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Thurs. August 6th, 2009
Michael Lunoe percussion recital @ Hartt School of Music (West Hartford, CT)
Mike Lunoe and Bill Solomon will be premiering Small Stones, a new work for two percussionists, along with a number of other works by Hartt composers, as well as great percussion works from the 20/21st repertoire. 7:30 pm in Berkman Auditorium.
Sat. August 8th, 2009
Kat Mulvaney (duo concert) @ Red Horse Cafe (Brooklyn, NY)
Kat Mulvaney & Matt Sargent (duo acoustic show) (www.myspace.com/katmulvaney). 8:00 pm, see Kat's myspace for more info.
Wed. August 12th, 2009
Kat Mulvaney (duo concert) @ Cafe Steinhof (Brooklyn, NY)
Kat Mulvaney & Matt Sargent (duo acoustic show) -- (www.myspace.com/katmulvaney). 10:30 pm, see Kat's myspace for more info.
Wed. August 26th, 2009
Kat Mulvaney Band @ Sono Caffeine (Norwalk, CT)
Performing with Kat Mulvaney & the Tonic (www.myspace.com/katmulvaney). 8:00 pm, see Kat's myspace for more info.
Sun. August 30th, 2009
New Music Hartford @ Artspace (Hartford, CT)
A concert of "speed" pieces composed in an hour. I will have a new piece on the program, and also be performing John Bacon Jr's "Gtr." for electric guitar and looping pedals. See the New Music Hartford website (www.myspace.com/newmusichartford) for more info. 3:00 pm, $5 donation for the South Park Inn, a local homeless shelter.
Thurs. October 1st, 2009
Outpost 186 (Cambridge, MA)
Performing with the new quintet: Bill Solomon (perc.), Lief Ellis (laptop), Todd Merrell (shortwave radio/laptop), Stephen Haynes (cornet), Matt Sargent (laptop/guitars). 8 pm -- freewill donation.
February 2010
Capital Community College (Hartford, CT)
Performing a faculty recital on electric guitar, featuring works by Steve Reich, Tom Izzo, Matt Sargent, and others TBA. In Centinel Hill Auditorium on the 11th floor of the college (950 Main St., Hartford, CT). More information TBA.
June 2010
Goldwell Open Air Museum (Rhyolite, NV)
Chris Kallmyer and I have been selected for a month-long residency at this remote desert ghost town / outdoor sculpture park. We will be composing a new piece from collected field recordings, his trumpet playing, my computers and guitars, as well as loads of desert hiking and travel.
More information about this residency is TBA -- we will be giving a concert in the space at the end of the residency. Check out the wonderfully strange museum at their website.
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past performances
Sat. June 27th, 2009
Kat Mulvaney Band @ Phoebe's Cafe (Brooklyn, NY)
Performing with Kat Mulvaney & the Tonic (www.myspace.com/katmulvaney). 7:00 pm, located in Williamsburg, see Kat's myspace for more info.
Wed. June 24th, 2009
Kat Mulvaney Band @ Cafe Steinhof (Brooklyn, NY)
Performing with Kat Mulvaney & the Tonic (www.myspace.com/katmulvaney). 10:30 pm, located in Park Slope, see Kat's myspace for more info.
Sat. June 20th, 2009
Kat Mulvaney Band @ 169 Bar (New York City, NY)
Performing on guitar with Kat Mulvaney & the Tonic (www.myspace.com/katmulvaney). 8:00 pm, located on 169 Broadway, see Kat's myspace for more info.
Sat. June 20th, 2009
Capitol Skyline Hotel (Brightest Young Things Summer Camp Party) (Washington D.C.)
Collaborating on an installation piece with True Womanhood, involving five wooden organ pipes, samples from True Womanhood's new album, and a MAX/MSP interactive environment. Details about the pool party at the Brightest Young Things website.
Fri. May 29th - Thurs. July 9th, 2009
Space Between @ Art-o-Matic (Washington D.C.)
J.T. Kirkland (video/painting), John M. Adams (painting/drawing), and Matt Sargent (sound installation) present a preview version of their upcoming collaborative show, Space Between. You can watch the collaborations grow at http://spacebetweenblog.wordpress.com. Art-o-matic is an unjuried artistic explosion, with over 1,000 artists presenting their work in a converted high-rise office building: www.artomatic.org.
Thurs. June 11th, 2009
Outpost 186 (Cambridge, MA)
An electronic-improv trio of Lief Ellis (laptop), Matt Sargent (laptop), and Bill Solomon (percussion). 8 pm, freewill donation. Sean Peuquet (laptop music) and Brian S. Ellis (poetry) will also be on the program. Hope to see you there!
Fri. May 15th-June 15th, 2009
One Brooklyn Bridge Park (Brooklyn, NY)
I'll be presenting an updated version of my sound installation, "Six Guitars, Dispersing" in a group show featuring Sculpture Key West residency artists and their students (42 artists in all, spread across several floors of to-be-condominums). The gallery is located at 2 Joralemon St. in Brooklyn Heights. Opening begins at 7:30 and is free!
Thurs. May 7th, 2009
Hartford Sound Alliance @ Greater New Britain Arts Alliance Gallery (New Britain, CT)
The Hartford Sound Alliance presents a set of electroacoustic and multimedia pieces, written and performed by members of the ensemble. The concert is sponsored by SEMI (Studio for Electronic Music, Inc.). I'll be presenting a laptop solo version of Living in the Pulsing Light. The venue is located at 117 W. Main Street, New Britain, CT. 7:30 pm.
Wed. April 1st, 2009
Lecture @ Hartt School of Music (West Hartford, CT)
I'll be giving a lecture on MAX/MSP & Pure Data for Robert Carl's Computer Music Seminar course -- particularly on strategies for live electroacoustic performance. 11:30 am in Studio D at the Hartt School.
Thurs. March 19th, 2009
Hartford Sound Alliance @ Real Art Ways (Hartford, CT)
An electronic-improv trio of Lief Ellis (laptop), Bill Solomon (percussion), and Matt Sargent (laptop) performs an innovative multimedia concert at Creative Cocktail Hour. We'll be performing soundtracks to films by our friends Liz Stephens and Devan Mulvaney. 6-10 pm -- we'll be performing three sets during the evening. See www.realartways.org for more information.
Mon. March 2nd, 2009
Hartford Sound Alliance @ Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
An electronic-improv trio of Lief Ellis (laptop), Bill Solomon (percussion), and Matt Sargent (laptop) will be performing two sets of improvised music with graduate students from the Dartmouth College Electroacoustic Music program. 6:00 pm @ the Top of the Hop coffeehouse in the Hopkins Center.
Fri. December 5th, 2008
New Music Hartford Miniaturist Event @ Hartford Art School (West Hartford, CT)
Performers from the Hartt School and the CT/NYC area perform all-new miniature pieces of music from composers all over the world. 7:30 pm in Koopman Commons. I'll be performing on electric guitar and also contributing a new tiny piece.
Wed. November 12th, 2008
Triple Music @ Hartford Art School (West Hartford, CT)
An electronic-improv trio of Lief Ellis (laptop/guitar), Bill Solomon (percussion), and Matt Sargent (laptop/guitar) performs an innovative multimedia concert in collaboration with Gene Gort and the Hartford Art School's New Media Department. 7:30 pm in the Black Box Theater on the second floor of the New Media wing of the Art School. Click here for more information on the Sound Alliance site.
