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Calendar of Events
August 22, 2008:
Musaner at the Institute of Contemporary Art: www.lucentmusic.com/musaner
----------------------------------------------- 8/17/08: Outpost 186 with Sebastian Lockwood and John Voigt 8/3/08: Improvelocity house party: www.improvelocity.com 8/1/08: Vortex Series with Daryl Shawn and John LaMaster www.zeitgeist-outpost.org 7/27/08: CHSW Uxbridge, MA. 7/7-7/24/08: Cluj-Napoca Romania 6/27/08: 80 Border Street Cultural Exchange. 6/24/08: Claflin Hill Summer Winds at Milford Town park. 6/20/08: The Vortex Other Dimension Ensemble at Oupost 186. 6/15/08: Synesthesia at ImprovBoston. 6/14/08: Fundraiser for Autism in Higher Education Foundation. 6/7/08: 80 Border Street Cultural Exchange with Mike Carey. 6/6/08: Improvelocity at Outpost 186. 6/5/08: Nights on the Neck, Gloucester. 6/1, 2008: Bristol Chamber Orchestra premiere of my jazz clarinet and orchestra piece. 5/30/08: Milky Way Lounge with Synesthesia. 5/25/08: Lizard Lounge with the Jeff Robinson Trio. 5/24/08: Private event with Shilakowski Arts. 5/16/08: The Vortex Series for New and Improvised Music presents: Sounds in Bloom 5/10/08: Waltham Philharmonic featuring works by Brahms and Debussey, Patrick Botti conductor. 5/4/08: American Festival of Microtonal Music pressents: 'Odysseus' by Johnny Reinhardt. 5/2/08: French Library in Boston with pianist/conductor, Patrick Botti. 4/29/08: Bowery Poetry Club in NYC with Synesthesia. 4/27/08: 9:30-12 — Jeff Robinson Trio Live at Lizard Lounge in Cambridge. 4/25/08: Regie O’Hare Gibson and Todd Brunel of the Rivera-Brunel Method present: S Y N E S T H E S I A Friday, April 25TH 2008 730 p.m. DEPOT SQUARE GALLERY 1837 Massachusetts Avenue (Lexington) 10 Dollar Donation. Robert Rivera cello, bass. Regie Gibson spoken word, Todd Brunel clarinets, sax Eric N. Peterson percussion. 4/24/08: Bristol Chamber Orchestra show case performance 4/18/08: 8:00-10:00 — Vortex Series for New and Improvised Music presents: “The Vortex Other Dimension Ensemble” Neil Leonard - alto sax / Anthony Baldino - lap top / Todd Brunel - clarinets / Robert Rivera - Cello / John Mulrooney - poetry / Emil Tobenfeld - spontaneous visual art 4/13/08: 10:00 — Winchester Unitarian Society, 478 Main st. ‘Cantata’ by John Kramer. 4/12/08: 5:00-8:00 — Harvard Square ‘Bookish Ball’ (www.curiousgeorgestore.blogspot.com) 4/11/08: 8:00-10:00 — Robert Rivera’s Cello Alley, outpost 186. 4/6/08: 10:00am — Central Congregational Church. Jamaica Plain, MA 4/5/08: 7-10:00 — Creative Arts for Kids, Jazz Night Fundraiser, Meadowbrook Golf Club, Reading, MA. 3/30/2008: 3:30pm — The Bristol chamber Orchestra at First Baptist Church, 1 South Main Street, Sharon MA featuring Saint-Säens "Carnival of the Animals". 3/26/2008: 8pm — Musaner at Ryles Jazz Club 212 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA featuring the music of Ara Sarkissian with ken Field on alto ax and flute, Andrew Hickman tenor sax, Todd Brunel clarinets and soprano sax, Martin Harotounian folk instruments, Blake Newman double bass, Ara Sarkissian piano, Gary Fieldman drumset. 3/25/2008: 8pm — @ OUTPOST, $10 or b/o. Improvelocity Intimate Public Experiments ~ presents: "Life Lessons And Epiphanies: Paying Taxes And Tuition In The School Of Life". Andrea Loretz Frey - soprano / Tonia Pinheiro - vocals / Todd Brunel - clarinets / Joel Cohen - cello / Paul Rodriguez - guitar / Ukumbwa Sauti - percussion / Grant Smith - drums / guest artists. A collective improvisational experience, fusing jazz, symphonic, microtonal, blues and elements from the other side of the universe. 