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CURATOR/PRODUCER
[last updated - 100114]

UPCOMING PROJECTS
DATE
VENUE
PROJECT
NOTES
April 19 - 22, 2010 Le Poisson Rouge MATA Festival 2010 MATA Festival >>>visit www.matafestival.org for details


IN THE WORKS
Spring 2011
(tent.)		 Various Venues Music of Julius Eastman and Associates A festival centered around the music and milieu of legendary Downtown composer, pianist, and vocalist Julius Eastman. Led by CJM and Ne(x)tworks, the festival will present the work of colleauges such Jon Gibson and Arthur Russell in addition to Eastman's richly disparate and recently rediscovered output.
TBA Various Venues Ex-Music:
Downtown Music in New York, 1971 to present

A series of contextualizing and performance events exploring New York's disparate "Downtown" scene from the early 70's through the present, including a close examination of intersections between the New Music, Improv, and Avant Rock communities.

PAST PROJECTS
April 2004 - Dec. 2005 The Kitchen Associate Music Curator
April 2004 - June 2006 The Kitchen Kitchen House Blend
Artistic Director

CJM was responsible for selecting composers for commission from across the spectrum of experimental music for this ten-piece chamber orchestra/big band.

More Info (including KHB rep list, lineups, other ephemera)
April 2004 The Kitchen New Sound, New York

Conceptualized and co-produced The Kitchen's performance events during this citywide festival focusing on current trends in installation and performative sound art.

More Info (including in-progess webliography)
May 19 & 20, 2006

The Kitchen

 Aki Onda and guests

Japanese cassette tape performer/composer/sound artist Aki Onda presents two unusual projects at The Kitchen, sharing the bill with dfferent groups each night. Co-curated by Kitchen Curatorial Associate Matthew Lyons.

Nov 9-12, 2006

 Brooklyn Lyceum Habitats


March 18 - 24, 2007 Brooklyn Lyceum MATA Festival

CJM joins curatorial team to present 5 concerts and 2 panel discussions. The concerts feature Dutch group Hexnut, local string orchestra+ The Knights. CJM premieres stuplimity no.3 for solo trombone and live-electonics, and moderates the panel Electronic Media and the Performing Composer with Luke DuBois, James Fei, Tom Hamilton, Miya Masaoka, and Raz Mesinai.

June, 2007 The Stone CJM month-long curatorial residency

CJM scheduled performances at The Stone during the month of June in 2007.
Highlights Include:

• Trombonophilia - Month-long series/festival featuring an amazing roster of projects by NYC's extraordinarily deep pool of trombonist/composer/band leaders

• TILT Brass Band - Newly commissioned works by band memebers and composer friends receive first performances over two nights.

• Ne(x)tworks Residency - 10th, 17th, & 24th. Includes premieres by group members Shelley Burgon, Yves Dharamraj, Miguel Frasconi, and Ariana Kim.
Feb 6 - 9, 2008 Issue Project Room Horn Week

A week of music made with wind, including CJM's project TILT SIXtet.

Wed 6
 >TILT SIXtet
>Chris Jonas' Sun Spits Cherries

Thu 7 
Solo|Trio
 >Sara Schoenbeck
>Herb Robertson
>Matt Bauder

Fri 8 
 >Nmperign
>Daniel Carter & Marianne Giosa

Sat 9
 >Marty Ehrlich Alto Quartet
>Matana Roberts
March 31 - April 4, 2008 Brooklyn Lyceum MATA Festival

CJM was awarded the position of Artistic Director of this 10-year old organization commissioning and presenting young composers. More info about the 2008 Festival can be found HERE.
October 9 & 10, 2008

The Kitchen

 AACM Festival featuring
George Lewis

A Power Stronger Than Itself:
A Celebration of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians

Co-curated by George Lewis & Chris McIntyre
March 31 - April 4, 2009 Le Poisson Rouge MATA Festival 2009 MATA Festival MATA presents its 11th annual festival of new music by young composers! Ensembles include So Percussion, Bing and Ruth, NOW Ensemble, Ne(x)tworks, Sawako, and The Knights.

The 2009 Festival continues MATA's commissioning program with new works by Andrew Hamilton (The Knights), Nicole Lizeé (So Percussion), David Moore (Bing and Ruth), and Mike Vernusky (sound work).