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Saturday 5 May @
OUTPOST 186, 7PM, $5/10 Chagall Performance
Art Collaborative and Cambridge Writers' Workshop Presents Video game music and
originals with Powers Jazz, BHCC Composers, and Cambridge Writers' Workshop
poets Diana Norma Szokolyai & Derek JG Williams OUTPOST 186 186.5 Hampshire Street Inman Square,
Cambridge Central Square T Stop The Powers Jazz Band
teams up with Bunker Hill Community College Composers and ChagallPAC
poets to present to you smashing video game hits from Mario Bro’s to Street
Fighter! Poets Derek JG Williams and Diana Norma Szokolyai
read their poems in electrified preludes,
interludes and postludes. This ludeious
show is coproduced by ChagallPAC and semi-conductor
David Wang. Arrangements and compositions by Wang
and BHCC/ChagallPAC collaborators. ChagallPAC Diana Norma Szokolyai, poetry Dennis Shafer,
saxophone, Soundpainting Derek JG Williams,
poetry Joel Pacheco, trumpet Juan Sanfeliu, trumpet Jack Stotler, piano Kevin Doucette, guitar Gregg Kugler, guitar Fred Theagene, Bass Powers Jazz Band Dennis Shafer,
Director Marcus Hammel, alto saxophone Charlie Yeh, tenor saxophone Greg Foley, bass
clarinet Henry Killough, trumpet Nat Heitmann, piano Jose Acozar, drums Dennis Shafer, Paul Rudy, and the Black House Improvisors Collective Contemporary and Soundpainting Performance with workshops Saturday 14 April @ Stan Herd Studios, 7:30PM, $5/10 o.b.o. Stan Herd Studios 315B Industrial Street North Lawrence Lawrence, KS 66044 (Across from the DMV) Dennis Shafer brings his newest discoveries in the art of saxophone and Soundpainting to Lawrence in this special collaboration with Lawrence and Kansas City artists. Sound artist Paul Rudy brings to sound the feel of bark and the bark of a dog with his one-man Pierrot ensemble of traditional instruments, percussion, and toys. Also featuring solo saxophone transcriptions of traditional Chinese and Russian musics, Soundpainting and experimental live compositions by Dennis Shafer and members of the Black House Improvisors Collective. Join Dennis Shafer and the collective for a pre-concert talk and short Soundpainting workshop at 7PM! Dennis Shafer, saxophone, Soundpainter Paul Rudy, Sound artist Evan Herd, Sound artist Hunter Long, saxophone and more! www.DennisShafer.com click on “Solo Sax” Sunday 12 February @ Regent Underground
Theatre (RUT), 8PM/Doors 7:30, $12/10/8 The
Chagall Performance Art Collaborative Presents… Soundpainting
Party with ChagallPAC Ensemble, Jeremy Quick Trio, Approximating Phi, and Maura
Mendoza. Come discover
Soundpainting in all its glory at the Regent Theatre’s underground space!
Featuring many rooms, each with a different act. All, however, will have Soundpainting! This interactive show will blow your
mind, as you walk from room to room experiencing different forms of
performances and music! Buy Now! Players
TBA Regent
Underground Theatre-RUT 7
Medford Street, Arlington, MA 781.646.4849 Please
note that there is a separate entrance to the RUT-- through the first glass
door to the left of the main Regent Theatre entrance. There is no access
through the Regent Theatre proper. Saturday
11 February @ Wellesley Free Library, 2PM $10 suggested donation Recital
and Soundpainting at the Wakelin Room All ages
Soundpainting workshop and recital! Featuring ChagallPAC professional
performers, and students of WPS extension faculty. Wellesley
Free Library, Wakelin Room (2nd floor) 530
Washington Street, Wellesley, MA, 781-235-1610 1PM
Soundpainting workshop, rehearsal (drop off your son/daughter, or stick around
to learn Soundpainting!) 2PM
Recital (one-hour program), featuring: -Students
of Rebecca Wellons (sax, clarinet), Anthony Balester (sax, clarinet), Dennis
Shafer (sax, clarinet), and Julee Avallone (flute) -The
Wellesley Soundpainting Ensemble -ChagallPAC
Saxophone Quartet -ChagallPAC
Soundpainting Ensemble Saturday
11 February @ Regent Theatre, 10:30AM, $10/8/7 Regent
Theatre Family Fun Series presents Magical
Saxophone Sounds with the ChagallPAC Saxophone Quartet Discover
the saxophone family in all its sizes, from soprano to baritone! Ever wondered
why a saxophone sounds the way it does?
