Upcoming Events: (click blue links for venue and artist info) 7 October 2011 8pm Energies, Ideas, Intuitions: The Tri-Centric Music of Anthony Braxton Roulette 509 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, NY Performing Anthony Braxton's "Echo Echo Mirror House" music with the Anthony Braxton 12+3tet: Anthony Braxton, Andrew Raffo Dewar, James Fei, Steve Lehman, Chris Jonas, Sara Schoenbeck (reeds), Taylor Ho Bynum, Reut Regev, Jay Rozen (brass) Renee Baker, Erica Dicker, Jessica Pavone (strings) Mary Halvorson (guitar), Carl Testa (bass), Aaron Siegel (percussion) 11 October 2011 7pm Indeterminacies Series Zeitgeist Gallery 1819 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN The Music of Andrew Raffo Dewar (full program TBA) Performed by PULSE New Music Ensemble + Brady Sharp (prepared guitar) PLUS - critical discussions on music and culture w/ Roger Coleman, ARD, and attendees. 14 October 2011 McNeill Street Pumping Station New Music Festival Shreveport Waterworks Museum 142 N. Common St. Shreveport, LA Andrew Raffo Dewar, solo stereophonically amplified soprano saxophone 28-29 January 2012 California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA Trio recording session: Andrea Centazzo (percussion, malletkat) Anne LeBaron (harp) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) Recent Events: 9 September 2011 Fachhochschule DŸsseldorf Dusseldorf, Germany Recording sessions with Phillip Schulze (electronics), Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone), Christian Jendreiko (guitars). 8 September 2011 Kunstverein Malkasten DŸsseldorf, Germany "Playing the Rococo" with Phillip Schulze (electronics), Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone). 6-7 September 2011 Fachhochschule DŸsseldorf Dusseldorf, Germany Recording sessions with Phillip Schulze (electronics), Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone). 20 August 2011 2pm FREE The Music of Anne LeBaron University of Alabama Moody Music Building Recital Hall 810 Second Avenue Tuscaloosa, AL Trio with Anne LeBaron (harp), LaDonna Smith (viola), Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) 19 August 2011 7pm $10 suggested donation The Alabama Art Kitchen PRESENTS! @ Green Bar 2209 4th St Tuscaloosa, AL From Houston, TX: David Dove (trombone + electronics) and Ms. YET (bellydance, movement) PLUS: Trio with Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) 13 August 2011 9-10pm Birmingham Arts and Music Festival Das Haus 2318 2nd Ave N Birmingham, AL Duo improvisations: Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) Brad Davis (electronics) PLUS: Celeste LaBourde, Stella Nystrom & Rhea Speights (dance) 23 July 2011 Fantasy Studios Berkeley, CA Recording session for Strata (2011): Kyle Bruckmann (oboe, english horn) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone, composer) Gino Robair (percussion) John Shiurba (guitar, bass) 22 July 2011 8pm Outsound New Music Summit San Francisco Community Center 544 Capp Street @ 20th San Francisco, CA Premiere of Strata (2011), Dedicated to Eduardo Seron ARD's "Interactions Quartet": Kyle Bruckmann (oboe, english horn) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone, composer) Gino Robair (percussion) John Shiurba (guitar, bass) 18 July 2011 7pm Outsound New Music Summit San Francisco Community Center 544 Capp Street @ 20th San Francisco, CA Panel discussion on the "elements of non-idiomatic composition" featuring: Krys Bobrowski, Andrew Raffo Dewar, Kanoko Nishi and Gino Robair. 7 May 2011 4pm AUX Festival @ Cine Lab 234 West Hancock Ave between Pulaski and Hull Athens, GA SOLO: Andrew Raffo Dewar, stereophonic amplified soprano saxophone 3 May 2011 7pm The Alabama Art Kitchen 2626 University Blvd. Tuscaloosa, AL SOLO: Lukas Ligeti (Buchla marimba lumina) + DUO: Lukas Ligeti (drumset, Buchla marimba lumina) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) 21 April 2011 8pm Moody Recital Hall The University of Alabama 810 2nd Avenue Tuscaloosa, AL Experimental Greek Music & Intercultural Improvisation: Danae Stefanou (piano), from Thessaloniki, Greece + Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) 4 April 2011 7pm The Humanities Center at Harvard University Barker Center Room 133 Cambridge, MA "Music,Sensory Ecologies & the Body" seminar: Andrew Raffo Dewar (University of Alabama) Mediating the Improvising Body: Art Tatum's Postmortem Performance in a Posthuman World 3 April 2011 Brooklyn, NY Trio recording session: Garrison Fewell (guitar) Steve Swell (trombone) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) 2 April 2011 8pm The University of the Streets 130 East 7th Street New York, NY Garrison Fewell (guitar) Steve Swell (trombone) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) 1 April 2011 8pm The Vortex Concert Series @ Cafe at the Somerville Armory 191 Highland Ave Somerville, MA, 02143 Garrison Fewell (guitar) Steve Swell (trombone) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) PLUS - EAR Duo with Robots: Michael Straus (saxophone) Dana Jessen (bassoon) 16 March 2011 2pm Bowling Green State University Mid-American Center for Contemporary Music, Rm 2117 Bowling Green, OH Lecture/Discussion: "Composition, Control, Context" This lecture considers the issues of "control" and "context" in music composition through an examination of the compositional processes of two of Andrew Raffo Dewar's works that employ varying degrees of "open form" and a combination of traditional and invented notation. These compositions provide a foundation for discussion of experimental music composition in the 21st century. 