Tom Plsek Memorial Concert
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Mobius, Inc. and Non-Event are pleased to present a special concert in memory of Tom Plsek. It will feature work by Jane Wang; Joanne Rice and Scott Fessler; Steve Norton; Larry Johnson and David Miller; and John Voigt and Josh Rosen. These are just a few of the many artists in the jazz and sound art communities with whom long-time Mobius Artists Group member Tom Plsek collaborated in more than 40 years of performing in Boston and beyond. Please join us in honoring his legacy.
Doors: 7pm
$15 general admission, $10 students & Non-Event members suggested. ***No one turned away for lack of funds.***
About Tom Plsek
Trombone explorer Tom Plsek stretched trombones and our concepts of them for years. His compositions included pieces for ensembles and solo trombone which often incorporated improvisation, technology, dance, and performance art. Tom performed with such artists as Jerry Hunt, Malcolm Goldstein, Phill Niblock, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Joe Morris, Marjorie Morgan, Joanne Rice, and with the Outsider Quartet. He performed at New Music American in 1983 and 1986. He was a member of the Mobius Artists Group from 1988-2021 and served as Chair of the Brass Department for many years at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
About the performers (in order of performance)
Jane Wang is a composer/musician and multidisciplinary artist.
joanne rice is a performance artist who watches the hollow spaces fill with time. And inside all of that, Tom Plsek was a good friend and collaborator. She was a member of Mobius, the artist-run organization in Boston, MA, from 1988 to 2020.
Scott Fessler, a retired professor of music, composer, and trumpet player, spent 45 years teaching music composition and theory at the Berklee College of Music. In addition to classroom instruction, he also provided private lessons and coached chamber ensembles. A classically trained trumpet player, Scott performed for many years in various settings, primarily as a member of The Festival Brass, a Boston-area brass quintet. During his time as a composition student at CalArts in the 1970s, Scott focused on electronic music composition. The performance tonight marks one of the rare occasions when he has returned to the production of electronic music since his college days.
Steve Norton is a sound artist, researcher and educator living in Orono, Maine. His artistic practice is focused on field recording, bioacoustics and soundscape composition, tapping into his life-long interest in biology, ecology and the outdoors. Steve is founding co-director of the Island Soundscape Project and a member of the Bangor Land Trust.
Larry Johnson, born in Oklahoma, came to Massachusetts in 1963. He began composing music and later performances and text-sound. He taught at Boston Museum School for 39 years, and was a Mobius artist for 16 years. He has performed in many places in New England, New York, Chicago and the Grand Canyon, often collaborating with Tom Plsek, David Miller, Joanne Rice and other Mobius artists. He walked 500 miles on the Camino de Santiago in 2005 where he met his true love. He moved to San Sebastian, Spain, in 2008, where his work is focused on how minds construct worlds.
David Miller was a member of the Mobius Artists Group from 1980 to 2007. During that time he created solo performances and collaborated with MAG members on new works. He was privileged to work with Tom Plsek many times, writing two new pieces for him, and bringing out new realizations of several pieces by John Cage, beginning with the all-night performance of Empty Words in the spring of 1993. He, Tom, and other MAG members and artist friends developed their own versions of Cage’s ambient/environmental Variations works. David will always remember their performances of Cage’s Two/5, for piano and trombone.
John Voigt - Biographical Highlights
With: Thurston Moore (Vision Festival NYC). William Parker (CBGB’s). Many New York improvisors. Tom Plsek at Mobius.
Josh Rosen is composer, pianist and educator. Rosen has released ten CDs featuring Stan Strickland, Bob Moses, Mick Goodrick, George Garzone, Greg Hopkins, and Eugene Friesen. His latest album is “Storybook,” with bassist John Voigt.
Photo of Tom Plsek by Bob Raymond
Doors: 7pm
$15 general admission, $10 students & Non-Event members suggested. ***No one turned away for lack of funds.***
About Tom Plsek
Trombone explorer Tom Plsek stretched trombones and our concepts of them for years. His compositions included pieces for ensembles and solo trombone which often incorporated improvisation, technology, dance, and performance art. Tom performed with such artists as Jerry Hunt, Malcolm Goldstein, Phill Niblock, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Joe Morris, Marjorie Morgan, Joanne Rice, and with the Outsider Quartet. He performed at New Music American in 1983 and 1986. He was a member of the Mobius Artists Group from 1988-2021 and served as Chair of the Brass Department for many years at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
About the performers (in order of performance)
Jane Wang is a composer/musician and multidisciplinary artist.
joanne rice is a performance artist who watches the hollow spaces fill with time. And inside all of that, Tom Plsek was a good friend and collaborator. She was a member of Mobius, the artist-run organization in Boston, MA, from 1988 to 2020.
Scott Fessler, a retired professor of music, composer, and trumpet player, spent 45 years teaching music composition and theory at the Berklee College of Music. In addition to classroom instruction, he also provided private lessons and coached chamber ensembles. A classically trained trumpet player, Scott performed for many years in various settings, primarily as a member of The Festival Brass, a Boston-area brass quintet. During his time as a composition student at CalArts in the 1970s, Scott focused on electronic music composition. The performance tonight marks one of the rare occasions when he has returned to the production of electronic music since his college days.
Steve Norton is a sound artist, researcher and educator living in Orono, Maine. His artistic practice is focused on field recording, bioacoustics and soundscape composition, tapping into his life-long interest in biology, ecology and the outdoors. Steve is founding co-director of the Island Soundscape Project and a member of the Bangor Land Trust.
Larry Johnson, born in Oklahoma, came to Massachusetts in 1963. He began composing music and later performances and text-sound. He taught at Boston Museum School for 39 years, and was a Mobius artist for 16 years. He has performed in many places in New England, New York, Chicago and the Grand Canyon, often collaborating with Tom Plsek, David Miller, Joanne Rice and other Mobius artists. He walked 500 miles on the Camino de Santiago in 2005 where he met his true love. He moved to San Sebastian, Spain, in 2008, where his work is focused on how minds construct worlds.
David Miller was a member of the Mobius Artists Group from 1980 to 2007. During that time he created solo performances and collaborated with MAG members on new works. He was privileged to work with Tom Plsek many times, writing two new pieces for him, and bringing out new realizations of several pieces by John Cage, beginning with the all-night performance of Empty Words in the spring of 1993. He, Tom, and other MAG members and artist friends developed their own versions of Cage’s ambient/environmental Variations works. David will always remember their performances of Cage’s Two/5, for piano and trombone.
John Voigt - Biographical Highlights
With: Thurston Moore (Vision Festival NYC). William Parker (CBGB’s). Many New York improvisors. Tom Plsek at Mobius.
Josh Rosen is composer, pianist and educator. Rosen has released ten CDs featuring Stan Strickland, Bob Moses, Mick Goodrick, George Garzone, Greg Hopkins, and Eugene Friesen. His latest album is “Storybook,” with bassist John Voigt.
Photo of Tom Plsek by Bob Raymond
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