September 20th, 2008
Taking place within the Arts District of Downtown Long Beach, SoundWalk is an annual art event, produced by the Long Beach artist group, FLOOD. Sound installations placed throughout the area, indoors and outdoors, will encompass a wide range of work that will integrate visual and aural elements. Included will be sculptures, environments, performances and installations, both interactive and passive. It is the variety of work that makes this event memorable for all who participate as well as for those who attend. The fifth annual Soundwalk will take place Saturday, September 20th in Long Beach, CA.

A version of my laptop installation Bridge will be exhibited using three laptops.
Soundwalk 2008
443 East 1st Street
Long Beach, CA 90802
September 6th thru September 18th, 2008
STEIM residency
Through a recently established exchange between the CalArts Experiemental Sound Practices program and STEIM I will be an artist in residence at STEIM in Amsterdam. I will be accompanied by three CalArts graduate students: Beth McMullin, Ben Mayock, and Eric Lindley. We will share two weeks of studio time in a great city. I will be collaborating with Marc Nimoy on a GPS based music project in addition to preparing for an upcoming tour of Poland.
STEIM (Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music)
Achtergract 19
1017 WL Amsterdam
The Netherlands
September 3rd thru September 7th, 2008
The ninth annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival will take place Wednesday, September 3rd through Sunday, September 7th, 2008 at Project Artaud Theater located at 450 Florida Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
My installation, Bridge will be exhibited in the SFEMF Gallery throughout the festival.
Project Artaud Theater
450 Florida Street
San Francisco
CA 94110
July 31st 2008
Surround video and audio of the world of nature. The resort band: Clay Chaplin, Aaron Drake, Lewis Keller, and Phil Stearns. Surround video by Clay Chaplin and Aaron Drake. Free resort beverages will be provided.
This is part of a series of entertaining and thought provoking events that are taking place at Sea and Space Explorations for the next three weeks. There will be two more sound events on Thursday, July 23rd and Thursday July 31st. More information to come..
Thursday, July 17th @ 8PM
Sea and Space Explorations
4755 York Blvd, Eagle Rock, CA
July 24th 2008
Sea and Space heads underwater for an evening of water based field recordings recordings. The ghosts of Jacques Coustea, Steve Irwin, Shamu, Herman Melville and all those people from the Titanic will be transforming a treasure chest full of underwater recordings. Field recordings by Salman Bakht, Clay Chaplin, Michael Deragon, Aaron Drake, and Lewis Keller. In addition, come and play in the hydrophonic sound pool: a sound installation using a hydrophone.
This is part of a series of entertaining and thought provoking events that are taking place at Sea and Space Explorations over the next two weeks.
Thursday, July 24th @ 8PM
Sea and Space Explorations
4755 York Blvd, Eagle Rock, CA
July 23rd 2008
I'll be appearing on KXLU 88.9 Los Angeles to play a few field recordings and to promote the field recording concert tomorrow evening at Sea and Space Explorastions.
Wednesday, July 23rd @ 9PM
KXLU 88.9 Los Angeles
July 17th 2008
Sooth your mind and take a sonic vacation to the aural resort of your choosing. Relax, have a tropical drink, and really kick back to the slow and ambient tones of the Sea and Space Resort band. The air will vibrate as if Brian Eno departed his inner airport high on diazapham. The resort band: Clay Chaplin, Aaron Drake, Lewis Keller, and Marc Nimoy. Free resort beverages will be provided.
This is part of a series of entertaining and thought provoking events that are taking place at Sea and Space Explorations for the next three weeks. There will be two more sound events on Thursday, July 23rd and Thursday July 31st. More information to come..
Thursday, July 17th @ 8PM
Sea and Space Explorations
4755 York Blvd, Eagle Rock, CA
July 8th 2008
Composer/Percussionist Amy Knoles will be giving a concert Tuesday, July 8th at 8PM at Zipper Hall in downtown LA as a part of the Zeltsman Marimba Festival. She will be premiering a new version of my structured improvisation Tricomatic which was originally performed by the California Ear Unit. This performance will be a duo version performed by Amy and violinist Eric Clark.

