Gentle Gazzetta Readers, I am sensing the approach of autumn (signaled by a nocturnal temperature drop) from the comfort of a farmhouse in Ellsworth, WI. I’m here for the chamber ensemble Zeitgeist’s premiere of my Closed Loop, a new work based on sampled voice recordings I made back in 2015, when I was in the area for a McKnight Composer Residency. During that residency, I interviewed Minnesota and Wisconsin farmers (and their animals!) and Twin Cities restaurant owners and workers for a farm to table-themed piece I was working on. This work has finally culminated in the four-movement commission that Zeitgeist will perform this weekend in a pole barn on a Wisconsin farm. Auf dem Weg nach Berlin! After this engagement, I’ll return to San Francisco, where I’ll remain for most of the fall, and begin preparing for my upcoming extended stay in Germany. I’m delighted and honored to have been awarded the Berlin Prize, and I’ll be living at the American Academy in Berlin for the Spring semester of 2025. My activities there will include performing and speaking engagements in Berlin and working on a new project called WorkSound/Arbeitsklang. Continuing on... Since the previous Gazzetta, while there have certainly been some surprising turns of events on the US national front, things have continued as usual on the PZ front, albeit at a relatively calm and slightly more relaxed pace. I’ve had a few engagements on the east coast, including an intimate performance at James Casebere’s opening at ‘T’ Space Gallery in Rhinebeck, NY, where I shared the stage with poet Samiya Bashir, and we enjoyed a reunion of sorts with a handful of Rome Prize fellows from our 2019-2020 cohort. I also had the joy of seeing the San Francisco premiere of Adam Tendler’s Inheritances Project (including his delightful performances of my Thank You So Much and Laurie Anderson’s Remember, I created You), and the honor of joining Adam for an on-stage post-concert conversation. Sonic delights And, as always, I attended as many concerts, exhibitions, and performance events (on both coasts) as I could manage. In June, I went to the Kronos Festival at SFJAZZ, where I saw Sam Green’s marvelous live documentary, A Thousand Thoughts, and Kronos Quartet’s final performances with Hank Dutt and John Sherba (their retiring violist and second violinist of nearly 50 years).		PZ sound-checking inside the Pole Barn at Barringer Family Farms Rome Prize cohort reunion with James Casebere Sculpture PZ performing on the deck at 'T' Space Preshow on stage for Adam Tendler PZ with Adam Tendler at Brava Theater Hank Dutt, John Sherba, and Brooke Gladstone Laetitia Sonami and James Fei JACK Quartet taking a bow at Time:Spans Susan Ciani, John Chowning, Mina Kim, and Mark Nieto Naked hard disk drive
Andy Meyerson, Mark Applebaum, and Travis Andrews	In July and August I attended a delightful house concert featuring The Living Earth Show and Mark Applebaum, and some great performances at the Dresher Ensemble studio including a beautifully curated West Oakland Sound Series program featuring Tom Dambly, Hadley McCarroll, sfSoundGroup, and Laetitia Sonami with James Fei.
Then I spent a week and a half in New York attending this year’s Time:Spans Festival, which boasted night after night of surprising and challenging works from a dizzying array of inventive composers performed by virtuosic contemporary music ensembles like JACK Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, Talea Ensemble, and Yarn/Wire. And, after returning to San Francisco, I topped all of this off by attending a lovely KQED Live event with Suzanne Ciani and the great John Chowning. Paring Down... In an effort to do some early fall purging, I recently began moving massive amounts of data (mostly sound and video files dating back to the early naughts) from huge low-capacity hard disk drives to tiny high-capacity solid state drives. When I was unable to get one of the ancient LaCie drives to mount, I decided to dismember ...uh...er... perform exploratory surgery on it, and found it to be beautiful inside. It's so pretty that I've now installed it on a pedestal in my studio. Kronos Quartet performing A Thousand Thoughts with Sam Green
Sea to (shining) sea I’ve got a nice fall season ahead of me – with performances in the midwest and on both coasts (scroll down for details), and ample time for composing and recording in my San Francisco studio before I take off for Berlin in the new year! I'm also very much looking forward to this year's installment of the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival – the third weekend of September. In this, its 23rd year, we're presenting SFEMF at The Lab and Audium with an exciting and eclectic program of performances and sound works. Meanwhile, we can all keep our fingers crossed about the fate of the US in November! Love as always, PZ

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Zeitgeist premieres Pamela Z's Closed Loop September 7 & 8, 2024 Barringer Family Farms
top	Saturday, September 7 ​6:00 Grounds Open 7:00 Performance Sunday, September 8 3:00 Grounds Open 4:00 Performance The Twin Cities-based new music ensemble, Zeitgeist, has commissioned Pamela Z to compose a work called Closed Loop, exploring agriculture and the Farm-to-Table movement. Stemming from a study that Z did during her 2015 McKnight Artist Residency, this piece will premiere in September at Barringer Family Farms. Closed Loop celebrates the cycle that moves from soil to sustenance and back again with chamber music for a fixed media part featuring samples of MN and WI chefs, farmers, and livestock, piano, clarinet, and a percussive arsenal including marimba, vibraphone, drums, mixing bowls, whisks, and an immersion blender.  Tickets and Information Barringer Family Farms N4815 810th St, Ellsworth, WI 54011
