zacharyjameswatkins
NEWS

2008
August 23, sounds outside
FLOSS featuring Zachary Watkins

July 18th, mission creek music and arts festival
pink canoes
barnwave (w/kevin blechdom and christopher fleeger)
oaxacan
clovis heald

June 10, Premeire of my newest piece for two electric guitars entitled: for Ava and Noah; Positively Right On
meridian gallery

01SJ A global festival of art on the edge in San Jose, Californiia, June 4-8, 2008 WE-C

June 6, human / nature
10 hour collaborative performance by Dylan Bolles
W/ Keith Evans, Michael Meyers, Stephen Ratcliffe, Edward Schocker...and others...

June 3, Pink Canoes Live at the Hemlock Tavern
W/ Holly Caust and Moe!

May 31, 10pm-11pm
Solo performance on KFJC

F O R T H C O M I N G pink canoes/brown bird split release on Brooklyn label pendu sound

April 9 meridian music: composers in performance series
meridian gallery
press release

April 21, 21 grand: Pink Canoes, Liz Allbee/Phillip Greenlief/Tatsuya Nakitani, Darwinsbitch

ReOrient Festival has open and is running until Feruary 3rd! I designed sound and composed new works for this years festival. I want to thank all of the amazing musicians and engineers who made my design possible:
Ostad Zoufonoun - Violin
Amir Zoufonoun - Voice / Tombak
Ramin Zoufonoun - Tar
Omeede Zoufonoun - Cello / Producer
Andy Strain - Trombone
Noah Phillips - Prepared Guitar
Fadi Sakr - Donbak
Barry Threw - Engineer
Leif Shackelford - Engineer
reOrient Theatre Festival

New commission by Cornish College and the Seattle Chamber Players to write a new 5 minute work. This is part of "Breaking Barriers": Presenting a new composition by new music crusader and Cornish composer-in-residence, Frank J. Oteri as well as new works by Cornish alumni composers. I will be sharing this opportunity with Cornish alums, Eyvind Kang and Gretta Harley. The concert is February 24th at Poncho Hall.
more info


2007
FLOSS new record recorded by Aram Shelton at Polymorph Studios in Oakland, CA. This is the second album I am producing for this psychedielic freejazz outfit.
Mixing by Mell Detmer

thepinkcanoes are mixing our second album recorded by Norman Teale

thepinkcanoes first album "why do you think its shaped that way" recorded in 2005 by Norman Teale awaits its release....

September 28-30 Music For People and Thingamajigs Festival. Premeiere of a new piece for 8 tuned strings, interactive electronics, resonant space, an audience and vintage footage. Performed by Emily Packard(violin), Angela Hsu(violin) and myself(electronincs).
10th Annual Thingamaajigs Festival

September 24,28
Movements I and II of my Suite for String Quartet were featured on
Music From Other Minds #117
mfom

August 26th sfSound premeire of:
Black Producer, White Producer;
Beat Making in the 90's
Specifically Tha Nine Tre (Summer 07) (3')
Commissioned by sfSound