3/24/2008: 8pm — ALEA III at the Tsai Center for the Arts, Boston University featuring the Band A eclectics and the Music of Petros Sakelliou. 3/22/2008: 8pm — Oupost 186 David Maxwell piano with the Rivera Brunel Method. 3/21/2008: 8pm — $5 VORTEX presents: ”Poetic Vision” An audio visual collective trance featuring: -Emile Tobenfeld - visual poetry -John Mulrooney - audio poetry -The Rivera/Brunel Method -Anthony Baldino - Laptopology 3/16/2008: 7-9pm — MuseAid and Lily Pad Present: MuseAid's 3rd BENEFIT CONCERT for DARFUR Sunday Evening, March 16, 2008 The Lily Pad 1353 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA www.lily-pad.netFree Improvisational Jazz ("Labels-Yuck!") with Circadian Rhythm Kings Gill Aharon / Gary Fieldman Duo Suggested Donation: $15.00 (tax deductable) For more information, call: (617) 448-3927 100% of ticket revenues will go directly to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) Drumbeat for Darfur campaign. 3/16/2008: 4pm — ALMA series 65 Main st Watertown, MA.brunel sarkissian shilakowskyTodd Brunel (clarinet), Ara Sarkissian (piano) and Harris Shilakowsky (violin) will perform chamber music at ALMA's Contemporary Art Gallery. The trio's program includes original compositions by Sarkissian and other favorite composers, including Aram Khachaturian's "Trio for Clarinet, Violin & Piano" and Geral Finzi's "Five Bagatelles." Tickets - $20 / ALMA members - $15. 3/14/2008: 7pm — Poetry with Regie Gibson and Tom Daley featuring: Lilli Lewis voice and keyboard, Robert Rivera cello, Todd Brunel clarinets, Eric Peterson, percussion. Gamble Mansion, Boston Center for Adult Education 5 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA. 3/8/2008: 5:30pm — Stein Chamber Music Festival, at Payson Park Church, 365 Belmont St. in Belmont. Featuring The Kegelstadt Trio with Natasha Rist piano and Dimitar Petkov, viola. Free and open to the public. 3/7/2008: 8pm — The Vortex Series for New and Improvised Music presents: Daniel Bennett Group and the Rivera Brunel Method. Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St, Cambridge MA. 3/5/2008: 8:30pm — Recording session with Ara Sarkissian at the Linnean St. Studios, Harvard University. 3/4/2008: 8pm — Hampshire College, Amherst MA with poet Regie Gibson, percussionist Eric Peterson, Robert Rivera cello and bass,Todd Brunel clarinets. 3/2/2008: 3:30pm — The Bristol Chamber Orchestra Annual Young Artists Concert featuring young virtuoso solo pianists and violinists; First Baptist Church at 1 South Main Street, Sharon MA featuring Saint-Säens "Carnival of the Animals". 3/1/2008: 3pm — Powers music school, studio recital 380 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA. 2/29/2008: Brookline Tai Chi Center. Steven Lin, The Rivera Brunel Method and Matt Samolis. Steven Lin, Guitar -- Roberto Rivera, Cello -- Matt Samolis, Flute. Sharing: Share w/ Everyone. Brookline Tai Chi. 1615 Beacon Street Brookline, MA 02446, 617-277-2975, http://www.myspace.com/brooklinetaichi. 2/22/2008: 8pm — @ OUTPOST, $10 or b/o. Improvelocity ~ Intimate Public Experiments ~ presents: "Crayons & Cray-Pas" Bring colors, sketch pad or coloring book and let our "kaleidoscope for the ears" inspire your art! Improvelocity is Andrea Loretz Frey - soprano / Tonia Pinheiro - vocals / Todd Brunel - clarinets / Joel Cohen - cello / Paul Rodriguez - guitar / Ukumbwa Sauti - percussion / Grant Smith - drums / and guest artists. 