Tuesday, July 8th @ 8PM
Zipper Concert Hall
200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
June 28th & 29th 2008
Lap-top wind chimes sprouting from trees; soundscapes of love and disaster; a World War I listening device spying on nature; a motion triggered linguistic exploration; the nostalgia of two cans and string; amplified plants; sun chimes; shadow sounds É and more, turn a half mile of Lower Arroyo nature into a journey through sonic universes by fourteen of Southern California's most inventive artists

My installation, Bridge will be exhibted along the hiking trail.
June 28, Noon to 7:30 PM and June 29, 10:30 AM to 7:30 PM
Lower Arroyo Park in Pasadena
www.newtownarts.org
May 23rd 2008
A festival of microtonal music:

Raining Partials  by Lewis Keller
light cage  by Laura Steenberge
Plainsound-Litanei  by Wolfgang von Schweinitz
Preludes for Solo Clarinet  by Eric Mandat
Rise I from 4 Ascents for James Tenney  by Mike Winter

Performers include:
Salman Bakht, Clay Chaplin, Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, Mari Garrett, Christa Graf, April Guthrie, Orin Hildestad, Christopher Jette, Lewis Keller, David Kendall, Alissa Kueker, Cat Lamb, Rachel Manderfeld, Mariano Mora Mcginity, Liam Mooney, James Orsher, Adam Overton, Kurt Ozment, Phillip Popp, Mark So, Laura Steenberge, Cassia Streb, Jim Sullivan, Luke Taylor, Tashi Wada and Douglas Wadle

Fridayday, May 23rd @ 7PM
Armory Center for the Arts
145 N Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103
April 17th-19th 2008
The LA Bent Fest will host 18 artists from 8 countries in a 3 night performance series that is totally FREE! Workshops will be hosted on Friday and Saturday afternoons at nominal fees for those that are interested in getting their hands dirty! Artists include: der Warst, Aimee Norwich, univac, embarker, Joker Nies, Tasos Stamou, XDUGEF and OGOGO, Krach der Roboter, Pleather, Peter McPartlan, Lesley Flanigan, Travis Weller, Leeane Berger, and others.

I'll be premiering a new audio-visual improvisation called Cycle Brigade as a part of the concert on Friday, April 18th. My installation, Bridge will also be exhibited in the Bent Gallery throughout the festival.
Grand Performances at the California Plaza
350 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
February 5th - March 1st 2008
Sound in Space will traverse diversity by presenting cross sections of the local sound art community. From sound installation to Fluxus note card pieces and field recordings to live ambient music, the topography of the musical fringe is as varied as the community is geographically dispersed. This is a program for the community by artists in the community. Every performance is free with an aim to urge active collaboration and exchange between artists and audiences. While the sea and space are the dark unknowns, they don't have to be unknowable. Sound in Space are vehicles with which the community is invited to navigate and explore art that has been termed "experimental," or "conceptual;" loose terms that create a barrier rather than extend a hand.

