><span style="font: 7.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">nd</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> album, is supported by these upcoming engagements: </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Wed April 7 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>8-9 pm <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Endless Possibilities WRSU 88.7 New Brunswick NJ </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Th April 8 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9-10 pm <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Live Block BSR 88.1 FM WELH Providence RI </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fri April 9 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9:30 pm <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Tank, 354 West 45th St., NYC </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sat April 10 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9 am-noon Fiat Flux WHUS 91.7 FM, Storrs CT </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sun April 11 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2 pm <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Lily Pad, Cambridge MA </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mon April 12 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9 pm <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>AS220, Providence RI </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana; min-height: 10.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"redefining musical boundaries" </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">San Francisco Classical Voice</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 9/1/09 </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana; min-height: 10.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana; min-height: 10.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, a groundbreaking new music ensemble led by classical and film composer Jack Curtis Dubowsky, combines acoustic instruments, electronic hardware, composed material and structured improvisation. The Ensemble treats analog synth as a rare and unpredictable performance instrument. The Ensemble's contemporary electroacoustic music, abstract, spacious, and transcendental, is performed and recorded live with no overdubs, software, or sequencing. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Based in San Francisco, the Ensemble has played chamber concert series, new music series, galleries, alternative performance spaces, and has presented special programs of live music to experimental film. This April, the Ensemble embarks on their first tour of East Coast appearances in support of their <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">second album, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble II</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Performances at The Tank (NYC) and AS220 (Providence RI) include highlights from the Ensemble's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">programs of live music for experimental film, including shorts by </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Samara Halperin</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tom Graeff</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana; min-height: 11.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana; min-height: 11.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Detailed Tour Schedule </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">DATE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Wednesday, April 7, 8-9pm </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">RADIO PROGRAM:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Endless Possibilities WRSU 88.7 New Brunswick NJ</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">PROGRAM WEBSITE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.epmusic.wordpress.com/">www.epmusic.wordpress.com/</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">STATION WEBSITE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.wrsu.rutgers.edu/">www.wrsu.rutgers.edu/</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana; min-height: 10.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">DATE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Thursday, April 8 9-10pm </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">RADIO PROGRAM:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Live Block BSR 88.1 FM WELH Providence RI </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">PROGRAM WEBSITE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.bsrlive.com/archives/show.php?s=49">www.bsrlive.com/archives/show.php?s=49</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">STATION WEBSITE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.bsrlive.com/schedule/">www.bsrlive.com/schedule/</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana; min-height: 10.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">DATE: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Friday, April 9, 2010, 9:30 pm </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">VENUE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> The Tank, 354 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036 </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Between 8th and 9th Aves. A,C,E to 42nd St/Times Sq. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Telephone:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 212-563-6269 </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana; min-height: 10.