Heaven Gallery

Saturday, May 31st at 10pm

Patrick Breiner, solo saxophone

www.myspace.com/PatrickBreinerMusic

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Breakway

Paul Giallorenzo, piano/electronics
Brian Labycz, electronics
Marc Riordan, drums

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Sonic Circus (East Coast)

Currently fixated somewhere along the East Coast, Sonic Circus consists of Dana Jessen (bassoon) and Michael Straus (saxophones). Dedicated to today's music, their combined individual efforts include the premiers of over forty new works with performances at New York City's The Stone, Boston's Jordan Hall and Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center. Always looking to collaborate with non-traditional artists and musicians, they will be joined this show by turntablist DJ Dubble8. These three musicians, having all dabbled in the institutionalized world, hold graduate degrees in music from the likes of Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University and the New England Conservatory of Music. New music performed tonight will fuse electronics with live acoustic instruments and visual projections.

More Artist Info: www.mstraus.net, www.danajessen.com, www.dubble8productions.com

Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd fl.
Chicago
(Blue Line to Damen)

HEAVEN GALLERY LAST SUNDAY SERIES

Sunday, June 1, 3pm

The Cascades- Scott Joplin

Andrew Sinko, piano

Pastiche- Jonathan Schang

Jennifer Swanson, flute; Jonathan Schang, percussion and keys

Sonata 1963- Frank Proto

Dan Thatcher, double bass; Rachel Shaftman, piano

Charanga- Colquhoun

Allie Deaver, flute

French Suite in E- J.S. Bach

Prelude, Allemande, Courante

Three Fantastic Dances, Op. 5- Dmitri Shostakovich

Stephen Hill, piano

with Pillars & Tongues, Meander, and John Bellows

http://www.myspace.com/darkdarkdarkband
http://www.myspace.com/pillarsandtongues

Documentary by Maya Jensen $5 donation
Solidarity in Saya: An Afro-Bolivian Cultural Music Movement

Abstract:
This documentary examines the Afro-Bolivian urban youth movement of Saya music in La Paz, Bolivia that uses this traditional music to pursue their social and political needs. As migrants from villages in the rural, semi-tropical Yungas, this community of youths faces alienation in dealing with the foreign urban environment in which they also cope with racial discrimination on a daily basis. These urban youth build a supportive community around the Saya music group, which serves as a refuge from marginalization in mainstream Bolivian society. The social cohesion and unity cultivated within the Saya group has become a platform for political activism to confront the invisibility of the Afro-Bolivian minority. Rather than standing idle while the colonial hegemonic system of racial hierarchy defines them, the Afro-Bolivian Saya group members empower themselves by defining their own history and identity through these music performances. The Afro-Bolivian youths in La Paz use the musical expression of their history and identity to pursue their current goals of increased respect within society and official recognition by the state.

Brad Loving, solo laptop

http://birdandwhale.com

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Keefe Jackson, reeds
Matt Schneider, guitar

http://www.myspace.com/keefejacksonsfastcitizens

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INSTANT PLACES

Ian Birse and Laura Kavanaugh, electronics

Canadian artists Birse and Kavanaugh are concluding a residency at the Chicago art space inCUBATE. More information and sound clips available at:

http://www.instantplaces.ca

Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd Fl.
Chicago
(Blue Line to Damen)
$5 suggested donation

Branch/Roebke/Riordan

Jaimie Branch, trumpet
Jason Roebke, bass
Marc Riordan, drums

Round two.

www.pionicrecords.com
www.jasonroebke.info
www.myspace.com/marcriordantrio

Giallorenzo/Jackson/Roebke/Rosaly

Pianist/electronicist Paul Giallorenzo leads this quartet featuring reedman Keefe Jackson, bassist Jason Roebke, and drummer Frank Rosaly.

Expect great things.

www.myspace.com/paulgiallorenzo
www.keefejackson.com
www.frankrosaly.blogspot.com

Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago
(Blue Line to Damen)
$5 suggested donation

Saturday, 6/21 10pm

1. Dave Rempis/Kevin Davis Duo

Dave Rempis - saxophones
Kevin Davis - cello

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2. Kimmel/Gregorio/Lonberg-Holm/Hatwich

Jeff Kimmel - bass clarinet
Guillermo Gregorio - clarinets
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Anton Hatwich - bass

Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago
(Blue Line to Damen)
$5 suggested donation

Protest Heaven jazz and improvised music series...

LABYCZ/BAKER DUO

Brian Labycz, electronics
Jim Baker, piano and electronics

SINTON/LONBERG-HOLM/RIORDAN

Josh Sinton, woodwinds (NYC)
Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello
Marc Riordan, drums

BRANCH/HAAKER-FLATEN/RIORDAN

"Standards"

Jaimie Branch, trumpet
Ingebrigt Haaker-Flaten, bass
Marc Riordan, drums

with special surprise guest

1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd Fl.
Chicago (Blue Line to Damen)
$5 suggested donation