Sonia Paço-Rocchia - January to June 2009composer - sound artist - performer - improviser - live electronics musician2023-03-13T01:03:15-04:00Sonia Paço-Rocchiaurn:md5:4fe06731b25e5d81d30a84f47458f465DotclearTreedom!urn:md5:f30fa156735562b3a3eb92fb0ea1649f09/07/200909/07/2009Sonia Paço-RocchiaJanuary to June 2009 <p><em>I’ll perform as part as Tree Radical. I’m the tree who plays the bassoon... Look at the video!</em></p>
<p>Tree Radical - 50 trees take to the streets of London in a performance that engaged and inspired.</p>
<p>On Thursday 9 July, a parade of 50 trees took to the streets of London to coincide with the Radical Nature exhibition. Stopping at landmark locations including St Paul’s, Bank, Leicester Square, Covent Garden and Piccadilly Circus, the trees entertained the crowds with singing, dancing and staged a host of interactive performances to deliver a reminder of the natural world in the urban environment of the Capital.</p>
<p>The final event, a performance of two hours, will be outside and inside the Barbican Centre.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/radical_nature/tree-radical">Barbican</a><br />
<a href="http://www.radicalnature.co.uk/">Radical Nature</a><br /><br />
<a href="http://community.eventmagazine.co.uk/photos/barbicans_human_trees/picture2750.aspx">Some photos on Event Magazine</a><br />
<a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art70382">An article on Culture24</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thelondonpaper.com/thelondonpaper/news/london/news/human-trees-take-over-london-landmarks">An article in The London Paper</a></p>
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Sound Through at Shunturn:md5:be0dda287665a7aab14667d6693c356624/06/200924/06/2009Sonia Paço-RocchiaJanuary to June 2009 <p>Site specific improvisations, I’ll be with bassoon, sound of voice, other little things and live electronics (wiis, pedals...)<br />
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<a href="https://musinou.net/images/sonia/09-06-24/sound_through_small.jpg" title="nom" class="thickbox"><img src="https://musinou.net/images/sonia/09-06-24/min_sound_through_small.jpg" alt="" style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" /></a>24th, 25th and 26th of June<br />
6pm to 9pm<br />
At the <a href="http://www.shunt.co.uk/map.php">Shunt</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=91582264382">facebook event</a>
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access to the Shunt:<br />
£5 Wednesday and Thursday<br />
£10 Friday<br />
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<a href="http://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THESOUNDTHROUGH">Sound Through</a> is a collective of musicians and sonic artists committed to exploring ideas surrounding aural architecture, sound manipulation, improvisation and performance.<br />
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In an ongoing series of site-specific works the Sound Through collective work closely with a range of spaces around London in order to create new and exciting improvised soundscapes using custom designed software and various sound objects and sound making devices and acoustic instruments.<br />
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<ul>
<li>Tristan Shorr</li>
<li>Bruno Humberto</li>
<li>Tom Mudd</li>
<li>Nahum Mantra</li>
<li>James Alaska</li>
<li>Sonia Paço-Rocchia</li>
<li>and guesses (Takashi, Tom Whitehouse, Hutch Demouilpied and more!)</li>
</ul>Sound through at Utrophia Project Spaceurn:md5:9e34aabc6eccb2fc27b707d0e303860623/05/200923/05/2009Sonia Paço-RocchiaJanuary to June 2009 <p>I will play in Sound Through the <strong><ins>30th only</ins></strong>, as usual, bassoon, things, sounds of voice and live electronics.<br /></p>
<h4>Long Did I Build You…</h4>
<p>A festival of performance<br />
Utrophia Project Space, 136 Tanners Hill, Deptford. <br />
Friday 29th & Sat 30th May<br />
3pm – 11pm <br />
£3<br />
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<em>Tiffany Charrington presents</em><br />
