Paul J. Botelho
The work of Azorean-American composer and performer Paul J. Botelho includes acoustic and electro-acoustic music, multimedia installation pieces, visual art works, vocal improvisation, and several one-act operas. He performs as a vocalist (countertenor) worldwide primarily through extended vocal techniques. His recent work explores vocal responses to composed and prerecorded sonic environment and includes In Moscow We Marched (Moscow, Russia; 2019-20), Visby Project (Visby, Sweden; 2017-18), and Walmart 3 AM (Lewisburg, PA, USA; 2016).
His work has been performed, presented, and exhibited in concerts, festivals, galleries, and museums across the Americas, Europe, Oceania, and Asia.
Botelho received a Ph.D. and M.F.A. in Music Composition from Princeton University, an A.M. in Electro-Acoustic Music from Dartmouth College, and a B.F.A. in Contemporary Music Performance and Composition from the College of Santa Fe.
Botelho has taught at Tulane University and Loyola University New Orleans. He currently teaches music composition at Bucknell University where he is Associate Professor of Music.
Cheli & Davis duo
Seth Andrew Davis, guitar, laptop, and electronics
Kevin Cheli, drums, percussion, koma field kits
Cheli & Davis duo present a set of improvisations for electro-acoustic guitar & percussion/koma field kits.
Seth will be processing his electric guitar through an Ableton/Max For Live rig and utilizing various MIDI controllers to trigger events. Kevin will be playing drum set as well as utilizing some analog boxes called koma field kits which he will manipulate with his hands and feet.
Seth Andrew Davis is an improviser and composer based in Kansas City, MO. Davis is involved in the improvised music/free improvisation, experimental, and electronic music scenes in Kansas City. Davis is a co-founder of Mother Brain Records with saxophonist & composer Michael Eaton. Mother Brain Records is a Midwest based label focused on releasing the works of artists in the experimental & improvised music scenes. Davis is also a co-founder of EMAS (Extemporaneous Music & Arts Society). EMAS is an improvised music & arts collective based in Kansas City that is dedicated to advancing creative work in Kansas City. Davis holds a BM in Music Composition from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and is currently pursuing a Masters in Music from the University of Central-Missouri.
Kevin Cheli is a percussionist, improvisor, and composer based in Ithaca, NY. Current projects include solo work, Cheli/Gabbert Duo, Cheli/Law Duo, and various other ensembles. Kevin holds a BM from Webster University and an MA from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
vultures and vagabonds
Orbital Sound Collective
Michael James Olson and Keith Kothman
The performance setup includes both performers running Max and/or Max for Live within Ableton Live. One performer utilizes Tibetan prayer bowls and singing for live audio input processed through Max. The other performer triggers and controls a collection of processed samples and synthesized audio both from within Live, LittleBits synth modules, and iPad virtual synths.
Orbital Sound Collective consists of composer-performers Michael James Olson and Keith Kothman. Their music consists of improvisational ambient art-pop with a variety of electronic music influences that include minimalism, chill-wave, experimental music, lo-fi toys, and chill-wave. OSC performances range from long-form presentations in bar settings to shorter concert works. Olson is department chair and associate professor of music industry at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Kothman is professor of music at Western Michigan University.
Predator Pray/ Copyright of Spring
Digital Void
Conrad Kehn, voice and laptop
Lynn Baker, sax and laptop
Nicole Esquibel, video
Digital Void is a network music performance duo of Lynn Baker (saxophones, laptop) & Conrad Kehn (voice, laptop). Digital Void constructs extemporaneous compositions in a telemetric environment. This results in a sometimes complex and surprising blending of elements the sum of which greatly exceeds its parts. This duo draws more from a common palette of urban groove samples, chant traditions, and contemporary producer aesthetics to produce an ever-evolving tribute to contemporary improvisation. Although Digital Void has a history of in-person performance, the current iteration is purely remote. Past performances include the 2020 & 2022 NowNet Arts Conference hosted by the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University, and the 8th Annual Oh My Ears Festival.
Digital Void was created out of the necessity of social distancing during Covid. Although we have performed together in person numerous times, we have never performed this material, as this duo while in the same room. This would be a first for us..a Moxsonic premiere!
The title ‘Copyright of Spring’ represents a set of Stravinsky and other 20th century composer samples used during this set. Predator/ Pray is based on a sample set up animal sounds and sacred chant. Everything is improvised. Each player develops and manipulates their own material, while also ‘stealing’ samples from each other and manipulating those in real time.
Conrad Kehn is a performer, composer, improviser, educator, writer and artist. He is the founding Director of The Playground; a chamber ensemble dedicated to modern music. An award winning composer, Conrad’s style spans all genres touching on electro-acoustic music, multimedia works, graphic scores, aleatory, and experimental rock. Conrad is a lecturer of Music Technology at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music.
Lynn Baker is an active saxophone performer and clinician, performing with the telematic duo Digital Void, his own Lynn Baker Quartet, and several other ensembles. He is a Conn-Selmer Artist Clinician and has made appearances at colleges, universities, high schools, and festivals, which have taken him across North America, Europe, and to Asia. He is an Origin Records recording artist with Azure Intention released in 2010 and LectroCoustic in 2013.
Lynn is a Recording Academy/Grammy-nominated educator and the former Director of the Jazz Studies and Commercial Music Program at the Lamont School of Music, University of Denver. His unique and innovative texts on jazz improvisation; The Shape Method, and accompanying books Etude Supplements, Vols. 1 and 2 and exercise books that combine jazz foundational materials with flamenco rhythmic concepts – Jazz Fundamentals in Flamenco can be purchased at amazon.