events
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Saturday, May 24, 2008, show starts at 9:00 PM
with Rhymes with Opera
723 N. Mangum Street :: Durham, NC
[$5 suggested donation]
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Thursday, March 13, 2008, show starts at 9:00 PM
with Craig Hilton and Phon
506 West Franklin Street :: Chapel Hill, NC
[$6]
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Friday, March 14, 2008, 10:00 PM
414 E. Main Street :: Charlottesville, VA
[Suggested donation]
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Saturday, March 15, 2008, 9:00 PM
with Glissando Bin Laden and His Musichideen
Queens (ware)House Show
10-20 45th Road :: Long Island City, NY
[Suggested donation]
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Sunday, March 16, 2008, 4:00 PM
556 5th Avenue :: New York, NY
[Free]
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Monday, March 17, 2008, 8:00 PM
Ruth S. Harley University Center, 1 South Avenue :: Garden City, NY
[Free]
Friday, March 21, 2008, 9:30 PM
with Maple Stave
Crowell Bldg, East Campus, Duke University :: Durham, NC
[$7]
current season
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Thursday, September 27, 2007
with Fireworks
Gallerie Icosahedron 27 North Moore Street, New York, NY 10013
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Friday, November 2, 2007
with Grappling Hook, Jew(s) and Catholic(s), and The Late Virginia Summers
Ringside 308 Main Street, Durham, NC
$8.00
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frequeNC party
with pykrete
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Nighlight 405 1/2 West Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill, NC
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SIGNAL FESTIVAL
"The Southeast Electronic Music Festival"with Richard Chartier (Washington, DC), Machine Drum (NYC)
and local acts Pacific Before Tiger, Praveen, and Promute.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Blend Chapel Hill, NC
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CD RELEASE SHOW
with Ghaphery-Bivins-Davis and The Hem of His Garment
Friday, April 6, 2007
8 PM * $6 door, $4 CD
Broad Street Cafe Durham, NC
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MUSIC FOR THE PLAY HOUSE OF DESIRES
Directed by Rafael Lopez-Barrantes
October 20-21 and 26-28 at 8:00 PM and October 29 at 2:00 PM
Reynolds Theater, Duke University, Durham, NC.
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RECESS @ NIGHTLIGHT
with Charlie St. Clair
Friday, September 22, 2006
10 PM * $5
405 1/2 W. Rosemary St., Chapel Hill
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Signal: The Southeast Electronic Music Festival, Nightlight, Chapel Hill, NC.
Music improvised and manipulated by pulsoptional.
(April 8, 2006)
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The Special Prosecutor, Sheafer Theater, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Incidental music composed, performed and recorded by pulsoptional for The Special Prosecutor directed, translated, and adapted by Jody McAuliffe from Gogol's 19th century comedy The Inspector General.
(April 6-15, 2006)
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ArtsBash at the Nasher, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC.
John Mayrose, Monophony; Jennifer Fitzgerald, Pulsopoly; Caroline Mallonée, Big 'Fridge, Little 'Fridge; marc faris, I Heart Rosa Luxemburg....
(April 5th, 2006)
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Marvfest, 305 South Durham, NC.
Benefit for Marv Savage and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Todd Hershberger, sSlots.
(October 14, 2005)
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Triangle in Transit, G-Spot Audio Visual Playground, Baltimore, MD.
Todd Hershberger, sSlots; Caroline Malonée, Big 'Fridge, Little 'Fridge; John Mayrose, Chaconne '83.
(September 17, 2005)
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New Music Salon, Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts, Washington DC.
Presented by the American Composers Forum, DC Chapter (ACF-DC). Todd Hershberger, sSlots; Caroline Malonée, Big 'Fridge, Little 'Fridge; John Mayrose, Chaconne '83.
(September 16, 2005)
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Spring Showcase, North Carolina School for Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC.
John Mayrose, "What Hath God Wrought"; David Lipten, Best Served Cold; Caroline Mallonée, Spies; Jennifer Fitzgerald, How Terrible Orange; marc faris, I Heart Rosa Luxemburg...; Todd Hershberger, Duo for Electric Guitar and Bassoon; Christopher Adler, Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze *.
