Illusion of Safety

Presented by Nonsequitur.

Celebrating 25 years of Illusion of Safety, as well as two new releases, core member Daniel Burke intrepidly charts the terra incognita where sound, silence, noise and music intersect. Using
conventional instruments, sound generating devices and random objects, IOS hews sonic sculptures that deliberately provoke, mesmerize and even affront listeners. Expect minimal drone, maximum power, location references, amplified objects, subtle electronic synthesis, and samples of mysterious origin that will stimulate memory and disturb your status quo.

Seattle Composers Salon

8:00 PM; $5-$15 suggested donation at the door

The Seattle Composers' Salon is a bi-monthly, informal presentation of new music by Seattle composers. The salon features finished works, previews and works-in-progress, and brings together composers, performers and audience members in a casual setting that allows for discussion and experimentation. January Composers: Brian Cobb, Doug Palmer, Steve Scribner, Colt Valenti

Death Posture: Flood

what remains...memory, and the insatiable longing to live

Death Posture presents FLOOD, a new butoh performance embracing the terror, hunger and love surging within the rising waters. Dancer Vanessa Skantze lived in New Orleans for over a decade. Less than a year after her arrival in Seattle, Katrina fell upon the Gulf Coast. FLOOD journeys through invocations of the spirit of the land and the city of New Orleans with all her revelry and anguish, as well as imagery drawn from the catastrophe of the storm and the wrenching loss and devastation in its wake.

Seattle Chamber Players: Modern Romantic

Theatrical virtuoso, composer and participant in all of SCP’s Icebreaker festivals, Russian pianist Ivan Sokolov joins the Seattle Chamber Players: Erik Satie Sports et Divertissements, John Cage Imaginary Landscape and Bacchanale, Cathy Berberian Morsicat(h)y, Sylvano Bussotti Three Graphic Studies, Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück XIV, Sofia Gubaidulina selections from Musical Toys, Alexander Raskatov Time of Falling Flowers, and Sokolov's In the Sky, 13 Pieces, Volokos, Motherland, and Farewell Music.

Lee Hancock: Piano Recital

8:00 PM; FREE ADMISSION.

Lee Hancock is currently a doctoral student studying piano at the University of Washington, and the pianist in UW's Contemporary Music Ensemble. He studied on a Fulbright Grant in Germany, and has played for composers George Crumb and John Harbison. Program: Elliott Carter Piano Sonata, John Adams Road Movies (with violinist Sara Hancock), Joseph Schultz Sneaky Little Princess, Richard Johnson Keyboard Shortcuts.

Curtis Patterson & Bruce Huebner

Tokyo-based koto/shakuhachi duo Curtis Patterson & Bruce Huebner give their US mainland debut concert featuring an eclectic collection of contemporary and traditional pieces and original compositions. Special appearance by Seattle koto master Elizabeth Falconer.

SIMF Benefit: One-Minute Solos

Somewhere between 20 and 50 Seattle-area improvisers, musicians, poets, and dancers each perform a one-minute long solo to help raise funds for the 2008 Seattle Improvised Music Festival, which happens February 8/9/10 and 15/16/17. Now in its 23rd year, this is the longest running festival of its kind in the US. This year is perhaps the most ambitious and international SIMF yet, featuring improvisers from Tokyo, Netherlands, Paris, Madrid, Zurich, New York City, Oakland, Portland, and of course Seattle.

This year is the first time in years that the festival is operating without any outside funding from individual donors or government agencies, so your support is especially important. Without your help, this year's festival simply cannot happen. Please come and make a tax-deductible donation of any size. Give $500 or more and qualify to possibly win an original art work by renowned sound sculptor Trimpin that will go to the highest donor. Donations must be received by February 8.

Dale Speicher

Dale Speicher presents an evening of works from the last 40 years for solo percussion: Basic Ten by Robert Ashley for solo snare drum, The King of Denmark by Morton Feldman, Delusions of Grandeur by Charles Lipp, A Slightly Evil Machine by James Romig (Washington premiere), Links by Stuart Saunders Smith, Pairs by Christian Wolff, and Rebonds by Iannis Xenakis.

The New Phonographers

Jonathan Way, Martin Bland, and Christopher DeLaurenti present personal and perhaps unusual approaches to "phonography," a term that not only denotes the resurgence of field recording that emerged in the 1990s, but also suggests experimental approaches to spinning CDs and vinyl. Preview in the Seattle P-I here.

Tom Baker Qt. + Dancers: Invert

Produced by Tom Baker and Beth Graczyk.

The Tom Baker Quartet joins forces with four dynamic movers for Invert, an evening of structured dance/music improvisations to enliven the visual, sonic and physical space of the Chapel. Dancers include Alia Swersky, Beth Graczyk, Ezra Dickinson, and Sean Ryan.