Greetings, One & All~
Aloha! I’m back in Zona from Kona just in time to get your November A 440 Newsletter out. There’s an abundance of good news this month, but I will try to err on the side of brevity for your perusing pleasure!
Shadow Chant at Willyworld
Shadow Chant, the enchanting new release by Leon Littlebird & Will Clipman, is now available for preview and purchase–either as a physical CD or a digital download–on the Purchase Page of my personal website at:
http://www.willclipman.com/purchase_a_cd_or_dvd.php
Sun Dog Twins at the Steamplant, Salida CO / courtesy Joe Stone Media
Trialogue Takes to the Air. . . Again!
The song Mending Fences from the trio’s eponymous Zone Music Reporter Award-winning CD is programmed in-flight music on Vietnam Airlines and Thomas Cook Airlines for November, and Air Mauritius for December. . . hey Sherry and Darin, we’ve got to tour these exotic locales!
Heart Dance Duo at CRAS
Sherry Finzer & Will Clipman recently had an opportunity to record the first third of our new flute-and-drum Heart Dance Records duo project to 2″ analog tape in one of the state-of-the-art studios at the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences in Gilbert AZ. Yowzah–can’t beat that phat analog sound!
Sherry contemplates the Heart Dance kit from the flute booth at CRAS
RCNQ in Silver City
In our never-ending quest to make the airwaves safe for global native fusion, the R. Carlos Nakai Quartet will perform a benefit concert in the Fine Arts Theater at Western New Mexico University in Silver City, New Mexico, in support of Gila Mimbres Community Radio station KURU 89.1 FM, on Friday November 10th at 7 PM.
info & tickets available on-line at
www.GMCR.org
The Q at Rancho Improvisoso / courtesy Shery Christopher Photography
Nakai in Concert with Verde Valley Sinfonietta
On Saturday & Sunday, November 18th & 19th, I’ll have the distinct honor and pleasure of holding the heartbeat for a performance of selections from Fourth World with R. Carlos Nakai and the Verde Valley Sinfonietta; the Saturday concert is at Phillip England Center for the Performing Arts in Verde Valley AZ at 6 PM; and the Sunday matinee is at Sedona Performing Arts Center in Sedona AZ at 2:30 PM.
info & tickets at
www.VVSinfonietta.org
Myths & Masks in Marana
Starting with a Planet of Percussion kick-off assembly on Monday November 6th and concluding with a Myths & Masks community showcase of student masks and poetry on Wednesday November 22nd, I’ll have the privilege of serving as the November Artist-in-Residence at Tortolita Middle School in Marana AZ.
Medicine Arrow Benefit Set
In our never-ending quest to create positive change through music, Medicine Arrow will perform a twenty-minute set on Friday November 24th for the 18th Annual Native American Children’s Toy Drive & Benefit Concert from 6-9 PM at the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix AZ.
*I wish I had more info for you, but this came in right at deadline. Our set is rumored to be scheduled for 7:30 PM, amidst a stellar cast of other artists, all for a good cause!
Preview: Medicine Arrow at Galactic Center
That distilled essence of the Medicine Arrow show will be a preview for the trio’s full-length world premiere concert at Galactic Center in Tucson AZ on December 16th at 7:30 PM, surrounded by transformational art and sound sculpture, with intimate seating.
Tickets are available at the door only for this show, so come early get comfy!
Temenos Quartet CD Release Preview
On Friday December 1st at 8 PM, your intrepid purveyors of Old Pueblo Folk Funk Temenos Quartet will return to the highly danceable confines of Speedway Gallery in Tucson AZ to celebrate the release of our full-length CD Forecast. Those of you who know and love our earlier EP version–and those of you new to TQ–won’t want to miss this intimately poetic trance-groove evening with To-Ree-Nee, Heidi, Amo & Will!
Photos of the Month
Shery Christopher and I captured these two bookend images recently: hers, a sunrise here in Zona; mine, a sunset out in Kona. Both bespeak the beauty of a fleeting moment, and remind us to be present every day in the eternal now. Aloha nui loa, a hui hou!
Poem of the Month
And to close in the spirit of brevity with which we began, here’s one of my favorite vignettes from Wilderness in the Marrow: it bespeaks the fleeting nature of autumn–and indeed of all our seasons on Earth–reminding us to be here now. Enjoy!
The Fall
I love the light of autumn:
the fall from grace
through space and into place,
a season between extremes
when we forgive each other and ourselves
for all we have and have not done,
and prepare together
for the darkness and cold to come.
© Will Clipman 2017; from Wilderness in the Marrow
May your November be one to remember!
Self-discipline is its own reward.
~Guillaume Henri
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