(April 21, 2005)
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Movie Night: New Music for Silent Films, Joe and Jo's Downtown, Durham, NC; Tufts University, Boston, MA; A\V, Rochester, NY; Felicia's Atomic Lounge, Ithaca, NY; Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC.
Music by pulsoptional set to footage compiled from: Ohio Power Company Vet Party (1950); Bang, Clap and Whose Shoes? (1969) Directed by Steve Faber; What If? (1969) Directed by Eli Hollander; Magic Hands (1969) directed by J David Wyles; Fur Coat Club (1973) directed by Joan Micklin Silver. Films provided by AV Geeks, Raleigh, NC.
(Fall-Spring 2004/5)
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Oh Henry - New Arrangements of Piano Music by Henry Cowell, Fall-Winter Tour 2004/5, Tufts University, Boston, MA; A\V, Rochester, NY; Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC.
Tiger and The Banshee, arr. Todd Hershberger; Swaying, Floating, and Fleeting from Nine Ings, arr. John Mayrose; Dynamic Motion and Advertisement, arr. Thom Limbert; What's This and Fabric, arr. marc faris; Amiable Conversation, arr. Caroline Mallonée; Antinomy and The Tides of Manaunaun, arr. Jennifer Fitzgerald.
(November-February 2004/5)
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pulsoptional *amplified*, North Carolina School of Science and Math, Durham, NC.
John Mayrose, Duos I/Chasers; Judith Shatin, 1492; Panayiotos Kokoras, Slide; Todd Hershberger, Kidsparkle and the Parliament Prince; Jennifer Fitzgerald, Boitoi; Todd Hershberger/Thom Limbert, Glossadlibia; Caroline Mallonee, 'Stain; marc faris, What Chaos Received Bounds.
(April 28, 2004)
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I Am Talking About Performing In a Room: Music, Language and the Spaces of Performance, Kirby-Horton Hall at the Sarah Duke Gardens.
Music by pulsoptional: As I speak or Our World According to Bach, Piano Piece #555, Some Things, The Helio-Being and Other Stories, Thus Spake, As I Speak or Our World According to Bach (reprise); Alvin Lucier, I am Sitting in a Room.
(February 19, 2004)
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Note the Options, Opt the Notions: Music, Memory, Resistance, featuring composer and pianist John McDonald, Nelson Music Room, Durham, NC.
Charles Mingus (arr. T. Hershberger), Fables of Faubus; John McDonald, Road to Soraci's Obsequy (performed by pulsoptional); Franz Liszt, Funerailles; John Bull, Fantasia after a Fugue by J.P. Sweelinck; John McDonald, Mooneshinge Obsequy; Jennifer Fitzgerald, three lines; Anthony Kelley, sfp (performed by John McDonald).
(January 17, 2004)
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The 2003 Durham Music Festival, Boxer's Ringside, Durham, NC.
Todd Hershberger, Kind of in Bb; marc faris, Disparity Breeds Ingenuity; Todd Hershberger, Etude for Bassoon and Tape; John Mayrose, Toccata Missiana; Caroline Mallonee, Big 'Fridge, Little 'Fridge.
(August 29, 2003)
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Chapel Hill Arts 'Round Town Festival, Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC.
Caroline Mallonee, 'Stain; marc faris, Premiere Bagatelle for piano; Jennifer Fitzgerald, Renga; Todd Hershberger, Etude for Bassoon and Tape; John Mayrose, Toccata Missiana.
(April 18, 2003)
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CSMG at Boxer's Ringside
Henry Cowell, The Tides of Manaunaun and The Banshee; Cornelius Cardew, Treatise; marc faris, Pacific Radio Fire; Sidney Boquiren, Tunugan.*
(April 18, 2002)
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Minimalism (revisited) for Encounters: with the Music of Our Time, Nelson Music Room, Duke University.
Daniel Lentz, O-Ke-Wa; Alvin Curran, For Cornelius; Gavin Bryars, My First Homage; Steve Reich, Four Organs.
(March 2, 2002)
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* indicates pulsoptional commission
