Triptychs: sound+image - Saturday, June 2

Triptychs: sound+image

Saturday, June 2, 8pm

The DanceSpace Ashland

The First Saturday concert series, Triptychs: Sound+Image continues June 2, 8pm at the DanceSpace. This six-concert series is presented by Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard, with a featured guest artist each month. Terry Longshore, percussion and electronics, completes the trio for this month's performance. The DanceSpace is located at 280 East Hersey Street in Ashland. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at babayard.com/triptychs or at the door.

The music is improvised electronic soundscapes, with a visual presentation of Bayard's digital image series, The Weekly Press. Each month, the visual landscape changes to present new concepts and moods.

Todd Barton is the Resident Composer for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He also teaches Composition and Electronic Music at the Music Department at Southern Oregon University. His compositions have been performed by the KRONOS Quartet, Oregon Symphony Orchestra, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Southern Oregon Repertory Singers, the Shasta Taiko, and the Rogue Valley Symphony to name a few.

Bruce Bayard is a self-taught visual artist. He has presented solo exhibits throughout the West Coast, and is collected internationally. He was producer of the It's About Dance festivals at the Craterian Theater, and served as a founding commissioner of Ashland's Public Arts Commission.

Terry Longshore is active as a performer, composer, and educator of percussion and has performed internationally and throughout the United States. He performs regularly as a soloist and with several ensembles. He has taught at several universities and currently serves as Professor of Music and Director of Percussion Studies at Southern Oregon University. Longshore is a Yamaha Performing Artist and an artist endorser for Remo drumheads, Vic Firth sticks & mallets, and Zildjian cymbals.