James Recent Performances

Electroacoustic Music Symposium - Pretoria, South Africa
(Bowed Electrons 2019) - 27 august 2019
Soundings in Pure Duration n. 4 (viola & octophonic electronic sounds)
Soundings in Pure Duration n. 2b (percussion & octophonic electronic sounds) 
Soundings in Pure Duration n. 5 (harp & octophonic electronic sounds)
Soundings in Pure Duration n. 6 (octophonic electronic sounds)
Soundings in Pure Duration n. 9 (bass flute & octophonic electronic sounds)
Mathematics III from ARCHIMEDES, a planetarium opera
  (hexaphonic electronic sounds with video by Lorenzo Ceccotti)



Nicholas Isherwood Performances of Soundings in Pure Duration n.8
on his Electric Voice concert tour
5 february 2019, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, CUNY
15 february 2019, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
19 february 2019, California State University, Fullerton CA
20 february 2019, University of California, Riverside CA
2 march 2019, University of Montreal, Montreal
28 november, 2019, Amsterdam
Fall 2019, Cracow
28 february 2020, University of Birmingham (UK) in the Dome, Bramall Music Bldg

Earplay 2018 (33rd Season) San Francisco 19 march, 2018
Soundings in Pure Duration n.4
for viola and octophonic electronic sounds
Ellen Ruth Rose, viola

Agon Acustica Informatica Musica, Milano 16 april, 2018
Soundings in Pure Duration n.9
for bass flute and octophonic concrete & electronic sounds
Manuel Zurria, bass flute

NYCEMF 16-22 july, 2018
New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival
Soundings in Pure Duration n.8
for bass-baritone voice and octophonic concrete & electronic sounds

Perugia, Conservatorio di Musica "F. Morlacchi", 3 May 2017
Master Class and Concert
Soundings in Pure Duration n.3
per chitarra e suoni elettronici esafonici
Arturo Tallini, chitarra

Roma, Università a Tor Vergata 12 May 2017
Seminar and Concert
Soundings in Pure Duration n.6
suoni elettronici ottofonici

L'Aquila, Conservatorio di Musica "A. Casella" 28-29 June, 2017
Master Class and Concert
Soundings in Pure Duration n.3
per chitarra e suoni elettronici esafonici
Arturo Tallini, chitarra
Mathematics III, from ARCHIMEDES, a planetarium opera
video by Lorenzo Ceccotti

Roma, EMUFest, 23 October, 2017
Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia
Soundings in Pure Duration n.9
per flauto basso e suoni concrète e elettronici ottofonici
Manuel Zurria, flauto basso

NYCEMF Tuesday 7 June, 2016
(New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival)

New York Philharmonic Biennial at National Sawdust
80 North 6th St., Brooklyn, NY
Soundings in Pure Duration n.3
for guitar and hexaphonic electronnic sounds
all pre-recorded version, Arturo Tallini, guitarist

25 March, 2016
Call & Response Presents:
James Dashow: Selections from 'Soundings in Pure Duration'

Performances dedicated to the memory of 
Ann Cherry, extraordinary flautist, stalwart of our Rome Forum Players, and good friend.
Call & Response space
Enclave, Unit 9
50 Resolution Way
London
SE8 4NT


3 December, 2014

CONCERT IN CELEBRATION OF
JAMES DASHOW'S 70TH BIRTHDAY
as part of the 51st Festival of Nuova Consonanza,
Italy's premier new music organization,
with the collaboration of
the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome

at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, Via dei Greci 18, Rome

"James ed Amici" (James and Friends): a program of works by James Dashow and friends,
all of whom have "grown up" together over the last several decades.

