Douglas Ewart April Events

Trio Inventions With: Jacqueline Ferrier-Ultan, Cello Stephen Goldstein, Computer/Percussion Douglas R. Ewart, Winds and Percussions Saturday April 12th 2008 at 9PM I at Cafe Maude Cafe Maude conveniently located at 54th and Penn call 612-822-5411 for directions and reservations reservations highly recommended. 1) Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=197 This Good Earth Sunday, April 13, 2008 Free! Musical Demonstration Atrium, Target Wing, second floor Noon to 4:30 p.m. Get down! See how artist, composer, inventor and musician Douglas Ewart has turned unexpected materials, like bowling pins and crutches, into incredible musical instruments. Hear him play with musician Donald Washington. 2) Chicago Cultural Center Presents George E. Lewis in conversation with Douglas R. Ewart and Nicole M. Mitchell Tuesday, April 15, 4:15 - 5:45pm Chicago Cultural Center, Cassidy Theater 78 E. Washington Street., Chicago Free performance at approximately 5:15pm George E. Lewis: Composer, Musician and Author of "A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music." talks about the rich history of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, an organization founded in Chicago in 1965. He will be joined by Nicole M. Mitchell and Douglas R. Ewart, the current leaders of the AACM for the discussion. The three musicians will also perform together. An event co-produced by the Masters of Arts Administration and Policy Department at the School of the Art Institute and the Chicago Cultural Center. George E. Lewis, Edwin H. Case Professor of Music at Columbia University. He has taught at UC San Diego, Mills College, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Simon Fraser University's Contemporary Arts Summer Institute. He has served as music curator for the Kitchen in New York, and has collaborated in the "Interarts Inquiry" and "Integrative Studies Roundtable" at the Center for Black Music Research (Chicago). A member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) since 1971, Lewis studied composition with Muhal Richard Abrams at the AACM School of Music, and trombone with Dean Hey. An active composer, improvisor, performer and computer/installation artist, Lewis has explored electronic and computer music, computer-based multimedia installations, text-sound works, and notated forms. His artistic work is documented in over 120 recordings and has been awarded by a 2002 MacArthur Fellowship, 1999 Cal Arts/Alpert Award in the Arts, and numerous fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. His oral history is archived in Yale University's collection of "Major Figures in American Music," and his published articles on music, experimental video, visual art, and cultural studies have appeared in numerous scholarly journals and edited volumes. 3) Aarawak Productions and AACM Presents: Douglas R. Ewart and Inventions At Velvet Lounge "We Declare Peace and Love " Dee Alexander, Vocals and Percussions Duriel Harris, Poetry and Percussions Edward Wilkerson, Winds and Percussions Mwata Bowden, Winds and Percussions Jeffery Parker, Guitar Dushun Mosley, Drums Darius savage, Bass Douglas R. Ewart, Winds, Vocals and Percussions Friday 25th and Saturday 26th April 2008 9 PM Admission $15.00 At Velvet Lounge 67 East 22nd St. (Cremak Rd.) Chicago Il 60616 312-791-9050 4) Association for the Advancement of Creative Musician (AACM) and Hyde Park Art Center Presents: "Songs of Love and Light" The Nyahbingi Drum Choir Ann Ward, Voice and Shakere Nicole Mitchell, Voice and Flutes Dee Alexander, Voice, percussion Edward Wilkerson Winds and percussion Ni'Ja Whitson, Dance Keith Eric, Bass Drum, Voice, Funde Paul Cotton, Repeater, Djun Djun, Djembe, and Voice Clifton Robinson, Repeater, Djembe, Funde and Voice Douglas R. Ewart, Winds, Repeater, Bass Drum, Funde and Voice Sunday April 27th 2008 rom 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Donations $10.00 Seniors and students $5.00 Hyde Park Art Center 5020 South Cornell Ave Chicago Il 60615 773-324-5520