In 1963 composer-performers Philip Corner, Malcolm Goldstein, and James Tenney founded Tone Roads, an ensemble and concert series that took as its starting point American experimentalist masters such as Ives, Ruggles, Cowell, and Varèse, and extended to contemporary figures such as Cage, Feldman, Earle Brown, Messiaen, and Webern, as well as the ensemble’s members.
Following our presentation of EXTRADITION PLAYS CORNER in 2023 and EXTRADITION PLAYS GOLDSTEIN in 2024–25, we will complete our tribute to these three great masters of the American experimental tradition by presenting EXTRADITION PLAYS TENNEY, with concerts in January and February 2026.
CONCERT #1: Saturday, January 24, 2026
Harmonium #2 (1977): Daniel Reyes Llinás & Kevin Lay (guitars)
Cellogram (1971): Collin Oldham (cello)
Beast (1971) - Shao Way Wu (double bass)
Having Never Written a Note for Percussion (1971): Matt Hannafin (tam-tam)
Improvisation (1956): Collin Oldham (cello)
To Weave (a Meditation) (2003): Matt Carlson (piano)
For Percussion Perhaps, Or . . . (night) (1971): Matt Hannafin (percussion), Juniana Lanning (electronics), Anthony Stillabower (electronics), Gilly Hanner (guitar), Ali Ippolito (accordion)
CONCERT #2: Saturday, February 21, 2026
Timbre Ring (1971): Stephanie Lavon Trotter (voice), Annie Gilbert (voice, trombone), Anthony Stillabower (voice), Ben Cohen-Chen (sax), Collin Oldham (cello), Shao Way Wu (bass)
Swell Piece (1967): Collin Oldham (cello), Shao Way Wu (bass), Patrick McCulley (sax), Ben Cohen-Chen (sax), Annie Gilbert (trombone), Andy Rayborn (alto clarinet)
Swell Piece 2 (1971): Ali Ippolito (accordion), Gilly Hanner (guitar), Juniana Lanning (electronics), Maxx Katz (flute), Stephanie Lavon Trotter (voice), Matt Hannafin (bowed vibraphone)
Swell Piece 3 (1971): Collin Oldham (cello), Shao Way Wu (bass), Patrick McCulley (sax), Ben Cohen-Chen (sax), Ali Ippolito (accordion), Gilly Hanner (guitar), Juniana Lanning (electronics), Maxx Katz (flute), Stephanie Lavon Trotter (voice), Anthony Stillabower (voice), Matt Hannafin (bowed vibraphone), Andy Rayborn (bass clarinet)
Saxony (1978): Patrick McCulley (saxophones) & Juniana Lanning (tape delay system)
Both concerts at Leaven Community, 5431 NE 20th Ave, Portland, OR 97211
Doors 7pm, music 7:30pm
Programs subject to change.