Edward Schocker

September 2009 through January 2010

Xchange: Berlin-SF Barter is an international artist interchange program between Berlin’s ‘Inter Art Project’ and Bay Area’s ‘Thingamajigs’. Artists who represent both organizations will work together in both cities to create new work and present it in the form of concerts and symposiums. This unique opportunity allows artists and audiences from each host city to view work and listen to concerns from out of town artists and compare them to their own.

The goal of this program is to exchange (or barter) creative ideas between working artists residing in these two metropolitan centers, and to build awareness of the current thoughts and trends that encompass our art. Also, to allow audiences of both areas to witness an international movement of artists and performers they might not otherwise come in contact with.

The host organizations are currently putting the finishing details on the Bay Area portion of the exchange program. Please stay posted.

For more information on the events that happened in Berlin in September, please visit:

The Inter Art Project

Audio sample of Zachary James Watkins and Edward Schocker’s performance in September:

Click here for Youtube video excerpt

Sunday, June 28 2009 at 6pm

(doors open a half hour prior to the show)

RakudoAn

2-16 Tsukasa-cho Kanda, Tokyo, Japan

Info: TEL&FAX Phone 03?3261-8015

http://www2.plala.or.jp/rakudoan/

Admission: 2,000 Yen

Thingamajigs introduces The Pacific Exchange series. The Pacific Exchange brings composers/performers from all areas of the Pacific Rim together in order to exchange/share ideas and create music on one concert stage. Thingamajigs created this event to show that the massive Pacific Ocean gives us more of a commonality than does separate us. This particular Pacific Exchange features the musical performances by Christopher Yohmei Blasdel (Japan/USA), Wayne Grim (USA), Hideo Sekino (Japan), Ji-yoon Chun (Korea), and Edward Schocker (USA). Selections of cross-cultural poetry will also be read by Judy Halebsky and friends.

Directions:

RAKUDOAN
2-16 Tsukasa-cho Kanda   Phone 03?3261-8015

?Take North or West exit of JR KANDA station. Turn left and walk west along KANDA-KEISATSU DOOR (big street) till the corner of NTT building
at the third light. Turn right into CHIYODA-SHOU DORI street. Go one block the street with SAKURA-KAN (CHIYODA elementary school)
on your left hand. Turn left (into ICHI-HACHI DORI) at the end of the block (EBISU-YA Taiwanese restaurant at the right corner).
The third house on the left hand side from the corner is RAKUDOAN with a sign on the black door. The nearest subway stations
: KANDA (GINAZA line), AWAJICHO (MARUNOUCHI line) or OGAWACHO?(SHINJYUKU line). At subway KANDA station, take exit 1, 2 or 4.
From OGAWACHO/AWAJICHO station, take CHIYODA-SHOU-DORI between exits 1A and 1B. After 3 blocks south, turn right at the aforementioned
ICHI-HACHI DORI corner to find RAKUDOAN.

Video sample on YouTube

UPTOWN Group
401 26th Street (@Broadway)
Oakland, CA 94612
map

Preview Reception : :
Friday, June 5, 2009  6 – 9 pm

Refreshments
Music by
Edward Schocker -Hichiriki
Dylan Bolles -Bamboo Flute
Zachary Watkins -made electronics

www.proartsgallery.org

Dylan Bolles (bamboo flute), Zachary Watkins (laptop), and Edward Schocker (hichiriki) continue their explorations of slowness at the 12th Annual Dionysian Festival, celebrating the 132nd anniversary of Isadora Duncan’s birth. Also performing will be Shoko Kikage (koto) with Mary Sano (dance), and Rebecca Whittington (classicl Indian Dance.

May 30-31, 2009 @ Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing
www.duncandance.org, info@duncandance.org

August performances:

Sunday August 24, 2008 at 2:00pm

explOratorium

3601 Lyon St.
San Francisco, California 94123

Category: Education

Website: http://www.thingamajigs.org

Thingamajigs.org presents a concert and talk about the relationship between Math, Physics and musical composition, featuring compositions by Edward Schocker and Wayne Grim.

Thingamajigs.org and The Exploratorium present an event that describes how modern composers use physics and mathematics in musical composition. Part concert, part artist talk –this event will appeal to people of all ages and backgrounds. Works performed on the music event include Bay Area composer, Edward Schocker’s Netori for two electric guitars. By creating drones, the guitars generate counterpoints using the natural overtone series (a physical occurrence that happens in all musical sounds). Netori is a term used in Japanese Gagaku music. The word literally means “sound catcher” and is a prelude in free rhythm to set the tonality for the music to follow. This piece works much in the same way as a traditional netori, but instead uses the relationships between two different overtone series to set the tonality. Also on the bill is a world premiere work by composer Wayne Grim.

