a site-specific durational sounding for instruments of original and traditional design

From dusk-till-dawn at the historic Adamant Community Center in Adamant, Vermont on June 3/4 there will be an open sounding in the deep drone long form psychedelic durational noise free metal tradition. There is no charge for this event and participation is open to all. If you do plan to participate in the performative part, a merch section will be set up for your goods. Participate, absorb, engage for however much or however little you wish. Doors will open at 10 am on June 3. The music will begin at 6 pm on June 3 and end at 6 am on June 4.Breakfast will be served around dawn. The wetlands and forests that surround the Community Center are full of natural music this time of year. Birds, amphibians, mammals, wind, water, plants, stars will provide a transitive chorus throughout the day and night. Before, after, and during the drone segment there are wonderful places for soundwalks, hiking, swimming all in the immediate vicinity or a short distance away. That evening there will be an almost full moon illuminating the landscape. There will also be a Black Fly Festival and parade during the day in Adamant on June 3. This will be a unique opportunity to engage with a beautiful space and long-form performance. Bring food to share to share. Bring instruments. Bring open ears. Hope you can make it. Stay tuned, Glenn Please feel free to connect with questions, thoughts, suggestions or just to say hello – would love to hear from you :: drone@sonicanta.com IN A NUTSHELL • On the morning of June 3 : • 10 am Doors open at Adamant Community Center -- set-up/ unloading/ arriving begins • 6 pm The drone emerges – all are welcome to join or leave at any point they wish • On the morning of June 4 : • 6 am The drone is complete • Breakfast

Composition for amplified log and electric guitar. Performance can be streamed on site player.

At the opening day celebration there will be live music and performances from itinerant musicians Adam Cook and Tomas Majcherski, local farmer-performers Maria Schumann and Ira Karp, dancer/vaudevillian Maura Gahan, and so much more, including a special premier performance of a new piece for lawn-mower and vocalists by composer Glen Weyant. Manifestos, snacks and beverages will be served.

  Vermont Discover a Strange Noise in you Backyard (Festival?)Jaguar Stereo: If you've been to one of my shows together you may have heard the Poetry and Bass Clarinet work of Toussaint St. Negritude (https://toussaintstnegritude.bandcamp.com/) and or the Bass playing of Gahlord Dewald (https://gahlorddewald.com/) But now you get to see they together! (https://www.facebook.com/JaguarStereo/)Glacial Erratics: The free improv/noise jazz house band of Steven Lichti, Michael Braun Hamilton, and Nick DenticoGlenn Weyant: Famed for using US border wall with Mexico as a medium for music while living in Arizona, he now calls East Montpelier home. Come welcome him to Vermont! (https://sonicanta.bandcamp.com/music)Euphony: Euphonium, loops, a drum machine, who could ask for more! Sarah Braun Hamilton brings this and more to our humble home.

Border Soundwalk with Glenn WeyantNovember 4, 2017 Event link: https://www.moca-tucson.org/program/border-soundwalk-glenn-weyant/ Join University of Arizona Technology of Sound Professor Glenn Weyant for an experiential tour and hands-on workshop of deep desert listening along the U.S.-Mexico Border. Travel through open landscapes of grasslands, mountains, and expansive horizons through Southern Arizona in a day of deep desert listening and field recording in this rare opportunity to explore hidden gems and sonically unique borderland locations in the Arizona desert. 8am – meet at MOCA Tucson for introductions, overview of the day, and a light breakfast First Stop – Sasabe, AZ for a sensorial experience that includes a soundwalk, field recording, birding, and photography; walk from where the border wall ends and the open Arizona desert begins! Second Stop – Arivaca, AZ to walk the trails and boardwalks of the Buenos Aires National Monument Arivaca Cienega Trail. Midday Break for Lunch Third Stop – Nogales, AZ for an urban sound walk and field recording along the border wall. Final Stop – MOCA Tucson for an evening where participants will share their images, experiences, and recordings in the museum’s Great Hall for the public. Registration fee includes: Transportation, light breakfast, and snacks/water. Sound equipment, while not necessary for the experience, is recommended. Glenn Weyant personally recommends for anyone who would like to use their cell phones as a microphone. Sample phone mic link: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&O=&Q=&ap=y&c3api=1876%2C%7Bcreative%7D%2C%7Bkeyword%7D&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6t7fjd2d1gIVhYuzCh051QBBEAkYASABEgK2ofD_BwE&is=REG&sku=225510 $75 for MOCA members, $100 for non-members.    

Border Wall amplification and playing workshop from 10 - 11 a.m. Much much more until 4:30 p.m. or so. Come play the Wall. C U there.

  Tucson Noise Symposium WITH: Bob Ostertag Eric Schlappi Lana Del Rabies Jim Colby Glenn Weyant Space of Hearts (Samantha Bounkeua & Jimmy Carr) Seth Kasselman Gwen Reed Grant Beyschau