How does it make a sound? Find out all the secrets and more at this
interactive show--Great for youngsters! Saxophone petting zoo and
meet-the-artists after the show. ChagallPAC
Saxophone Quartet Dennis
Shafer, soprano saxophone Jennifer
Bill, alto saxophone Rebecca
Wellons, tenor saxophone Jon
Amon, baritone saxophone Regent
Theatre 7
Medford Street, Arlington, MA 781.646.4849 Saturday
4 February @ OUTPOST 186, 7PM, $15 Chagall
Performance Art Collaborative Presents ChagallPAC
meets The Bridgebuilders-VIP EVENT OUTPOST 186 RSVP
ONLY ChagallPAC@gmail.com 25
tickets only & BUY HERE Saturday 6 August @ OUTPOST 186,
7PM, $5/10 Chagall Performance Art
Collaborative Presents Soundpainting workshop and concert with special
guests Jean-Francois Petit-Jean (Bordeaux, France), and Judson Evans (Boston
Conservatory). OUTPOST 186 186.5 Hampshire Street Inman Square, Cambridge Central Square T Stop ChagallPAC presents an exciting mix of Soundpainting and poetry featuring new prose poems and
haikus from Judson Evans, and expert Soundpainter and
saxophonist Jean-Francois Petit-Jean who will take us all to
new horizons in Soundpainting and directed
improvisation. Bring your own artistic vice to contribute to this
artistic melange! Also featuring solo works by
Petit-Jean, Rudin, graphic scores by Etienne Rolin, poetry from Diana Norma, and more! Special Guests Jean-Francois Petit-Jean, Soundpainter, saxophone Judson Evans, poetry ChagallPAC Dennis Shafer, Soundpainter,
saxophone Diana Norma, poetry Rob Rudin,
percussion Jason Felitto,
bass Lisa Abbatomarco,
performance artist Dylan Foley, guitar, effects ... and
many more! PROGRAMME: 7pm workshop 8pm show 9pm open Saturday 16 July @ Pont Francois Mitterand, 7PM Apres-midi d'Aphones Improvised
musical and theatrical acts along the Garonne River in Bordeaux. Featuring Bordeaux Soundpainters Etienne Rolin and
Jean-Francois Petit-Jean, actor Daniel Crumb, guitarist/improvisor
Philip Lavalle, and many more! Rue Louis Blériot 3310 Bègles FRANCE SAMEDI 18 JUIN @ BARAKA, 19h30, GRATUIT DINER MUSICAL Dennis Shafer, saxophone Matthias Leboucher, piano La Baraka 70, rue Daguerre Paris 18eme Metro Denfert-Rocherau Venez avoir
un repas jazzy à la fois dansante et costaud, en remplissante votre verre à la Baraka! Dans
la mignonne rue pietons
Daguerre. Jam session à la Beliere après! Come join us for a jazzy
dinner with some dancin’, beer drinkin’,
couscous eatin’ tunes n’
cuisine! Monday 6 June @ Tiki Hideaway, 8PM, FREE JAZZ JAM AT THE TIKI! With Jason Felitto, host Howard Johnson Hotel, near
Fenway Park 1271 Boylston Street,
Boston Get down and jazzy at the Tiki Hideaway with an easy-going swing session where you
can request anything from swing to Stevie Wonder. Make requests or call tunes yourself! Special guest Victor Pachas fresh off the boat from Granada Spain brings a
Flamenco Fusion twist! Dennis Shafer, saxophone Jason Felitto,
bass Victor Pachas,
guitar Ben Dicke,
drums ...and
you! Sunday 5 June @ OUTPOST 186, 7PM, $5/10 Chagall Performance Art Collaborative Presents Tangos, Gershwin, and Koechlin: an evening of prettier music by ChagallPAC with special guest Chris Cuzme from NYC OUTPOST 186 186.5 Hampshire Street Inman Square, Cambridge Central Square T Stop Works by Piazzolla, Gershwin, and Koechlin
will be sprinkled with Soundpainting interludes and a
solo set by New York saxist Chris Cuzme.
