life and it's ups and downs, the veins in leaves, far away truck sounds, fog horns, birds, bodies of water, small conversations with strangers, my mom, people I play music with, teachers, extended circle and inner circle of friends, the sun, Harry, rain, san francisco, javanese traditional dance, indonesian music, solkattu, sargam, anime, calarts, steve lacy, jimmy giuffre, anthony braxton, charles mingus, nina simone, electronica, radiohead, bjork, stravinsky, berio, crumb, art ensemble of chicago, synesthesia, messiaen, pauline oliveros, gino robair, wayne horvitz, time flies festival, travis baker, jy, pamela, hillary maroon, my dad, leo smith, vinny golia, rajeev taranath, vibe, tom waits, peter maxwell davies, the residents, ligeti, elliott smith, yusef lateef, looking out windows, swimming, extended family, my cats, walking, roscoe mitchell, john butcher, sofia gubaidalina, erik satie, terry riley, duke ellington, joni mitchell, stevie wonder, mountains, ocean, clouds skitting across the sky, hummingbird beetles, cactii(sp?) in bloom, joshua tree, big sur, redwood trees, john cage, bonnie prince billy, johnny cash, townes van zandt, steve hoey, the ninja tunes label, johnny reinhard, julie feves, rufus olivier, steve paulson, my 1st bassoon teacher, john and alice coltrane, joni mitchell, david bowie, velvet underground, the ramones, ska, tactile things like fuzzy leaves and sweaters, insects, large moths, amsterdam, laughing, crying, vancouver, dancing all night outside and dancing in general, claudia, stacey, anja, erin, rachel, myka, kraig grady, kissing, love, food, drawing, captain beefheart, the moon, meteor showers, terry dame, ellen burr, dunham technique, my brother, quirky movies, great books like one hundred years of solitude, great movies like amelie and kung fu hustle, dakah, microtones, difference tones, respeto....
Here's Sara's big ol' bio:
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Sara Schoenbeck is a bassoonist who dedicates herself to expanding the sound and role of the bassoon in the worlds of contemporary notated and improvised music.
The Wire places her in the "tiny club of bassoon pioneers" at work in contemporary music today and the New York Times has called her "riveting, mixing textural experiments with a big, confident sound."
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From being a member of creative music ensembles, like Wayne Horvitz's Gravitas Quartet, Anthony Braxton's 12+1tet, Ensemble Green (contemporary musics of LA) and the
Vinny Golia's Large Ensemble to backing Mos Def in Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra and backing Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder in the Mancini Orchestra, Sara continues to defy categorization as an artist. She has also also shared the stage in improvised music and contemporary music performances with Yusef Lateef, Fred Frith, John Butcher, Mark Dresser, Pauline Oliveros, Wadada Leo Smith, Ne(x)tworks and Nels Cline among many others. A recent transplant from Los Angeles, she spent a portion of her time there recording and also as adjunct faculty at California Institute of the Arts. Feature films she
has played on include the Matrix Trilogy, Spanglish and Dahmer.
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She performs regularly at jazz festivals and venues throughout North America and Europe, notably the Du Maurier Jazz Festival in Vancouver, B.C., the Improvised Music Fest in Antwerp, Belgium and the Berlin Jazz Festival. Sara has received grants from
Meet the Composer and the Durfee foundation for outreach work and composition. She received her BFA in bassoon performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and her MFA in multi-focus bassoon performance at the California Institute of the
Arts.
Will you be in town on July 18th? If so, I'd like to invite you to the 7th annual NYC Musical Saw Festival in Astoria. So far 45 musical saw players registered to perform. 2 are coming from Japan, 3 from Germany, 3 from Canada, 1 from Belgium and the rest from all over the USA. It will be wild!
Have you ever seen or heard so many musical saw players playing together? This is a once in a lifetime kind of thing on account of the Guinness World Record we are going for. Hope to see you there!
When: Saturday, July 18th, 2pm Where: Trinity Church, 31-18 37th Street (37th street at 31st Ave), Astoria Admission: $10
Hey fellow humans,
PAS sends it kind regards your way and would like to invite you to our next performances in Brooklyn.
Thursday: 06/18/2009 10:00 PM - The Wreck Room-Bushwick, Brooklyn
940 Flushing Ave, (between Central Ave & Evergreen Ave)
Brooklyn, New York 11206
US
Cost:$5
Description:line-up: THURS JUNE 18: PAS (Post Abortion Stress) Womb Rippers Calves Ghoul Poon
Friday: 06/19/2009 08:00 PM - Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway
Brooklyn, New York
US
Cost:N/A
Description:PAS 10 PM The Invisible Hand 11 PM Others TBA
...definitely NOT going to be at your May 30 performance...well, I suppose if invited I'd be obliged to consider...no doubt though it will be the best ever... xoxo, &ru
Thanks for your kind comment on my music. I really enjoyed the raw beauty of your bassoon playing, especially 'Seattle Sara' with the almost electronic sounding multi-phonics. I'm glad I stubled upon you as a friend through Kraig Grady....peace and all best to you!
LOVELY Sara!!!! I love you, and am glad to hear you are well. Back from tour... got canceled early :( yes please call anytime I would love to talk to you this coming week.
Thanks for the add! I’m honoured! If you have time you can listen the clips of my new album “Sucide Story” on the following link,: http://cdbaby. com/cd/vcaruso or on the link in my “myspace” page. Ciao Vincenzo!
