[NewMusicEvents] Wednesday, May 9 2+2 Series: Raskin/Greenlief/Robair/Hanes + Daniel Popsicle

[Sarah - 21 Grand]

Wednesday, May 9  2+2 Series: Raskin/Greenlief/Robair/Hanes + Daniel
Popsicle    8pm, $6-10
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21 Grand
416 25th St.
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 444-7263
http://www.21grand.org


Evander Music and Rova:Arts present Phillip Greenlief
<http://www.bayimproviser.com/artistdetail.asp?artist_id=117>  and Jon
Raskin <http://www.bayimproviser.com/artistdetail.asp?artist_id=24> 's 2 + 2
Series, a series of concerts in which the two saxophonists invite a pair of
³like instruments² to join them to explore new directions in composition and
improvisation. Tonight features seasoned percussionists, John Hanes and Gino
Robair, both known for extending percussive ideas and techniques beyond the
traditional drum kit to electronics, found materials (such as styrofoam or
21 Grand¹s ice chest) and so forth. Daniel Popsicle presents the premiere of
Dan Plonsey's Rafting Season, part 8 of Plonsey's "Many More than Four Lousy
Seasons" series. This 50-minute long piece depicts the pointlessness of many
things, in a very friendly and accomodating, even ingratiating manner. The
ensemble will be joined by dancers from the  Dandelion Dance Theatre
<http://www.dandeliondancetheater.org/> . Inspired by Sun Ra, Charles Ives,
and the dadaists, Plonsey¹s compositions "arise from the drama of conflict:
at least two ideas, one sensible and one absurd, set in motion together or
against one another."