CRYSTAL BETH & THE BOOM BOOM BAND LIVE 9/30/13
FRANKLY MONDAYS 6/24/13: CRYSTAL BETH (solo) & WORKSHOP ENSEMBLE
Monday, June 24 – 8pm
Royal Room
5000 Rainier Ave S
In Crystal Beth* (solo) multi-instrumentalist/composer Beth Fleenor spins sound using voice, clarinet, loops and effects, weaving a participatory aural ritual encompassing urban tribal chants & improvisations, alien disco breaks and robot love songs.
*Crystal Beth is a psychoactive stimulant that increases alertness, concentration, and energy, and in high doses, can induce euphoria, enhance self-esteem, and increase libido.
Featured in the second set, Fleenor’s Workshop Ensemble (WE) present an ever growing number of exploratory scores based on an in-depth practice of mutual respect. A 12-piece modular ensemble, WE create music super charged with compositional and collective intent. Grounded in learning and working Fleenor’s 20 Etudes for Blindfolded Musicians, WE also work in conduction, sonic meditation, and cross-stitched graphic scores. Through the use of blindfolds to heighten full body listening/awareness, WE cultivate focused intention, highlighting that intention as a respected member of the ensemble, in a practice of non-visual, non-verbal empathic communication.
This performance will feature: Michele Khazak (voice), Kate Olson, Brian Bermudez (reeds), Naomi Seigel (trombone), Michael Owcharuk (piano), Evan Flory Barnes (bass), Greg Campbell (percussion/horn), Adam Kozie (drums), and Beth Fleenor (clarinet, voice, composition).
Sometimes it’s groovy, sometimes it’s serene, sometimes it’s a noise bath, WE are always grounded in power, intention, and respect.
FRANKLY MONDAYS 4/29: BETH FLEENOR + WAYNE HORVITZ DUO & THE END ENSEMBLE
Frankly Mondays
featuring Beth Fleenor/Wayne Horvitz DUO + The End Ensemble
April 29 – 8pm
Royal Room
5000 Rainier Ave S
The End Ensemble, led by Michael Owcharuk, is a 7-piece band performing original tunes that explore the wide world of instrumental groove music. Influenced by funk, soul, hip-hop, jazz, trance, Middle Eastern music, and more; The End Ensemble gets down. Performing compositions by Michael Owcharuk, Nate Omdal, Beth Fleenor, Tim Carey, Michael Catts, and Cynthia Mullis.
Beth Fleenor (clarinet/voice/electronics) & Wayne Horvitz (piano/electronics) kick off the night with a set of improvised music ranging from pastoral to raucously visceral.
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CRYSTAL BETH & THE BOOM BOOM BAND PREVIEW PERFORMANCE
Crystal Beth* & the Boom Boom Band
[Beth Fleenor / Michael Owcharuk / Paul Kemmish / Olli Klomp]
The Grace in Letting Go
[Michele Khazak / Lalo Bello / Adam Kessler]
Monday, November 26 – 8pm
Royal Room
Royal Room
5000 Rainier Ave S
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CRYSTAL BETH* & THE BOOM BOOM BAND
With the reflexes of a mongoose and the swagger of a leftist John Wayne, Crystal Beth brings her personal brand of ritual purge-pop-punk-hop trance psychedelia to the Royal Room. Expect intense currents of bethnic chanting, propelled by the ferocious beating of the Boom Boom…*Crystal Beth is a psychoactive stimulant that increases alertness, concentration, and energy, and in high doses, can induce euphoria, enhance self-esteem, and increase libido.
Beth Fleenor 