Program

Participants

 

EMUFest, Friday 9 October 2015, 9 pm
Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Music, Rome, Italy
SOUNDINGS IN PURE DURATION N.7
for alto saxophone and octophonic electronic sounds
Enzo Filippetti, saxophone
emufest.org


Contemporanea 2015, Sunday 18 October 2015, 9 pm
Festival di Nuova Musica - 19th season
Teatro San Giorgio, Udine, Italy
SOUNDINGS IN PURE DURATION N.2A
for pre-recorded percussion and hexaphonic electronic sounds
(world premiere of 2015 revised version)
SOUNDINGS IN PURE DURATION N.6
for octophonic electronic sounds


Confini Mediterranei, Saturday 24 October 2015
Fifth Festival of Electroacoustic and Contemporary Music 
Music Conservatory G. Martucci
Salerno, Italy

Master Class - Il Sistema Diade (The Dyad System) at 3 pm
including audition of Concert at 7 pm
  1. Soundings in Pure Duration n.6, for octophonic electronic sounds
  2. Two scenes from ARCHIMEDES, a planetarium opera

24 April - 6 May 2013, U.S. tour
Concerts, Lectures, Master Classes

 

12 November 2011- l'Accademia, Firenze
RECONSTRUCTIONS, per arpa e suoni elettronici
concerto/registrazione per CD
Lucia Bova, arpa

18 October - 2 November 2011, U.S. tour
Concerts, Lectures, Master Classes

9 October 2011 - EMUFest, Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Roma
SOUNDINGS IN PURE DURATION N.3
per chitarra e suoni elettronici esafonci
Arturo Tallini, chitarra
link: http://emufest.org/emufest_it/index_it.htm

27 May 2011 - Center for Contemporary Opera, at the Cell Theater, New York City
scenes from ARCHIMEDES, a planetarium opera
Marcellus/Narrator: Isai Jess Munoz
Archimedes: Rick Piersall
Two young slave women: Toby Newman, Megan Weston
Soldier: Brian Joyce
Demiurge: Megan Weston, Brian Joyce
Music director: Hubert Howe
Computer art and animations: Kevin Beaulieu, Lorenzo Ceccotti

25 July 2011 - 36° Cantiere Internazionale d'arte di Montepulciano
RECONSTRUCTIONS, per arpa e suoni elettronici
Lucia Bova, arpa
performance on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIvG0j1SBII

15 September 2011 - Fondazione Scelsi, Roma
RECONSTRUCTIONS, per arpa e suoni elettronici
Lucia Bova, arpa

 

November 2010 - Great Britain
11 november: lecture/masterclass, department of music, University of Edinburgh
3 november: concert: sound electroacoustic fair, MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen
- - Two scenes from ARCHIMEDES, a planetarium opera
5 november: lecture/masterclass/mini-concert, department of music, University of Sheffield
16 november: lecture/masterclass/mini-concert, department of music, University of Huddersfield

November 2010 - Roma
21 november: EMUFest 2010 (International Electronic Music Festival)
Santa Cecilia Conservatory, via dei Greci 18, Roma
- - 16:30 lecture: Sala dei Medaglioni, The Dyad System
- - 20:30 concert: Sala Accademica, Mathematics III, from ARCHIMEDES (video by Lorenzo Ceccotti)

For more information about EMUFest, a week long festival of electronic music, go to

http://www.emufest.org/emufest_en/index_en.htm (english)
or http://www.emufest.org/emufest_it/index_it.htm (italian, links to other languages)

 

April 2008 - Holland
4-5 April 2008 - Institute of Sonology at the Royal Conservatory of Music, The Hague, Holland
4 april: lecture on the Dyad System, 1 p.m. Vareszaal of the Royal Conservatory
5 april: concert in the Kees van Baarenzaal, 5 scenes from ARCHIMEDES, a planetarium opera,
computer video art by K. Beaulieu, R. Quintas, E. Sferra, S. Cudicio, L. Ceccotti.