I had the original idea for this festival but none of it would have happend without Lara Bank and Aaron Drake. The three of us have organized 13 concerts and 12 installations for the month of February. Check out the Sound in Space website for all of the details.
January 21st, 2008
Viralnet Lament Project
Produced by the Center for Integrated Media and the MFA Writing Program at CalArts, Viralnet offers a series of commissioned online projects, essays and interviews with a view toward articulating new concepts and working strategies developed by contemporary intermedia artists, writers and theorists. The online project for 2007-2008 is called The Lament Project. A number of musicians and composers were invited to create one minute laments which have been posted on the Viralnet web site.
November 11th, 2007
Pusan International Computer Music Festival
Premiering a recording of the improvisation "Where Are You? Stand Up" from the laptop duo Chindogu (Sean Rooney & myself). I'm going to create a video work to go with the recording. You can check out a recording of the piece on the Chindogu page on this site.
Pusan Cultural Center
Busan City
South Korea
August 29th, 2007
STEIM Open Studio Concert
I will be giving a short demonstration of the projects I have been developing while at STEIM and then will perform a short improvisation. I'll also give a brief overview of the STIEM / CalArts Music School exchange program and information about the CalArts Experimental Sound Practices program.
STEIM (Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music)
Achtergract 19
1017 WL Amsterdam
The Netherlands
August 20th thru September 3rd, 2007
STEIM residency
Through a recently established exchange between the CalArts Experiemental Sound Practices program and STEIM I will be an artist in residence at STEIM in Amsterdam. I will be accompanied by three CalArts graduate students: Marc Nimoy, Laura Steenberge, and Phil Stearns. We will share two weeks of studio time and a great city to explore. My project will include updating the technology in my Stupid Thing instrument, developing a new series of works for wireless laptop ensemble, and exploring ideas for the implementation of a bungee-cord laptop installation.
STEIM (Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music)
Achtergract 19
1017 WL Amsterdam
The Netherlands
July 28th, 2007 11-24h00
Remix - Re?
A non-stop internet-based improv using free software "tubePlug" developed at DEGEM (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Elektroakustische Musik). The collaborative results of which will be diffused live in Munich at the "t-u-b-e" and later broadcast on DEGEM webradio
in der t-u-b-e im Einstein Kulturzentrum
Munchen, Einsteinstr. 42
June 4th - June 14th, 2007
Dogstar Orchestra, volume 3
An informal series of concerts focusing on experimental music curated by Michael Pisaro. All concerts are free and open to the public. I'm premiering a new piece for wireless laptop quartet on Wednesday, June 6th and playing laptop in various ensembles on Thursday, June 7th and Friday, June 8th. Concerts will be presented on the following dates:

