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SELECTED PAST PERFORMANCES OF WORKS BY CHRISTINE SOUTHWORTH
2009 | 2008 | 2006-07 | 2002-05
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Southworth's Heavy Metal accopanies world premiere of new dance by acclaimed choreographer Karole Armitage on the talented dancers of the Ballet Program of The School at Jacob's Pillow. More info: http://www.jacobspillow.org/festival/2010/06/season-opening-gala/
Gamelan Galak Tika presents ROCK GAMELAN featuring Christine Southworth's Heavy Metal and Evan Ziporyn's classics Tire Fire and Amok!
Gauguin exhibition–related program
The Artist As Itinerant
Gauguin made several journeys to “primitive” islands, first to the Caribbean and then the Pacific. His purpose was “to escape European civilization and everything that is artificial and conventional.” Two concerts explore the theme of the artist as itinerant from different angles. Paul Gauguin: Paris, 1889 runs October 4, 2009 through January 18, 2010.
“An intoxicating tone of wave-like rhythms and ringing sonorities.”
–Newark Star-Ledger
“An exuberant blast of metal fireworks.”
–New York Times
The Western concert music tradition is dotted with brilliantly colorful iconoclasts who traveled the world over to find themselves (Colin McPhee, Lou Harrison, Terry Riley). Into this line of peripatetic spirits comes American composer Evan Ziporyn. Thirty members strong, Ziporyn’s Gamelan Galak Tika (classical Javanese for “intense togetherness”) has devoted itself both to studying traditional Balinese music and dance and to developing new works by Balinese and American composers. $34, CMA members $33.
www.galaktika.org
These programs made possible in part by: The Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund, The P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund, The Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund , Additional support has been provided by: The Musart Society, John P. Murphy Foundation
Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 7:30
Merkin Hall @ The Kaufman Center, New York, NY
129 West 67th Street, New York, NY 10023 
World premiere of Southworth's new piece Concerning the Doodle for the Bang on a Can All-Stars, commissioned by Bang on a Can People's Commissioning Fund, with accompanying film by Amy Lovera, Christina Spangler, and Jessica Gidal.
Join us for the adventures of Joe Pickle and Eyelash Girl Doodle, two kooky canines with a taste for drama. Their journey begins in the park, where they meet and discover a shared interest in tennis balls, frisbees, and squirrels. Delighted in their romping, they acquire magic powers from a duck, propelling them above a tennis court into a waking dream. Being part poodle, Eyelash Girl Doodle dreams in French. Her deepest concerns - salami, cheese, tennis balls, bones, and Joe Pickle - become animated as she floats through the subconscious of her dog brain.
Music & Lyrics by Christine Southworth
Animated Film by Clever Girls Collaborative: Christina Spangler, Amy Lovera & Jessica Gidal. Animation and assistance also by Julia Gandrud, Evelyn Tang & Lincoln Bostian
Bang on a Can All-Stars
The 2010 People’s Commissioning Fund (PCF) Concert
Three world premieres commissioned by the people! New York’s electric chamber ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars take on new works by Nik Bärtsch, Oscar Bettison and Christine Southworth, plus more in their highly anticipated annual celebration at Merkin Hall. The PCF is a radical partnership between artists and audiences to commission works from adventurous composers.
A special edition of WNYC’s New Sounds® Live with host John Schaefer.
Friday, March 5, 2010 8 pm
Gamelan Galak Tika & Ensemble Robot
Presented by the Asian Arts and Culture Program at the UMass Fine Arts Center.
Experience Galak Tika, America's most innovative Balinese gamelan, performing traditional and contemporary music and dance for Balinese gamelan, electric guitars, electronics, and Ensemble Robot's Heliphon. Performing Evan Ziporyn's rock gamelan classic Tire Fire and a sneak-peak at his new opera A House in Bali, traditional works featuring stunning Balinese dance performed by master Balinese dancers I Madé Bandem and Ni Lu Suasti, plus Christine Southworth's exhilarating Heavy Metal and Ramon Castillo's Agak-Agak for gamelan and robotic glockenspiel, this concert promises to present a musical hybrid that “expands the horizons of both music and humanity’s relation to machines.”