May 2008 - Re: New 2008, Festival and Digital Arts Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Thursday 22 May 2008 - Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen
Mathematics III, from Act III of ARCHIMEDES, a planetarium opera
More information


Audio Art Festival 2007 - Cracow, Poland
Friday 23 November, Electronic Music Studio of the Academy of Music
lecture: The Dyad System
Sunday 25 November, Academy of Music
concert: 5 scenes from ARCHIMEDES, a planetarium opera
www.audio.art.pl
concerts from the 2007 Festival can be listened to following links at the website


Spring 2005 - USA

Concert Program:
Media Survival Kit, a lyric satire for electrified voices and instruments and electronic sounds
(with video of english translation);

4 scenes from ARCHIMEDES, a planetarium opera, with computer graphics/animations
(except for FEMF14, where MATHEMATICS 2, from ARCHIMEDES will be played)

Lecture: The Dyad System, a detailed presentation with audio examples

Click here for detailed program


Tuesday 29 March,
SUNY Stony Brook, New York
concert: 9:00 pm Recital Hall - Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook University

Thursday 31 March,
CUNY Queens College, Flushing, New York
concert: 7:30 pm LeFrak Concert Hall

Tuesday 5 April,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
lecture: 4:15 pm Hill Hall, Department of Music

Wednesday 6 April,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
concert: 8:00 pm

Thursday 7 April,
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.
lecture: 2:30 pm Price Music Center, Room 110

Saturday 9 April,
Gainesville, FL
Florida Electronic Music Festival (FEMF14)
concert: 7:30 pm University of Florida Phillips Center for Performing Arts

Monday 11 April,
Florida International University, Miami FL
School of Music, UP Campus
lecture and masterclasses: 11:00 am, Wertheim Performing Arts Center, room 169

Wednesday 13 April,
San Jose State University, San Jose CA
concert: 7:30 pm in the Music Concert Hall
$15 general, $10 students and seniors
http://www.sjsu.edu/about_sjsu/campus_maps/directions

Thursday 14 April,
San Jose State University, San Jose CA
School of Music
lecture: 12:30 pm

Saturday 16 April,
Stanford University, Palo Alto CA
concert: 7:30 pm, CCRMA Ballroom
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/concerts/b_schedule.html

 

 

James Dashow 60th Birthday Concert Tour, October 2004
4 scenes from ARCHIMEDES, a Planetarium opera
and Media Survival Kit, a lyric satire for radio broadcast, the video version.
Concerts are open to the public. Click here for a full program.

Thursday October 14th
University of Maryland, College Park
8 p.m. Gildenhorn Concert Hall of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Presented by the Division of Theory and Composition of the School of Music

Saturday October 16th
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
8 p.m. Video Studio at the Duderstadt Center
presented by the Electronic Music Studios
University of Michigan School of Music

Tuesday October 19th
University of Illinois, Champaign
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium
Presented by the Composition-Theory Division of the
University of Illinois School of Music

Thursday October 21st
University of Washington, Seattle
presented by Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS)
8 p.m. check website for exact location
http://www.washington.edu/dxarts

Saturday October 23rd
University of Oregon, Eugene
Future Music Oregon concert, 8 p.m.
presented by Intermedia Music Technology
University of Oregon School of Music
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu

Monday October 25th
University of California at Berkeley,
Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT)
1750 Arch Street, Berkeley, CA
(2 performances - times to be announced)
www.cnmat.berkeley.edu

Wednesday October 27th
California State University Dominguez Hills (Carson, CA)
presented by the Conservatory of Dance and Music
8 p.m. Claudia Hampton Hall, Welch Hall building
http://music2.csudh.edu/events

Saturday October 30th
8 p.m. LodeStar Planetarium of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
1801 Mountain Road, NW
LodeStar is a University of New Mexico project located at the New Mexico
Museum of Natural History
www.lodestar.unm.edu

 

November, 2004 - Italy

Saturday, 20 November
Trieste, Italy
20:30, Teatro Miela, Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi 3
concert: Media Survival Kit; 4 scenes from ARCHIMEDES, a planetarium opera
www.miela.it

Monday, 29 November
Catania, Italy
Associazione Musicale Etnea
21:15, Auditorium Zo, piazza Asia 6
concert: 4 scenes from ARCHIMEDES, a planetarium opera

Thursday-Saturday, 9-11 December
Venice, Italy
Masterclass/Workshop in electronic and computer music
Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello, Venezia

Saturday 11 December
18:00, Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello, Venezia
concert: Media Survival Kit; 4 scenes from ARCHIMEDES, a planetarium opera

 

Friday March 25th
6pm - 10pm
as part of the Last Fridays at Enclave