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Fün Night and Ffmup (http://www.ffmup.org/) present Ffüp Night (aka The Princeton/Columbia Electronic Something Something)

Princeton and Columbia go head to head to find out who is king of the Princeton/Columbia Electronic Music Center dynasty. This show features pen plotters, laptops, analog gear, violins and clarinets, 3-D visuals, circuit bending, vocals, smarts, and stupidity. Performances by:
Damon Holzborn
Endless Cassette
Dan Iglesia
Celestial Mechanics
Glissando Bin Laden
Jascha Narveson
The Draftmasters

Gregory And The Hawk
The Age Of Rockets
Paper And Sand
Rachel Browne
7:30 doors / ALL AGES

GREGORY & THE HAWK
Meredith Godreau is a guitarist, songwriter, violist, violinist who began performing under the name Gregory and the Hawk (GATH) in 2003. A New York native, she is currently playing shows and recording in Brooklyn and the Hudson Valley. The soft poppy songs of GATH's mostly-solo-acoustic sets have received much of their attention through internet streaming and downloads (without the help of managers or labels)
www.myspace.com/gregoryandthehawk

THE AGE OF ROCKETS
Hi there! We are The Age of Rockets. We live in New York City. We make music together because we love each other and have fun making it. We are a small baby unsigned band but hope to one day grow big and strong. We have recently finished our CD "Hannah" and will be doing some touring for the next year or so.
www.myspace.com/theageofrockets

PAPER AND SAND
Paper and Sand is a side project for Fireflies guitarist Will Farr, who takes over as front man in this group, and also features Fireflies alumni Adam Christgau on drums, this band a force to be reckoned with. As Paper and Sand themselves put it they sound like "your heart skipping a beat and then realizing you are experiencing a massive coronary." A cross between Modest Mouse and Hot Hot Hot, Paper and Sand, straight out of New York City, are beginning to get the buzz they deserve in the five boroughs and beyond. November saw the release of their debut self titled album and was one of the featured albums on iTunes when it was released. They are very harmonious and adventurous in both sound and lyric. Paper and Sand are currently working on a follow-up to their self-titled record, in between Farr touring and recording with his main band.
www.myspace.com/paperandsand

RACHEL BROWNE
Rachel was born a couple of decades back and has spent a good portion of those years playing music. From early memories of riding in her mother's car listening to tapes of the Talking Heads and the Clash to being at her father's gigs as a little girl, everything seems to have been based around music since who-knows-when. She started her first band in her freshman year of high school with friend Amanda Tafuro, which would become 7 Hands Down - a band that grew and lasted until the members were forced to separate and go off to, yes, college. Since then, she has worked with many friends in collaborations (namely the band Myna), and was accepted into the Studio Composition program at SUNY Purchase, where she has been lucky enough to study with both wonderful professors and peers. She has appeared on recordings with musicians such as Toby Goodshank, Arms and Legs, Michael Greenberg, Kyle Gilbride, Apse, and more. After spending a few years writing and recording her own music, she has begun recording a full-length record with pal and production wizard Dan Romer, and will be graduating with a Bachelor of Music in May of 2008. Rachel lives and plays music in and around New York City.
www.myspace.com/rachelbrowne

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In a four concert series curated by PKN Productions and featuring never-before heard music, UnTapped explores the shifting identity of contemporary sound, from entirely acoustic composition to absolute electronic improv.

Featuring a selection of performers from today’s most cutting-edge groups, UnTapped @ The Tank includes bands, ensembles, and solo artists who help define the current New York new music scene.

May 14: Cornelius Dufallo, Jessica Schmitz, Rusty Limited Company

Please visit www.pknproductions.com for more information

About PKN Productions
Founded in June 2007 by flutist Jessica Schmitz, PKN Productions is a cross-cultural art organization dedicated to curating, commissioning, and performing contemporary multidisciplinary series that strengthen the tie between artists and larger society. Comprised of performers, composers, and visual artists PKN Productions strives to reach new audiences through its thematic programming that reaches beyond traditional genre boundaries and extends the role of the arts in modern life.

David Crowell is a composer/saxophonist living in New York. In addition to composing and performing with the David Crowell Ensemble, he tours internationally with the Philip Glass Ensemble, performing works such as "Music in 12 Parts" and "Einstein on the Beach." David also works on commissions for chamber ensembles, and has had work performed by the NOW Ensemble and the critically acclaimed University of Kentucky Percussion Society. The David Crowell Ensemble will present new and old music as they prepare to record a new album.

www.davidcrowell.org

Mitch Weverka presents a program that draws from the wealth of classical guitar music produced by Mexicans in the past eighty years. The program includes modern selections from the 1990's by Jorge Ritter and Ernesto García de León, contemporary compositions by Arturo Fuentes and early works by Carlos Chavez and Jesús Silva.

Born in California but raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Mitch Weverka began playing guitar at age seven, receiving most of his instruction from Bolivian guitarist/artist Oscar Valdez. He holds performance degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music (B.M.) and Southern Methodist University (Artist Certificate). While in Italy he received a Diploma of Merit from the Academia Musicale Chigiana in Siena where he studied with Oscar Ghiglia and, received a diploma from the Academia Chitaristica al Teatro Cingio in Parma.

Weverka returns regularly to Italy where he has been a faculty member at festivals such as Corsi di Fine Estate in Matinata, Puglia and the Mediterranean Guitar Festival in Cervo, Liguria. He has been a guest of such organizations as the National Association of Composers, the Cincinnati Guitar Society, the Ice House Cultural Center, Guitar Houston, Guitar Fort Worth, and others. He has also been broadcast live for National Public Radio affiliates in Nashville and Houston. Currently, he serves as artistic director of the Guitar Guild Music Festival.