<strong>I shall see your houses</strong><br />
A performance installation that explores the universal enigma: “what makes your house your home.” <br />
3pm – 7pm <br />
By appointment, book via tiffanycharrington AT yahoo.co.uk<br />
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<em>Step off the Stage presents</em> <br />
<strong>First Person Plural</strong> <br />
An interactive audio performance exploring the subconscious construction of narrative in everyday life.<br />
3pm – 9pm (Friday 29th only) <br />
By appointment, book via casimkins AT googlemail.com<br />
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<strong>Sound Through</strong> <br />
A platform of composers, musicians and performers, focused in the relationship between architecture and sound, working from field recordings to live performance. It is a site-specific art collective that will change according with the environment, community and settings where the exploration takes place.<br />
7pm & 10pm <br />
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<strong>Untitled</strong><br />
Inspired by Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape<br />
8pm<br />
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<em>Studio 3 presents</em> <br />
<strong>Remembered Lines</strong><br />
Fusing dance and physical theatre to explore the abstracted world of the every day, the lives of six individuals connect through their need for structure. Routines are pulled apart and analyzed through the eyes of others. Are we creatures of innocent habit? Or is there a point where routine becomes destructive?<br />
8.30pm <br />
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<em>Beyond Direction presents</em> <br />
<strong>Beyond The Lamplight</strong><br />
Inspired by Maeterlinck’s Interior<br />
Only a door separates us from the outside. Even after the door has been shut; even after it has been bolted, the outside exists and is beyond our control. The future is suspended in the distance, gradually making its approach. <br />
9.15pm <br />
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For more details <a href="http:/www.utrophia.net">www.utrophia.net</a><br />
Supported by The Drama Department at Goldsmiths College.</p>'Another Day in Paradise'urn:md5:32fa6d551294b7cf9653e833abd3c57f14/05/200914/05/2009Sonia Paço-RocchiaJanuary to June 2009 <p>Durational Performance from <a href="http://ilka-leukefeld.blogspot.com/">Ilka Leukefeld’s</a> Polar Bear series.<br />
<a href="http://www.threeweeks.org.uk">Part of Signs of Life exhibition</a>, Colliers Wood, London, 15 November 2008<br />
Video Camera - Mirko Beutler<br />
Polar Bears - Ioanna Pantaz, Sonia Paço-Rocchia<br /></p>
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1st and 2nd of May<br />
from 8 o’clock<br />
£3<br />
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<a href="http://baconstreetproject.wordpress.com/">Bacon Street Project</a><br />
<a href="http://baconstreetproject.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/bsp-map-only.jpg">14 Bacon Street (just off Brick Lane by the Bagel Shops, Shoreditch)</a><br />
<a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=14+bacon+street+london&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=uk&ei=9lf1SaaSEp_LjAeCl9y3DA&ll=51.523925,-0.072377&spn=0.006755,0.013669&z=16">London E1 6LF</a><br />
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Using field recordings and sonic material gathered from the local area of Bacon Street and Brick Lane, this event will explore aspects of anthropology, aural architecture, sound manipulation, improvisation and performance.<br />
Occupying the Bacon Street Project space for 2 nights, this collective of sound artists and musicians will explore the theme of ‘transmission’ through its relationship to sound, and the listening processes involved in documenting the local sonic environment. Each night, ‘Sound Through’ will create improvised soundscapes using custom designed software, various sound objects, sound making devices and acoustic instruments.