All are welcome to come and participate in Soundpainting,
interact with performances. Programme includes Epitaph of Jean-Harlow, Tango Etudes,
and much more! Wednesday
25 May @ La Bonita Restaurant, 6PM Music La Bonita Mexican Restaurant,
featuring the Solea Duo, Flamenco Sax Guitar Fusion La Bonita Restaurant 2717
South Main Street Maryville,
MO Reservations
660-562-2229 Monday
23 May @ Henry’s Music at Henry’s, featuring the Solea Duo, Flamenco Sax Guitar Fusion Henry’s 11
East 8th St Lawrence,
KS Saturday
21 May @ Em Chamas
Restaurant, 8PM Music at Em
Chamas Restaurant, featuring the Solea
Duo, Flamenco Sax Guitar Fusion Em Chamas Brazilian Restaurant 6101
NW 63 Terrace Saturday
21 May @ La Bodega Restaurant and Tapas Lounge, 2-5PM Happy Hour Featuring the Solea Duo, Flamenco Sax Guitar Fusion La Bodega Restaurant 703 Southwest Boulevard Kansas City, MO Tuesday 19 April @ Jewett Hall, First Church of
Cambridge, 7PM $10 Door/$8 Advance/$5 Student Eurosax meets ChagallPAC Featuring saxists Goury, Bertocchi, and Meugé Jewett Hall, First Church
of Cambridge, Harvard Square 11 Garden Street, Cambridge Harvard Square T-Stop Meet the more serious side of the Chagall Performance Art Collaborative,
which invites you to play around with John Cage, Georges Aperghis, Luciano
Berio, and others in this interactive concert. Featuring French saxophonists
Jean-Michel Goury (Paris), Serge Bertocchi (Amiens), and Pierre-Stéphane Meugé (Lausanne, Switzerland), and sprinkled with Soundpainting and other
short works by ChagallPAC, the team guarantees you will be entertained with new
music! PS, a Boston premiere by
Georges Aperghis! This short video will wet your lips for wait awaits you at
ChagallPAC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgltcdu3y0M BUY TICKETS NOW!
Donate $8 and email reservation to
ChagallPAC@gmail.com PROGRAM: -Soundpainting Introduction,
featuring composers Oliver CAPLAN, Tim PENCE -Robert LEMAY: Temps de
Passage ChagallPAC -Philippe RACINE: 3 axes pour 3 alto saxs -John CAGE: Solo with obbligato accompaniment of two voices in canon, and
six short inventions on the subjects of the solo Jean-Michel
Goury, Serge Bertocchi, Pierre-Stephane Meugé -Marie-Hélène FOURNIER : Le Fuzain fuit la
gomme Serge
Bertocchi, Baritone Saxophone -Georges APERGHIS : PS Pierre-Stéphane Meugé, Soprano Saxophone (US
Premiere) -Bernard CAVANNA : Goutte d'or blues(1984/7mns) Jean-Michel
Goury, Soprano and Sopranino Saxophones -Soundpainting finale with ChagallPAC The Players Dennis Shafer, Director,
Conductor, Saxophone Jean-Michel Goury, saxophones Serge Bertocchi, saxophones Pierre-Stéphane Meugé, saxophones Rebecca Wellons, Saxophones Todd Brunel, Clarinet Leslie O’Donel, Flute Jennifer Bill, Soprano Saxophone Adam Pelandini, Tenor
Saxophone Sean Mix, Baritone Saxophone Emile “Dr T” Tobenfeld, Video
Artist Thursday 7 April @ Colours by Padmini – Northern
Liberties Window Concerts Series Presents… Dennis Shafer and the live Soundpainting Troupe! Featuring Guitarist Brian Abbott In cozy performance spaces
like this, the area between audience and performer can get blurred… Come see it
get completely wiped out and turned around in this interactive
performance! Dennis Shafer, Music
Director of the Chagall Performance Art Collaborative, brings crazy
arts-extravaganza directly to your window in Philly so don’t miss it! Preview here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgltcdu3y0M Colours by Padmini – Northern
Liberties 906 N. 2nd Street Philadelphia Saturday 2 April @ OUTPOST 186, 8PM, $5/10 7PM Soundpainting Workshop Chagall Performance Art Collaborative Presents DUEL by Claudio Gabriele and