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Moment’s Notice has been on a summer hiatus — but we’ll be back on Saturday, August 30. Same time, same place, same price as usual:

8/30/08
8pm
Western Sky Studio, in the Sawtooth Building, 2525 8th St., Berkeley
$8-$15 (sliding scale; tickets available at the door)

August performers:

Liz Boubion –dance
Edward Schocker & Suki O’Kane – music
Imaginary Friends (Abhay Ghiara, Krista Gullickson & Kim Criswell, in collaboration with Edward Schocker) — physical theater
Nicole Richter & Pamela Marsh – dance with poetry & music
The Olimpias (Petra Kuppers and friends)- dance, etc.

May/June, 2008 my prestigious collegues and I will be attacking two academic institutions with border-bending, site-specific, multi-disciplinary, multi-ism events…

As part of Stanford University’s Red Rover -an outdoor traveling performance, Brenton Chen, Abhay Ghiara, and myself present Bamboo Alley, a site-specific performance piece with movement, made/found instruments, and natural occurrences. For videos, photos, and blogs on the development of the piece, please visit:

http://bambooalley.ning.com/

may 28 | 7-9pm free
stanford university
351 Santa Teresa Street
Red Rover is an evening of five commissioned, site-specific dance/performance
works created for and performed in a series of outdoor sites.
http://livelyarts.stanford.edu/

…and at University of California, Davis with Dylan Bolles, Stephen Ratcliffe, Zachary Watkins, Keith Evans, Michael Meyers, and me-self…

human/nature explores collaborative work in a variety of mediums and is based in the 1,000 poem document of a daily writing practice undertaken by Stephen Ratcliffe. This performance extends his investigations into the integration/ interaction of human beings and natural landscape: “the relation between things seen/observed in the world and how such things might be made (transcribed/transformed) as works of written (or visual) art.” The reading of the poems will accompany sound, light, movement and sculpture in an open dialogue with the architecture of the surrounding space. The duration of this work is not yet known, but it is likely to to go between 8 and 10 hours.

friday
june 6 | 4pm-2am free
university club, university of california, davis

響　Resonation

Sound Performance
Hibiki (resonation/vibration) of matter constitutes Space.
We unbind the implicit structure of the universe with a sonic
representation.

Artists
Glass vessel/Hichiriki flute: Edward Schocker
Shakuhachi bamboo flute: Hideo Sekino
Hochikku/Experimental instruments: Dylan Bolles

When : Saturday 5th April 7:30 pm.
Where : Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing
245 Fifth St. Studio 314, San Francisco (Between Howard and Folsom)
415-357-1817
Suggested Donation : $5-10 (food and drink included)

Edward Schocker holds a Masters Degree of Art from Mills College, and has studied composition with Lou Harrison, Pauline Oliveros, and Alvin Curran. Along with receiving many awards and residencies, Edward has assembled a collection of made and found instruments for which he co-created the ‘Music For People And Thingamajigs’ festival, an annual concert devoted entirely to works of alternate tunings and/or made and found instruments.

Hideo Sekino , Shakuhachi bamboo flutist and a member of Komuso Kenkyukai (a research organization on Komuso – Zen monk, practitioner of blowing Shakuhachi as religious training). He is a director of Rakudoan, a alternative performing art space in Tokyo.
http://www2.plala.or.jp/rakudoan/

Thursday, April 26, 2007

8:00 PM

Where

Luggage Store Gallery

1007 Market Steet
San Francisco, California 94103

$6-$10 sliding scale

Edward Schocker’s
Large Glass Bowl
with Zachary Watkins

Bill Wolter’s
Ode to Jean Baudrillard
with Sean Clute and Patricia Wakida

The first of three concerts featuring inventions in visual audio , exploring the moving boundaries between music, film, optics, graphics, loops and reels, guest curated by Suki O’Kane, musician and curator of The Illuminated Corridor.

This is Edward Schocker’s first Bay Area performance since his return from Japan, featuring the debut of a new duo with Zachary Watkins.

Bill Wolter will install and perform the live polyrhymic spinning disks “Ode to Jean Baudrillard”, which combine aural and visual polyrhythms, in a trio with Sean Clute (audio) and Patricia Wakida (video).

Homepage

http://www.outsound.org

Sacramento Poetry Center

Poetry reading, Monday, February 5, 7:30PM. Featuring Judy Halebsky and Theresa McCourt. Free, but donations are welcome.
Also, join us for the reunion of Judy Halebsky, Dylan Bolles, and Edward Schocker as they present an improvisation of made/found words and sound.

For more information, please visit http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org/ or call (916) 979-9706.

IHJ CONCERT SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT
(日本語はこの下)
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IHJ Concert Series
–The Traditional & Contemporary in the Present–
Featuring Japanese Music by Non-Japanese Composers

As part of the festivities to celebrate the new IHJ Hall and the
completion of the building renovations, the acclaimed contemporary
Japanese music ensemble Aura-J will present a program of contemporary
music for Japanese instruments by foreign composers. Also included in
the program will be selections of traditional Japanese music and a piece
by the world re-known Japanese composer Minoru Miki.