Monday, June 4th @ 1PM
Tuesday, June 5th @ 1PM
Wednesday, June 6th @ 1PM
Thursday, June 7th @ 2PM
Friday, June 8th @ 2PM
Thursday, June 14th @ 2PM
ROD Concert Hall California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, CA 91355
T: 661-255-1050
May 9th - 12th, 2007
TIMARA Festival
Gary Nelson is retiring from Oberlin and the TIMARA (Technology in Music and Related Arts) program is hosting a festival to celebrate. I will be reworking my audio-visual improvisation "Thanks Sharon" for a performance on May 11th.
Oberlin College
101 North Professor Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
T: 213-237-2800
May 1st, 2007
Sounding Out Concert
Works and performances by a number of CalArts musicians and composers.
The Main Gallery California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, CA 91355
T: 661-255-1050
April 19th, 2007
Bleeps & Bloops Concert of Electronic Music
A concert by a number of Los Angeles / CalArts composers and performers. Performances by Cooper Baker, Clay Chaplin, Morgan Jenks, Hans Koch, Marc Nimoy, Phil Stearns, and Rob Wannamaker. I will be premiering a new improvisation using Reaktor. Curated by Clay Chaplin.
ROD Concert Hall California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, CA 91355
T: 661-255-1050
April 1st, 2007
A Nice Afternoon Symphony Orchestra
All day concert of new and experimental music. Works by Michael Pisaro, Douglas Wadle, Tashi Wada, Johnny Chang, Marc Sabat, Ori Barel, Jason McKee-Ota, Simone Forti, Morgan Jenks, Laura Steenberge, Mark Trayle, Rob Wannamaker, Clay Chaplin, Hans Koch, Bettina Wenzel, and Cooper Baker. With Grace Lai, Chris Wheeler, Brian Walsh, Mjiec Flis, Jody Hurt, Orin Wildestad, Christa Graf, Cat Lamb, April Guthrie, Clinton Patterson, and Terrence Luke Johnson.
TELIC Arts Exchange
975 Chung King Road
Los Angeles, CA 90012
T: 213.344.6137
info@telic.info
February 3rd, 2007
Butch Morris Conduction Ensemble
Butch Morris brings "conduction" to CalArts. I will be performing with a laptop in the large ensemble doing live sampling and manipulation of various instruments. For more information about conduction visit Butch Morris' website
REDCAT Theater
631 West 2nd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
T: 213-237-2800
December 8th through 10th, 2006
James Tenney Festival
A series of events, concerts, and screenings celebrating the life of composer James Tenney. I'm performing in Ergodos II, Critical Band, and In a Wide Open Space. For more information visit the Tenney Festival website
California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, CA 91355
T: 661-255-1050
November 18th, 2006
Mario's Furniture Music
Event: A concert in an informal gallery atmosphere setup like a giant living room. A series of more intimate and quiet pieces will be performed by local Los Angeles composers. Come by for drinks and sonics in our Chinatown living room. Curated by Clay Chaplin. Performances by:
MARC SABAT
CLAY CHAPLIN
COOPER BAKER
LORIN PARKER
PHIL STEARNS
TELIC Arts Exchange
975 Chung King Road
Los Angeles, CA 90012
T: 213.344.6137
info@telic.info
November 9th, 2006
SURGE & CONVERGE I:
Event: Two artists from Los Angeles and two artists from San Francisco come together for an evening of improvisation, performing both solo and collaborative sets in a continuous current of sonic banter. Curated by Kadet. Performances by:
ELISE BALDWIN
CLAY CHAPLIN
MILTON CROSS
KADET KUHNE
New Music Series
The Luggage Store Gallery, SF
1007 Market Street San Francisco, CA
$6-10 sliding scale, all ages
Ocotber 28th thru December 2nd, 2006
Mario's Furniture
TELIC Arts Exchange is pleased to present Mario's Furniture 2, an installation and interactive game. Created by artists Hillary Mushkin and S.E. Barnet, the project integrates wireless technology with artistic production and performance. In most video games you just sit on the couch, but when you play Mario's Furniture 2 you MOVE the couch, in fact you move the whole living room! Mario's Furniture began in 2002 as a video installation, including a single night of performance. Four years later, Mario's Furniture 2 - created with programmer Clay Chaplin and electronic specialist Lorin Parker - is now a wireless environment where viewers become players, physically moving objects before a relentlessly panning camera, all the while watching themselves and their scores in real time on a large-screen projection.
OCTOBER 28 - DECEMBER 2, 2006
OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY OCTOBER 28, 6-9PM
TELIC Arts Exchange
975 Chung King Road
Los Angeles, CA 90012
T: 213.344.6137
info@telic.info
November 25, 2002
California Ear Unit Concert
The Ear Unit will be performing a comissioned work by me called Tricomatic. The piece is scored for piano, cello, percussion, and video.
8:00 PM November 25th, 2002
Bing Auditorium @ LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA.

October 21st, 2002
Residency Concert at Mills College
I will be working at the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College in San Francisco from October 10th through the 21st creating a performance piece for a networked audio-visual improvisation ensemble. More information is on the way.
A performance will be given at 8:00 PM on October 21st, 2002 at Mills College

October 15th, 2002
ACF Performance & Discussion
The American Composer's Forum of Los Angeles is sponsoring a Composer's Tech Salon on Tuesday, October 15th at 8:00pm in Venice at TuttoMedia. The focus of the tech salon will be interactive visual performance. I'll be performing with and demonstraing my wireless interactive glove instrument, 'Stupid Thing' and discussing the aesthetic and technical considerations in creating strategies for interative audio visual improvisation.

Mark Coniglio and Dawn Stoppiello of Troika Ranch in NYC will also be presenting at the salon. They will be performing with and demonstrating Troika's latest interactive video software called Isadora. Check out more of their great work at  Troika Ranch
TuttoMedia
312 Fifth Avenue
Venice, California



October 2nd, 2002
Live performance & interview on KXLU 88.9 FM
 

I will be performing live, playing tracks from my latest CD, and talking about music with host Bonnie Barnett. The show airs at 88.9 FM Los Angeles on Wednesday October 2nd at 8:00 pm.