Friday, March 26, 2010 midnight
The Calder Quartet and Andrew W.K. perform Southworth's Honey Flyers plus works by A.W.K., Tristan Perich, and more.
2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Explorers Club Lowell Thomas Annual Awards Dinner
On the Brink of Uncertainty, Exploring Risk: A Survival Guide from the Field
Cipriani Wall Street, NY, NY
World premiere of Southworth's EXPLOSIVE new work for strings and volcanos, performed by the Calder Quartet and the Amazing Danny Holt on piano and percussion, featuring recorindgs of seismograph data and field recordings from volcanoes, plus footage of volcanoes courtesy National Geographic. Commisioned by The Explorers Club.
Thursday, October 8, 2009, 2 pm
Boston Public Library, Rabb Lecture Hall
(Concourse (basement) level of the Johnson Building)
700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
Evan Ziporyn and Christine Southworth perform Balinese gender wayang (traditional shadow puppet music) with film footage of Bali in the 1930s shot by Colin McPhee. FREE and open to the public
Fall 2009
Andrew W.K. & Calder Quartet North American Tour: Strings and Piano
perform Southworth's Honey Flyers, Interface by Tristan Perich, Glass, Cage, Andrew W.K. & more
September 29, 2009 - Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline, MA
October 1, 2009 - Lakeshore Theater, Chicaco, IL
October 2, 2009 - Joe's Pub, New York, NY
October 4, 2009 - The Music Gallery, Toronto, Canada
October 5, 2009 - Jammin' Java, Washington, DC
October 7, 2009 - Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, CA
October 8, 2009 - Largo, Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Ensemble Robot at Axiom Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
Boston Cyberarts Festival
Ensemble Robot presents brave new works for humans and robots! The concert featured The Heliphon, an 8-foot tall double-helix shaped robotic glockenspiel, and The Bot(i)Cello, a dramatic single-stringed instrument that sounds like a hundred electric guitars being beaten with sticks. Music by engineers, robots by composer, and Christine's debut on Highland Bagpipes!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
UCSD The Loft, San Diego, CA
ArtPower! presents The Calder Quartet
The Calder Quartet performs Southworth's Honey Flyers at UC San Diego's The Loft, with recordings and live video of honeybees.
APRIL 5-19, 2009  The Beeline Festival - 3 Weekends of New Music You Actually Want to Hear @ The Broad Institute
CURATED BY CHRISTINE SOUTHWORTH AND EVAN ZIPORYN
Saturday, March 21, 2009
California E.A.R. Unit premieres Jamu (v.3)
"Young Americans"
REDCAT: Roy and Edny Disney/ Cal Arts Theater in Walt Disney Concert Hall
California E.A.R. Unit premieres a brand new arrangement of Jamu, with electronics by Southworth and Eric Gunther. Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater in Walt Disney Concert Hall, 631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
 Saturday, March 21, 2009
Calder Quartet @ The Explorers Club Annual Dinner
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue, New York City
The Calder Quartet performs Honey Flyers (1st mvt) and a new string quintet by Andrew W.K. at the annual dinner of the Explorers Club, in front of 900 explorers including astronauts, mountaineers (including the great Peter Hillary) and researchers. Honoring their theme of biodiversity, hors d'oeuvres included chocolate covered strawberries dipped in maggots, stuffed mushrooms with durian, grubs and scorpions, and eyeball martinis (we weren't sure what kind of eyeballs these were... and boy was I glad I'm vegetarian!) Besides the stunning performance by the Calders and Andrew W.K., the highlight of my evening was playing with (and getting rather beaten up by) a very sweet kangaroo!
