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I am very happy to announce that Democracy has been booked at Issue Project Room for March 25th 2010. You don’t want to miss this. Here are two clips to get you warmed up. They are from the fundraiser last October.

Infant Joy:

I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer:

My former student, Nick Anton. Check out his solo at 1:57.

Check out this sexy picture of the back of my head from the New York Times this past Sunday! And read the article. But, NHIC sure is getting a lot of press lately…

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/nyregion/01musicct.html

while you’re at it, check out this review from the Hartford Courant of Inflections:

http://blogs.courant.com/richard_kamins/2009/10/the-youth-movement-new-music.html

And catch them at Firehouse12 this saturday the 7th!

I am very pleased to announce that I am on the most recent New Haven Improvisers Collective record ‘Inflection’. This record is the result of a gig at New Haven’s Firehouse 12, and really captures what was a beautiful performance and one of my favorite improvised music experiences of all time. Buy the record here. But by all means, check out this track first, Jeff Cedrone’s ‘Nordic Lines’:

NHIC will be appearing at my New Haven fundraiser on Saturday October 10th, 8 PM, at Neverending Books in New Haven. Only $5!

This is it! The last fundraising push for democracy. If you’d like to donate, please click here: https://www.fracturedatlas.org/donate/2253. Less than $700 to go!

Woo! Fresh from North Carolina with EDENSONG and ready to start promoting two benefit shows in october. The first will be on the 10th at Neverending Books as part of Carl Testa’s Uncertainty Music Series. Special thanks to Carl Testa for giving me the evening, I’m really quite honored. We will be doing some small arrangements of excerpts from Democracy with Carl on bass, Anne Rhodes on voice and Steve Zieminski on pitched percussion. Wonderful cohorts New Haven Improvisers Collective will also be doing a set.

The week after will be another benefit on the New York front, this time at my home away from home, Goodbye Blue Monday on Oct. 16th. This one starts at 8 and features the amazing talents of composer and über-wierdo Paul Pinto, orchestral progressive rock band Edensong, Excerpts from the piece all this is about, Democracy, and Schoenberg-esque metal trumpet/drum project Hazel-Rah. Awesome!

Just a quick note to let you know that if you haven’t caught EDENSONG, you’ve got one more chance….

8/6/2009

7:00 PM

Club Europa (www.clubeuropa.com)
98 Meserole Ave., (corner of Manhattan Ave.), Brooklyn, New York 11222
Cost: $10

Edensong plays with Phideaux and 3RDegree for an amazing night of music. Not a show to miss…In fact, it’s the last NY show of the summer before Edensong heads out to Pittsburgh for 3RP. Presale Tickets available at www.ticketweb.com.

I must say this band has been a great experience for me… really terrific, challenging music and very much worth checking out. And you won’t get another chance for a good long while, so come on down!

I’m really proud to announce the release of my new record with the group Lapis (with Stefan Paolini), A Path Toward Solace. Check it out at CDbaby, it’s really a great, and beautiful looking record.

The time has come to start fundraising for my large scale cantata, Democracy. Please consider donating what you can through Fractured Atlas; contributions in behalf of Democracy may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. For more info on the piece click here, to give monthly give here, or for a one shot donation give here. Every cent counts, I hope you will consider helping. You will be acknowledged in the program.

Since I haven’t been able to edit my webpage in quite a while, nor had the urge, I decided to start this page and use it as home base for various projects. Here you will be able to find gigs, new music, and updates on various Barry Seroff related projects. Lets see if this works!