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Meridian Gallery

December 8 - December 8, 2010

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Jon Raskin

Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents Lines of Inquiry: compositions by Jon Raskin Wednesday December 8, 2010 7:30 PM $10 general; $5 students/seniors Meridian Music presents an evening featuring the compositions of local saxophonist Jon Raskin. The compositions include Flower Power, Line Inquiry, Gingko, African Tulip, A Sax Cloud (for Strings), Fish Story, Post Cards (Series Two) and will be performed by the following musicians in groupings ranging from solo to large ensemble: Steve Adams, Bruce Ackley, Bob Marsh, Tony Dryer, Tara Flandreau, Ava Mendoza, Kanoko Nishi, Kjell Nordeson, Hillary Overberg, Emily Packard, Tim Perkis, Gino Robair, Jonathan Segel, Roham Shaikhani, Agnes Szelag, and Sarah Jo Zaharako. These recent compositions are explorations of the interactions of visual language, poetry, spatial improvisation for artists that have developed their own musical vocabulary. The challenge is to find a framework and set of concerns that create a unique musical situation that inspires the performers and delights the listener. Highlights of Rova Saxophone Quartet founding member Jon Raskin's early career include his '70s participation in new music ensembles directed by John Adams (San Francisco Conservatory of Music) and Dr. Barney Childs (University of Redlands). Before Rova, Raskin served as music director of the Tumbleweed Dance Company (1974-77), was a founding member of the Blue Dolphin Alternative Music Space and participated in the creation of the Farm – an art project that included a city farm, a community garden, Ecology Center, Dance and Theater companies and organized the creation of a city park. Highlights as a member of Rova include composing a collaborative work for SF Taiko Dojo/Rova, working with Howard Martin on the installation work “Occupancy,” composing music for Mr. Bungle/Rova, organizing the 30 year Anniversary Concert of John Coltrane's Ascension, performing the music of Miles Davis at the Fillmore with Yo Miles!, the Glass Head Project with Inkboat and the ongoing Electric Ascension Project.

Jon Raskin with baritone sax