AppriseAprize

GONE FISHING

2012-01-31T22:15:00.001-05:00

GONE FISHING
A NEW experimental music series
Co-curated/organized/conceived by David Sait and Michael Keith.
The series will evolve in its own natural way, but for now, the initial spark sounds a little like this...

The 2nd Monday of every Month
Somewhere There in Toronto

8pm-10pm

Begins: Monday February 13th

...and then on:
Monday March 12th
Meiko Ando with Robin Howell

Meiko Ando is an independent Butoh dancer and a choreographer based in Toronto. She is also a visual artist who creates relief prints and sculptures with Japanese paper and plant matter. She was born in Tokyo, studied classical ballet, ballroom dancing, modern dance and came to Canada in 1982. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance at UniversityOdradek (Andy Yue, James Bailey and Michelangelo Iaffaldano) at Somewhere There in Toronto, 2009. Inspired by the music of this collaboration, Meiko has created 10 prints in a handmade box.Robin Howell, bassoonist, was born in LA in 1955 into a family of artists. A student of Don Christlieb, Walter Stiftner, Fredrick Moritz, Michel Piguet and Abraham Milstein, he began his professional career at age 11. With dual specialties in Early and Contemporary Music, he has played with some of the world’s top ensembles, including Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik, Apollo Ensemble, Smithsonian Chamber Players, to name a few, and was formerly a member of the Sinfonica Nacional de Peru. Robin is a graduate of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Currently, he lives in Toronto as a freelance player, instrument restorator, designer, composer and teacher. of Waterloo. From 1987 to 1990 Meiko returned to Japan to perform for a professional Butoh dance company and at the same time worked as a researcher of Japanese traditional arts and festivals. This experience later influenced her choreographies such as a series of Butoh dance called "Onibaba". "Onibaba" was performed in Toronto, Quebec, Mexico City and St.Louis. Meiko also designs costumes and visual art for her stage.

Robin Howell, bassoonist, was born in LA in 1955 into a family of artists. A student of Don Christlieb, Walter Stiftner, Fredrick Moritz, Michel Piguet and Abraham Milstein, he began his professional career at age 11. With dual specialties in Early and Contemporary Music, he has played with some of the world’s top ensembles, including Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik, Apollo Ensemble, Smithsonian Chamber Players, to name a few, and was formerly a member of the Sinfonica Nacional de Peru. Robin is a graduate of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Currently, he lives in Toronto as a freelance player, instrument restorator, designer, composer and teacher.

2011-10-24T22:14:00.000-04:00

out the front door, past the pond, onto the path.

2011-10-11T11:23:00.000-04:00

working on some new music and new artwork for near future public consumption.

2011-10-02T13:57:00.000-04:00

Katherine Dolgy Ludwig

Back on the Block in Brooklyn!

Screening Sunday, October 2, _Splash!_, 90 min documentary about her

watercolor work with musicians on Toronto Island in 2007, co-produced
with jazz presenter Ron Gaskin, videoed by filmmaker Eric Weinthal.
Toronto Island Film Festival, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto.
Includes guzheng performance by David Sait.

Tsymbaly + Janggo + Rice Sifting + Hand Loom =

2011-10-01T18:17:00.008-04:00

play simultaneously

Improvisation Sept 30

2011-09-30T20:10:00.001-04:00

Improvisation Sept 30 by appriseaprize

2011-09-30T19:34:00.001-04:00

A few pieces I assembled a year or two ago. Most of the fun was in the gathering, then patching together as I saw fit. The first selection was used for album art.

Speed Talker + Sardanian Mouth Organ + Inanga =

2011-09-29T00:53:00.003-04:00

random selection of 3. one inspires the next inspires the next.

play simultaneously

fleagtr

2011-09-28T22:25:00.001-04:00

saturday afternoon performance just outside brampton

Carving Yin

2011-09-28T21:52:00.001-04:00

In Nanjing (04/10/05), guzheng Master Lunlun Zou picks up a custom carved YIN for the name: ("David Sait")

2011-03-13T21:59:00.005-04:00

follow your feet....howl.