Ravish Momin (recently Shakira's "Gypsy" percussionist) and his
experimental electro/world/jazz trio, Trio Tarana, will give a workshop
on
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at the Department of Music and a concert on
Thursday, September 16 at L'envers.
WORKSHOP
In this interactive workshop, Momin and Trio Tarana members Skye Steele and Greg Heffernan will discuss their compositional
and improvisational methods with live electronics and acoustic
instruments, MIDI mappings, and synchronization of multiple laptops.
They will also discuss their usage of Ableton LIVE in combination with
jazz improvisations, North-African, Middle-Eastern and Indian rhythmic
concepts, complex meters, real-time loops, textural constructions,
layering and DSP.
Where:
Concordia University, Department of Music
1450 Guy Street, Room MB 8.245
When:
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 5 p.m.
Cost:Free admission, everyone welcome. (Limited space available)
CONCERTTrio Tarana will also perform at L'envers following three local opening acts: Ismism, Philippe Mius d'Entremont and Concordia's own Kakihara 079.
Where:
L'envers
185 Van Horne (corner Esplanade - 2 streets east of Parc Avenue)
By bus: 80 Parc (from Place-des-arts metro) or 55 St. Laurent (from St-Laurent metro)
When:
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Cost:$10 per person
About Trio Tarana:
Formed in 2003 and led by New-York based Indian percussionist/composer
Ravish Momin, Trio Tarana features a unique instrumentation of violin,
cello, percussion, and multiple laptops and utilizes primarily
East-Asian (Indian, Japanese, Afghan), Middle Eastern, and North
African rhythms in a seamless blend of pre-composed and improvised
performance.
This event is made possible by the Concordia Electroacoustic Studies Student Association (CESSA) and the Department of Music.
For more information, contact:
CESSA:
Gilles Maillet at
eamtmail@gmail.com James Finnerty at
finnertymusic@gmail.com Department of Music:
Eldad Tsabary at
etsabary@alcor.concordia.ca