2/17/2008: 9:00pm — 11th Anniversary of the Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam. This will be an extraordinary night with many special guest and an all-star line-up of Featured Poets and Guest Musicians! We will have decorations and gifts and surprises! You don’t want to miss this night!! Check it out!! -- Featured Poets -- 1Two5, Joyce Cunha, Emily Dahmen, Eric Darby, Tom Daley, Trish Ginese, Jme, Rajdulari, Vernon “VCR” Robinson, Johnine “Neiel Israel” Simpson, Tai -- Guest Musicians -- Afro-DZ-Ak, Phil Aiken, Todd Brunel, Ken Field, DJ Axel Foley, Regie Gibson, David Johnston, Phil Neighbors, Jane Potter, Mike Rivard, Larry Roland. http://www.myspace.com/lizardloungepoetryjam 2/15/2008: 8pm — February @ OUTPOST, $5 or b/o VORTEX presents: 2/10/2008: Recording session at Rotary Records. 2/8/2008: 8:00pm — Cello Alley Presents: Dennis Moser - Guitar and Looping 2/1/2008: 8:00-10:00 — The Vortex Series for New and Improvised music presents: Jim Warshauer - woodwinds / Gregory White - oud / Sven Larson - bass Grant Smith – percussion Liquid Life is a four-way collaboration featuring the unusual instrumentation of oud, woodwinds, string bass, and percussion. See liquidlifemusic.com OR myspace.com/liquidlifemusic 2/1/2008: 9:45-10:45am & 11:15am-12:15pm — Wayland High School auditorium. With poets Regie Gibson, Dawn Gabriel, Iyeoka Okwao, Marlon Carey. And with musicians Blake Newman (Bass), Robert Rivera (Cello and effects pedals), Eric N. Peterson (Middle Eastern Percussion and Cajon drum), Todd Brunel (Clarinet and that Romanian wooden flute thingy). 1/26/2008: 7:30-10:00pm — The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra presents: "American Original" Featuring works by Copland, Bernstein, Harris and Gershwin. 1/25/2008: 8:00-10:00 — Improvelocity will be at the Zeitgeist Oupost, 186 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA. 1/18/2008: 8:00-10:00pm — The Vortex presents: The Rivera Brunel Method with Glenn Dickson, clarinet and Matt Samolis, flutes. Zeitgeist Outpost, 186 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA. 1/11/2008: 8:00pm — Cello Alley presents Sam Hill Trio with the Rivera Brunel Method at The Zeitgesit Outpost, 186 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA. 1/5/2008: 1:00pm — Creative Arts In Reading presents a faculty show case concert! 1/4/2008: 8:00-10:00pm — The Vortex presents: Johnny Reinhart bassoon, Todd Brunel clarinets, Paul Erlich guitars, Garo Papazian percussion. Zeitgeist Out post, 186 Hampshire St, Inman square, Cambridge, MA. 1/4/2008: 7:00pm — Larry Carsman guitar and Todd Brunel clarinets at the Oasis Coffee House, 34 Alder St, Waltham, MA. 12/31/2008: 9:00pm — The Rivera Brunel Method with poet Regie Gibson at First Baptist Church, Needham, MA. First Night, Needham celebration. Happy New Year!!! 12/24/2007: 7:00 — First Presbyterian Church, Waltham, MA Christmas Eve celebration, 34 Alder St, Waltham, MA **December 13, 2007**: 5:39pm — Luca Dorian Brunel born after 24 hours of labor at Mt Auburn Hospital, weighing in at 7 pounds 12.5 ounces, during the height of a big snow storm. Beautiful healthy Luca, we love you!!!! Mom and Dad 11/18/2007: 10:00am — ‘Prayer for the Earth’ at the Central Congregational church with music and motion. Contact: centralchurchinfo@verizon.net 11/16/2007: 8:00 — Rivera Carsman Brunel at the Vortex see above for more info. 11/9/2007: 8:00-10:00 — Rivera-Brunel at the Vortex, 186 Hampshire St. See