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Global Soundings Ii A Sell-Out Crowd Is Expected Once Again To Hear The Varied Work Of International Artists

Don Adair Correspondent

The last time Global Soundings came to town, in 1995, it featured the work of a little-known sound artist by the name of Trimpin.

Next thing you know, Trimpin has won a $286,000 grant from the McArthur Foundation - the so-called “genius grant.”

“We were very pleased with that,” said Leslie Ronald, prime mover in the Contemporary Arts Alliance, the local arts organization that sponsored the show. “It really shows that these artists are world-class.”

By all measures, 1995’s Global Soundings I was a huge success: A sold-out crowd turned out to hear cutting-edge “sound art” created by a disparate group of musicians and artists with international reputations.

A sell-out crowd is expected again this year, when the show is reprised with a different set of artists Monday and Tuesday nights. The Monday show features a performance by the Taiwanese pianist Pi-hsien Chen at the Holy Names Music Center; Tuesday’s performance will be held at Interplayers Ensemble.

Once again, the artists are an eclectic, international bunch:

Manos Tsangaris is a German percussionist, visual artist and sound artist who studied under Kegel in the ‘70s and is now considered one of Europe’s most important new symphonic composers.

Composer/performer Pamela Z is a San Franciscan who combines vocals, processed audio and samples.

Amsterdam sound artist Martien Groeneveld has a theater and performance arts background and will be performing his mobile “Beetle Harp,” built from the body of a Volkswagen Bug.

Brenda Hutchinson, another San Franciscan, creates interactive pieces that combine language, storytelling and ambient and sampled sounds.

Violinist Dorothy Martirano has performed at the L.A. Philharmonic’s New Music Series, the Knitting Factory and Merkin Hall in New York, as well as throughout Europe and Asia.

The man who organizes Global Sounds is Dan Senn, a Tacoma-based composer, performer and installation artist. He was recently awarded the Artists Trust’s 10th Anniversary Presidents’ Award in Seattle.

All will perform at the Tuesday show.

Pi-shien, who performs solo Monday at Holy Names, has performed with orchestras throughout Europe and has worked with composers Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Gyorgy Kurtag and Tsangaris.

, DataTimes MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: INFORMATION Global Soundings II will be presented Monday at the Holy Names Music Center at Fort Wright, 3910 W. Custer Drive, and Tuesday at the Interplayers Theater, 174 S. Howard. Both shows start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for Tuesday’s concert; $7 for Monday’s session; or $15 for both. Call 624-2614 for reservations.

This sidebar appeared with the story: INFORMATION Global Soundings II will be presented Monday at the Holy Names Music Center at Fort Wright, 3910 W. Custer Drive, and Tuesday at the Interplayers Theater, 174 S. Howard. Both shows start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for Tuesday’s concert; $7 for Monday’s session; or $15 for both. Call 624-2614 for reservations.