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 8px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">TICKETS:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> $10 </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BOX OFFICE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/97288">www.brownpapertickets.com/event/97288</a> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">EVENT WEBSITE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.thetanknyc.org/music">www.thetanknyc.org/music</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">VENUE CONTACT:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Suzan Erasian suz@thetanknyc.org</span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">DATE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Saturday, April 10, 9am-noon </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">RADIO PROGRAM:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Fiat Flux WHUS 91.7 FM, Storrs CT </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">PROGRAM WEBSITE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.fiatfluxradio.blogspot.com/">www.fiatfluxradio.blogspot.com/</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">STATION WEBSITE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.whus.org/schedule.php">www.whus.org/schedule.php</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">DATE: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sunday, April 11, 2010, 2 pm </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">VENUE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> The Lily Pad, Inman Square </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1353 Cambridge St., Cambridge MA 02139 </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Telephone:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (617) 395-1393 </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">TICKETS:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> $10 </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BOX OFFICE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Tickets available at the door. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">EVENT WEBSITE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.lily-pad.net/archives/2010/04/11/">www.lily-pad.net/archives/2010/04/11/</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">VENUE CONTACT:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> gill@lily-pad.net </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">DATE: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Monday, April 12, 2010, 9 pm </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">VENUE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> AS220 </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">115 Empire Street, Providence RI, 02903 </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Telephone:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 401-831-9327 </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">TICKETS:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> $6 </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BOX OFFICE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Tickets available at the door </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">EVENT WEBSITE:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.as220.org/calendar.html">www.as220.org/calendar.html</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">VENUE CONTACT:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> info@as220.org </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">JACK CURTIS DUBOWSKY ENSEMBLE </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MEMBER BIOS </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Keyboardist and bassist </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jack Curtis Dubowsky</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is an active composer, conductor, writer, educator, and filmmaker. Dubowsky has composed four chamber operas and scored five feature films <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">including </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">That Man Peter Berlin</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Rock Haven</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Redwoods</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. The short film </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NYC Dilemma</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> about this working composer premiered 2006 at BFI in London. Dubowsky's choral music has been performed internationally by groups including San Francisco Choral Artists, Desert Voices, Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, and Mount Eden Chorus. His orchestral music has been performed by Castro Valley Chamber Orchestra, and chamber music by Classical Revolution, Snopea Chamber Ensemble, Organic Sound Experiment, Collaborata, and Paradigm Brass. Dubowsky has received grants from Meet the Composer, Zellerbach Family Fund, Friends of San Francisco Public Library, and American Composers Forum. Dubowsky produced recordings by Winsome Griffles, Glen Meadmore, and Virgin Whore <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Complex. Dubowsky's award winning "Mr Jones" parody is a highlight of the Momus album </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Stars <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Forever</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. Dubowsky attended the Aspen School, and received his MM in Composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Dubowsky studied composition with David Conte, Conrad Susa, Elinor Armer, and Michael Czajkowski. Dubowsky is a fellow of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. His sheet music is distributed by SheetMusicPlus and Theodore Front Musical Literature. </span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Percussionist </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fred Morgan</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> received his BM in percussion performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the