Upcoming Events: (click blue links for venue and artist info) 25 November 2009 10pm The Stone Ave C & 2nd St New York, NY Todd Capp (percussion) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) Bryan Eubanks (electronics, composer) Andrew Lafkas (bass, electronics, composer) 29 January 2010 Vancouver Cultural Olympiad Christchurch Cathedral Vancouver, Canada Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone, clarinet) performs with the Anthony Braxton 12+1tet 31 January 2010 Vancouver Cultural Olympiad Roundhouse Festival Hall Vancouver, Canada Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone, clarinet) performs with the Anthony Braxton 12+1tet in the second ever "Sonic Genome Project" 23-24 March 2010 8pm Issue Project Room At the Old American Can Factory 232 3rd Street, 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY Porter Records Festival: Featuring a performance of Andrew Raffo Dewar's Music for Eight Bamboo Flutes (2004). Recent Events: 17 November 2009 7:30pm Shelby Hall, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) Eugene Chadbourne (guitar, voice) 16 November 2009 7:30pm Beginning, Begin Again - A Multimedia Improvisation Allen Bales Theater @ University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL Jake Berry (poetry, video) Jennifer Caputo (percussion) Rich Curtis (sound poetry) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) Chris Kozak (bass) Celeste LaBourde (dance) Hank Lazer (poetry) Stella Nystrom (dance) Susan Perry (visual artist/installation) Neal Riley (live video electronics) Wayne Sides (percussion, video) LaDonna Smith (violin, viola) 9 November 2009 7pm Homewood Studios 2400 Plymouth Avenue North Minneapolis, MN Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) Milo Fine (marimba, clarinets, electronics) Viv Corringham (voice, electronics) 8 November 2009 8pm Studio Z Northwestern Building, 275 E. Fourth St. St. Paul, MN Trio Raro: Milo Fine (piano) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) Davu Seru (drums) 5 November 2009 8pm Luggage Store Gallery 1007 Market Street (nr. 6th St.) San Francisco, CA Piece for Four Instruments (2002) Interactions (2009): Kyle Bruckmann (oboe, english horn, analog electronics) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone, composer) Gino Robair (percussion, analog electronics) John Shiurba (guitar) 27 October 2009 10pm Open Ears Music Series Blue Nile, 532 Frenchman St New Orleans, LA ***CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS*** Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) Justin Peake (percussion) Jesse Morrow(bass) 4 September 2009 8pm Greencup Books 105 Richard Arrington Jr blvd. Birmingham, Alabama Killick (H'arpeggione) Solo + Trio with Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) LaDonna Smith (violin) 8 August 2009 8pm Bare Hands Gallery 109 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd. Birmingham, Alabama Solo: Andrew Raffo Dewar - soprano saxophone Quartet: LaDonna Smith (violin) Clifford McPeek (trumpet) Davey Williams (guitar) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) 5 June 2009 8pm Greencup Books 105 Richard Arrington Jr blvd. Birmingham, Alabama Stella Nystrom, Rhea & Celeste (dance) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) LaDonna Smith (violin) Juliet Eastlick (flute) Alice Faye Love (percussion, cameras) Davey Williams (guitar) 28 April 2009 8:30pm Greencup Books 105 Richard Arrington Jr blvd. Birmingham, Alabama Claire Barratt & Stella Nystrom (dance) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) LaDonna Smith (violin) Juliet Eastlick (flute) Alice Faye Love (percussion, cameras) Johnny Coley (words) Davey Williams (guitar) 12 March 2009 8pm, $5 Eyedrum Suite 8, 290 MLK Jr. Drive SE Atlanta, Georgia Solos & Duos: Jonathan Chen (violin) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) 3 March 2009 9:30pm, $5 Greencup Books 105 Richard Arrington Jr blvd. Birmingham, Alabama Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) LaDonna Smith (violin) Stephen McClurg (bass) 14 November 2008 10:30am 310 Cobb Hall, University of Chicago Lecture @ New Media Workshop "The Sonic Arts Union: Homemade Electronic Music and the American 'Tinkering' Technoculture" 18 May 2008 2pm, Free Athica - Athens Institute for Contemporary Art 160 Tracy St. (Chase Street Warehouses, Unit 4) Athens, Georgia Experimental Music Workshop: Jonathan Chen (violin) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) Marina Peterson (cello) Phillip Schulze (electronics) These events are funded in part through the Meet The Composer MetLife Creative Connections program. 