Rova:Art's Improv:21 presents Miya Masaoka

Wed, Mar 8
7:30pm - 9:30pm
$15 - $10 Sliding Scale

Miya Masaoka - "Plants Make Music!"

What can we learn from plants, insects, and large human choirs? How
can we make art when there is a war going on? From an evolutionary
perspective, what is more evolved, composition or improvisation? If
you've just had a baby, how do you breastfeed on a European tour?
Miya Masaoka will address these and other incendiary questions and
talk about her recent works and life in NYC.

Miya Masaoka, musician, composer, performance artist, has created
works for koto, laser interfaces, laptop and video and written scores
for ensembles, chamber orchestras and mixed choirs. In her
performance pieces she has investigated the sound and movement of
insects, as well as the physiological responses of plants, the human
brain, and her own body. Within these varied contexts of sound, music
and nature, her performance work emphasizes the interactive, live
nature of improvisation, and reflects an individual, contemporary
expression of Japanese gagaku aural gesturalism.


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Rova:Arts series Improv:21, a series of "Informances" on 21st-Century
musical improvisation led by master improvisers from the Bay Area and
beyond. Hosted by critic and KPFA radio host Derk Richardson.

Improv:21 programs explore the art and practice of improvisation
through a shifting (i.e. "improvised") combination of onstage lecture
and dialogue, musical demonstration and performance, and audience
question-and-answer forum. Reasonably priced and easily accessible,
these two-hour events are designed to inform, inspire, challenge, and
enlighten a wide-ranging audience, from professional and amateur
musicians to listeners of all backgrounds and levels of experience.

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Venue:

21 Grand
415 25th St.
Oakland, CA
415-444-7263
http://www.21grand.org

BART to 19th St., then walk 5 blocks N on Broadway.....or by car....
Get on the Bay Bridge. When you get back onto "dry land," be sure to
be in one of the right-hand lanes.
bull Take I-880 S exit towards ALAMEDA/AIRPORT/SAN JOSE. 0.44 miles
bull Keep RIGHT at the fork in the ramp, exiting at W GRAND AVE/
MARITIME AVE EXIT. 0.41 miles
bull Keep going STRAIGHT, you're on WEST GRAND.
bull Turn LEFT onto BROADWAY
bull Turn LEFT onto 25TH ST. 0.01 miles
bull Total Estimated Time:16 minutes (?) (We're pretty sure the
Mapquest folks have no concept of Bay Area traffic.)

Additional Info:

415-487-1701
http://www.rova.org/upcomingevents/