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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="color: black;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
April 1, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;" align="center">LOCAL
ARTISTS ANNOUNCE LINE-UP FOR<br>
8th ANNUAL OUTSOUND NEW MUSIC SUMMIT</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 67.5pt; text-indent: -67.5pt;"><span style="color: black;">Who:<span style=""> </span>Outsound Presents, a nonprofit
arts organization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 67.5pt; text-indent: -67.5pt;">What:<span style=""> </span>The
8<sup>th</sup> Annual Outsound New Music Summit</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 67.5pt; text-indent: -67.5pt;">When:<span style=""> </span>July
19 - 25, 2009<br>
Artist Q&A: 7:15pm<br>
Performances: 8pm</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 67.5pt; text-indent: -67.5pt;">Where:<span style=""> </span><st1:city w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:city> Community Music Center<br>
544 Capp Street (between 20<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st </sup>Streets)<br>
<st1:city w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:state> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 67.5pt; text-indent: -67.5pt;">Cost:<span style=""> </span>All
Ages | Wheelchair Accessible<br>
$12 General ($10 advance) / $6 Student<br>
Advance tickets at Brown Paper Tickets <a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/61377">http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/61377</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.7pt; text-indent: -67.7pt;">High-Resolution</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 67.5pt; text-indent: -67.5pt;">Imagery:<span style=""> </span><a href="http://www.outsound.org/summit/files/Artists_Images_Summit09.zip">http://www.outsound.org/summit/files/Artists_Images_Summit09.zip</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 67.5pt; text-indent: -67.5pt;">Contact:<span style=""> </span>Rent Romus<br>
Executive Director, Outsound Presents<br>
<br>
<a href="mailto:outsoundorg@yahoo.com">outsoundorg@yahoo.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 67.5pt;"><a href="http://www.outsound.org/summit/index.html">http://www.outsound.org/summit/index.html</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="color: black;"><br>
Outsound Presents, the newly-minted nonprofit arts organization grown from the
Bay-Area based DIY collective of local musicians and sound artists, is pleased
to announce the line-up for the 8<sup>th</sup> Annual Outsound New Music
Summit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="color: black;">“We’re
celebrating our intrepid hope for the arts with a fierce roster of talent,”
says Rent Romus, Outsound’s founder and Executive Director. Despite a
threatening economy for the arts, Romus reports that the choice to incorporate
and continue with the summer festival was born of bold intention. “It’s not the
first time we’ve been warned about our ambitions, but after a decade of
supporting raw, alternative music for the rebellious soul, we knew that it was
time to institutionalize our support of experimental artists and audiences, now
more than ever.” The festival seeks to build on its reputation for diverse and
critically-acclaimed performances with headliners that run the gamut from
Bonfire Madigan to the ROVA Saxophone Quartet to Richard Waters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="color: black;">The
2009 Summit takes place in July at the San Francisco Community Music Center,
the Summit’s home for the past two years. The festival schedule includes free
hands-on workshops, pre-concert artist talks, and four nights of music
featuring a diverse roster of artists. The schedule includes a world premiere
of the new collaboration between Waterphone inventor Richard Waters and
filmmaker-musician David Mihalak’s ensemble Ghost in the House. There will be
new ensembles led by legendary reed player Vinny Golia and the long-awaited
return of the collaboration of ancient Japanese instruments and electronics
from The Natto Quartet. The program includes a night of intermedia with
composer, playwright and conceptual artist Jess Rowland, and
internationally-exhibited media cartographers (and Artist Television Access
leaders) Kathleen Quillian and Gilbert Guerrero.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="color: black;">This
year’s festival is made possible with the generous support of the Zellerbach
Family Foundation, Meet the Composer, the American Composers Forum Subito
Program, and a family of individual, corporate and media sponsors dedicated to
the arts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; page-break-after: avoid;"><b style=""><span style="color: black;">FESTIVAL
HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b style="">Sunday July 19: Touch the Gear<br>
</b>Ever wanted a closer look at the gear on stage? Wish you could try it
yourself? Touch the Gear is Outsound’s free public event that allows audiences to
roam among the artists and their sonic inventions, asking questions, making
noise and learning how these often one-of-a-kind set-ups work. It’s a hands-on,
family-friendly environment that demystifies the technology while inspiring the
creativity.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b style="">Wednesday July 22: Free Improvisation | Free Composition<br>
</b>a night of legendary artists who straddle the line between composed and
improvised works, featuring Alicia Mangan & Spirit, the ROVA Saxophone
Quartet, and Vinny Golia with Thollem Mcdonas, Rent Romus, Damon Smith, Garth
Powell, and Noah Phillips</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b style="">Thursday July 23: Industrial Soundscapes<br>
</b>a night of uninhibited electronics and noise from Los Angeles and San
Francisco featuring Forms of Things Unknown, Peter Kolovos, Conure, Hans
Fjellestad and Thomas Dimuzio<br>
<br>
<br>
<b style="">Friday July 24: InterMedia<br>
</b>a night of performances infused by theater, movement, and media arts
with<br>
Jess Rowland with The Dreamland Puppet Theater, Kathleen Quillian & Gilbert
Guererro, and Bonfire Madigan</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b style="">Saturday July 25: Introspection & Improvisation<br>
</b>a night of deep listening and long notes with<b style=""> </b>The Natto Quartet <br>
with Phillip Gelb, Shoko Hikage, Tim Perkis, and Chris Brown, Ghost In the
House featuring grandmaster inventor Richard Waters with David Michalak, Karen
Stackpole, Kyle Bruckman, and Tom Nunn and the ten piece Left Coast Improv
Group</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b style="">ABOUT THE
ARTISTS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="color: black;">Full
biographies of artists are available at <a href="http://www.outsound.org/summit/index.html">www.outsound.org/summit/index.html</a><br>
Artists are available for interviews and studio performances. Contact Rent
Romus at (510) 282-0145 or <a href="mailto:outsoundorg@yahoo.com">outsoundorg@yahoo.com</a>
to arrange details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b style=""><span style="color: black;">FESTIVAL HISTORY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Every summer since 2002,
the Outsound New Music Summit </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">(formerly known as the
Edgetone New Music Summit)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> spends four days showcasing some of the
most innovative and pioneering new music that is happening in California and
beyond. At first a celebration of the eclectic vanguard artists on the DIY
Edgetone Records Label, the Summit now features a broad range of artists from
across the US, Europe, Australia and Japan, world premieres and exclusive
debuts, raging free improvisers to microtonal composition to experimental
electronics to harsh noise, reflecting an incredible range of genre busting
exploration and sonic creativity. The Summit promotes intermedia, fostering
cross-pollination between disciplines of music, sound art, visual and media
arts. It is committed to bringing highly innovative music and art to a growing
audience seeking a real “alternative”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b style=""><span style="color: black;">ABOUT OUTSOUND PRESENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="color: black;">The
mission of Outsound Presents is to raise public awareness of avant-garde and
experimental music and sound art. All events and works supported by the
organization focus on the creation of experimental music, avant-garde musical
composition, found sound, improvisation, creative music, new music, noise,
musique concrète, minimalism, invented instruments, genre-bending music, and
sound that is sculptural or textural in nature. Outsound Presents events also
include film, dance, and intermedia works. Through its two weekly music series,
its fledgling community education program <i style="">OutSpoken</i>,
and a palette of artist services, Outsound Presents connects audiences to new
work and the innovative artists creating it.<br>
<a href="http://www.outsound.org/">http://www.outsound.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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