* SUMMER ACTIVITIES *

6/22 - !Skirl Fest!

w/ Leah Paul's Bike Lane featuring Paul, Chris Speed, Jessica Pavone, and k.a.y.

9 pm

@ Littlefield's, Brooklyn

6/25 - John Zorn Improv Night

8 pm, 10 pm

@ the Stone, NYC

7/16 - Weasel Walter / Evan Lipson / Katherine Young

@ the Freedom Garden, Brooklyn

7/17 - Andrew Lafkas Large Ensemble + BBQ!

5-8 pm

@ Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn

secretprojectrobot.org

7/20 - Fredrick Rzweski's Coming Together and Attica

A special event as part of an exhibition entitled Time Again

7 pm

@ SculptureCenter, Long Island City

sculpture-center.org

7/21 - Mike Pride, Owen Stewart-Robertson, k.a.y. + special guest

also w/ Brad Henkel's "Shopping List for the World Ends"

--- performed by: Jake Henry, Joe Moffett, Ben Syversen, Kenny Warren, Dustin Carlson, Owen Stewart-Robertson, and Sean Ali
7 pm

@ Douglass Street Music Collective

295douglass.org

8/06 - Archie Carey performs my solo amplified bassoon composition Relief

as part of his "Evening of Bassoonery"

8 pm

@ Machine Project, Los Angeles

machineproject.com

8/10-8/16 - Architeuthis Walks on Land in residency at the Rensing Center

@ Pickens, SC
rensingcenter.org

Late May and Early June - 2x2x2x2

the next few weeks seem to be all DUO projects for me!

wed 5/25
9 pm
@ Sycamore Flower Shop + Bar
1118 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn

set 1: Katherine Young (bassoon+) vs. Jacob Wick (trumpet)
set 2: C.J. Boyd
set 3: Jason Ajemian & Co.

fri 5/27
@ I-Beam
68 7th Street, Brooklyn
8 pm
Architeuthis Walks on Land -- Amy Cimini (viola) + Katie Young (bsn)
Broadcloath -- Anne Rhodes (voc), Nathan Bontrager (clo) Adam Matlock (acc/rec)

then...

fri 6/3
the Heroes -- Michael Kenney + Katherine Young -- present Releasing Bound Water from Green Material redux. Mike is remaking the sculptural projector he made for my IPR show about a year ago. instead of projecting outward, it'll be wholly self-contained, with video projections, different vantage points, and vents through which you can listen to my music!
@ Janet Kurnatowski Gallery
205 Norman Avenue, Brooklyn

part of the group show "Temporary Antumbra Zone." friday night is the opening and the show is up through the month of june.


sun 6/5
as part of a two-day John Cage MusicCircus event celebrating Roulette's new home in Brooklyn, i'll be performing "Composer Karaoke" with Clara Latham. we will be doing instrumental karaoke to our own compositions, complete with karaoke videos and scrolling play-along scores!
@ Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn
sometime between 1 and 6 pm

Releasing Bound Water from Green Material VIDEO

I guess I never posted this, so here is the Michael Kenney made after our performance at Issue Project Room in Spring 2010.

http://vimeo.com/17995855

Releasing Bound Water from Green Material from Mike Kenney on Vimeo.

Natura Naturans Review

Natura Naturans got a nice review by Seth Watter in the most recent issue of The New York City Jazz Record:

100 under 40

i was very happy to be included on this list. lists are funny and always incomplete. but this is an interesting assemblage for sure of some distinctive musical voices.

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/19/135473622/the-mix-100-composers-under-40?ps=mh_fs2

April shows

Without You I'm Nothing: Art and Its Audience

I will perform with Jonathan Chen as part of his piece in the Museum of Contemporary Art's exhibit

4/2 - 2 pm performance; JC's installation is ongoing

http://www.mcachicago.org/programs/event_detail.php?id=570

Solo Bassoon

4/16

w/ Bruxism (Carl Testa & Anne Rhodes) who will perform music by Sabrina Schroeder, Testa, and k.a.y.

@ Kitchner-Waterloo Art Gallery

101 Queen Street North
http://www.kwag.ca/en/programs/New_Music_2011_2011.asp

4/17
w/ Bruxism and Kyle Brenders / Brandon Valdivia

@ Somewhere There

http://somewherethere.org/

the Fancy

@ Spike Hill, Brooklyn

4/22 - 9 pm

Pretty Monsters
@ Littlefield, Brooklyn
4/28
sharing the night with Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone / Mantra, performing Michael Gordon's piece "Timber"

March 2011

Getting things going this month, I will be performing with Tyondai Braxton and the Wordless Orchestra. I'm not sure if the world is ready for this kazoo / vox section, but here we come!

Thu 3/3 @ Le Poisson Rouge, NYC - Free Open Dress / Send-Off Show
email CENTRALMARKET@LPRNYC.COM
Fri 3/4 @ the Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis
http://calendar.walkerart.org/event.wac?id=5729
Mon 3/7 @ Alice Tully Hall, NYC
http://new.lincolncenter.org/live/index.php/ts-2011-tyondai-braxton-a-wordless-music-orchestra
Thu 3/10 @ the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
http://www.loc.gov/loc/events/index.php

* * * * Then - a new piece for String Orchestra!
Through a commissioning project with Issue Project Room, the String Orchestra of Brooklyn will premiere my new piece Inhabitation of Time. The group has also commissioned pieces from Duane Pitri, Alex Mincek, and Tony Conrad. Very exciting!

Sat 3/12 - 8 pm
@ St. Ann's Church on Montague St in Prospect Heights, BKLYN
http://sob.acklindesign.com
http://www.issueprojectroom.org/

*****
Then - Till by Turning @ Roulette

Till by Turning inaugurates a series of collaborations with visual artists with a performance of a new piece for the ensemble, vibrating membranes, and the light pyrotechnics of Brock Monroe.

The program also features premieres of works by Matt Marble and Joel Roston, as well as music by Erica Dicker and Katherine Young.

TBT shares the evening with Lesley Flanagan and James Moore.

Sat 3/19 - 8:30 pm
@ Roulette, 20 Greene Street, NYC
http://www.roulette.org/events/event.php/YOUNGFLANIGAN2011
http://www.roulette.org/events/event.php/YOUNGFLANIGAN2011

* * * *

Triangle: A Puppet Play with Music

Presented in part by Anti-Social Music for the centennial of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire.

Blog: www.trianglepuppetplay.com
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/159167

Featuring: Jamie Moore, Jodi Eichelberger, Amy Carrigan, Michael Douglas Jones, Kamala Sankaram, Sara Paar, Margot Bassett, Josh Sinton, Stephanie Richards, Katie Young, Jeff Arnal

Thu 3/24, Fri 3/25, Sat 3.26 - 8 pm

* * * * * * * * ** * * *** * *
Improvised Music

Alexander Bruck - viola
Adam Kinner - saxophone
Eric Laska - bass, electronics
Ivan Naranjo - electronics
Maria Stankova - voice, eletronics
Owen Stewart-Robertson - guitar
Jacob Wick - trumpet
Katie Young - bassoon+

Thu 3/31
@ Douglass Street Music Collective
http://295douglass.org/