Soundpainting duel with Video Artist Dr. T OUTPOST 186 186.5 Hampshire Street Inman Square, Cambridge Central Square T Stop ChagallPAC continues to work
on themes with Soundpainting and poetry Below The
Surface by Diana Norma. Also featuring the music of Francis Poulenc, and text by Brian
Ellis. Boston premiere of
DUEL by Claudio Gabriele for two saxophones. Emile “Dr. T” Tobenfeld,
video art Jon Amon, saxophone Dennis Shafer, saxophone Diana Norma, poetry Atsuko Kida, piano Julie Lee, violin, pedals Matt Samolis, flute Called "avant-garde" by the Boston Globe,
Chagall Performance Art Collaborative seeks to stretch the boundaries of
inter-disciplinary performance in new music and art. Saturday 26 February @ Jewett Hall,
First Church of Cambridge, 8PM $10/15 TWILIGHT FINALE CONCERT: 2 World
Premieres by 6 Composers Featuring ChagallPAC
and the Boston Soundpainting Ensemble Jewett Hall, First Church
of Cambridge, Harvard Square 11 Garden Street, Cambridge Harvard Square T-Stop Exploring the relationship of
the crepuscule and the metamorphoses of the night, The Chagall Performance Art
Collaborative molds the infernal world premieres of Claudio Gabriele with Soundpainting interludes featuring Luciano
Berio and world premieres by 6 other composers,
including Etienne Rolin, Oliver Caplan,
Tim Pence, Claudio Gabriele, Paul Klein, and Robert Lemay. Special guests include ChagallPAC String Quartet, The Back Bay Saxophone Quartet,
and soloists Julee Avallone,
Rebecca Wellons, and Todd Brunel. Other premieres include works by Robert
Lemay, writings of Diana Norma Szokolyai, and Soundpainting works by Dennis Shafer and Jennifer Bill. BUY TICKETS NOW! Donate $10 and email reservation to
ChagallPAC@gmail.com Dennis Shafer, conductor, Soundpainter, saxophone Diana Norma, Soundpainter, poet Brian Abbott, Soundpainter, guitar Jennifer Bill, Soundpainter, saxophone Julee Avalone, flute soloist Todd Brunel, clarinet soloist Rebecca Wellons,
saxophone soloist Jon Amon,
saxophone Micheal Dobiel, live electronics Pam Marshall, French horn Rob Rudin,
Drums Lesley ODonel,
flute Juan Ruiz, clarinet Esther Viola, oboe Rujuta Parikh, violin Annie Sim,
violin Keith Sanders, viola Maryann Park, cello Saturday 5 February @ OUTPOST 186, 9PM
$5/10 8PM Soundpainting
Masterclass and Workshop FREE & OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC! FREE APPETIZERS FROM THE STARLITE LOUNGE (After at Starlite post-performance)! Chagall Performance Art Collaborative
Presents Metamorphoses between Poetesses
Nicole Connor (Philadelphia) and Diana Norma (New York) OUTPOST 186 186.5 Hampshire Street Inman Square, Cambridge Central Square T Stop Come help us take Soundpainting to the next level with special guest Nicole
Connor from Philadelphia and ChagallPAC poetess Diana
Norma, exploring the metamorphoses that occurs between night and day. Also featuring the Boston Soundpainting Ensemble, and whoever else comes to
contribute their thoughts, words, and sounds! THE BOSTON SOUNDPAINTING
ENSEMBLE SPECIAL GUEST: Nicole Connor,
poet Dennis Shafer, saxophone, Soundpainter Diana Norma, poet Jonathan Amon,
saxophone Michael Dobiel,
live electronics Pam Marshall, French horn Rob Rudin,
drums Rebecca Wellons,
saxophone Keith Sanders, viola Esther Viola, oboe Dylan Foley, guitar and
analog electronics Monday 17 January @ OUTPOST 186, 9PM
$5/10 8PM Soundpainting
Masterclass and Workshop FREE & OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC! Chagall Performance Art Collaborative
Presents Masterclass with Dennis Shafer, The Boston Soundpainting
Ensemble, and The Nuzzle Performance Group OUTPOST 186 186.5 Hampshire Street Inman Square, Cambridge Central Square T Stop Explore forms of directed and
