<pre><tt>Spiritual/Political action: Monday May 30th at 10:30 AM </tt><tt>at the Boston City Hall <br><br><br><br><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></tt><tt><br>Collateral Damage Noted
<br>A sound meditation exercise for a large group of musicians<br>By Tom Plsek<br><br>"Collateral Damage Noted" is a sound meditation exercise for a large <br>group of musicians (100+) in which each performer plays long tones
<br>separated by silence. Each played note represents one Iraqi civilian <br>killed in the recent war. Collateral damage is the termed used by the <br>U.S government to refer to these killings. The total number of notes
<br>played will be, as accurately as reasonable, the average of the minimum <br>and maximum values as indicated by the website, <<a href="http://iraqbodycount.com">iraqbodycount.com</a>>. <br>Currently as, of 5/23/05, these values are 21795 and 24735 (average:
<br>23265).<br><br>"Rules" of performance:<br>1. Performers will form a large circle so that they can be audience as <br>well as performer, and hear the wall of dense sound that will <br>(hopefully) be produced.<br>2. Play a long tone of your choice of about 8-12 seconds in duration;
<br>rest (silence) for about 8-12 seconds.<br>3. Unless otherwise informed, you should average about 3 notes per <br>minute. This was mean that you would play about 180 per hour.<br>4. Piece begins when indicated by the leader and ends when indicated.
<br>Actual duration should be about one hour depending on the number of <br>performers and the rate at which notes are played.<br>5. There can/might be time keeping processes throughout the <br>performance to help control the flow.
<br>6. Each note you play should be the most beautiful note that you can <br>produce. It should be played with great mindfulness and purpose. <br>Remember that it represents an Iraqi civilian life cut short by the <br>war.
<br>=========================================================<br><br>For those of you who want to know about me, here's a brief bio:<br><br>Trombone explorer Tom Plsek has been stretching trombones and our <br>concepts of them for years. His compositions include pieces for
<br>ensembles and solo trombone often incorporate improvisation, <br>technology, and performance art. Tom has performed with such artists <br>as Jerry Hunt, Malcolm Goldstein, Phill Niblock, the Merce Cunningham <br>Dance Company, Joe Morris, Marjorie Morgan, and with the Outsider
<br>Quartet. He has performed at New Music American in 1983 and 1986. He <br>is Chairman of the Brass Department at Berklee College of Music in <br>Boston and a member of the Mobius Artists Group. Mobius performances <br>
with Marjorie Morgan were selected by the Boston Globe as one of the <br>top ten dance events in Boston for the year 2002. He performed a solo <br>concert at the Forfest Festival in Kromeriz, Czech Republic in the <br>summer of 2004. He is featured on several recording including
<br>"Firehouse Futurities," 1999: Ratascan Records (BRD038) and Tautology <br>(005); and "Jump or Die; 21 Braxton Compositions 1992," Music and Arts <br>(CD-843).<br><br><br>Tom Plsek<br><a href="http://us.f520.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=tplsek@berklee.edu&YY=30650&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b">
tplsek@berklee.edu</a></tt></pre>