2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008, 4 pm
MIT Broad Institute Auditorium
Gamelan Galak Tika concert featuring NEW WORKS by Southworth (Mars Rover/Snow White), Ramon Castillo (Agak-Agak), Midori Matsuo (SSSS), and Po-Chun Wang (Rice Combo), for all variations of Just Intonation gamelan, rock band, The Heliphon, and electronics, plus traditional Balinese music and dance with master dancer I Made Bandem.
Saturday, November 15, 2008, 8 pm
(Le) Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
Presented by Wordless Music
The Calder Quartet performs Christine Southworth's Honey Flyers with the brand new Bot(i)Cello v.5! Also Calder performs works Tristan Perich and collaboration with Andrew W.K.
Thursday, October 30, 2008, 7:30 pm
Berklee David Friend Recital Hall
Gamelan Galak Tika's Beta Gamelan and Ensemble Robot perform NEW WORKS by ensembles' composers. Composers include Ramon Castillo, Midori Matsuo, Sachi Sato, Christine Southworth, and Po-Chun Wang. Curated by Ramon Castillo.
Saturday, October 18, 2008, 2:30 pm
EMPAC @ RPI
Gamelan Galak Tika and Ensemble Robot perform Heavy Metal and Tire Fire at the opening of RPI's new Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center in Troy, NY. Featuring Beleganjur (Balinese metal marching music), Ramon Castillo's wacky robot-gamelan-electronica Agak-Agak; Christine Southworth's Heavy Metal, for gamelan, electric guitars, and a full lineup of robots; and Evan Ziporyn' rock gamelan classic Tire Fire! Come hear this FREE concert as part of the opening of this amazing new space at RPI.
Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:00 PM LA JOLLA
UCSD's The Loft, La Jolla, California 92093 (open to UCSD students only)
Carlsbad Music Festival Satellite Concert - The Calder Quartet and Build perform music by young composers including Tristan Perich, Christine Southworth and Matt McBane. This is the first performance ever in this new venue and is part of opening night celebrations that are open only to UCSD students.
This is part of an ongoing relationship with ArtPower! at UCSD that also includes the co-commission of Fabian Svensson’s new piece for the Calder Quartet. Featuring Christine Southworth's Honey Flyers.
Friday, September 19, 2008 8:00 PM
LOS ANGELES Zipper Hall, 200 South Grand Avenue
Carlsbad Music Festival Satellite Concert - Calder Quartet, Red Fish Blue Fish and Build - with Christine Southworth's Honey Flyers.
Ensemble Robot & Gamelan Galak Tika @International Festival of Arts and Ideas
Sunday, June 15, 2008, 7 pm
Woolsey Hall, New Haven, CT
Galak Tika and Ensemble Robot perform a Balinese - Electronic extravaganza! Featuring Christine Southworth's Heavy Metal and Evan Ziporyn's Tire Fire, as well as a world premieres of Highway Mass by Jenny Olivia Johnson and Agak-Agak by Ramon Castillo, commissioned by Ensemble Robot!
2006-2007
The Calder Quartet
Carlsbad Music Festival September 28-30, 2007
Sunday, September 30, 2007, 2 pm
Carlsbad, CA
World premiere of Christine Southworth's new string quartet Honey Flyers, commissioned by the Calder Quartet and Carlsbad Music Festival.
Technology Review's Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT
September 27, 2007
MIT Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge, MA
Ensemble Robot premieres Christine Southworth's Robot Organic and performs Evan Ziporyn's Belle Labs for the Emerging Technologies Conference closing performance.
 ZAP!
April 27, 2007, 7 & 8:30 pm
Boston Museum of Science Theater of Electricity
Don't miss the return of Zap!, Christine Southworth's groundbreaking work for live musicians, singers, musical robots, and the Boston Museum of Science's 50 foot high Van de Graaff Generator. The 2005 premiere performance was hailed as "Truly electrifying!" by the Boston Phoenix and "as gently balladic (as it is) hard-driving and otherworldly" by the Boston Herald. Two years later, the show is returning with more robots, more singers, and more voltage!