zeitgeist-outpost.org 11/4/2007: 5:00 — Special benefit concert for the Bristol Chamber Orchestra, featuring the Mozart clarinet quintet and special selections from the program “Benny and Beyond” with pianist Joe Reid. Harris Shilakowsky, artistic director. See http://bristolchamberorchestra.org 11/3/2007: 8:00 — Claflin Hill Symphony featuring works by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. See www.claflinhill.org 11/2/2007: 8:00-10:00 — Improvelocity at the Vortex, 186 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA. Andrea Loretz Frey soprano, Toni Pinheiro vocals, Akwumbwa Sauti percussion, Joel Cohen cello, Mike Carey sax and flute, Paul Rodriguez guitar. See zeitgeist-outpost.org 10/19/07: 8:00 — Musaner at the Alma Jazz Series: Ken Field Alto sax, flute, Andrew Hickman tenor sax, Todd Brunel clarinets, soprano sax, Martin Haroutunian Armenian folk instruments, Gary Fieldman drums, Blake Newman double bass. Armenian Library and Museum, $10 admission. See www.lucentmusic.com for more details. 10/12/07: 8:00 — Larry Carsman guitar, Todd Brunel clarinet, Robert Rivera cello Electro acoustic music meets Brazilian Choros and other solo works. Featuring ‘Abime Des Oiseux’ from the Quartet for the End of time by Oliver Messaien. Presbyterian Church, Powder House Square, Somerville. This concert will be preceded by a gallery opening of ‘Young Turks’ at the Nave Arts Gallery. See www.artsomerville.org. 9/29/07: 8:00 — Devil Music Ensemble, featuring ‘Pace’ by Peter Lane. Pozen Center for the Arts 621 Huntington Ave $5.00 admission. 9/9/07: 2:00 — "Benny and beyond" with pianist Joe Reid, Newton Public Library, free and open to the public (www.newtonplks.org). *Alice Neil documentary featuring the music of Jonah Rapino playing throughout September and October at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, see www.mfa.org for showings. 7/21/07: Concert with the legendary Al "Carnival Time" Johnson at the Ernie K-Doe Mother in Law Lounge, 1500 North Claiborne Ave, New Orleans, LA. More details TBA. 7/5/07: 5:00-9:00 — "Nights On the Neck" produced by the Rocky Neck Arts Colony, Gloucester, MA. More info TBA. 7/4/07: 8:15 — ‘Fourth of July Spectacular’ with the Claflin Hill Summer Winds, Plains Park, Milford, MA. 6/14/07: 10:00 — Americanmusicrevolution.com at the Lilli Pad, Inman Square, Cambridge, MA. With ‘Choose to find’ and ‘Riding Shotgun’. 6/8/07: 11:00-whenever — AmericanMusicRevolution.com at Dave Brancazio’s 40th birthday celebration. 6/7/07: 9:00pm — "A Night At the Improv" with clarinetist Todd Brunel and Friends, featuring: Ken Field alto sax, flute, Andrew Hickman, tenor sax and toys, Robert Rivera cello and laptop, Ara Sarkissian piano, Dean Brunel piano, John Funkhouser double bass, Gary Fieldman drums and Skip Brunner on electronics. The International Woodwind Festival at The Boston Conservatory of Music, 8 The Fenway, Boston, MA. 6/5/07: 11:00am — "Benny and Beyond" A master class in improvisational music at the International Woodwind Festival at the Boston Conservatory, 8 The Fenway, Boston, MA. Featuring: Joe Reid piano, Tom Lubelczyk electric bass and Mark Nathanson drums. 5/24-25/07: 8:00 — "As We Live to Bear Scars" written and produced by Andrea Bredbeck with original music by Blake Newman. Roxbury Center for the Arts, Hybernian Hall, 184 Dudley St, Roxbury, MA 5/20/07: 3:00 — Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Cambridge Community Chorus and Chamber Orchestra, Kresge Auditorium at MIT, 48 Massachusetts Ave.