study of Jack Van Geem and his MM from the New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Will Hudgins. Fred currently studies timpani with San Francisco Timpanist David Herbert; past teachers include Andrew Lewis, James Lee Wyatt, and Alan Hall. Fred played William Kraft's first timpani concerto with the Oakland East Bay Symphony in 2003 as a winner of the orchestra's Young Artist Competition. Fred was a member of the San Francisco Youth Symphony from 1997-2002. Fred has performed as a timpanist and percussionist in the Hong Kong Philharmonic, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Kansas City Symphony. Fred performs with SF Symphony brass and boys choir at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and has subbed with the Midsummer Mozart Festival. Fred participated in festivals of Spoleto USA, Schleswig-holstein, Music Academy of the West, Jeunnesses Musicales, National Orchestral Institute, and the Aspen Music Festival. Contemporary engagements include work with the Sprocket Ensemble and performances and recordings of the music of Erling Wold. Fred subs with the Oakland East bay Symphony and the Santa Rosa Symphony. Fred has received a percussion chair in the Stockton Symphony. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">LINKS:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.destijlmusic.com/jcde.html">www.destijlmusic.com/jcde.html</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/jcdensemble">www.myspace.com/jcdensemble</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; 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font: 10.0px Verdana"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble II </span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Make a Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble station on Pandora!</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/jack+curtis+dubowsky">http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/jack+curtis+dubowsky</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Or on Rhapsody:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.rhapsody.com/jack-curtis-dubowsky-ensemble">http://www.rhapsody.com/jack-curtis-dubowsky-ensemble</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana; min-height: 11.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">RECENT PRESS:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.sequenza21.com/2009/09/ten-questions-for-jack-curtis-dubowsky/">http://www.sequenza21.com/2009/09/ten-questions-for-jack-curtis-dubowsky/</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.sfcv.org/preview/dubowsky-ensemble-meets-its-meridian">http://www.sfcv.org/preview/dubowsky-ensemble-meets-its-meridian</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/22/NSMQ1A5HHC.DTL">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/22/NSMQ1A5HHC.DTL</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/06/BAB119GUJR.DTL">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/06/BAB119GUJR.DTL</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around-town/events/Castro-Halloween-Lives-on---65771667.html">http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around-town/events/Castro-Halloween-Lives-on---65771667.html</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana; min-height: 11.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">###</span></p></b></span><p></p></div> <!--EndFragment-->Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-63639188220766020002010-01-22T15:39:00.001-08:002010-01-22T15:40:36.374-08:00Dubowsky interview in Daily Film Music Blog<a href="http://blofeldscat.livejournal.com/136691.html">My interview in the Daily Film Music Blog!</a><div>Enjoy!</div>Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-25743422829407429322009-11-19T17:51:00.001-08:002009-11-19T19:06:05.432-08:00That Man Peter Berlin Soundtrack Released<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVwbkGbddJIbk96OZiwvPiwTnNVL124fjjYoTX1PbOlnLkj39E4IuvKCwZ4SUfLdtlH2rG499__pdKQ6OI9ZbsBpgFu9qVbR68qWhd4A-nW5jPChCBfBEjtDuD0iQ4pt4bnBpv5kvqfA/s1600/Peter+Berlin+Cover+08-07-09__300x300+Jpeg.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVwbkGbddJIbk96OZiwvPiwTnNVL124fjjYoTX1PbOlnLkj39E4IuvKCwZ4SUfLdtlH2rG499__pdKQ6OI9ZbsBpgFu9qVbR68qWhd4A-nW5jPChCBfBEjtDuD0iQ4pt4bnBpv5kvqfA/s320/Peter+Berlin+Cover+08-07-09__300x300+Jpeg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405998275458141586" /></a><div>Now on iTunes is the original motion picture soundtrack I composed for the 2005 award-winning documentary <a href="http://www.thatmanpeterberlin.com/">That Man Peter Berlin</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>It also includes one bonus "alternate" (read rejected) cue, for the ending sequence "(If I could) Redo My Life."</div><div><br /></div><div>Revisiting this score, I am pleased with how it sounds. It was recorded in my former studio in a Victorian garrett on Laguna Street in San Francisco. The score has real flute, oboe, and cello throughout. I used <i>two</i> computers synchronized via MTC (midi time code). One computer ran video (.movs) and serial MIDI, using Logic, to control a souped-up Emulator E6400 and a Proteus module. A second computer ran digital audio on ProTools. Audio went through an analog mixing console. The mixes were recorded to DAT (all tracks on the ProTools system being maxed out), and then transferred back to computer digitally.</div><div><br /></div><div>I believe I have printed scores for the whole project, or at least for the flute, oboe, and cello parts, somewhere. There are some interesting synth sounds used as well. The idea was not to <i>hide</i> the use of electronics, but to use electronic sounds which might blend well and support the acoustic sounds. So it doesn't sound like synth orchestra, it sounds like its own natural, organic thing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Musically it's also a very interesting score. Some of the themes are rather sophisticated for film music. Check out iTunes' sample clip for "War" with the "Peter" theme stated in the flute. That theme is used in many of the cues, but they all sound rather different. "Magazines and Kitty" features some interesting tone clusters.