Jason Kao Hwang | 2012 Calendar

Sunday April 22, 2012

7:00PM

JASON KAO HWANG / EDGE

Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet, flugelhorn
Andrew Drury - drum kit
Ken Filiano - string bass
Jason Kao Hwang - composer, violin, viola

Bohemian Caverns

website: http://www.transparentproductionsdc.org
2001 11th Street, NW Washington, D.C.
Washington, DC 20001
USA
(202)299-0800
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Event Notes:
Two sets, at 7pm and 9pm.

We will play music from our CD, Crossroads Unseen.

Monday April 16, 2012

7:30PM

JASON KAO HWANG/ EDGE with special guest Steve Swell

Jason Kao Hwang - composer, violin, viola

Andrew Drury - drum set

Ken Filiano - string bass

Special Guest: Steve Swell - trombone

Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center

website: http://csvcenter.org
107 Suffolk Street
USA

Event Notes:
We will play music from our CD Crossroads Unseen.

Saturday April 14, 2012

8:00PM

JASON KAO HWANG/ SPONTANEOUS RIVER

Jason Kao Hwang (composer, conductor, violin)

Drum set: Andrew Drury

Violin: Julianne Carney, Mark Chung, Rosi Hertlein, Elektra Kurtis, Gwen Laster, Amanda Lo, Jesse Montgomery, Skye Steele, Curtis Stewart, Mazz Swift, Midori Yamamoto, Helen Yee

Viola: Leanne Darling, Nicole Federici, Josh Henderson, Jessica Pavone, Eric Salazar, Brian Thompson

Guitar: Cristian Amigo, Bradley Farberman, James Keepnews, Dom Minasi, Tor Snyder, Hans Tammen

Cello: Martha Colby, Loren Dempster, Tomas Ulrich, Gil Selinger, Alex Waterman

String Bass: Ken Filiano, Francois Grillot, James Ilgenfritz, Clifton Jackson, Pascal Kemper

The Brecht Forum

451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Streets on the West Side Hwy)
New York, NY 10014
USA
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Event Notes:
On Saturday, April 14th, 8pm, Neues Kabarett will present Jason Kao Hwang’s improvising string orchestra Spontaneous River performing his “Symphony of Souls” at the Brecht Forum, located at 451 West Street (that's the West Side Highway) between Bank & Bethune Streets. Telephone is (212) 242-4201. This concert is made possible with the generous support of the Argosy Foundation. For more information: brechtforum.org/nk, jasonkaohwang.com, and mulatta.org/JasonKaoHwangPage.html

This concert will celebrate composer/conductor/violinist Mr.Hwang’s acclaimed 2011 CD, “Symphony of Souls,” produced by David Soldier for Mulatta Records. Spontaneous River, features Andrew Drury (drum set) and Ken Filiano (string bass) from his quartet EDGE, in an orchestra of 37 string improvisers.

Mr. Hwang’s composition, Symphony of Souls is a spontaneous flow of notated passages and conducted improvisations. As Dr. Thomas Stanley writes in the liner notes, “The orchestra is then summoned to explore soul as both a nexus of dialog and as the motive force compelling action and interaction. “I felt in this one unified sound, I could hear the voice of each soul,” Jason recalls, “The music was a whole tree, but you could hear each individual leaf in motion.”

Symphony of Souls, named Top Ten CD of 2011 by Frances Davis, WPFW, and KDHX.

Conductor and ensemble work together effortlessly in this beautifully balanced and thrilling collaborative effort; it’s unlike anything else in Hwang’s recorded output.

–Ed Hazell, pointofdeparture.com

Music is written to speak to the soul - and this does. - Grady Harp, amazon.com

Sunday April 1, 2012

5:00PM

Davida Singer - Book Release Party and Reading

Ken Filiano - bass, Frank Long - trumpet, Daniel Kelly - piano, Jason Kao Hwang - violin

Cafe Mezcal

website: www.davidasinger.com
86 Orchard Street

Event Notes:
Davida Singer will read from her new book, "port of call," published by Plain View Press. She's a powerful poet!

Thursday March 29, 2012

8:00PM

Shelly Hirsch and Simon Ho

Shelly Hirsch - composer, voice, electronics; Simon Ho - composer, keyboards, electronics; Jason Kao Hwang - violin, Jessical Pavone - violin, viola, Marika Hughes - cello, Daphna Naphtali - voice, electronics, Danny Tunnick - drums

ROULETTE

website: roulette.org
509 Atlantic Avenue
USA

Event Notes:
Over two nights, Shelley Hirsch and Simon Ho celebrate the release of their new CD, “Where Were You Then?” on Tzadik’s Key Series

Composed by Hirsch and Ho, “Where Were You Then?” blends songs, story telling and rich atmospheric soundscapes and represents a new chapter in their longstanding collaboration.

With a voice that slips effortlessly between speech melody and pure sound, Hirsch’s stories work perfectly with the dreamlike state and shifting moods of their music (with instrumental arrangements by Ho). The stories cover a wide territory, from hitch hiking in Germany in 1972, to living in a squat in Amsterdam, to a song about online dating and remembering the passing of a loved one. The multilayered stories are filled with vivid details, humor, tenderness, loss and many odd twists in which each listener is likely to find their own meaning.

Monday March 26, 2012

9:00PM

Dino J.A. Deane's New Music Observatory

Dino J.A. Deane - conductor, Jason Kao Hwang - violin, Stephanie Richards - trumpet, Doug Wieselman - bas clarinet, Sara Schoenbeck - bassoon, Brandon Ross - guitar, Tim Motzer - guitar, Anthony Tidd - bass, Lisa Mezzacappa - bass, Shelley Burgon - harp, Miguel Frasconi - glass, Kenn Wollesen - drums

The Stone

website: www.thestonenyc.com
Avenue C & 2nd St.
New York, NY 10009
USA
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Event Notes:
Dino is a creative listener, thinker and creator of music. This is a rare visit to NYC from his New Mexico home.

Thursday January 12, 2012

8:00PM

LOCAL LINGO

Jason Kao Hwang (composer, violin)
Sang Won Park (kayagum, ajang, voice)

Tom Buckner (voice)

Joe McPhee (tenor sax, pocket trumpet)

William Parker (string bass)

ROULETTE

website: roulette.org
509 Atlantic Avenue
USA

Event Notes:
Also performing a set is the Quasar Saxophone Quartet from Montreal, featuring Marie-Chantal Leclair(soprano sax), Mathieu Leclair (alto sax), Andrew Lerous (tenor sax) and Jean-Marc Bouchard (baritone sax). Their program will include composer Jason Kao Hwang's "Within Moments," which features baritone singer Tom Buckner.