5/13/07:
4:00 — Levinson Recital Hall, Brooklyn College Conservatory, with Pianist Ara
Sarkissian and Elena Antimova, featuring a transcription for solo clarinet by JS
Bach, ‘She Stood Weeping’ by George ‘Skip’ Brunner, the Sonata for clarinet
and piano by Francis Poulenc, the sonata for clarinet and piano by Vuk Kulenovic
and Time Pieces by Robert Myczinzki.More info TBA.
7/14 :
8:00pm — CRhyK at the Art Attack Gallery, Beacon St, Cambridge, MA.
7/13 :
6:30pm — "The Wood Park Concert Series" featuring the Claflin Hill Summer Winds,
Hudson, MA.
7/7:
1:30pm — the Todd Brunel trio featuring jazz standards from the great American
song book. Hebrew Rehab Center, 1200 Center Street, Roslindale.
7/3:
8:15pm — Independence Day Spectacular! Plains Park, Rt 85, Cedar Street, Milford, MA. See www.claflinhill.org for more details.
6/20:
8:00pm — Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, New York: Featuring, The
Shephard On the Rock, by Franz Schubert.
6/18:
9:00pm — Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA. Gary Fieldman's Muse Aid, a benefit for Darfur. Check: www.museaid.com for more details.
6/17:
11:30pm — Green Street Grill, Butch Morris Ensemble.
6/16:
11:00pm — Green Street Grill, Butch Morris Ensemble.
6/15:
10:30pm — Green Street Grill, Cambridge, MA. The Butch Morris Ensemble,
contemporary improvisational
conduction, featuring area musicians.
6/12:
3:00pm — Framingham performing Arts Center, 55 Nicholas Road, Framingham, MA. The
Paul Surapine Clarinet Ensemble, featuring works by J.S. Bach, Shostakovich, Debussy
and Tchaikowski and more!
6/10
9:00pm — Zeitgeist Gallery, Inman Square, Cambridge, MA. Daniel Levin Quartet.
6/5:
7:00pm — Paysen Park Church, Belmont, MA. A concert featuring students and faculty
of the Powers Music School and the Debussy Premiere Rhapsody for clarinet and piano.
6/4:
8:00pm — Harvard University's Paine Hall, the new composers group, "Alta Voz".
Featuring, 'Lineas Translucidas for Flute and Clarinet '.
May 31, 2005:
9:00pm — Fight Night at the Z, featuring CRhyK. Bring your poetry and we'll
call it even........
May 28, 2005:
7:30pm — 5C Cultural Center, 68 Avenue C, NYC with singer songwriter Lilli Lewis.
May 22, 2005:
8:00pm — Evos, 98 Middle St, Lowell, MA. Featured artist: CRhyK, The Greatest
Jam Band In The World.
with Andrew Hickman, Ken Field, Gary fieldman, and John Funkhouser.
May 21, 2005:
7:30pm — Central Congregational Church, Jamaica Plain, MA. 'The Red Thread,' a
performance of music and dance, featuring Samuel Kardos, piano, Peter Crawley,
guitar, Roland Jaeckel, piano, Todd Brunel, clarinet and featuring other area
talent.
May 18, 2005:
7:15pm — Babson College, Waltham, MA. A concert featuring the music of
Schubert, Gershwin, Spohr and others. Where does classical music end and
improvisational music begin? Joe Reed, piano, Andrew Alexander, tenor, Todd Brunel,
clarinet.