Trilogy, a radio program of new and experimental music which airs on KXLU 88.9 FM on Wednesdays, 9 - 10 pm Pacific Time. Trilogy has 3 rotating hosts, Bonnie Barnett, Emily Hay and Michael Davis, who each bring you the cutting edge in free jazz, electronic music, performance art, music which employs text, electro-acoustic music, live interviews in-studio and much more.

A live stream is available on the web at   kxlu.com



June 24th, 2002
Clay Chaplin & Jesse Gilbert @ Salvation Theater
 

This concert is supported by the Line Space Line new and improvised music series at the Salvation Theater

8:00 PM June 24, 2002
Salvation Theater
1512 Griffith Park Blvd (at Sunset Blvd)
Silverlake, CA.

The theater is in a three unit, 1-story rectangular red building just
west of Video Market and just east of El Conquistador. It is across Sunset
Blvd from the 99 cent store. It is in the same building as Pirate Queen.
There is no street sign for Griffith Park Blvd at this intersection and the
streets do not intersect perpendicularly. It is easy to miss so just look
for the landmarks.



April 25th, 2002
Clay Chaplin & John Bischoff @ The Luggage Store
 

This concert is supported by the Detritus electronic music series. More information about this performance will be coming soon . . .

8:00 PM April 25th, 2002
The Luggage Store Gallery
1007 Market Street at 6th street
(1 block from Powell Street BART)
San Francisco, CA
more information: 415-255-5971
suggested donation at the door: $6 - $10
http://detritus.net/events/luggage_store/



March 17th, 2002
Physic: an evening of sound art and installation
 

Bring your ears: Physic is an evening of sound art performance and installation at Beyond Baroque, in the original Venice city hall as part of the Beyond Music Performance Series. Curated by Bob Bellerue, the show will feature a handful of wildly diverse sound artists, musicians and composers engaging with the physical practice of music and instrument making, utilizing custom approaches and equipment in acoustic, analog and digital designs for unique sound projects. The title is in appreciation of the integration of magic and physics, and it reflects an emphasis on the physical act of sound making and designing interfaces.

Eight composer-artists will be featured in the show. There will be performances by Clay Chaplin, Yong-Jin Jeong, Bob Bellerue, Liam Mooney, Yorgos Adamis, and TOG (Robert Duckworth and Roddy Schrock). Installations will be presented by Matthew O'Donnell, Sam Torrisi, Bob Bellerue, Masahiko Sunami and Brad Breeck.

7:30 PM March 17, 2002
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd. (1/2 mile west of Lincoln Blvd)
Venice, CA
directions: 310-822-3006
tickets available at the door for $7
http://www.beyondbaroque.org/



November 16th, 2001
SCREAM Festival 2001
 

The SCREAM festival is an annual concert of electronic and computer music currated by Barry Schrader. This year's composers include: David Bradfield, Rodney Oakes, Bernardo Feldman, Tom Flaherty, Bebe Barron, Barry Schrader, and Clay Chaplin

ROD Concert Hall @ Calarts 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, CA
http://shoko.calarts.edu



November 10th, 2001
Creative Music Festival 2001
 
The School of Music's African-American Improvisation Program is proud to present the 2nd annual CalArts Creative Music Festival on Friday, November 9th and Saturday, November 10th. The festival is a project-oriented endeavor that champions the music of the creative composer-improvisor-performer-artist, and is dedicated to presenting a large spectrum of musical improvisational languages and systems, while supporting experimentation in ensemble performance practice.