</div><div><br /></div><div>Check out what a nice job the German distributor did editing together music and clips!</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YTfWbhIdxTo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YTfWbhIdxTo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: normal; ">Here's the opening montage.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PUvT8-MmDfw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PUvT8-MmDfw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></div>Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-66139569416669768722009-11-11T21:30:00.000-08:002009-11-11T21:51:59.230-08:00The Gaz Howards of San Francisco<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">A few days ago I attended an art opening in San Francisco. Great and iconoclastic visual artists have come out of San Francisco, but nevertheless, art openings in San Francisco are not what they are in New York or London. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Much of the crowd, and what passes for galleries, can usually be described in one of four ways: catering-to-tourists, young-DIY-art-students, Valencia hipsters, or residue-of-some-old-clique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">The opening I attended fell squarely into the last category, peppered with veterans of the mid-90s San Francisco underground performing arts scene, many of them still active with their endeavors.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">One such performer whom I’d not seen in years approached me, all wide eyes and smiles, and immediately began to talk about himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Something along the lines of, “Why haven’t you seen my show?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What a way to reanimate that old cliché, “But enough about <i>me</i><span style="font-style:normal">, what do </span><i>you</i><span style="font-style:normal"> think about me?”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The other thing it brought to mind was the Gaz Howard character from HP Mendoza’s musical film, <i>Fruitfly</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I had just seen <i>Fruitfly</i> for a second time when I was at image+nation in Montréal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(My own film <i>Dan’s Big Hands</i> was the opening short. “But enough about <i>me</i><span style="font-style:normal">…”)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I found I enjoyed </span><span><i>Fruitfly</i></span><span style="font-style:normal"> much more the second time.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Gaz Howard is a locally successful performing artist (magician) who rapturously talks about himself at every opportunity, and always turns the conversation back to his own work, events, talent, and importance.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">In a similar fashion, back at the gallery opening, once that performer was done hawking his show, there was nothing else to talk about and the conversation was over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">There seems to be too much of this attitude and approach in San Francisco.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I always think it’s better to have other people talk about you, rather than talking about yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I wonder, is this unique to San Francisco?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Does it happen everywhere?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Is there something about San Francisco, the narrow confines of the city, the limited possibilities, and the suffocating compression of a small but ambitious art scene that fosters such a self-centered attitude?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i>Fruitfly</i> received much criticism for its lack of plot and direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><i><a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939907.html?categoryid=31&cs=1">Variety</a></i> said the film has “<span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14.0pt;color:#333333;"><b>low narrative drive” </b>and<b> “</b></span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14.0pt;color:#333333;">plotwise, little happens, and once introduced, subsidiary strands … are simply neglected.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I would suggest that, in Gaz Howard, Mendoza had the perfect villain in his lap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It was only a missed opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Gaz Howard could have really given the film a powerful climax, as opposed to being a loose thread in an otherwise fine tapestry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>After Gaz gets the theatre instead of Beth, Gaz disappears and that plotline fizzles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>From there it could have gone to another, higher, more dramatic level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’m not going to suggest an alternate ending, other than to say that instead of having Gaz disappear, his character and all he represents could have played a major role in the film’s ending.