University Of The Streets presents:

HANS TAMMEN & THIRD EYE ORCHESTRA

SUNDAY, April 10th, at 8pm
University Of the Streets / Muhammad Salahuddeen Memorial Jazz Theatre
130 East 7th Street / Ave A, New York, NY 10009, 212-254-9300, www.universityofthestreets.org/
Admission: $15

"I have felt that the conditions of spontaneity and mobility of  
elements which I have been working with create a more urgent and  
intense “communication” throughout the entire process, from composing  
to the final realization of a work, I prefer that each “final form,”  
which each performance necessarily produces, be a collaborative   
adventure, and that the work and its conditions of human involvement  
remain a 'living' potential of engagement." (Earle Brown)

HANS TAMMEN & THIRD EYE ORCHESTRA
Hans Tammen uses Earle Brown's open form composition idea as a  
starting point to create a large multi-movement piece, thoroughly  
composed and purely improvised at the same time, inspired by West  
African roots of Jazz, Miles Davis' Bitches Brew, Steve Coleman, and  
Stravinsky's layering or Steve Reich's phase techniques. Drawing from  
a single repertoire of around 100 pre-conceived musical units, the  
conductor uses the orchestra as an instrument, while each performer  
shapes the music through virtuosic improvisation and the individual  
stylization of musical performance. "Everything about Third Eye   
Orchestra... indicates mastery and control" (Howard Mandel / CD Liner  
Notes) -- http://www.tammen.org/ens_teo.html

Mari Kimura (vio), Sarah Bernstein (vio), Stephanie Griffin (vla),  
Tomas Ullrich (cel), Chris McIntyre (tb), Briggan Krauss (as, bari),  
Ferdinand Rexforth (ts), Robert Dick (fl, cbfl), Dafna Naphtali  
(voice, live sound processing), Nick Didkovsky (g), Denman Maroney (p/ 
kb), Ursel schlicht (p/kb), Stomu Takeishi (b), Andrew Drury (dr),  
Hans Tammen (composer, conductor, concept).