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Concert: Performances of Harry Partch Compositions

May 15, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

 

Three 30 minute concerts at 1pm 2pm and 3pm • Reception at 4pm

Charles Corey guitar and voice • Bonnie Whiting percussion and voice

PROGRAM

from Eleven Intrusions:
Study on Olympos’ Pentatonic (Harmonic Canon, Bass Marimba)
Study on Archytas’ Enharmonic (Harmonic Canon, Bass Marimba)
The Rose (Voice, Adapted Guitar II, Diamond Marimba)
The Crane (Voice, Adapted Guitar II, Diamond Marimba)
The Waterfall (Voice, Adapted Guitar II, Diamond Marimba)
The Wind (Voice, Harmonic Canon, Bass Marimba)

Two Settings by Lewis Carroll:
The Mock Turtle Song (Voice, Surrogate Kithara, Spoils of War)
O Frabjous Day! (Voice, Harmonic Canon, Bass Marimba)

Barstow (Voice, Adapted Guitar I)

By Donation $0/$10/$20

Drop in seats will be available and a limited number of tickets may be reserved here:

RESERVE TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT

This talk is part of a mini-festival of concerts at 8EAST from May 12 -15, talks and films and concerts, celebrating the music and instruments of visionary American composer Harry Partch. During his life (1901-1974) he was known for his work in the tuning system of just intonation, and his decision to invent new instruments to perform in this tuning. These large, sculptural inventions are as iconic as the music Partch composed for them.

View the full program here

Link to Artist bios

All events in this festival will offer a number of reserved tickets as well as drop-in attendance. Capacity will be limited indoors for safety, windows and doors will be open for better ventilation. Events on the 8EAST Plaza are weather permitting, otherwise they will be presented indoors.

All events are by Donation $0/$10/$20 Drop in seats will be available and a limited number of tickets may be reserved for each event here:

Reserve Tickets for the Partch Festival Events

 

COVID Safety guidelines:

Please do not come to this event if:

• You have experienced any signs of being unwell in the last 5 days;

• You have been in contact with anyone suspected of having or who has COVID-19 in the last 5 days.

8EAST ventilation: open windows and doors, three air purifiers, updated HVAC system with UV lights. Mask wearing is recommend inside 8EAST and in the Chinese Cultural Centre washrooms. Masks and Hand Sanitizer will be available. Restrooms will be available to the public.

The 8EAST social space for new culture is a project of the NOW Society, located on the Territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh and səlil̓wətaʔɬ Peoples, in Chinatown in Vancouver.

 

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8EAST (8 East Pender street)

We are committed to making 8EAST a welcoming and more accessible space. We present events at 8EAST with conditions to keep our communities as safe as possible. We do not tolerate discrimination based on age, gender, neuro a-typicality, disability, place of origin, cultural background, religious beliefs, or sexual orientation. We do not tolerate racism.

The 34 inch wide main entrance to 8EAST has a threshold of approximately 0.5 inches high. There is no door automation. There are no ramps or stairs to navigate. Internal floors are smooth concrete. The surface of outdoor Plaza events consists of concrete pavers and tiles, mostly smooth, some are uneven.

Provided seating, wooden stackable chairs without armrests, is easily movable to create equitable seating location accommodations. Wheelchair seating is easily accommodated. Staff and volunteers will be on hand to assist. Translation and language interpretation is available at some events.

8EAST has a wheelchair accessible, non-gendered toilet on site with a door width of 35 inches. Additional toilets are located in the adjacent hallway. They are not wheelchair accessible. If you are attending an event with food and have specific allergies, please contact now@nowsociety.org. Service animals are welcome.

GETTING THERE AND PARKING: 8EAST is located within 50 meters of buses 004, 007, 019, 022, 209, and N19 on Pender Street. Stops for buses 003, 008, 014, 016, 020, N8, N20, and N35 are located within 250 metres on Hastings Street. Stadium–Chinatown SkyTrain Station is approximately 400 metres away.

General metered street parking is available on surrounding streets. A passenger drop-off zone without a curb is located within 50 metres at 531 Carrall Street. For Accessible Parking locations consult: https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/accessible-parking.aspx.

BIKE PARKING:
There is a bike rack on the SW corner of Pender and Carrall Street across the street from 8EAST. It is possible to view the bike rack while inside 8EAST and also while on the 8EAST Plaza.

Covered bike parking, with electronic key card access is available at the Main Street – Science World Skytrain Station, open during all hours of Skytrain operations. The station has 90 parking spaces. The cost to use the parkades is $1 per day, with a maximum monthly charge of $8. Please refer to TransLink’s Bike Parkade program for more information. From the Main Street – Science World Station, one can take the #3 bus to Pender street, then walk West down Pender to 8EAST (c. 5 mins) or one can ride one skytrain stop to Stadium – Chinatown and walk Northwest to 8EAST (c. 5 mins). Walking to 8EAST from the Science World Skytrain Station would take approximately 15 minutes.

Details

Date:
May 15, 2022
Time:
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Venue

8EAST
8 East Pender St
Vancouver,BCV6A 1T1Canada
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Organizer

NOW