The first in this series of site-specific projects took place at the Shunt Vaults under London Bridge Station in a 4 night residency during the 14th – 17th January 2009.<br />
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Featuring: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thealaskanone">James Alaska</a>, Bruno Humberto, Borja Sagasti Inurrieta, <a href="http://www.nahummantra.org">Nahum Mantra</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tommudd">Tom Mudd</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lucyerailton">Lucy Railton</a>, <a href="http://www.musinou.net">Sonia Paço-Rocchia</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thelastman808">Tristan Shorr</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/vlknoises">vlk</a>, plus guests</p>
<p><a href="https://musinou.net/images/sonia/09-04-28/shunt_soundthrough_master_poster_BSPHighres.jpg"><img src="https://musinou.net/images/sonia/09-04-28/min_shunt_soundthrough_master_poster_BSPHighres.jpg" alt="" style="display:block; margin:0 auto;" /></a></p>Lucy Ridley's choreography, 20th Marchurn:md5:c5098896fc08f9549d9b3cc4d7cc308c10/03/200910/03/2009Sonia Paço-RocchiaJanuary to June 2009 <p>I’m working on the music of Lucy Ridley’s choreography. I’ll perform most of it as well: (bassoon, voice and electronics, other sounds, some automatic movement following and more!)<br />
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<h5>Tree performances at 6.30, 7.30 and 8.30<br />
20 March 2009<br />
De Valois Studio, London Studio Centre<br />
42-50 York Way<br />
N1 9AB<br />
London<br /></h5>
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<h5>Two minutes walk from King Cross Station: <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=N1+9AB&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=uk&ei=aCm2Sa7yE4THjAfS3vWrCQ&ll=51.533122,-0.121965&spn=0.006754,0.013454&z=16&iwloc=addr">MAP</a><br /></h5>
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<h4>It is FREE but you MUST RESERVE A PLACE!</h4>
<h5>Due to its site specific nature we can only allow a small amount of people to watch at each performance (12 maximum!), you need to reserve places for each person, and they are running out! Just let me know here (commentary) or by email!</h5>A special event for International Women's Day 2009urn:md5:ee8a6088997823196d153ebb1595007e02/03/200902/03/2009Sonia Paço-RocchiaJanuary to June 2009 <p>I’ll perform a half improvised piece for bassoon+live electronics+theatrical/live art.<br />
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<h5>8th March 2009, 15:00 - 18:00<br />
The Red Hedgehog <br />
255-257 Archway Road, N6 5BS<br />
London<br /></h5>
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<h5>A special event for International Women’s Day 2009:<br /></h5>
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<h5>An informal open discussion and celebration of the music being created by women; looking at where it has come from and where it’s going…<br /></h5>
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<h5>An opportunity to meet composers and performers, talk about their work and explore what it means to be a woman making music in the world today.<br /></h5>
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<h5>Featuring live performances from:<br />
Frances Lynch<br />
Consonum Ensemble<br />
Sonia Paço-Rocchia<br /></h5>
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<h5>And including the music of Forum Composers:<br />
Miriam Mackie<br />
Natalie Bleicher<br />
Ann Wolff<br />
others to be announced...<br /></h5>
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<h5>All tickets £5.00 (licensed bar available)</h5>Royal Academy of Music Open Score concerturn:md5:c49fa327489bdbfbbc8b0749ea2780d426/02/200926/02/2009Sonia Paço-RocchiaJanuary to June 2009 <p>I’ll play bassoon and be a Bacchae in this <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=66409927840">event</a>.<br />
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3 March 2009, 19:30 - 22:00<br />
Royal Academy of Music, DJ Hall<br />
Marylebone Road<br />
NW1 5HT<br />
London<br />
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<h5>A concert of new music specially written for <a href="http://www.coma.org">CoMA</a> London Ensemble by Academy postgraduate composition students, as part of CoMA’s Open Score project.<br /></h5>
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<h5>SEVEN WORLD PREMIÈRES</h5>
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<ul>
<li>Bacchae, Richard Bullen</li>
<li>Piilupart Oli Rongijuht, Elo Masing</li>
<li>Lacquer, Laura Bowler</li>
<li>Somm ett eko av mig sjalv, Sebastian Rapacki</li>
<li>Counterpoint and Motion, Ivor Bonnici</li>
<li>Eventually, as if toward Paradise, Paul Morley</li>
<li>Coamer, Charlie Piper</li>