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">While <i>Fruitfly</i> seems to be about Beth and Windy, Hag and Fag, it is Gaz who supplies the most dramatic tension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And rightfully so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Windy is on Beth’s side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They may have misunderstandings and adventures together, but Gaz is evil lurking in disguise beneath a smiling exterior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We never see that evil fully realized, unleashed, and combated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’m not suggesting who would triumph, or what the denouement might be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I am just saying, there’s your story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Gaz Howard v. Beth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Gaz could have amusingly been connected to some of the other evils presented as well.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>After all, San Francisco is a small town with many tangled webs.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Which returns me to gallery opening, which made me realize what a brilliant take on San Francisco life and culture Fruitfly is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Gaz brilliant caricatures many artists and scenesters.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Why are people like that?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Does it make me want to go see their show?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Is this personality type a natural breed or is it a result of the lack of appreciation for the arts?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So many people run around screaming, “Look at me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Look at me!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If I dwell on it, I think, am I like that, too?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">But enough about <i>me</i><span style="font-style:normal">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What do </span><i>you</i><span style="font-style:normal"> think of me?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Oh yes, and why haven’t you seen my show?</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-49085825215020234462009-10-21T22:25:00.000-07:002009-10-21T22:38:59.911-07:00Opera as History Lesson ?I did an email interview with Drew Bourne, a PhD who writes the Using SF History Blog.<br /><br /><a href="http://usingsfhistory.com/2009/10/20/history-as-opera-halloween-in-the-castro/">http://usingsfhistory.com/2009/10/20/history-as-opera-halloween-in-the-castro/</a><br /><br />These are the questions he asked me and my responses.<br /><br />Q1) How far back in time does the opera go in presenting Halloween in Eureka Valley / the Castro?<br /><br />A) It is unspecific. In Act II, the Sister recalls previous Halloweens, and recounts the involvement of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The event grew from a neighborhood event to an event which was a fund raiser which raised money for charities and had shows and donations, then after some years became unmanageable. One year, there were more arrests than Sisters present hosting the event! This led to a vote in which the Sisters decided they could no longer host the event, because of the number of arrests and threat to public safety. <br /><br />Q2) What kinds of sources were used to develop the opera's version of how Halloween changed over time in the Castro? For example, did you rely primarily on published material (books, newspaper accounts, articles for periodicals), or perhaps on oral histories / interviews with living persons? Did you use any material from any Bay Area archives (such as the San Francisco History Center, or the California Historical Society, or the GLBT Historical Society, or the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley)?<br /><br />A) I lived in the Castro from 1994 to 2001. I've lived in SF on and off since 1991.<br /><br />Factual research was done online sourcing legitimate news sources, including national television, mainstream press, and local gay press. Please see the attachments to this email.<br />You should understand that I use the story of Castro Halloween in the way a librettist uses a historical backdrop. This is very common in opera. Many operas are situated in political events or times; think of <i>Tosca, Billy Budd, Le Grand Macabre, Doctor Atomic, Appomatox</i>, and so on. The primary story is a human story, of love, death, tragedy, and strong human emotions. The opera uses Castro Halloween as a backdrop or locale for all that. The opera is not a documentary nor a docudrama. It's not a re-enactment. It mentions, in Act II, in the scene with the Sister, the horrors of Halloweens past, and all those horrific events are true. However, the 'present day' story of the opera is a fiction, it's drama.<br /><br />I did not use the GLBT Historical Society for any research for this project, although I do have a connection to the archive. Director Todd Wilson passed away in 2005. I had scored Todd's groundbreaking TLA feature film <i>Under One Roof</i>, about an asian-white interracial gay relationship, and we had become close friends. When Todd passed away, he left behind boxes of art, photographs, scripts, notes, and film that the family was about to throw out. No one really came to 'claim' the material, and they had a whole house of stuff to deal with, and they were really not equipped to handle anything like that. I took all the boxes, as much as I could fit into my 1977 MG Midget (that I had at the time), and took it down to Terence at the Historical Society. They took ALL the material. It was a very emotional time and thing for me. I could not bear to see anyone's creative work thrown away like that. And I felt good that the archive took it all. I don't know if it's been catalogued yet. Some of the photographs are amazing. I thought about taking some of them, but I decided it would be best for posterity if the archive had the entire collection intact. So it's all there at the archive. One day I hope it's catalogued.