CHARLOTTE STREET FOUNDATION’s URBAN CULTURE PROJECT PRESENTS KANSAS CITY ELECTRONIC MUSIC & ARTS ALLIANCE (KCEMA): (Re)Structured One night performance: Saturday, April 11, 8 pm (doors open at 7:30pm) $5 suggested donation La Esquina, 1000 West 25th Street, KC MO 64018 Kansas City Electronic Music Alliance returns to Urban Culture Project’s la Esquina on Saturday, April 11, 8 pm for a one-night concert of live electronic music and video. Featuring music for bass clarinet and electronics, homemade instruments, and video of Kansas City’s unused and reclaimed industrial space. Performances by Brad Baumgardner, Michael Miller, and Scott Blasco. Music by Brad Baumgarnder, William Lackey, Jen-Kuang Chang, Richard Johnson and Christopher Biggs, Kyong Mee Choi, and Adam Hardin. Composer and Bass Clarinetist Brad Baumgardner earned a B.A. in music from Western Kentucky University in 2003, a M.M. in composition from the University of Louisville in 2006, and is currently pursuing a D.M.A. in composition at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. Brad’s music has been featured all over the United States, most recently by the Trio Bel Canto at the North American Saxophone Alliance 2008 convention held in South Carolina. Brad remains active as a performer both as a solo artist and as a member of prominent area ensembles. Recent engagements include performances of Adam Hardin’s Echolalia at the Electronic Music Midwest 2007 and SPARK 2008 festivals. The Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance (KCEMA) was founded in 2007 to encourage and develop understanding and appreciation of electronic music and to create an expansive sense of community for electronic musicians and other artists in the Kansas City Area. KCEMA organizes concerts of electronic music and collaborative projects with generative and performing artists. KcEMA provides a forum for electronic musicians and artists in other media to collaborate, exchange ideas, and grow as an interactive, supportive community. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://c.web.umkc.edu%2Fcwby96%2FKCEMA%2FKCEMA.html http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.myspace.com%2Fkcema This performance is the fifth collaboration between Urban Culture Project and KCEMA. An initiative of the Charlotte Street Foundation, Urban Culture Project creates new opportunities for artists of all disciplines and contributes to urban revitalization by transforming spaces in downtown Kansas City into new venues for multi-disciplinary contemporary arts programming. For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://charlottestreet.org or e-mail info@http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://charlottestreet.org. 3 2009-04-10T14:45:00Z 535 2009-04-10T14:46:16Z 1