Theta Naught + Alex Caldiero
Ryan Stanfield
623 W Twin Willows Dr
Murray UT 84123
(801) 440-5050
thetanaught@hotmail.com
www.thetanaught.org
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UAC |
$800 |
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Presenter |
$1,200 |
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Total |
$2,000 |
Availability: July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008
Theta Naught is a collective of musicians performing improvisational, instrumental, and experimental music usually falling in the genre classifications of Jazz, Post-Rock, Avant Garde, Math Rock, Experimental, or similar field. This act weaves their improvisational music stylings with the utterings of word-shaker, poet, sonosopher, and professor, Alex Caldiero, to bring the listener an aural experience never thought imaginable or obtainable. Theta Naught + Alex Caldiero will perform for approximately 90 minutes but can be varied depending on the presenter’s terms.
“Improvisation between these musicians and poet begins with someone laying down a groove. Sometimes it's the voice, sometimes the bass, or the drums and the cello, and the instruments often trade off as the groove continues; but each of these songs, whoever's got the groove, features ongoing improvisational conversation in the context of that groove.” (Catalyst Magazine, September 2006).
“Caldiero isn’t the traditional lead singer that audience members eagerly request, but his electric spoken-word performances tend to engage the most skeptical crowds.” (City Weekly, July 2006)
Theta Naught’s Previous album, Abacus, was voted #12 in a list of top 50 U.S. instrumental bands on the webzine The Silent Ballet.
Performers:
Alex Caldiero (words)
Ryan Stanfield (bass)
Jared Stanfield (keys)
Peter Romney (cello)
Darren Corey (drums)
Greg Corey (lap-slide)
Briawna Howard (harp)
Outreach Options:
The outreach program provided by the ensemble will include Alex Caldiero and members of Theta Naught. The outreach program can be tailored to a presenter’s needs or requests. Typical work-shop, lecture, demonstration, discussion groups and/or presentation topics given can be (but not limited to): a) Improvisational Music and the Shaken Word, b) What THEY Won’t Teach You In School About Music & Poetry, c) Science And Music, d) Numbers, Tones, and Words, or e) the Shaken Word vs. the Spoken Word.
Technical Requirements:
- The ensemble requires minimum area of 120 square feet for performance
- Band requires 2 power outlets for instrument amplifiers
- One vocal microphone required to be routed through a P.A. System. Depending on performance area, ensemble requires a P.A. system with adequate microphones, DI-boxes, input channels on mixer, and projection speakers. (Larger spaces require more equipment, smaller spaces almost none at all).
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