May 17, 2005:
9:00pm — Fight Night at the Zeitgeist, Inman Square, Cambridge, MA. Come check
out the CRhyK, The Greatest Jam Band In The World, duke it out with the lyrical
musings of some of the areas finest poetic minds.
May 14 &15, 2005:
8:00pm — Paysen Park church, Belmont, MA: The Belmont Dramatic club
presents: " The Secret Garden."
May 7, 2005:
9:30pm — Vision Festival, NYC with cellist Daniel Levin, bassist Peter Bitenc
and drummer Croix Galipaux.
May 6, 2005:
8:00pm — Paysen Park Church, Belmont, MA: the Belmont Dramatic Club presents:
"The Secret Garden," with musical director, Joe Reed. they have been giving
performances since 1903 and this will be their 237th production.
May 3, 2005:
9:00pm — Fight Night at the Zeitgeist, Inman Square, Cambridge, MA
featuring CRhyK and area poets. CRhyK features the mad musical musings of tenor
saxophonist Andrew Hickman, the poetic justice of alto sax man and floutist Ken
Field, the paranormal polyrhythms of Gary Fieldman, the down right, down low and
dirty funkadelics of bassist John Funkhouser, and yours truly, the clarinet
conspiracy.
April 24, 2005
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8:30pm - Carnegie Hall, New York, New York (ticket info). Featuring: Schubert, Shephard on the Rock with soprano Kyung Sook Lee and pianist Martin Neron.
April 15, 2005
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8:00pm - "Around the world in 7/8" with the Balmus Ensemble. Pickman
Recital Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA.
April 10, 2005
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7:30pm - The living Room in NYC with singer songwriter, Lilli Lewis.
March 20, 2005
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7:30pm - The Stein Chamber Music Festival, featuring various performers
from the greater Boston area. Payson Park Church, Belmont MA.
March 20, 2005
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9:30-12 midnight: The Vortex Series presents: The Daniel levin Trio
with yours truly, at the Zeitgeist Gallery, Inman Square, Cambridge. MA.
March 19, 2005
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7:30pm - The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra presents: Irish and Italian
Classics featuring works by Mendelssohn and Rhespighi. Milford Town Hall, the Grand Ballroom, Milford, MA.
March 18, 2005
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8:00pm - Devil music presents a night of Modern Classical Music at the Boston Center for the Arts,
Mills Gallery, 539 Tremont Street. Featuring works by E. Nugent, L. Bunk , J. Rapino and B. Wood.
March 11, 2005
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7:30pm - The Paul Surapine clarinet choir at the Joy of Music in Worcester.
Works by Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky Korsakov, Albinoni and others.
November 19, 2004:
"Love All-Ways"
November 18, 2004:
Altavoz, the composers new Ensemble
October 31st:
Tony Clamato’s Italian Ristorante, Halloween Bash, Keene New Hampshire.
October 19th:
10:30 Green Street Grill and amici Musica present: Lida Row Trio
October 26th:
10:30 Green Street Grill and Amici Musica present:
The Daniel levin trio, featuring: Peter Bitenc, bass; Croix Galipault, drums.
October 12th:
10:30 Green Street Grill and Amici Musica present: David Maxwell, keyboard.
October 5th:
10:30 Green Street Grill and Amici Musica present: A new Improvisational Music Series
September 20th:
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, New Orleans, LA.
September 11th:
12:00-1:00, Powers Music School Open House, Belmont, MA.
September 8th:
6:15 Concerts at Paysen Park, Belmont, MA. Featuring the Powers Music School Faculty.
September 4th:
9:00 Tony Clamato’s Italian Ristorante, Keene, New Hamphire. Live Jazz.
June 27: 3:30 Claflin
Hill Summer Winds, Uxbridge, MA. 5/14 5/2/04 4/30/04 4/25/04 4/17/04 03/28/04 03/7/04 03/3/04 02/28/04 01/18/04 12/10/03 12/13/03 12/14/03 12/16/03
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