December 2024 Frequency Fridays: Dave Seidel

On the evening of Friday, December 6th, proudly presented new media artist/electronic musician Dave Seidel (NH), improviser/sound artist Dorothy Chan (DC), Sam Harmon’s solo project glacial23 (OH), and Billy Wolfe and Tony Zilincik's (CMH) free jazz duo Odd and End.
Supporters of our 2024-2025 season include the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the Ohio Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Columbus Foundation.
About the artist:
Dave Seidel was born in Hudson, NY in 1958. B.A. (Music Theory & Composition) from Simon’s Rock College, 1978, studying with Larry Wallach and Thom Lipiczky. Studied classical guitar with Edward Flower. As a guitarist, was part of the Downtown NYC new music scene in the 1980s. Performed and recorded in ensembles led by composers Lois V Vierk, Scott Johnson, Guy Klucevsek, and Bill Obrecht. Co-led the band People Falling. Premiered the electric guitar version of Lois V Vierk’s 五 Guitars (Go Guitars) for five microtonally-tuned guitars, live and on Simoom (Experimental Intermedia CD, 1990), and recorded Vierk’s Red Shift on River Beneath the River (Tzadik CD, 2000). Appeared on Klucevsek’s Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse (Experimental Intermedia CD, 1991). Performed in a wide variety of venues, ranging from night clubs (CBGB, Mudd Club) to downtown performance spaces (The Kitchen, Dia Art Foundation, Dance Theater Workshop) to concert halls (New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Minneapolis’ Walker Arts Center) and at several new music festivals (New Music America in Los Angeles, Bang On A Can in New York, and Styrian Autumn in Graz, Austria). Since 2004, focused on the composition and performance of electronic music, usually with a microtonal and/or drone basis. Festival participation includes Electronic Music Midwest, SEAMUS, North Country Electronic Music Festival, XFest, and PVDLoopFest. Please see the Releases and Performances pages for more details. Now living in Peterborough, NH.