Trepanning Trio

Photo by Matt Gladyszewski

Visible Voice Books is a wonderful Independent Book Store located in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.  They offer the kind of bookstore experience that can’t be had at the big box stores.  They also a wine bar which features boutique wines from small, privately owned wineries.  On Saturday, May 19, 2012, they will be offering some Trepanning Trio on the side.  We will be performing from 7:30 – 10:00 PM as a part of their Garden Courtyard Music Series.

Visible Voice Books
1023 Kenilworth Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44113
(216) 961-0084

Infinite Number of Sounds Recording Company is hosting a party to welcome their newest artist Paul Stranahan and celebrate the release of his new CD entitled “Gong and Singing Bowl Improvisations.”

This CD release party will feature Paul Stranahan performing solo improvisations for gong and singing bowls, as well as performances by Infinite Number of Sounds Recording Company label mates Trepanning Trio (an instrumental, avant-chamber ensemble that performs and records using only classical, traditional and handmade instruments) and Oblique Orchestra, a free jazz ensemble that explores spontaneous, improvisational composition.

Trepanning Trio is playing at bela dubby in Lakewood, OH on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 with Not the Wind, Not the Flag, fluxmonkey, Orange Luna Temple, and Scheible-Smiley Duo.

Trepanning Trio will be represented by Brad Bolton (guitar, godbass, animal calls, baster, squeak toys, etc), Carmen Castaldi (drums and percussion), Brent Gummow (live edited video projection) hopefully Peggy Latkovich (hang, melodica, accordion, chimes, etc.) and me (double bass, pantree, melodica, etc.)

This is the first time the great Carmen Castaldi has ever performed with Trepanning Trio and the first time Brent has performed with Trepanning Trio since our album(s) release show at the The Beachland Ballroom and Tavern in 2009.

Facebook event page here.

This event begins promptly at 8:00 PM.

Donations are strongly encouraged.

Trepanning Trio performing “Help Me Up” at Lakewood City Limits. Video by Joel Elvery.

Chris Auerbach-Brown: Alto Saxophone
Tom Lempner: Soprano Saxophone
Kris Morron: Guzheng
Peggy Latkovich: Piano
Brad Bolton: Guitar
David Mansbach: Double Bass
Joel Elvery: Mandolin
Kathryn Ann Metz: Flute

Kathryn Metz‘s first Trepanning Trio performance was a trial by fire.  She brought a flute to an improvised set featuring klangenspiel, godbass, windup toy guts, hang, pan trees, bird calls, latex pig, saw blades, and a toy piano.  In response, Kathryn broke into song like Ethel Merman.  It was obviously meant to be.

Kathryn is the Education Instructor at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, OH where she teaches K-12 students on-site and through videoconferencing, co-produces public programs and is a SAGES fellow at Case Western Reserve University. Kathryn holds a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from The University of Texas at Austin. Her dissertation, “Music from Amazonia: Roots, Cosmopolitanism, and Regional Expression in Iquitos, Peru” (2010) is about pop music and regional identity in the urban Peruvian Amazon. A trained flutist, Kathryn has performed in bossa nova, Andean, Brazilian pop and Afro-pop groups in Austin, Texas and in salsa and cumbia bands in Iquitos, Peru. She has also played some bluegrass mandolin, was required to learn the drumset at the Rock Hall and studied some gyl in Ghana and suling in Bali. She is an active member of the Society for Ethnomusicology and the International Association for the Study of Popular Music-US. Kathryn has a chapter on tecnocumbia in an edited volume forthcoming from Duke University Press.

Joel Elvery first performed with Trepanning Trio on Friday the 13th (January 13, 2012) and is one of Cleveland Magazine’s Most Interesting People.

Joel plays mandolin, bass guitar, guitar, construction-derived percussion, and other small instruments and composes music that bridges jazz, funk, klezmer, and Ethiopian music. Freygish/hijaz is his favorite scale. He hails from Chicago and fondly remembers many shows by the Ken Vandermark Quartet, the NRG Ensemble, musicians affiliated with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and No Wave bands. He has played bass since junior high and started playing mandolin in 2000 while earning his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland. He studied klezmer mandolin with Paul Oorts in Silver Spring, MD, but is largely self-taught. In addition to Trepanning Trio, he plays funky free jazz with Todd Masuda. Joel and his wife, Lynn Phares, host Mechanic Street House Concerts, an Americana/roots-rock music house concert series (www.mechanicstreetmusic.com). By day, he is an economist who specializes in data analysis and labor and urban economics.

1Way is a monthly new/free music showcase which presents and documents local experimental, new, and free music.

THIS MONTH AT THE 1WAY (Tuesday, January 31, 2012): Oblique Orchestra at 9:00 pm, Eric Alleman spoken word piece at 10:00 pm, Trepanning Trio at 10:30 pm.

MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT:

+ Trepanning Trio’s set will be 100% improvised, so we’ll get to play all the bizarre instruments we never get to play, like Peggy’s KLANGENSPIEL and Brad’s GODBASS!
+ BYOB
+ This event is free but donations are graciously accepted
+ Doors open at 8:00 pm.
+ Music starts at 9:00 pm.
+ The warehouse now has heat.

Directions to the ALL GO SIGNS Warehouse (1935 W 96th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44102):

Directions (From 90 West):
* Take exit 167B for “OH-10/Lorain Ave.”
* Merge onto W 81st St
* Turn left at Madison Ave
* Turn right at W 96th St
* The ALL GO SIGNS Warehouse is on your right. It shares a large parking lot with Cleveland Lumber. Park to your left. The first door on the left side of the building will be left ajar. Walk up three flights of stairs to the 3rd (top) floor. Follow the hallway toward the sound of music. Please email Dave at trepan@infinitenumber.com, if you have any questions.