September 15-October 24, 2009, Opening, Thursday, September 24, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD.

“The Art of the Set Up”
Curated by Shelly Blake-Plock
Seventh Annual Curators’ Incubator
Sept. 15 – Oct. 24, 2009
Thursday, September 24:
Gallery Talk 6 pm; Reception 7 pm

I’ll be creating an installation/demonstration of my music set up which uses the circuit boards of digital delay pedals. Artists include, Peter B, Melissa Moore, Alessandro Bosetti, Andy Hayleck, Mike Muniak.
MAP Website for more details

September 25, 2009, Belladonna “Advancing Feminist Poetics & Activism” Conference, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC. Performance with Carla Harryman and more. Conference website & Schedule. Conference is free and open to the public!

The performances for the evening take place after the Plenary discussion around 6:30pm – I’ll be performing around 8:00pm.

Unfortunately Andrea will not be joining me on this short East Coast tour but I’ll be playing with various musicians in VA, DC, and NYC.

Bonnie Jones (electronics)
September 2009 Tour

9/16 University of VA, Charlottesville, VA. Duo with Andy Hayleck. Series curated by Jonathan Zorn – Website

9/17, Silver Spring, MD, Duo with TBA, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center

9/19 – Three Days, NYC, Listen/Space, Three Days Website, duo with Tim Albro

9/20 – Three Days, NYC Fotofono, Three Days Website, trio with Andrew Lafkas, Simon Berz

October 11th, 10:00pm, St. Mark’s Church/Ontological-Hysteric Theater, 131 E. 10th St. & 2nd Ave, Experimental Music Series curated by Travis Just.

Helmholtz Reading Room
A new collaboration by Bonnie Jones & Sean Meehan

A exploration of and meditation on imagined aural and textual spaces mediated through Hermann von Helmholtz’s “On The Sensations Of Tone As A Physiological Basis For The Theory Of Music.” Includes: C10 tape cassettes and tape players, recorded soundtracks of text, percussion, and electronics, live text and voice, and nice refreshments!

October 18th, 3:00pm, DCAC , 2438 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC - In Your Ear Reading Series by DC Poetry. With Cathy Eisenhower, Jamey Jones.

October 22nd, 8:00pm, UMBC Fine Arts Recital Hall, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250. Presented by the UMBC Department of Music’s TNT series.8-10 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. UMBC, $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets will also be available at the door (cash or check only).  More info

Part I
John Berndt – solo alto saxophone

Part II
Second Nature (The Improvising Orchestra)
with Jeff Carey, Katt Hernandez, Susan Alcorn, Liz Meredith, Rose Burt, Sam Burt, Mike Muniak, Tiffany Defoe, Owen Gardner, Paul Neidhardt, Bonnie Jones and Andrew Hayleck.

SECOND NATURE, a one of a kind 20-person improvising orchestra directed by John Berndt, confronts “the research frontier of improvised music” directly: the large group.  SECOND NATURE uses highly specialized practice methodologies to open up new possibilities of large group improvisation, taking advantage of untapped possibilities for spontaneous ‘composition,’ for more varied forms of interaction than the ‘blow outs’ which often characterize large Jam sessions. The music is orchestral in power and range, but contains highly evocative musical content that could be generated in no other way.

October 24th, 8:00pm, LOF/t, “50 Greatest Ladies & Gentleman” by Ric Royer. With Lucas Crane, Jackie Milad, Chris Ferrerra & Bonnie Jones,  120 W. North Avenue, Baltimore, MD.  In this installment of Performance Thanatology’s ongoing research in death and performance, a solitary figure performs all his old songs and dances despite the loss of his partner, the loss of his dancing shoes, and the loss of his teeth.  Somewhere between Krapp’s Last Tape and Artaud’s Spurt of Blood, this is what really became of vaudeville.