<br /><br />Q3) how do you see the history of Halloween in the Castro as being important? In other words, do you hope that audience members, upon gaining a richer understanding of that history, might somehow use that understanding in any particular ways?<br /><br />A) The history of Castro Halloween is a microcosm for the issues facing San Francisco. <br /><br />For many years, Halloween in the Castro has degenerated from a fun, quirky, San Francisco neighborhood event to a massive, uncontrollable human mass plagued by bashings and murder. While cities like New Orleans profit from gay events – Southern Decadence brings the city $100 Million or more – San Francisco has been unable to harness any similar benefit from its popular celebration. While simple solutions which would raise money for the city are plentiful – re-routing traffic, metal detectors, charging admission, a Guardian Angel type program to name a few – any solution is repeatedly ignored year after year, while politicians try to ‘cancel’ the event, leaving the Castro without street closures, toilets, or police protection, and allowing the bars to stay open and profit from mass consumption of alcohol.<br /> <br />The yearly Castro Halloween debate and debacle has become a microcosm for San Francisco at large. As San Francisco has grown with money and population from the technology boom, the facets which reflect a quirky, queer, hippy, idiosyncratic, beat, or neighborhood population have become rare, commodified, or disrupted. While the Castro is thought of as a ‘Gay Mecca,’ it struggles with how to manage an historic event through reoccurring violence and masses of gawkers. San Francisco as whole struggles with the loss of a creative, lower-income, hippy, queer population as it becomes swamped with a mainstream influx unconcerned with the lasting impact on what was a unique and delicate human environment.<br /><br />Q4) How would you describe the challenges or opportunities inherent in using opera as a format to deliver an historical account (as opposed to using other formats, such as creating a documentary; publishing a book or article; developing a website; or staging a demonstration)?<br /><br />A) Well, I'd like to emphasize that we're not delivering an historical account. We're putting on an opera. There's historical references in it, which are necessary to act as exposition for fictional events which unfold. Some bits of the opera are very Gilbert and Sullivan. The characters are archetypes, amalgamations, archetypical representations of classic San Francisco characters. The Bitter Queen. Castro Gym Queens. The City Supervisor. The Policewoman. And so on. Each of the characters is either archetypal, or an amalgamation of various San Francisco public figures. So there isn’t any direct, one-to-one correspondence with real people or historical figures. However, different political factions and popular approaches are represented. It’s fairly well known who the major interests in the Halloween situation are. Of course, some of the archetypes are mocked, in a very Gilbert and Sullivan kind of way, and there are of course references to real events and situations. The goal was to tell a story and to be real and true to the political concerns which are facing the Castro and San Francisco at large. Many of the characters are also based on personalities you commonly find here. And it’s a big cast with many important roles.<br /><br />When opera tackles an historical account, contemporarily <i>Doctor Atomic</i> or <i>Appomatox</i>, for example, it's good in the sense that people know the story coming into the opera. They may not know all the details, or how it will be done, but they have an idea of what it's about. So it helps get an audience in the door and it helps get an audience interested and it helps find an audience which will relate to the subject matter. <br /><br />The opera is very different from publishing a book or an article in a peer-reviewed journal, or making a website or staging a demonstration. To me that's a bit like comparing apples and oranges, and I'm not sure where to begin. The only thing I can think of is that perhaps they all fall into some kind of community activism. Because LGCSF, the commissioning arts organization, is a community organization, they are boldly making a political statement about Castro Halloween as a community. So much of the community has been subject to policy decisions (like closing muni stations, or putting up barricades not to protect pedestrian crowds from traffic, but to keep them crowded on the sidewalk). There have been "community meetings" but if you look at, for example, homeforhalloween.com, there's references to meetings which were never announced. Why not blog about the meeting before it happens so people will know about it? This opera could be considered a form of community activism, like a website or a demonstration. It's the community having their own say about the matter. The opera mocks the foibles and hypocrisies of local politics. It doesn't give out any solutions. It doesn't attempt to solve any problems. Like Gilbert and Sullivan, it just points out the flaws in the system, and suggests that Castro Halloween is worth caring about, and that there is a viable solution out there.Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-61670577711850637722009-10-16T10:40:00.000-07:002009-10-16T10:44:33.400-07:00Silent, Holy, Hanukah BushAnd, just in case, you were wondering what to sing for your upcoming Holiday Show...<div><a href="http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Silent-Holy-Hanukah-Bush-SATB/19251119">http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Silent-Holy-Hanukah-Bush-SATB/19251119</a></div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://assets.sheetmusicplus.com/product/Look-Inside/covers/19251119.