PZ
gazzetta
(all the gnus)

upcoming solo appearances:

June 21, 2009 Oakland
Pamela Z performance as part of
Garden of Memory Solstice Event

July 23, 2009 San Francisco
Pamela Z solo concert at Alliance Française

August 28, 2009 New York
Pamela Z | Todd Reynolds | Luke Dubois
shared evening at Monkey Town
(experimental music, experimental video, experimental cuisine)
 
upcoming dance collaborations:
Pamela Z Score:
Flyaway Productions' The Ballade of Polly Ann

July 10-12, 2009
Pamela Z guest appearance:
Anne Bluethenthal Dance 25th Year Celebration
N Degreedients Faders

news travels goings-on | past gazzetti | pamelaz.com

 

pz on Reina Sofia Terrace dears:
The first half of 2009 has truly been a roller coaster ride for everyone, hasn’t it? Financially, politically, healthwise, and otherwise... For me, that ride included stops for performances in New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sarasota Florida, and Madrid Spain, with lots of dipping back into the SF Bay Area in between. My most recent adventures included YUXTAPOSICIONES '09 microfestival de poesía y polipoesía, a lovely festival in Madrid that featured myself, Joan La Barbara, Anne Waldman, and a number of fascinating European text-sound poets. I have to tell you, those Spaniards never sleep! After each evening, there was extensive bar and cafe hopping, and heads rarely hit pillows before 5am. Still I managed to visit las pinturas negras de Goya at the Prado and an inspiring Juan Muñoz exhibition at the Reina Sofia. Then it was off for a quick Gothenburg visit filled with Swedish herring snacks, snaps of many flavors, MAX geek-outs and seaside walks all courtesy of Åke Parmerud. This time of year it stays light out until 10pm and the sun rises at around 3:30am there!

...Back in the Bay Area now, I’m maintaining my frenetic pace – working to complete the score for Jo Kreiter’s new dance work “The Ballad of Polly Ann”, while trying to get started on my new interdisciplinary work “Baggage Allowance” which will have bicoastal premieres next year. And...I’m gearing up for several events including a couple of solo performances. Read on for the details....

bises,

Pamela

 

PZ w/Joan La Barbara
PZ and Joan La Barbara at lunch in Madrid

pz at Yuxtaposisciones
PZ on stage at YUXTAPOSICIONES '09

PZ performing Pop Titles 'You'
PZ performing Pop Titles 'You' at YUXTAPOSICIONES '09

news travels goings-on | past gazzetti | pamelaz.com

upcoming:

6/21/2009, 5 - 9 pm GARDEN OF MEMORY Oakland, CA

Pamela Z solo peformance as part of the
Garden of Memory Annual Walk-through Summer Solstice New Music Performance Event
The program will feature simultaneous performances by Bay Area composers, musicians, and other performers presenting a variety of acoustic and electronic music and video in different parts of the beautiful, Julia Morgan-designed building ; the audience is free to move throughout the building during the performances.
Chapel of the Chimes | 4499 Piedmont Ave | Oakland, CA, USA

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7/10/2009 to 7/12/2009 ANNE BLUETHENTHAL DANCE 25 Year Celebration, San Francisco CA

Anne Bluethenthal Dance’s 25 Year Celebration
including guest appearances by Pamela Z (improvisational collaboration with Anne Bluethenthal all three nights, and a short solo pre-show piece on Sunday).
Friday/Saturday July 10/11 at 7:30pm
Sunday July 12 at 5pm
ODC Dance Commons | 351 Shotwell Street (17th/18th) | San Francisco, CA, USA

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July 14-18 and 21-25, 2009, 8:00 pm THE BALLAD OF POLLY ANN San Francisco

Flyaway Productions’ THE BALLAD OF POLLY ANN featuring a score by Pamela Z at 8:00 pm at SOMArts in San Francisco
An evening length dance celebrating women who built the Bay Area's Bridges
Tuesdays-Saturdays
tickets: $20 in advance $25 at the door
www.flyawayproductions.com or 1.800.838.3006
info: 415.333.8302
SOMArts Cultural Center | 934 Brannan Street | San Francisco, CA USA

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7/23/2009 ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE , San Francisco 7:00 pm

Solo concert by Pamela Z
Composer/Performer Pamela Z performs an evening of her short works for voice, live electronics, sampled concrète sounds, and video including “Voix d'oiseaux”.
Tickets, AFSF members $8, public $10
Alliance Française | 1345 Bush St | San Francisco, CA USA

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8/28/2009 MONKEY TOWN , Brooklyn, NY
Pamela Z (voice, electronics, video)
Todd Reynolds (violin, electronics) with Luke Dubois (video)
Composer/Performer Pamela Z performs solo in a shared evening with violinist extraordinaire Todd Reynolds and reknowned media artist Luke Dubois in an evening of live experimental music and interactive single and multi-channel video works presented on four immersive screens that surround the audience while they dine on "experimental cuisine and classic dishes from a country that doesn’t exist."
Make Reservations, $8, food/drink minimum: $10
Monkey Town | 58 N 3rd St | Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY USA
(btw Wythe & Kent) Subway: L Train (Bedford stop) 718.384.1369

 

Pamela Z is a composer/performer whose solo works combine a wide range of vocal techniques with electronic processing, samples, video, and gesture activated MIDI controllers. Ms. Z has toured extensively throughout the US, Europe, and Japan. Her work has been presented at venues and exhibitions including Bang on a Can (NY), the Japan Interlink Festival, Other Minds (SF), the Venice Biennale, and the Dakar Biennale. She's created installation works and composed scores for dance, film, and new music chamber ensembles. Her numerous awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Creative Capital Fund, the CalArts Alpert Award, the ASCAP Award, an Ars Electronica honorable mention and the NEA/JUSFC Fellowship. www.pamelaz.com