This performance was presented as part of The 1st Annual Cambridge Science Festival, April 21-29, 2007, Cambridge, MA
Ensemble Robot @ Boston Museum of Science
January 27, 2007, 12-3 pm - Interactive Exhibit with Performances throughout the afternoon
Ensemble Robot @ Bang on a Can Summer Institute of Music
Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
July 11-30 , 2006
HEAVY METAL by Christine Southworth
at the Bang on a Can Summer Marathon
Saturday, July 29 4 pm
Hunter Center @ Mass MoCA
Southworth's rocking piece for 40 people and 5 robots opened the Bang on a Can Summer Marathon at Mass MoCA and featured Bang on a Can Summer Institute students and faculty on Balinese gamelan, electric guitars, winds and string orchestra, plus the Heliphon, Beatbot, Blobot, and the world premiere of Bot(i)cello v.3!
Commissioned by the Boston Museum of Science with the support of Meet the Composer and New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA).
Music & the Invasion of Technology @ Boston Museum of Science
Wednesday January 25, 2006 7 pm
Boston Museum of Science, Cahners Theater. Science Park, Boston, MA
See Webcast at WGBH Forum Network
KEBYAR KEBYAR (Gamelan Galak Tika with the BloBot)
by Evan Ziporyn
ANTHROPOMORPHIC (Heliphon, BeatBot, and Marc Chan on keyboard)
by Ramon Castillo
BELLE LABS: World Premiere
by Evan Ziporyn
Featuring the critically acclaimed Todd Reynolds on violin and Ziporyn himself on clarinet, Ziporyn's "Belle Labs" is a virtuosic dialogue between two humans and a robot, pushing the musicians and the machine to their limits to create a mind-bending sonic sensation.
Commissioned by the Boston Museum of Science and Ensemble Robot, with the support of the LEF Foundation.
HEAVY METAL: World Premiere
by Christine Southworth
Southworth's rocking new piece for Balinese gamelan, robots and electric strings! Featuring Gamelan Galak Tika, Ensemble Robot, and special guests Todd Reynolds (violin), Eddie Whalen (guitar), Erik Nugent (lyricon) and Blake Newman (bass).
Commissioned by the Boston Museum of Science with the support of Meet the Composer and New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA).
2002-2005
Ensemble Robot @ Boston Cyberarts Festival
April 23 - May 8, 2005
Heliphon: YPTRATRPY (You Play the Robot and the Robot Plays You)
by Leila Hasan & Giles Hall
Concert: Saturday, May 7, 2005.
JAMU: World Premiere
Music by Christine Southworth
Performed by Eric Gunther and Ensemble Robot.
Choreographed by Ashley Salomon
Danced by Kristin Marrs, Bethany Leclerc, Katrina Sukola, & Ashley Salomon
ANTHROPOMORPHIC
Music by Ramon Castillo
Performed by Sachi Sato (accordian) and Ensemble Robot
ZAP!
Boston Museum of Science Theater of Electricity
February 4, 2005
Music by Christine Southworth
Robots by Leila Hasan
Conducted by Ramon Castillo
Performed by Ensemble Robot musicians
Gamelan Galak Tika performances of "Flying Goldfish Flower"
April 20, 2002 at Wesleyan University, New England Gamelan Weekend (world premiere)
April 21, 2002 at MIT Kresge Auditorium
July 9, 2002 at University Park in Cambridge, MA
Bali Tour, Summer 2005: Kuta Carnival at Kuta Beach, Bali Arts Festival in Denpasar, and in Negara
"Feed and Fly" @ Mass MoCA
Performed by Eileen Mack, John Benthal, Wendy Sutter, Peter Askim, Michelle Schumann, Greg Beyer and Evan Ziporyn July 25, 2002 at Mass MoCA. Written for Bang on a Can Summer Institute of Music in June 2002.
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