Friday, March 9, 2012

March-April

FRIDAY 3/02
UNDERWORLD (DANCING)
my piece Underworld (Dancing) for tuba and wurlitzer will be performed by Brian Edwards and Yingying Su as part of the MGMC conference hosted by Northwestern
-- other pieces on the program include: James Bunch, "Mackerel Sky" for saxophone quartet, Vincent Calianno, "les etoiles secretes" for piano and vibraphone, Paul Dooley, "Point Blank" for chamber orchestra (performed by CME), Tomas Gueglio-Saccone, "Enfants de mon Silence" for soprano and ensemble

@ Lutkin Hall, 700 University Pl, 60208
7:30 pm - FREE and open to the public
-- listen to Underworld (Dancing) here, as an Absence of Wax web release: devinsarno.com/absenceofwax

SUNDAY 3/4
Marek Cholonewski's "GPS-Trans" 
for live musicians (Daniel Dehaan, Edward Hamel, David Pahah, Kyle Vegter, and KAY), video, and a car driving around Chicago with GPS.
@ Defibrillator Gallery, 1136 N. Milwaukee, CHI
www.dfbrl8r.com


SUNDAY 3/11
ARCHITEUTHIS WALKS ON LAND
@ the Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont, CHI
w/ LeRex from Switzerland
10 pm - suggested donation $10


WEDNESDAY 3/14
SPOOKY ACTION ENSEMBLE (Dan Mohr, Jeff Kimmel, Cliff Ingram)
@ Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave, CHI 
http://www.trylesshard.com/sarah/wordpress/?p=1124
7pm



TUESDAY 3/20

PRETTY MONSTERS
(Erica Dicker - vln, Owen Stewart-Robertson - gtr, Mike Pride - perc, KAY - bsn, compositions)
 - - - - also playing - - - - 
Dan Peck, Matt Nelson & Brian Osborne
New Action Band (Nick Hallett & Zach Layton)
Emily Manzo & Barry London
@ Secret Project Robot, 389 Melrose, BKLYN
8 pm (doors); $7


MONDAY 3/26
Improvisations w/ Jeff Kimmel
@ Myopic Books, 1564 N Milwaukee, CHI
7:30 pm, FREE


TUESDAY 4/17- WEDNESDAY 4/18
914 NEW MUSIC FEST


WEDNESDAY 4/25
PUBLIC EYESORE SHOWCASE
w/ Office Park (Ember Shrag & Bryan Day) and Phillipe Petit/PAS
@ the Whistler, 2421 N. Milwaukee, CHI
9:30 pm, FREE
whistlerchicago.com

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Feb 2012 = shows + release



NEW MUSIC out on PIERA
a collaboration with Ivan Naranjo and Maria Stankova
available now on CD or download: http://peira.bandcamp.com/album/pm10-verdure-into-onyx


 SELDOMS : This Is Not a Dance Concert 
featuring music by Tim Daisy
@ the Harris Theater, Chicago
performed by Frank Rosaly , Paul Giallorenzo, Jeb Bishop, Marc Riordan, Lilliana Wosko, Jeff Kimmel, Tim Daisy, Jen Clare Paulson, James Falzone
7:00 & 8:15 & 9:30 pm, $20


ARCHITEUTHIS WALKS ON LAND

THURSDAY 2/09 
@ Highwire Gallery : 2040 Franklin Avenue, Philadelphia
presented by Fire Museum
http://museumfire.com/events.htm
w/ Dan Blacksburg Trio & Daniel Levin+Kelvin Pittman
7:30 pm, $6

FRIDAY 2/10 
@ AC Institute : 547 W. 27th St, 6th floor, Manhattan
www.artcurrents.org
in conjunction with Sam Pluta's installation American Idols, for 4 guitars and many televisions (running before and after)
w/ Sonic Overload (Sam Pluta, Jim Altieri, Dan Peck, Jeff Snyder, Peter Evans, Tom Blancarte)
8 pm, $10


SATURDAY 2/11
@ Issue Project Room : 110 Livingston, Brooklyn
http://www.issueprojectroom.org/2012/01/04/title-tk-architeuthis-walks-on-land/
w/ Title TK (Howie Chen, Corey Archangel, Alan Licht)
8pm - $10

also check out this mind blowing report about prehistoric cephalopods creating serial-killer style self-portraits out of the bones of their prey!   http://www.geosociety.org/news/pr/11-65.htm



OLIVIA BLOCK + CAROL GENETTI + KATHERINE YOUNG
SATURDAY 2/25
@ ESS, 5925 N. Ravenswood Ave 60660


TIM DAISY + KATHERINE YOUNG
TUESDAY 2/28
@ the Empty Bottle
w/ Estesombelo, Chanel Pease & JR Robinson, Pandava, Criminals
9 pm - FREE (w/ RSVP) or $8

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Chicago-style Welcome

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/katherine-young-bassoon-the-drum-sich-mang-life-partner/Content?oid=5439437

(photo credit: Peter Gannushkin / DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET)

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

2012!!! \ Jan /

* KAY SOLO + JACOB WICK SOLO *
very happy to be sharing the evening with Mr. Jacob Wick (in town from the far-off lands of San Fran) as part of the Rachet Series, curated and hosted by Frank Rosaly


if you want to come -- please RSVP with "house concert" in the subject line as soon as possible to 11trombones@yahoo.com. then, a confirmation email with the address for the concert will be sent to you. 
more info:
ratchetseries.blogspot.com/p/friday-january-13th-2012-at-830pm-in.html

FRIDAY the 13th of January
8:30 pm - somewhere in the Ukranian Village, Chicago
$10 suggested donation




* PRETTY MONSTERS in Chicago *
featuring Jeff Parker - guitar, Tim Daisy - drums / percussion, Erica Dicker - violin - coming all the way from Cincinnati!
Adam Busch from Sonoi will play a solo set to kick things off.
www.whistlerchicago.com

SUNDAY 1/22
@ the Whistler, 2421 N. Milwaukee Ave
9:30 pm - FREE!



* MYOPIC *
with Paul Giallorenzo

MONDAY 1/30
@ Myopic Books, 1564 N. Milwaukee Ave
7:30 pm - FREE

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Leonardo Music Journal 21: Beyond Notation

I'm very honored to be included on the CD accompanying the 21st issue of the Leonardo Music Journal. Curated by Andrew Raffo Dewar, I'm in the company of greats such as Gordon Mumma, Pauline Oliveros, Guillermo Gregorio, James Fei, and Matt Marble.

I contributed my piece Inside UFO 53-32 for string quartet recorded by the Flux Quartet.

Check it all out here: http://www.leonardo.info/isast/journal/toclmj21.html

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

New Album on Klangbad

A while back I spent a remarkable few days in a small town in Germany playing & recording, eating & drinking, wandering around & thinking -- with wonderful people.
The musical results comes out NOV 25 on Klangbad:

Spielweise Drei
featuring: Uma Paul, F.M. Einheit (formerly of Einsturzende Neubauten), Hans Joachim Irmler (of Faust), and Katherine Young

http://www.klangbad.de/xtc/product_info.php/info/p160_Irmler--FM-Einheit--Paul--Young---Spielwiese-3.html


Tuesday, November 8, 2011

first show back in Chicago

PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series

KATHERINE YOUNG
solo bassoon + + +

- and -

PAUL GIALLORENZO/BRIAN LABYCZ
synthesizer + modular synthesizer

@ Heaven Gallery - 1550 North Milwaukee, 2nd floor, 60622
10pm, donation suggested