20 Greene St (between Canal and Grand St)
Admission $15 Students $10 MEMBERS FREE
TICKETS/RSVP: 212.219.8242
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THIS WEEKEND AT ROULETTE:
MAR14: Steve Beresford w/ Okkyung Lee + Peter Evans : 8:30pm
MAR15: Maria Chavez w/ Thomas Dexter
MAR16: Robert Een
MAR17: Adam Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra
Friday, March 14th
STEVE BERESFORD w/ Okkyung Lee & Peter Evans 8:30pm
A central figure of the British improvisation scene for over 30 years, Steve
Beresford (Wellington, Shropshire, 1950) is a composer, musician and
arranger, and a veteran of countless bands from the Slits to the Melody
Four. Strange sambas, jittery jazz, melancholy moods and more from one of
the most consistently imaginative and creative musicians in Europe.
Co-founder and editor of both Musics and Collisions magazines, he has worked
with the likes of Derek Bailey, Evan Parker and Han Bennink and was once a
prime mover in the London Musicians Collective with David Toop. Tonight
Steve Beresford will be joined by cellist/composer Okkyung Lee and Trumpet
player Peter Evens.
Saturday, March 15th
MARIA CHAVEZ w/ THOMAS DEXTER 8:30pm
“A re-enactment of a spontaneous moment that happened on the Queensboro
Bridge in November of 2007.
Thomas Dexter- visuals, Maria Chavez- sound. “
Maria Chavez is an avant-turntablist from Peru who focuses on electro
acoustic sound of vinyl and needle. She has a collection of needles from
immaculate to ruined that she calls her “pencils of sound” and a collection
of records that provide the palette. She has toured with Christiina Carter
(Charlambides, Scorses), performed with Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth in her
New York City debut, and recorded with London-based laptop artist Kaffe
Matthews, with whom she will collaborate on a live sound installation in
London in the summer of 2008. In June and July 2008, she will participate in
an artist-in-residency program with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company at
the Dia Foundation’s museum in Beacon, New York. She was recently awarded
the Jerome Emerging Artist Grant from Roulette International in SOHO, NYC,
as well as a Meet the Composer grant for a Deep Listening Institute
performance at SOHO’s Emily Harvey Gallery in April.
Sunday, March 16th
ROBERT EEN 8:30pm
“The incredible music by Robert Een mixes jazz, Asian, vocal and
instrumental music in moving and melodious ways.” (Brooklyn Papers).
Acclaimed composer, cellist, and singer Robert Eens performs from his Obie
Award winning score for Hiroshima Maiden, a puppet/theater piece by Dan
Hurlin. Just released on the Innova label, the music features the composer
on cello and voice, Bill Ruyle on hammer dulcimer and percussion, and Jeff
Berman on vibraphone, marimba, lap dulcimer and percussion.
Monday, March 17th, 31st
ADAM RUDOLPH GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA 8:30pm
Composer and Artistic Director Adam Rudolph returns with another series of
the Go: Organic Orchestra, an ensemble and conduction/performance concept
that can be taught and performed anywhere. Rudolph will conduct the
orchestra players through music/letter grids, language themes, Indian Ragas,
rhythm cycles, and his own