DISSECTING ADAM

Articular Facet 1: TRANSISTOR

Sunday, February 20, 6 PM – Transistor Podcast, hosted by Rani Woolpert
Friday, February 25, 8 PM – live performance at Transistor (5045 N. Clark St., Chicago)

Coppice perform The Flavor of Missing Mortar, a new work for bellows & electronics, Mild Grey Lustre, and Seam as a trio with Julia Miller, who also performs the graphic scores Tendon (Miller), and Harrow/Dormant (Cuéllar) on guitar and electronics.

Articular Facet 2: AIRPLAY / CARNAVAL

Saturday, March 19, 6 PM – Live broadcast on WNUR 89.3 FM Airplay, hosted by Michael Corsa

Coppice perform The Flavor of Missing Mortar for bellows and electronics, and Seam as a trio with Julia Miller, who also performs Tendon, Oracle Bones (Miller), and Harrow/Dormant (Cuéllar) on guitar and electronics. Tune in to 89.3 FM or visit airplay.wnur.org!

Saturday, March 19, 6 PM – Collaboraction CARNAVAL at Double Door (1572 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago)

Articular Facet serves as an audio guest artist for Collaboraction’s legendary benefit at the Double Door. $10 general admission.

Articular Facet 3: LOFT DINNER

Sunday, March 20, 3 PM – Pop-Up Gallery (220 S Wabash, Chicago)

Featuring live music by Coppice, Andy Ortmann, and a psaltery trio by Noé Cuéllar, Julia Miller, and Andrew Furse. E-mail us for full details!

Articular Facet 4 (TBA)

Details to come.

Electro-acoustic performances by Coppice, Julia Miller, Andy Ortmann, Joseph Clayton Mills & Jonathan Chen, and Andrew Furse.

Articular Facet 5: NEW MUSIC AT THE GREEN MILL

Sunday, May 1, 2 PM – Green Mill (4802 N. Broadway St., Chicago)

Julia Miller performs Tendon (Miller), and Harrow/Dormant (Cuéllar) on guitar and electronics; The Chicago Scratch Orchestra presents new chamber works, and vocal ensemble piece! Visit the New Music at the Green Mill blog for details.

Articular Facet 6 (TBA)

Details to come.

DESCRIPTION

Dissecting Adam, a chamber opera project by Julia Miller slated for 2012, relates the existence of an 111 year old woman whose life spans three centuries, having been born in 1899 and dying in 2011. Her story is interpreted by five female voices who individually represent eras of the woman's life, providing a skeletal frame for the exploration of the evolutionary archetype through the woman's relationship to the male figures in her life (collectively known as "Adam"). Her lifetime provides the construct for artistic collaboration and exploration of other themes including (but not limited to) the word play on "adam" (human being, here translated as man) and the feminine "adamah" (ground, soil), and the ancient Chinese practice of using oracle bones for divination. Articular Facet is a series of performative and technical explorations of Dissecting Adam and other large themes.