Friday August 8, 2003 8pm $8 at Tonic {NYC} as part of the FESTIVAL OF NEW TRUMPET MUSIC, co-curated by Dave Douglas and Roy Campbell, Jr: ::GREG KELLEY/SEAN MEEHAN/VIC RAWLINGS:: Greg Kelley: trumpet Sean Meehan: snare drum Vic Rawlings: adapted cello, open-circuit electronics TONIC, 107 Norfolk St. {btn. Delancey & Rivington} NYC www.tonicnyc.com ....................................................... Greg Kelley and Sean Meehan met in Baltimore in 1995 and spoke very few words and made no (positive) impression on each other. They met again in early 1999 in Meehan's native New York and after the initial reaction of "Oh... that guy," they found they got along famously. By that time, Greg was back in Boston and had started playing with autodidactic cellist and instrument-maker Vic Rawlings (with whom he performs in countless groups including the austere explorations of the undr quartet, the visceral excess of the Laurence Cook Disaster Unit, and the improvising electroacoustic octet the BSC [CD forthcoming on Grob]). The three shared a mutual aesthetic of focused sonic/spacial investigations and after playing near each other on several occasions (but not at the same time) they finally consummated their shared admiration at a concert in 2000. This performance is inspired by the sounds of ghosts caught on magnetic tape. {Greg Kelley} is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music and is 1/2 of Nmperign, 1/3 of Heathen Shame, and 1/4 of the Undr Quartet. He is also the Minister of Fanfares for the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland. {Sean Meehan} has travelled the world collaborating with musicians, dancers and at least one avant-garde flower arranger. He is a frequent collaborator of Tamio Shiraishi and Toshimaru Nakamura and has created a series of unplayable performance objects which activate compositions in the mind. {Vic Rawlings} is an active musician and instrument maker. He performs using an adapted cello of his own devising and a twisted complex of rewired electronics. He has performed throughout the United States including performances w/ Eddie Prevost (AMM), Donald Miller (Borbetomagus), and Daniel Carter (Other Dimensions in Music). __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com