Presented by Earshot Jazz Festival.

3rd Man is a trio of Dutch “drummer” Han Bennink (Instant Composers Pool), American expat and fellow ICP member Michael Moore, and accordionist Will Holshouser (David Krakauer’s Klezmer Madness, Matt Munisteri, etc.). Imagine something like a completely unhinged soundtrack to your favorite Jacques Tati film.

Seattle clarinetist Jesse Canterbury joins forces with Brian Cobb (bass), Tiffany Lin (piano), and Paul Kikuchi (drums & percussion), playing a new suite of his original compositions.

Seattle veteran improviser Paul Hoskin does his annual 80-minute solo contrabass clarinet improvisation.

Presented by WA Composers Forum.

Scottish/Swedish flutist Richard Craig makes his premiere US performance here at the Chapel, performing recent works for solo flute (with and without electronics), including many US premieres (*): Donald Stewart: os justi for solo flute *; Tristan Murail: Unanswered Questions; James Dillon: Sgothan; Brian Ferneyhough: Cassandra’s Dream Song and Unity Capsule; Rei Munakata: Cascading Lotus *; Christer Lindwall: Path *; Dominik Karski: Streamforms *; Malin Bång; Alpha Waves *; John Croft: …ne l’aura che trema *

Presented by DXARTS, in collaboration with Archivo P.A.I.S. (Programa Teatro Acústico-UNQ). Nicolás Varchausky performs with his SPK (Speaker Performing Kiosk), an autarchic performing device that uses the speaker not as an object that reproduces sound but as an object that generates it, using analog and digital feedback as its main material. Holding two wireless mics in his hands, the performer transforms the emerging sound in real time acoustically – by moving through the space and changing dramatically the angle of the microphones – and digitally – by means of a computer software. While inside the device, the performer is sometimes in control of the system and sometimes the system controls him.

Featuring sublime to frenetic strings, ethereal voxings and hypnotic rhythms enhanced by experimental/electronic soundings and of-the-moment inspiration, EQlateral‘s dramatic soundscapes range from the sensual to the cosmic and back again. With John Ames (cello), Sebastian Lange (violin and laptop), Peter Toms (bass and ambient noise) and Susan Dumett (“vox vespertinus”).

NOTE: This is the final Subtext reading for the time being, as the collective considers possible futures.

David Buuck is author of The Shunt (Palm) and Buried Treasure Island (Barge/YBCA). Founder of Bay Area Research Group in Enviro- aesthetics, co-founder of Tripwire, and contributing editor at Artweek, he teaches at the SF Art Institute and Bard College. He lives in Oakland. Joel Felix is a poet and co-editor of LVNG (Chicago) recently relocated to Seattle. His most recent chapbook is Regional Noir (Bronze Skull). Other works include Monaural (Answer Tag), and Catch and Release (Chicago Poetry Project).

Sponsored by Allied Arts Foundation, !!ArtsLaunch!! is a series of informal evenings of performance and inter-disciplinary dialogue, presenting works-in-progress by emerging and established Seattle artists. This edition features choreographers Vidya Guhan, Christy Fisher, Diana Garcia-Snyder, and Rosa Vissers, composer Clifford Dunn, and writers Karl Thuneman and Peter Choi. Following the performance there will be an informal discussion between artists and the audience where each work provides a window into the creative process.

DoubleSharp presents the distinguished Russian pianist Anton Batagov in his Seattle debut, and his first public performance in 12 years. Heralded as “one of the most significant and unusual figures of Russian contemporary music” (Newsweek, 1997) and “a Russian Terry Riley” (Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2008), Anton Batagov is one of the most influential Russian composers and performers. (REVIEW)

Nonsequitur co-founder Steve Peters celebrates his 50th birthday with a concert of his music from the past thirty years: Chamber Music 5: Stained Glass (2008) site-specific sound installation (pre-show); Paris, once (1984) solo piano, performed by Robin Holcomb; Planctus (1993/94) Javanese gamelan, performed by Gamelan Pacifica; Brief Lives (2008) assorted instruments & objects, performed by members of the Eye Music Ensemble; Improvised set by members of the Seattle Phonographers Union; Webster Cycles (1981) performed by Stuart Dempster, Lesli Dalaba, Jeremiah Cawley, David Marriott, Nelson Bell, and Andy Clausen.