undirected improvisation with Dennis Shafer and The Nuzzle Performance
Group! Featuring a story of
metamorphoses through palettes by Benjamin Britten, Diana Norma, and
others. Come at 8PM to learn how
to Soundpaint, then see a performance that uses both Soundpainting and free improvisation with Nuzzle and the
BSE! NUZZLE Julee Avalone, flute Jeremy Quick, guitar Ben, drums Jason Felitto,
bass THE BOSTON SOUNDPAINTING
ENSEMBLE Dennis Shafer, soprano and
baritone saxophones Jonathan Amon,
saxophone Michael Dobiel,
live electronics Pam Marshall, French horn Rob Rudin,
drums Christopher Montecalvo, percussion and loops Rebecca Wellons,
saxophone Sunday 9 January @ The Parkside Lounge,
9PM $5 LISTENING TO PAINT DRY FEATURING The Howl Ensemble with the
Brian Abbott Group PARKSIDE LOUNGE 317 East Houston between Ave B and C Take the F Train to Second
Ave walk East 3 blocks New York, NY THE BRIAN ABBOTT GROUP Brian Abbott, guitar Matt Fields, guitar Tom Shad, bass Andy O’Neil, drums HOWL SOUNDPAINTING ENSEMBLE Diana Norma, poetry Dennis Shafer, baritone
saxophone Brian Abbott, guitar Jason Felitto,
acoustic bass You’ll never hear paint dry
quite like this—in fact you’ll probably hear everything BUT paint drying
in this artsy, spoken, bass-driven, squealing Soundpainting
extravaganza. Combining the Howl Ensemble with the Brian Abbott Group with Soundpainting, bass-lines, and exquisite poetry, you will
be invited to join in with pointillistic giggles,
extended-technique hits, and narratives with killer intent! Come find out what all that is and more
this Sunday after church and the other featured acts at the Parkside Lounge. howlquartet.bandcamp.com
to listen to HOWL www.DennisShafer.com
for press release click on “Performance Diary” Thursday
6 January @ Shawn’s Place, 8PM FREE SOUNDPAINTING
SALON AND SOLO SHOW Dennis
Shafer presents solo album and invites YOU to get involved with Soundpainting! PRESENTED
BY SHAWN HENNESSEY SHAWN’S
PLACE RSVP
shawn(at)leanasong(dot)com Philadelphia Come
see Boston-based saxophonist and Soundpainter Dennis
Shafer present his solo album and show YOU how to Soundpaint!
Learn how to follow the simple series of gestures used in this exciting new art
form which allows the live composition of music. It
allows musicians of all disciplines, poets, actors, and dancers to all perform
together and improvise effortlessly! For
more information about Soundpainting, visit www.youtube.com search “Soundpainting Walter Thompson” and for information
about Dennis Shafer, visit Soundpainting: The
Universal Live Composing Sign Language Saturday 1 January @ OUTPOST 186, 9PM
$5/10 8PM Soundpainting
Workshop FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Chagall Performance Art Collaborative
Presents BATTLE OF THE SOUNDPAINTING
BAND: ROUND-ROBIN SPAINTING TOURNAMENT OUTPOST 186 186.5 Hampshire Street Inman Square, Cambridge Central Square T Stop After the 8PM Soundpainting workshop, YOU will be the judge of who can
give do the best 5-minute Soundpainting in this
Round-Robin Soundpainting tournament! Come see for yourself
what these people are made of—the hard-hitting Boston Soundpainting
Ensemble. You can
either become part of the performance, heckle the performers, or judge
them. The choice is yours! THE BOSTON SOUNDPAINTING
ENSEMBLE Diana Norma Szokolyai, poetry Dennis Shafer, soprano and
baritone saxophones Jonathan Amon,
saxophone Michael Dobiel,
live electronics Pam Marshall, French horn Rob Rudin,
drums Christopher Montecalvo, percussion and loops Rebecca Wellons,
saxophone PAST
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