Presented by Earshot Jazz. Although still a year shy of high-school graduation, Andy Clausen has been making a big splash on the local scene. The Roosevelt High stand-out plays trombone in the school’s acclaimed jazz band, composes for his own sextet, and performs on laptop in the electro-pop band This Sporting Life. Tonight Clausen performs with Sjenka, his ambient improvising group. He performs on laptops using such devices as “musolomo,” a computer program that allows performers to sample and recombine sections of performance. His co-conspirators in provocative creation of the new and the fresh are two fellow Roosevelt students, Corey Dansereau (trumpet, vocals, electronics) and Max Williams (guitar, electronics), along with 2008 Roosevelt grad Xavier McHugh, who is Berklee bound, on percussion. Luke Bergman, who performs alongside Cuong Vu in Speak, joins them on bass.

RONIN features Kenny Mandell on sax, flute, and percussion, Don Berman on drums, and Nate Omdal on bass. Original compositions, structured/free improvisation, and inspired interpretations of music by Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus.

Presented by Earshot Jazz. Jim Norton’s musical career has taken him all around the world. He plays with great skill a range of common jazz instruments – saxophones, flutes, and clarinets – as well as some less often-heard ones, such as bassoon and contra-bassoon. In Seattle for five years, Norton has nonetheless been little heard on the local jazz scene. Rather, he has been heavily involved in musical-theater productions, particularly with the Village Theater. But prior to his move north, he recorded and performed with a host of Bay Area luminaries, including Fred Ho, Jon Jang, Anthony Brown, and other members of The Asian American Orchestra. He has also performed around San Francisco and Oakland with George Lewis and ROVA, and appeared with Steve Lacy, John Lewis, James Moody, and James Newton. For the Second Century performance, he will present his Seattle quartet.

8:00 PM; $5 – $15 sliding scale donation at the door.

The Seattle Composers’ Salon is an informal presentation of new music by regional composers. The salon meets the last Friday of every other month, and features finished works, previews, and works-in-progress. It brings together composers, performers and audience members in a casual setting that allows for discussion and experimentation. This month’s featured composers are Gavin Borchert, Dave Knott, Gordon Assadi, and Tom Baker.

Presented by Subtext Reading Series. Stacy Szymaszek is the author of Emptied of All Ships (Litmus, 2005) as well as many chapbooks. The complete Hyperglossia will be published by Litmus Press in 2009. She is the editor of Gam and the Artistic Director of the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church. Don Mee Choi was born in South Korea and came to the U.S. via Hong Kong. Her poems have recently appeared in Action Yes, Fence, La Petite Zine, and Tinfish. Her first book of poems, The Morning News Is Exciting, will be published by Action Books in the fall.

Flutist/composer Clifford Dunn presents a performance of new music for flute and live electronics by local and international composers, including Seattle composers Clifford Dunn, Doug Niemela, and Joshua Parmenter; Canadian composer Renée Walrafen; and Belarusian composer Aliona Yurtsevich.

Novi_sad (Thanasis Kaproulias) lives and works in Athens, Greece. Influenced by the pioneers of audio assault, his artistic output displays a high level of technical ability, as well as a sensitivity to the nuances of location. Amplified environmental recordings, drone manipulations, ambient soundscapes, microtones vs overtones, all come together in a hyper structure of iconoclastic form. Being immersed in his sonic environment offers an absolutely visceral experience.

Colin Andrew Sheffield focuses on the strict re-contextualization of commercially available recordings. Usually only very brief sections of the original works are selected. These raw components are then contracted, expanded, layered, and/or otherwise processed until something new is forged. The resultant music is an atmospheric soundscape, gradually shifting and unfolding, offering subtle nuances and quiet restraint.

Presented by Washington Composers Forum. The Affinity Chamber Players premieres works by Northwest composers, including Sarah Bassingthwaighte’s Hacia el sueno, a new piece by Chris Stover, Ryan Hare’s Chamber Concerto, Clifford Dunn’s A New Role for Leadership in the Dawn of a New Era (chamber ensemble and electronics), and Brad Sherman’s At the Precipice.

Briana Jones, butoh performance with dancers Vanessa Skantze and Alan Sutherland + musicians Eric Ostrowski and noisepoetnobody.

Light, lightening-quick drums + vibes and piano + vibrant sax = Wally Shoup‘s latest quartet: a foursome as adept at quiet texturalism as it is fiery, fusillades of free jazz fury. Truly, one of Seattle’s best free improvising units: Wally Shoup alto sax; Gust Burns, piano; Bob Rees, drums and vibes; Paul Kikuchi, drums and percussion.