CNMAT presents Pamela Z | Danishta Rivero | Anthony R. Green September 30, 2024 8pm Center for New Music and Audio Technologies Composer/Performers Pamela Z (San Francisco), Danishta Rivero (Oakland), and Anthony R. Green (Brighton, UK) will perform an evening of works for voices, electronics, and piano. at Center for New Music and Audio Technologies CNMAT at 8pm in Berkeley, CA The three artists will intersperse composed solo works with improvised trios – finding curious intersections between their individual sonic and performance practices. CNMAT Center for New Music and Audio Technologies 1750 Arch Street Berkeley, CA 94709 USA top
Djerassi Resident Artist Program's Artful Harvest Sunday, October 20, 2024 8pm Pamela Z will perform a short set of works for solo voice and electronics at the Djerassi Resident Artist Program's annual Artful Harvest fundraiser. Gather with us for an unforgettable evening of celebration and supporting the arts, the creative process, and the mission of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. Experience unique performances by our outstanding alumni artists, breathtaking sunset views over the Pacific Ocean, indulge in a multi-course Michelin-starred meal, as well as our Artful Harvest auction hosted by Christies auctioneer, Andrew Lueck. PERFORMANCES BY DJERASSI ALUMNI Viet Than Nguyen | Pulitzer-Prize Winning Novelist, Professor Robert Jackson | Climate Scientist, Published Author, Professor Pamela Z | Composer, Performer, Media Artist DINE on an exquisite, multi-course meal created by Chef Mark Sullivan of The Village Pub, receiver of a Michelin star for 12 consecutive years. BID in the live auction for one-of-a-kind experiences and enjoy the Djerassi Group show of works by Djerassi Alumni visual artists. GIVE the gift of time and space by supporting the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. Now in its 41st year, the program has underwritten over 2,500 artists from around the globe, offering them uninterrupted time for work, reflection, and collegial interaction in a setting of great natural beauty. Your support helps preserve the land and creates a more vital and sustainable world for artists and scientists in residence. Djerassi Resident Artist Program 2325 Bear Gulch Road, Woodside, CA 94062 top
Yale CCAM Art Series: Pamela Z Friday, November 1, 2024 7pm Yale College CCAM
Center for Collaborative Arts and Media 149 York Street, New Haven, CT 06511 top	Pamela Z will perform an evening of solo works for voice, electronics, and video on the CCAM Sound Art Series. The series is centered around the sonic arts in its many forms. It presents a diversity of works by guest artists that investigate sound through the intersections of experimental musical performance, installation art, performance art, and beyond. In addition to live performance and public presentation of sound-based art, open discussions invite the audience to further engage with the featured artists and works.
Pamela Z Live @ Low End Thursday, November 14, 2024 8pm LOW END BEMIS Center Pamela Z will perform a concert of works for solo voice and electronics at BEMIS Center for Contemporary Arts. BEMIS Center 724 S. 12th Street Omaha, NE 68102 top
Pauline Oliveros Book Release Event Friday, November 15, 2024 Soundry
As part of a book release event hosted by Soundry, Pamela Z will lead a performance of Amplified Silence (85), her contribution to A Year of Deep Listening, a newly released book of scores dedicated to Pauline Oliveros. Based in Omaha, NE, Soundry pioneers sound-focused workshops throughout the Midwest, emphasizing the significance of playing, listening, creating, and collaborative work.  Soundry Omaha, NE top
gazzetta | event highlights | news travels goings-on | event details | past gazzetti | pamelaz.com Pamela Z is a composer/performer and media artist making works for voice, electronics, samples, gesture activated MIDI controllers, and video. She has toured throughout the US, Europe, and Japan. Her work has been presented at venues and exhibitions including Bang on a Can (NY), the Japan Interlink Festival, Other Minds (SF), MoMA (NY), the Venice Biennale, and Dakar Biennale. She has composed scores for dance, film, and chamber ensembles (including Kronos Quartet and Eighth Blackbird). Her awards include the Rome Prize, Berlin Prize, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, MIT McDermott Award, the Guggenheim, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. www.pamelaz.com For professional inquiries contact Beth Beauchamp at BEAUCHAMP ARTIST SERVICES Pamela Z is fiscally sponsored by Circuit Network.To make a tax-deductible contribution to Pamela Z or Pamela Z Arts, use PayPal: ...or send a check to Circuit Network with "Pamela Z Arts" in the notation to: Circuit Network, 499 Alabama Street, Suite 203, San Francisco, CA 94110 gazzetta | event highlights | news travels goings-on | event details | past gazzetti | pamelaz.com
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