17 May 2008 8pm $6 Athica - Athens Institute for Contemporary Art 160 Tracy St. (Chase Street Warehouses, Unit 4) Athens, Georgia Striking Mechanism CD Release Event: Jonathan Chen (violin) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) Marina Peterson (cello) Phillip Schulze (electronics) 22 December 2007 8pm $5 Studio Z 275 East Fourth St. (Northwestern Building), Suite 100 St. Paul, Minnesota Trio Raro: Milo Fine (piano) Davu Seru (percussion) Andrew Raffo Dewar (woodwinds) 5 December 2007 8pm FREE Crowell Concert Hall Wesleyan University, Middletown CT Andrew Raffo Dewar performs with the Anthony Braxton Large Ensemble. 30 November 2007 8pm Hideout Series @ New Britain Art League 30 Cedar St. New Britain, CT Four Solos and a Quartet: Phillip Schulze (electronics) Katherine Young (bassoon) Andrew Lafkas (contrabass) Andrew Raffo Dewar (woodwinds). 28 November 2007 10pm The Stone Ave C & 2nd St, NYC Improvisations with Aaron Siegel (percussion), Stephen Rush (piano), Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone). 26 November 2007 8pm Sigogglin concert series @The Knitting Factory (old office) 74 Leonard St, NYC Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone, Bb clarinet) performs with a large ensemble organized by Andrew Lafkas that explores drone sounds with acoustic instruments. Premiere of ARD composition Diatonic Study I. 17 November 2007 8pm Rebound Dance Festival Arts Hall, Educational Center for the Arts New Haven, CT Performance of Andrew Raffo Dewar's new electronic music composition to accompany the NoeMarch Dance Company work, no-(wo)man's land. 3 November 2007 8pm CT Meets NY Dance Festival Dance New Amsterdam NYC Performance of Andrew Raffo Dewar's new electronic music composition to accompany the NoeMarch Dance Company work, no-(wo)man's land. 19 October 2007 8pm EMPAC @ RPI Troy, NY Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano & c-melody saxophones, Bb clarinet) performs with the Anthony Braxton 12+1tet . 6 October 2007 8pm CT Meets NY Dance Festival Crystal Theatre Norwalk, CT Premiere of a new electronic music composition to accompany the NoeMarch Dance Company work, no-(wo)man's land. 8 September 2007 8pm Uncertainty Music Series @ Neverending Books 810 State Street New Haven, CT Variations on Imaginary Birdsongs (2007) Andrew Raffo Dewar - composition, soprano saxophone. 20 June 2007 Vision Festival, NYC Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) performs with the Bill Dixon Sound Vision Orchestra. 9 June 2007 8pm Reds Cafe 2111 Helena Ave. Santa Barbara, CA Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano sax) and Santa Barbara locals TBA perform improvisations. 20 May 2007 Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano & c-melody saxophones, Bb clarinet) performs with the Anthony Braxton 12+1tet. 4 May 2007 4pm Mystic Seaport Mystic, CT Andrew Raffo Dewar (composer, soprano sax, conductor) Kyle Brenders (soprano sax) Lucas Carrico (tenor sax) Andre Marquetti (tenor sax) Boat Horn Music (2007), a new saxophone quartet composition to accompany Kate March's On Deck, a site-specific piece for 6 dancers on the historic L.A. Dunton fishing schooner. 19 April 2007 8pm Gallery 1412 1412 18th Ave E (18th Ave and Union St) Seattle, WA $5-20 sugg. donation 1st Set: Music for Three (2006) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano sax, composer) Gust Burns (piano) Chris Stover (trombone) 2nd Set: Improvisations with ARD (soprano sax), Gust Burns (piano) & Angelina Baldoz (trumpet). 22 March 2007 8pm $15 & $10 students/seniors Roulette 20 Greene St (between Canal & Grand) NYC Premiere of Six Lines of Transformation (2007). Andrew Raffo Dewar (composer, conductor), Matt Bauder (bass clarinet), Jennifer Caputo (percussion), Andrew Lafkas (contrabass), Jane Rigler (flute), Nate Wooley (trumpet), Katherine Young (bassoon). 8 February 2007, 8pm FREE Crowell Concert Hall Wesleyan University, Middletown CT ARD performs with and conducts the Guillermo Gregorio Ensemble. 2006 Events 2005 Events 2004 Events (Events prior to July 2004 have not been archived yet)   Copyright © 2004-09 Andrew Raffo Dewar. All rights reserved. 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