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<h5>Tickets £6 (concessions £4) from the <a href="http://www.ram.ac.uk/events/Pages/BoxOffice.aspx">Academy’s Box Office</a>.</h5>A Cup of Tea Solves Everythingurn:md5:420d8c41a2c69f0c477b08dbbddad61d16/02/200916/02/2009Sonia Paço-RocchiaJanuary to June 2009 <p>One of my works is exhibited there. It is the score of a performance: <a href="https://musinou.net/site/?prelude-de-bouilloires" hreflang="fr">Prélude de bouilloires</a>. <br />
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The venue is a nice café, if you are arround, you should have a cup of tea!<br />
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<h4>A Cup of Tea Solves Everything<br /></h4>
<h5>Curated by <a href="http://www.hamjaahsan.com">Hamja Ahsan</a> and Steph Newell<br /></h5>
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<h5><strong>20th February – 14th March</strong><br />
<strong>Opening hours</strong>: Tues – Fri 11am-9pm, Saturday 10am-5pm<br /></h5>
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<h5>A diverse range of artists were invited to interpret the statement “A Cup of Tea Solves Everything” in this exciting multi-media exhibition. Tea as time, tea as etiquette, tea as mathematics, tea as war, tea as peace, tea as Empire and more…<br /></h5>
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<h5><strong>Artists include</strong>: Lorna Robertson /Raksha Patel /Emma Scarpa /Mathilda Holmqvist /Vanessa Louise Jones /Sonalle /Carol Mancke /Sonia Paço-Rocchia /Gabo /Joanna Kerr /Adnan Mirza /Wendy Couchman /Melissa Stott /Kathy Taylor /Tea Appreciation Society /Helena Wee /Mirei Yazama /Rekha Sameer /Sue Lawes /Paul Taylor /Shafique LeFreaque /Ed Huxley /Fatima Hussein<br /></h5>
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<h5><strong>FREE</strong>: No booking required.<br /></h5>
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<h5><strong>Venue</strong>: DEPARTURE, 649 Commercial Road, Limehouse, London E14 7LW<br /></h5>
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<h5><strong>Travel directions</strong>: 1 minute walk from Limehouse DLR & National Rail/ Buses: 15, 115, 135 <br /></h5>
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<h5>More information on the <a href="http://otherasias.webnode.com/current-1-5/">Other Asias website</a> or <a href="http://www.artsjobs.org.uk//index.php?id=25&ne_source=dailynews&ne_post_id=15408">on the Art Council mailling liste</a> or on <a href="http://www.artrabbit.com/all/events/event/10142/a_cup_of_tea_solves_everything">Art Rabbit</a> and a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=83838745690&ref=ts">facebook event here</a><br /></h5>
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<a href="https://musinou.net/images/sonia/09-02-16/ACupofTeaSolvesEverythingFlyer.jpg" title="flyer" class="thickbox"><img src="https://musinou.net/images/sonia/09-02-16/min_ACupofTeaSolvesEverythingFlyer.jpg" alt="" style="display:block; margin:0 auto;" /></a></p>Let's murder the moonshine: 100 years of futurismurn:md5:805307e81ec88819e31442cb8bdcfbd815/02/200915/02/2009Sonia Paço-RocchiaJanuary to June 2009 <p>I’ll be improvising in TAINTED with bassoon and noisy objects.<br />
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<h5>An evening of beauty, speed and violence to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the founding of Futurism by F.T. Marinetti. Hear, see, drive and eat Futurist culture in creations never before witnessed in this country.<br /></h5>
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<h5>TAINTED (amongst other artists) will be performing their Futurist Orchestra, which has been performed at the SHUNT Lounge and the Estorick Gallery.<br /></h5>
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<h5>George Wood Theatre<br />
Goldsmiths, University of London<br />
19 February 2009: 7.30pm<br />
Tickets: £6 (£5 concessions)<br /></h5>
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<h5><a href="http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/drama/lets-murder-the-moonshine.php">Reservations</a><br />
<a href="http://www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/">How to get there?</a><br /><br /></h5>
<p><a href="https://musinou.net/images/sonia/09-02-18/moonshine.jpg" title="nom" class="thickbox"><img src="https://musinou.net/images/sonia/09-02-18/min_moonshine.jpg" alt="" style="display:block; margin:0 auto;" /></a></p>Two more times: Stephen Crowe's music at Shunt!urn:md5:162de7bc66d41ac90f2d78687ce5e57e12/01/200912/01/2009Sonia Paço-RocchiaJanuary to June 2009 <p>I’ll play bassoon in a piece of Stephen Crowe<br />
Thursday the 15th of January 9pm<br />
and<br />
Saturday the 17th of January 9pm <br />
at <br />
<a href="http://www.shunt.co.uk/">The Shunt</a> <br />
£10</p>
<p>Stephen Crowe Ensemble<br />
The Stephen Crowe Ensemble and Choir perform a spontaneous composition based on fragments of music cooked up and thrown together on the spot.</p>
<p><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yptPDG750G0">Here</a> a video of last time we did it.</p>