Cornelius Cardew Choir

presents its Seventh Annual Fall Concert: Social Change Through Music

7:30 pm Sunday 18 November 2007 at the Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. (in Live Oak Park), admission $10 gen/$8 student/senior

Sonic Chains (2005) by Tom Duff

Xylo 2 for Choir and Gongs (2007) by Al Margolis

Patterns of Living and Sounding by (2006) Marc Jensen

When Adam Delved and Eve Span (2007) by Tom Bickley

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About the choir:

The Cardew Choir is a large vocal performance ensemble based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was begun by Kattt Sammon, Bob Marsh and Tom Bickley. After initial discussions, the first organizing meeting was held in Berkeley on 1 May 2001.

The choir is an exciting intersection of community and experimental music brought together by singing. There are a number of us in the group with a lot of experience singing (many professionally, others quite good amateurs), and some members who have thought about singing and are using this to turn that thought into sonic action. There's a very welcoming feel to the group and we're all learning good things from each other. People feel free to make suggestions about ways of performing a given piece, ask for help, try an approach to singing to see it that approach works, etc. It's a diva-free zone (divo-free too).

DAT and video recordings of the Cardew Choir in rehearsal are available for research purposes. To arrange access to these recordings, please contact Tom Bickley.