15 March 2011 7pm Toledo Bellows @ Robinwood Concert House 2564 Robinwood Ave. Toledo, OH DUO: Rob Wallace, drumset and percussion Jennifer Caputo, percussion + SOLO: Andrew Raffo Dewar, soprano saxophone + QUARTET or QUINTET TBA 5 February 2011 7pm The Alabama Art Kitchen 2626 University Blvd. Tuscaloosa, AL DUO: Rob Wallace, drumset and percussion Jennifer Caputo, percussion + TRIO: Andrew Raffo Dewar, soprano saxophone Chris Kozak, bass Rob Wallace, drumset and percussion 18 December 2010 7pm The Alabama Art Kitchen 2626 University Blvd. Tuscaloosa, AL SOLO: Tatsuya Nakatani, gongs and percussion + DUO: Andrew Raffo Dewar, soprano saxophone 17 December 2010 8pm The New Forest Center Pepper Place, 2805 2nd Ave South, Ste. A Birmingham, AL SOLO: Tatsuya Nakatani, gongs and percussion + TRIO: Andrew Raffo Dewar, soprano saxophone Brad Davis, electronics 2 December 2010 7:30pm Ferguson Center Theatre University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL Andrew Raffo Dewar performs as a guest with The Thirteenth Assembly: Taylor Ho Bynum, cornet Tomas Fujiwara, percussion Mary Halvorson, guitar Jessica Pavone, viola 18 November 2010 7:30pm The Alabama Art Kitchen 2626 University Blvd. Tuscaloosa, AL Andrew Raffo Dewar, solo soprano saxophone + Them Natives 13 September 2010 8pm Outpost 186 186 1/2 Hampshire St. in Inman Square, Cambridge Boston, MA Garrison Fewell (guitar) Steve Swell (trombone) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) 12 September 2010 6pm Downtown Music Gallery 13 Monroe St. (btwn. Catherine & Market in Chinatown) New York, NY Garrison Fewell (guitar) Steve Swell (trombone) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) 11 September 2010 10pm Ibeam 168 7th Street Brooklyn, NY Garrison Fewell (guitar) Steve Swell (trombone) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) 10 September 2010 9pm Leftover Daylight Series @ Somewhere There 227 Sterling Ave, unit 112 (corner of Ruttan St. and Merchant Ln) Toronto, Canada Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) Kyle Brenders (clarinet, soprano saxophone) Jonathan Adjemian (KORG MS-20 synthesizer) Mark Segger (percussion) The quartet performed ARD's "Piece for Four Instruments" (2002). 27 August 2010 8pm "The Improvisor" 30th Anniversary Festival" Pepper Place "Listening Room" 2901 2nd Ave S Birmingham, AL "Improv Roulette" Also appearing, "Stringtrek": LaDonna Smith (strings) Misha Feigin (guitar) 23 August 2010 6pm "The Improvisor" 30th Anniversary Festival" Moundville Archaeological Park Moundville, AL Music + Movement at Moundville: Claire Elizabeth Barratt (dance) LaDonna Smith (violin, viola) Evan Lipson (contrabass) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) 12 August 2010 7pm "The Improvisor" 30th Anniversary Festival" Pepper Place "Listening Room" 2901 2nd Ave S Birmingham, AL Duo: Rich Curtis (voice) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) ARD will also take part in a performance of Gino Robair's opera, I, Norton 11 August 2010 7pm "The Improvisor" 30th Anniversary Festival" Pepper Place "Listening Room" 2901 2nd Ave S Birmingham, AL Duo: Gino Robair (percussion, electronics) Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) 6 August 2010 7pm "The Improvisor" 30th Anniversary Festival" Workplay 500 23rd Street South Birmingham, AL Duo: Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) Killick (h'arpeggione) 19 June 2010 5:30pm Issue Project Room At the Old American Can Factory 232 3rd Street, 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY Anthony Braxton @ 65 Festival: Tri-Centric Modeling - Past, Present, and Future Interactions Quartet East: Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone, composer) Jessica Pavone (viola) Aaron Siegel (vibraphone & percussion) Carl Testa (contrabass) The quartet will play excerpts from Dewar's Interactions (2009) and compositions #67 and #131 by Anthony Braxton. 18 June 2010 5:30pm Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker Street btw Sullivan & Thompson New York, NY Anthony Braxton @ 65 Festival: Tri-Centric Modeling - Past, Present, and Future Andrew Raffo Dewar performs with the Anthony Braxton 12+1tet. Other performers include: Steve Coleman & Jonathan Finlayson, Marilyn Crispell/Mark Dresser/Gerry Hemingway trio, Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings, Richard Teitelbaum, Matthew Welch, John Zorn/Dave Douglas/Brad Jones/Gerry Hemingway, and other special guests. 1 June 2010 8pm North Midtown Arts Center 121 Millsaps Avenue Jackson, MS The Mississippi Improvisation Alliance Presents: Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone) Plus: "Screwed Anthologies" (from Houston, TX): David Dove (trombone and electronics) Lucas Gorham (guitar and electronics) 24 March 2010 8pm Issue Project Room At the Old American Can Factory 232 3rd Street, 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY Interactions Quartet East: Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone, composer) Jessica Pavone (viola) Aaron Siegel (vibraphone & percussion) Carl Testa (contrabass) The quartet will be performing excerpts from Piece for Four Instruments (2002) and Interactions (2009). Also performing: Matt Bauder's Paper Gardens and Matthew Welch's Blarvuster Big Band. 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" 29 January 2010 Vancouver Cultural Olympiad Christchurch Cathedral Vancouver, Canada Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone, clarinet) performs with the Anthony Braxton 12+1tet 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) 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) 2007-2008 Events 2006 Events 2005 Events 2004 Events (Events prior to July 2004 have not been archived yet)   Copyright © 2004-11 Andrew Raffo Dewar. All rights reserved. Page last updated September 27th, 2011.