<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8pt"><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">Dear µsounders... <br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';">新年快樂！ </span>If you're in San Francisco, join 9 musicians + 1 dancer as we welcome the <b>Year of the Horse</b> with a mobile sculpture of unfolding lowercase sound and movement.</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">=================================</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><b>[1] MSP/piano — Full Renga-kai
(</b><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';"><b>連歌会</b></span><b>) (</b><span style="color: rgb(255, 56, 22);"><b>this Sun, 09 Feb</b></span><b> @ Outsound's SIMM Series, San Francisco, </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 56, 22);"><b>7:30pm</b></span><b>) + Set 2: Eli Wallace Trio (w Karl Evangelista & Jon Arkin), 8:30pm</b></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">=================================</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Shapeshifting duets based on the Japanese <i>renga</i> collaborative improv poetry form, with dances by Nan Busse</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family:
Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Expanding on John Cage's renga-piece techniques, we've created a kaleidoscopic new <i>renga</i>-based piece <b><i>Renga-kai </i>(</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN'; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>連歌会</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>)</b>, for 9 electro-acoustic musicians, plus dance.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><b><i></i></b><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">Line-up: Nancy <b>Beckman</b> (shakuhachi, small percussion), Tom <b>Bickley</b> (Paetzold contrabass recorder, electronics/radios), Rachel <b>Condry</b> (clarinets), Patti <b>Deuter</b> (piano/toy piano/radio), Ben <b>Kreith</b> (violin),
Joe <b>Lasqo</b> (MSP/laptop, piano, mṛdangam & solkaṭṭu), Sangita <b>Moskow</b> (sarod), Dean<b>Santomieri</b> (guitars), Jennifer <b>Wilsey</b> (percussion) + dancer Nan <b>Busse</b></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">+ <b>Set 2, 8:30pm</b>: <b>Eli Wallace Trio (</b>w <b>Karl Evangelista</b>, guitar & <b>Jon Arkin</b>, drums<b>)</b></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">— From super-cooled lowercase in set 1, to hot jazz from the best of Bay Area jazz’s new generation of players in set 2…</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">Write-up, show details, venue map, and images: <a
rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelasqo.com/blog/2014/02/05/msppiano-full-renga-kai-%E9%80%A3%E6%AD%8C%E4%BC%9A-w-beckman-bickley-condry-deuter-kreith-lasqo-moskow-santomieri-and-wilsey-plus-dancer-nan-busse-sun-09-feb-simm-series-sf-730pm/" style="color: rgb(40, 98, 197); outline: 0px;"><b>here</b></a></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">Additional <b>Examiner.com</b> preview of our show: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.examiner.com/article/outsound-presents-will-again-celebrate-chinese-new-year-its-own-way" style="color: rgb(40, 98, 197); outline: 0px;"><b>here</b></a></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">=================================</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px;
font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><b>[2] Video released of 15 Jan 2014 CNM show with Thollem McDonas, Joe Lasqo, Cheryl Leonard, ROVA ½tet (Bruce Ackley & Steve Adams), Nava Dunkelman, & Nan Busse</b></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">=================================</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Through the generosity of videographer Charles Smith, video of this unique double-piano double-trio's intense, mostly acoustic, show last month at SF's Center for New Music is now available here:</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height:
16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(44, 44, 251);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">— Piece #1 (long) <span><span class="enhancr-links"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL1VKglmgtU" style="color: rgb(40, 98, 197); outline: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL1VKglmgtU</span></a> <span class="enhancr-show-preview" style="margin-left: 3px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">(<a style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); outline: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href="">Preview</a>)</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(44, 44, 251);"><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0);">— Piece #2 (short) <span> <span class="enhancr-links"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YglpCG4zzMM" style="color: rgb(40, 98, 197); outline: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YglpCG4zzMM</span></a> <span class="enhancr-show-preview" style="margin-left: 3px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">(<a style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); outline: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href="">Preview</a>)</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">=================================</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px;
font-family: Arial;">Hope to renga with you this Sun at SIMM...</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Joe Lasqo</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joe@joelasqo.com/" style="color: rgb(40, 98, 197); outline: 0px;">joe@joelasqo.com</a></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.joelasqo.com/" style="color: rgb(40, 98, 197); outline: 0px;">http://www.joelasqo.com/</a></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">Show calendar &
news: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.joelasqo.com/blog/" style="color: rgb(40, 98, 197); outline: 0px;">http://www.joelasqo.com/blog/</a></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">Weekly: Viracocha, 21st & Valencia, SF, 3-6pm, Wednesdays</div></div></body></html>