underground $OT$ music (super late notice, sorry)

[Jorge Blank <jorgepiaget@xxxxxxxxx>]

well this here is a real real late posting for this
show, but please come if you can, it is in a wonderful
location.  I am getting back from this little
sevencentralandmountain mini-tour of texas and heading
straight there, so hopefully I will make it what with
blackouts and apocalypse at hand...

jorge

here are the details:

 

Sunday August 17th, 2:16ish in the afternoon

@ Constuction 129, Marin Headlands

 

4th in a series of free outdoor music concerts

in out of the way places in and around San Francisco

 

Featuring

John Ingle ? saxophone and voice

Radiolaria:

 

Eric Glick Rieman ? waterphone, toy piano, celeste,
melodica, etc.

Robin Walsh ? guitar

Dave Mairs ? percussion

Jesse Olson ? percussion and sousaphone

Josh Sirotiak ? tuba

Jorge Boehringer - viola

Kristin Miltner ? computer, voice

James Livingston ? baritone and alto saxophones

Mike Perlmutter ? tenor and alto saxophones, flute,
tiny instruments

Alicia Beyer ? bassoon, clarinet 

 

Construction 129 is a large, uncompleted military
installation located at the top of Conzelman Road in
the Marin Headlands.  ?In September 1942, work began
at Battery Construction # 129, which was to contain a
16-inch rifle.  Work continued until November 1943,
when it became obvious that such a huge fortification
of 16-inch mounted guns was no longer needed.  The
guns were brought up to the top of the hill, but never
actually mounted.  Even so, Battery Construction # 129
made history as the most expensive fortification the
United States ever built.?  While Construction 129
never served its intended militaristic function, the
exquisite acoustical properties of its tunnels lend
themselves beautifully to musical function, adding
depth and resonance to sounds produces nearby and
within the tunnels.  

 

?In mining this architecture for its latent resonance,
and broadcasting these resonances, we affirm the
current (and non-militaristic) use of this land.  What
was once a center for human warfare and exploitation
of natural resource has become a location of human
communion and a vantage point that frames the
surrounding land on the levels from landscape to
individual organism. . .? ?Jorge Boehringer from
Anti-Ore  

 

for more information and pictures of the site visit
http://www.militarymuseum.org/BCN129.html

 

PERFORMER DESCRIPTIONS

 

Radiolaria is (for lack of a better descriptor) a new
music ensemble which performs composed and improvised
works.  ?Individual radiolarians are normally in the
size range of hundredths to tenths of millimeters, but
some reach dimensions of a millimeter or more, large
enough to be seen with the naked eye. Some species are
amassed into colonies, which may reach sizes of
centimeter and even meter scale.?  The group will
present improvisational music, and will premier three
site-specific compositions: Anti-Ore, by Jorge
Boehringer, Ending by Alicia Beyer, and Tunnel Nigun,
a Belf?s Romanian Orchestra tune from the traditional
klezmer repetoir arranged by Michael Perlmutter.  For
additional information on Radiolaria visit
http://www.radiolaria.org/        

 

John Ingle will present new solo works for saxophone
voice that explore harmonic singing and the particular
resonances of Construction 129.

 

DIRECTIONS:

 

Parking is limited at the top of Conzelman Road, so
please CARPOOL, HIKE, or BICYCLE to the site.

 

PUBLIC TRANSIT:  From San Francisco, public
transportation is available in two forms.  MUNI?s 76
bus line runs hourly from the city to the Marin
Headland.  Ride this bus across the Golden Gate Bridge
and then up Conzelman Road in the Marin Headlands. 
Exit the bus just before it turns right onto
McCoullough Rd.  Upon exiting, ascend the ½ mile to
the top of Conzelman Road where Construction 129 is
located.  For more detailed info, call MUNI at
415-673-6864, or visit
http://www.transitinfo.org/cgi-bin/muni/timetable?C=MU&R=76

 

Also available from San Francisco or Marin are Golden
Gate bus lines 10, 20, and 50.  The 10 and 50 run
hourly, while the 20 runs every ½ hour.  Take these
buses from San Francisco to the 1st stop after the
Golden Gate Bridge.  Cross Alexander Avenue, walk
under the highway overpass through a little tunnel. 
Continue along this road as if you are walking back to
the Golden Gate Bridge.  Make a right onto Conzelman
Road and take this road all the way up (about 2 miles)
to the top where Constuction 129 is located.  Allow at
least ½ hour for walking.  Golden Gate Transit buses
can accommodate 2 bicycles.  For more information call
511 or 415-923-2000, or visit
http://www.transitinfo.org/GGT/

 

DRIVING (CARPOOLING): From San Francisco, take Route
101 across the Golden Gate Bridge. Take the first exit
(Alexander Avenue) and stay left at the stop sign. Go
under Route 101, heading back toward the Golden Gate
Bridge. Just before entering Route 101, take Conzelman
Road, the only road to the right. Continue uphill for
approximately 2 miles (staying left at the fork) to
the top of the Headlands.

>From Freeway 101 Traveling South: Take the last
Sausalito exit to the Golden Gate National Recreation
Area. Turn left and then an immediate right up the
hill onto Conzelman Road. Stay on Conzelman Road for
approximately two miles. Look for the Hawk Hill sign. 

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