Spring 2013 Events

Hello friends and listeners,

Here is a quick look at events coming up this spring. As details continue emerge, I plan to update this note and share other imminent developments.

Cheers, Neil

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Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 7:00pm
Neil Leonard, solo saxophone/electronics/video
Jewett Art Gallery
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA, 02481
Free and open to the public

Thursday, March 7 – Friday, March 8, 2013
Artists & The Future Conference
Featuring Neil Leonard and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons duscussing their work in the Havana Biennial
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wiesner Building (E15-001), Bartos Theater
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA
http://www.artistsincontext.org/index.php/connected-a-consequential/national-conference.html

Saturday, March 9, 2013
Middlebury College
Music of Phill Niblock
Neil Leonard, saxophones
Time/Location TBA

March 9-10, 2013
Deciphering Identity exhibition
Featuring BIAI/SMFA/BAI students collaborations
Jewett Art Gallery
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA, 02481
Gallery Hours: Weekdays 9am-5pm, Weekends 12-5pm
Free and open to the public

Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 7:00-9:00pm
Presentation of "Working Title," a monograph on the avant-garde musician, filmmaker, and performer Phill Niblock
Featuring BIAI students perform work by Niblock
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wiesner Building, ACT Cube (E15-001/lower level)
20 Ames Street,
Free and open to the public
http://act.mit.edu/projects-and-events/events/public-programs/working-title-a-phill-niblock-book-launch/

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Film Screening "Detras Del Muro"
Featuring Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons and Neil Leonard's work in the Havana Biennial
Le Festival International du Film sur l'art (FIFA)
Montreal, Canada
Time/Location TBA
http://www.artfifa.com

Saturday, March 16, 2013
BIAI student perform original work celebrating the inauguration of "Traffic" George Greenamyer's final permanent public art commission
Roslindale Square
Time/Location TBA
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/roslindale/2012/01/roslindale_public_art_installa.html

Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 7:30pm
Sound Shapes
Compositions for interactive multimedia by Berklee faculty
Berklee College of Music
David Friend Recital Hall
921 Boylston Street
Boston, MA, 02115
Free and open to the public

Saturday, March 30, 2013 from 10:00am to 04:00pm
BIAI/Concord Academy student music/dance/video work-in-progress
Dance/staging directed by Richard Colton, Music directed by Neil Leonard
Institute of Contemporary Art
100 Northern Ave
Boston, MA
http://www.icaboston.org/visit/

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 8:00pm
The Art of the Improvisers series
Concert by works by Neil Leonard (saxophone/electronics) and Robin Eubanks (trombone/electronics)
MIT Hayden Library Building
Killian Hall (Rm. 14W-111)
160 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA
Free and open to the public

Thursday-Saturday April 25-27, 2013
BIAI/Concord Academy student music/dance/video tour-de-fource performance
Dance/staging directed by Richard Colton, Music directed by Neil Leonard
Directed by Richard Colton
Concord Academy
Details TBA

Saturday, June 1 - Sunday, November 24, 2013
55 Venice Biennial: "The Encyclopedic Palace"
Cuban pavilion of Venice Biennial
Featuring work by Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons and Neil Leonard
http://www.labiennale.org

June, 2013
Collaborative performance with Mike Ladd/Pierce Warnecke
Lyon, France
Time/Location TBA