An as-yet-unnamed open ensemble at UC San Diego
We meet now and then to play and explore scores that are:
1) able to be comprehended and performed by musicians without rehearsal, individual practice, or more than a short explanation,
with the knowledge that meaning and understanding will grow with time and repeated engagement with the pieces.
2) preferably open in instrumentation and number of players,
to allow for participation by the musicians who are present.
Please contact me if you would like to join us or suggest a score.
Past and present performers
Erik Carlson
Mitchell Carlstrom
Andrew Crapitto
Judith Hamann
Matt Kline
Aaron Mencher
Amir Nasseri
Grace Talaski
Ess Whiteley
Hernan Zamudio
Haihui Zhang
Adam Zuckerman
Repertoire from past meetings:
June 4, 2024
Anders Dahl: Rows
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Es
Eva-Maria Houben: deoksugung II
May 28, 2024
Ryoko Akama: koso koso
Kunsu Shim: Happy for no reason
Alison Knowles: Shoes of your choice
May 21, 2024
Antoine Beuger: meinong nonets
Laura Steenberge: Elevator Music
Mitchell Carlstrom: 3 Pieces of a Whole
May 7, 2024
Ryoko Akama: tada no score 2
D. Edward Davis: drift/line/chain
April 23, 2024
Grace Talaski: Dictionary Piece
Mitchell Carlstrom: Words & Letters in a 'book'
Antoine Beuger: touw (voor joop)
April 16, 2024
Nomi Epstein: Text Series 4
Robert Blatt: Reading the Dictionary
Pauline Oliveros: Extreme Slow Song
Pauline Oliveros: Tuning Meditation
April 9, 2024
Manfred Werder: stück 1998, page 1008
Robert Blatt: Reading the Dictionary
Pauline Oliveros: Bowl Gong
April 2, 2024
Eva-Maria Houben: Erwartung (3)
Jürg Frey: Circular Music 6
Carolyn Chen: In 1839 it was considered elegant to take a tortoise out walking
March 15, 2024
Antoine Beuger: jankélévitch sextets
February 8, 2024
Manfred Werder: stück 2003(1)
Antoine Beuger: peckinpah trios
January 4, 2024
Antoine Beuger: cantor quartets
Eva-Maria Houben: symphonia
May 17, 2018
Stephen Chase: Rayuela
May 10, 2018
Judith Hamann: Ashering
May 3, 2018
Christian Wolff: Drinks
April 26, 2018
Pauline Oliveros: Tumbling Song
April 19, 2018
Ryoko Akama: whisper with grass
April 11, 2018
Caitlynn Belle and Ben Lehman: The Tragedy of GJ 237b
April 5, 2018
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Unbegrenzt (Aus den sieben Tagen)
March 29, 2018
Jennie Gottschalk: People and Voices and Words
March 22, 2018
Nomi Epstein: Text Series #4
March 2, 2018
Heather Frasch: The sounds of objects help me remember
February 21, 2018
Erik Carlson: 5th piece for any number of players
February 15, 2018
Nicolas Carrasco Diaz: intemperie #14
February 8, 2018
Pauline Oliveros: Approaches and Departures
February 1, 2018
Antoine Beuger: some sounds
January 25, 2018
Robert Blatt: Reading the Dictionary
January 18, 2018
Heather Frasch: Remembering with Objects
January 11, 2018
Carolyn Chen: The character for ant contains the character for justice
January 4, 2018
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Es (Aus den sieben Tagen)
December 21, 2017
Pauline Oliveros: One Hundred Meeting Places
December 14, 2017
Pauline Oliveros: Sound Fishes
December 7, 2017
Manfred Werder: stück 2008 (4)
November 16, 2017
Mieko Shiomi: Boundary Music
November 9, 2017
Kieran Daly: Pitch-class testing with gaps and tempo modulation (1)
November 2, 2017
Pauline Oliveros: Environmental Dialogue
October 26, 2017
Alison Knowles: Shoes of your choice
October 19, 2017
Christian Wolff: Looking North
October 12, 2017
Eva-Maria Houben: deoksugung II
October 5, 2017
Carolyn Chen: In 1839 it was considered elegant to take a tortoise out walking