The Performance Thanatology is a group of artists dedicated to the advancement of a higher histrionics brought on by imminent finalities. The work of the group is gone about with great fear. Fear of death and all of its entropically related phenomena motivates the group to present themselves in an exhibition of interdisciplinary hysterics. For more info on Performance Thanatology: www.ricroyer.com

August 14th, 2009, 7PM, 2640 Space, 2640 St. Paul St, Red Emmas. Alpaca Beretta, Anita Fix, and friends! Dani Simmonds / Bonnie Jones of Baltimore / Bonnie Lander of Philly).  Sliding scale $5-10 donation. http://www.redemmas.org/2640/

August 20 – 23rd, Seattle, Washington. The Seattle Improvised Music organization presents workshops and public concerts with Bonnie Jones, Chris Cogburn, Vic Rawlings, Gust Burns, Bryan Eubanks. http://www.seattleimprovisedmusic.com/

August 20th
Bonnie Jones, Vic Rawlings, Bryan Eubanks, Chris Cogburn
Chapel Performance Space, Seattle WA USA

August 21st
Panel Discussion: improvised music today – perspectives on artist run infrastructure
with Bonnie Jones, Vic Rawlings, Bryan Eubanks, Chris Cogburn
Gallery 1412, Seattle WA USA

Bonnie Jones, Vic Rawlings, Bryan Eubanks, Chris Cogburn
Chapel Performance Space, Seattle WA USA

August 22nd
Bonnie Jones, Vic Rawlings, Bryan Eubanks, Chris Cogburn
Gallery 1412, Seattle WA USA

August 23rd
Panel Discussion: improvised music today – improvisation in community
with Bonnie Jones, Vic Rawlings, Bryan Eubanks, Chris Cogburn
Gallery 1412, Seattle WA USA

Festival de Improvisación Libre, Free Jazz y Noise “Cha’ak’ab Paaxil” 2009
June 5-6, 12-13, 2009

Bonnie Jones – medios electrónicos (Baltimore, USA)
Chris Cogburn – percusiones (Austin, TX)
Remi Álvarez – saxofones tenor y soprano (Ciudad de México)
Milo Tamez – batería y percusiones (Monterrey)
Manrico Montero – objetos, kalimba, guitarra y medios electrónicos (Ciudad de México)
Lawrence Williams – saxofones tenor y soprano (Londres, GB)
Blair Latham – saxofones tenor y alto, clarinete bajo (Cozumel/Nueva Zelanda)
Armando Martín – guitarra eléctrica y electrónicos (Mérida)
Misha Marks – guitarra y electrónicos (DF/Nueva Zelanda)
Juan García – contrabajo (Mérida)
Leonel Traconis – guitarra acústica y electrónicos (Mérida)
Augusto Palma – laptop y medios electrónicos (Mérida)
Elías Puc – laptop y medios electrónicos (Mérida)
José Luis Gil – laptop y medios electrónicos (Mérida)
Antonio Domínguez – medios visuales (Ciudad de México)
Nadia Escalante – poesía (Mérida)
Jackie Milad – medios visuales (Baltimore)

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I’ll be performing in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico presenting new collaborations with Nadia Escalante, Jackie Milad, Chris Cogburn, Juan Garcia, and Manrico Montero.

This performance is supported by Meet the Composer, Global Connections.

Saturday, May 2nd. 8pm.
The Lab at Convergence
1801 N. Quaker Lane
Alexandria, Virginia 22302

Come see the best, rarest, and wildest of the 20th century underground!

Theatre Classics is Ric Royer, John Eaton, and John Berndt, who will be performing with Geodesic Gnome.

Join us for an evening of early 20th century obscure and experimental theatre works (including dada, surrealist, and futurist plays), as well as a piece by Daniil Kharms, a short play by Konrad Bayer, and new “interpretations” of American classics such as Our Town and The Crucible.

Just to see stagings of Kharms-a poet destroyed by Stalin-is worth the theatrical excursion.

with an opening sound performance by Bonnie Jones, on circuit boards of digital delay pedals.

Hosted by M. Magnus. This production brought to you by Yockadot Poetics Theatre Project and the Alexandria Performing Arts Association, in conjunction with Convergence.