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 582px;" src="http://assets.sheetmusicplus.com/product/Look-Inside/covers/19251119.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-78830369084406399892009-09-20T22:24:00.000-07:002009-09-20T23:12:01.990-07:00José Antonio Sistiaga / Savage Republic / SF CinémathequeSunday 20 Septembre 2009. Victoria Theatre. San Francisco Cinématheque presented a rare screening of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Antonio_Sistiaga">José Antonio Sistiaga</a>'s <i>Ere Erera Baleibu Icik Subua Aruaren</i> (1970). (The whimsical title does not have any literal meaning.) This 75-minute, entirely hand-painted, silent, abstract film is rarely screened anywhere. The 35mm print, along with a 7 minute short also by Sistiaga, was flown from Paris for this screening. Sistiaga painted on both sides of the film, to give it an extra-dimensional effect, according to Cinématheque Executive Director Jonathan Marlow.<div><br /><div>As the film begins, it looks like you are driving through a heavy rainstorm of paint droplets. No image holds longer than a single frame throughout the whole film. Mesmerizingly, the film continues, treating us to dynamic visuals reminiscent of rippling water, veined leaves, bubbles, splotches of blood, or burrowing through rock and stone.</div><div><br /></div><div>What is clearly magical is the way the brain makes the images appear to move. In fact, each frame of film is very small and while projected large, is still a separate image. The appearance of movement is manufactured effortlessly by our own perception.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.mobilization.com/artists/savage.html">Savage Republic</a> provided a confident, highly appropriate musical accompaniment. Guitarist / percussionist / vocalist Ethan Port told me the music was in fact instrumental songs of the band's, strung together and extended for the performance. So while not precisely new music composed specifically for the film, it was a perfect fit, loud, psychedelic, dreamy, and hypnotic, a few "eastern" scales, and lots of jam band stylings. One section of the show was an erstwhile concerto for oil drum; that oil drum was the loudest thing there!</div></div>Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-58976033859490715362009-09-16T19:28:00.000-07:002009-09-16T19:44:27.920-07:00Recent Press<a href="http://www.sequenza21.com/index.php/1745">Sequenza21</a><div><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/06/BAB119GUJR.DTL">San Francisco Chronicle, September 6, 2009, page C-1</a></div><div><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=46646">SFGate City Insider Blog</a> (same story as SF Chronicle, as a blog post)</div><div><a href="http://www.sfcv.org/preview/dubowsky-ensemble-meets-its-meridian">San Francisco Classical Voice</a> critics' pick and preview of Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble concert at <a href="http://www.meridiangallery.org/en/concerts/jackcurtisdubowskyensemble.htm">Meridian Gallery Composers in Performance Series</a></div>Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-28987804185353295552009-08-27T13:49:00.000-07:002009-08-27T13:54:47.881-07:00New Music At Carnegie Hall Online Advertisement<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5si3rjyccOL76e9hAub_hFOOo7DwFR9JgL5A8lpUFFPKbvKcD3aHMPZXk1b8ozOwcbCWm9wRuTAem0w-KUkiqRuyLdRHMfpqSJrhPNHq3xzr2c1dQwIb6W8lB_ULD326YrhQRyIHc68/s1600-h/NewMusicCommissions_165x200.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 165px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5si3rjyccOL76e9hAub_hFOOo7DwFR9JgL5A8lpUFFPKbvKcD3aHMPZXk1b8ozOwcbCWm9wRuTAem0w-KUkiqRuyLdRHMfpqSJrhPNHq3xzr2c1dQwIb6W8lB_ULD326YrhQRyIHc68/s320/NewMusicCommissions_165x200.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374749801928406642" /></a><br />I just saw this online advertisement at the <a href="http://www.sequenza21.com/">Sequenza21</a> website.<br />Notice who gets top billing.Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-42092824139812843062009-08-27T10:39:00.001-07:002009-08-27T10:39:16.449-07:00SFCV: presents Dubowsky Ensemble Meets Its Meridian<a href="http://www.sfcv.org/preview/dubowsky-ensemble-meets-its-meridian">SFCV: presents Dubowsky Ensemble Meets Its Meridian</a><br /><br />Shared via <a href="http://addthis.com">AddThis</a><br />Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569814880773262.post-82465473560651602612009-07-09T22:35:00.000-07:002009-07-09T22:53:52.595-07:00Halloween in the Castro, First Rehearsal (Chorus)Tonight, Thursday July 9, was the first rehearsal of my opera Halloween in the Castro with the commissioning body, the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco. <br /><br />I've been meaning to blog more, but I have been so busy with this project, and some others, it's really taken me away from writing on this blog. Perhaps I will create some other posts, out of chronology, of earlier events I'd meant to blog. Perhaps I won't. <br /><br />So tonight the chorus read through most of the first completed draft. (070309) (July 3, 2009). It went very well. There's still some revisions I need to make. That's all I can think of really. Stephanie sat at the piano, and I sat just behind her to her right. I thought Stephanie would just distribute the choral numbers, but she gave them pretty much everything, so they have a good sense of the work. Shane laughed, "there's seven pages of 'you go girl.' " How baroque! Behold the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acis_and_Galatea_(Handel)">Monster Polypheme</a>!Jack Curtis Dubowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126363489069689502noreply@blogger.com0