Date：Oct. 20, 2006 (Fri) 7PM
Place：New Hall, The International House of Japan
Admission:
* Non-Members: 4000 yen
* IHJ Members: or Aura-J Tomo no Kai members, 3000 yen
NOTE* Since seating is limited we strongly advise reservations. IHJ will
guarantee reservations and  offer a 500 yen discount for those who
purchase advance tickets (3500 yen, 2500 yen). Please send your money by
postal transfer form, account no. 00130-8-68596, The International House
of Japan, Inc. Please include your contact information and state on the
payment form that the money is for the Aura-J Concert.

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Aura-J Performers:
Seizan Sakata (shakuhachi)
Reiko Kimura (21 stringed koto)
Christopher Yohmei (shakuhachi)
Erina Matsumura (koto)
Yuko Kuwako (17 stringed koto)
Tetsuya Nozawa (shamisen)
Michie Kobayashi (koto)

Guest performers:
Mika Kimula (voice)
Hitomi Nakamura (hichiriki)
Kaho Tosha (percussion)

Program
1. “Godan Ginuta”（traditional koto duet）18th C,
2. “Hymn for Lou and Bill” （shakuhachi & hichiriki）by Edward Schocker
3. “but the rain…”（shakuhachi & 21 stringed koto）by Peter Askim
4. “The Distant Cry of the Deer”（traditional shakuhachi duet)
5. “Forbidden Circles”（for female voice, shakuhachi, 17 stringed koto,
percussion）by Byron Au Yong
6. “Chiru” (shakuhachi & shamisen) by Takeo Kudo
7. “Hanayagi” (21 stringed koto) by Minoru Miki

Aura-J is a creative group of highly disciplined musicians performing on
Japanese instruments. Founded in 1998 by the composer Minoru Miki,
shakuhachi player Seizan Sakata and koto player Reiko Kimura, Aura-J
performs several concerts yearly and focuses on contemporary music
written for traditional instruments and often includes guest performers
of various Asian ethnic instruments. Aura-J’s performances offer the
best of both worlds: tradition combined with the modern.
http://www.ora-j.com/

——-Contact & Reservation——-
The International House of Japan
5-11-16, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Tel:03-3470-3211
E-mail: arts@i-house.or.jp
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IHJ伝統音楽コンサートシリーズ
古典・現代邦楽の今 -外国人作曲家を中心に

国内外で高い評価を得ている現代邦楽のグループ、オーラJを招き、外国人作
曲家によって和楽器のために作曲された選りすぐりの作品をご紹介いただきま
す。また19世紀を代表する筝曲「五段砧」や尺八の名曲「鹿の遠音」、国際的に
活躍する作曲家、三木稔氏（オーラJ芸術監督）の作品も上演いたします。

2006年10月20日(金曜日)　7PM-
国際文化会館新ホール
料金　一般：￥4000　（前売り￥3500）
IHJ会員およびオーラJ友の会：￥3000（前売り￥2500）

注：　座席には限りがあるため前売チケットのご購入をお勧めいたします。お求
めの方は下記の予約・問合せ先でご予約のうえ郵便局に備付けの振込み用紙で下
記あてにお振込みください。詳しくはお問合せください。
口座記号番号:　00130-8-68596　加入者名：　財団法人国際文化会館
通信欄にAura-Jコンサートチケット代とご明記下さい。（振込手数料はご負担く
ださい）

【出演者】　坂田誠山（尺八）、木村玲子（箏）、クリストファー遙盟（尺
八）、松村エリナ(箏)、桑子裕子（箏）、野澤徹也（三味線）、山口賢治（尺
八）、小林道恵（箏）

【ゲスト】　きむら みか（歌）、中村仁美（篳篥）、藤舎花帆（鼓・打楽器）

【曲目】
1.「五段砧」（古典筝曲）光崎検校作曲
2.「Hymn for Lou and Bill」（尺八＋篳篥）E.ショッカー作曲
3.「but the rain…」（尺八＋21絃筝）ピータ・アシキム作曲
4.「鹿の遠音」（古典尺八本曲）
5.「チル」（尺八＋三味線）タケオ・クドウ作曲
6.「Forbidden Circles」（声、三絃、17絃筝、尺八、小鼓）B.アウ・ユング作曲
7.「華やぎ」（筝）三木稔作曲

『オーラJ』は、日本の伝統楽器を中心としながら、他民族の楽器とも自由に連
携し、地球上のさまざまな民族の音楽を吸収しつつ、今までにない新たな音楽の
創造と演奏活動を展開しようという団体です。1998年に三木 稔・坂田 誠山・木
村 玲子らを中心に発足し、このような目的に賛同する音楽家たちの緩やかな結
びつきで同人的に形成されています。　http://www.ora-j.com/

—–予約＆問合せ——-
国際文化会館　企画部　アートプログラム
港区六本木5-11-16
Tel:03-3470-3211
E-mail: arts@i-house.or.jp