Featured artists will include: Anthony Davis, Douglas Ewart, Wadada Leo Smith, Vinny Golia, Anne LeBaron, DaRosenboom, Jacqueline Bobak, Kobla Ladzekpo, Beatrice Lawluvi, I Nyoman Wenten, Miroslav Tadic, Mark Trayle, Bill Roper, David Philipson, Alfred Ladzekpo, and many others.
ROD Concert Hall @ Calarts 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, CA
http://shoko.calarts.edu




July 20th, 2001
Videacy Festival 2001
 
Videacy will provide a delicious sampling of new video works by 18 artists from Los Angeles and around the globe. From the cyber punk, the web show monkey, the music video freak, the animation warrior and the super videophile, these artists have been brought together to challenge the medium of video and explode into new creative video terrain. These future hungry techno-brats create new artistic expressions in a landscape of multiple disciplines.

The artists include: J. Tobias Anderson, Michele Beck and Jorge Calvo, Clay Chaplin, Gabriel Cyr and Kyle Harris, Ken Ehrlich, Lara Frankena, Annie Gosfield, Amy Green and Ryan Hill, Kinya Hanada (mumbleboy,) Cecilia Lundqvist, Sterling Ruby, Jennifer Steinkamp and Jimmy Johnson, Marina Zurkow, and Andrew Bucksbarg

Side Street LIVE 425 S. Main Street, 2nd floor, downtown L.A. Tickets: $10 general/$7 for students, per night For reservations call (213) 620-8895 Parking ($3) available in the building at 425 S. Main Street
http://www.adhocarts.org



March 14th, 2001
Sonic Circuits 2001
 
Los Angeles Harbor College, Los Angeles, CA 4:00 PM recent electro-acoustic music and videos by composers from around the globe.Ę This event will take place at the Music Recital Hall, 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Directions to the space
http://www.soniccircuits.com



January 14th, 2001
CEAIT Festival 2001
 
More information about the festival can be found at : http://shoko.calarts.edu/ceait



November 16th, 2000
Brigantia in Portugal
 
information information information
Directions to the space
http://shoko.calarts.edu/~pfmentum



May 19th, 2000
Clay Chaplin at the EarJam Festival
 
"EARJAM brings together a cross-section of L.A.s aural artists for a sonic journey through a diverse range of musical genres and sonic experiences -- from experimental free jazz to accoustic/electronic hybrids, from trombones, saxophones and guitars to computer-driven wireless instruments producing an unexpected array of musical compositions, from classically-trained vocalists to ones with “noisy clothes”, from experimental funk to microtonal ambiences, from a mini-opera excerpt to a noise/beat improv collective to a world music trio, from hand-made invented percussion instruments to pop accordians, mouth harps, and a hurdy gurdy, to the obsolete technology of a theremin. Be prepared to sample the sounds of LA’s innovators, artists whose work is well-known and others you have never encountered before."



March 4th, 2000
Clay Chaplin & Eric Getter @ Art City in Ventura,CA
 
The performance will blend structured improvisations with video imagery and text.
More information about this concert can be found at : http://www.jetlink.net/~pfmentum



January 14th, 2000
Clay Chaplin & Mark Trayle @ the CEAIT Electronic Music Festival, Valencia,CA
 
Trayle and Chaplin will perform improvised computer music using a pair of laptop computers.
More information about this concert can be found at : http://shoko.calarts.edu/ceait



Leonardo Music Journal 2000
"Jerry Deals"
 
Look for a short text about my work and listen to one of my pieces on the companion CD.
Information about the Leonardo Music Journal can be found at: http://mitpress.mit.edu/journal-home.tcl?issn=09611215



December 2nd-4th, 1999
MURALIS : Dance concert by choreographer Anik Bouvrette in Ottawa
 
Performing Rafales (1996), Brigantia (1998), and Entre Duex Murmures (1999).
The three pieces are the result of collaborations between choreographer Anik Bouvrette,
composer Clay Chaplin, and lighting designer D.M. Wood.
Information about choreographer Anik Bouvrette can be found at: http://www.artengine.ca/dancenetwork/dndirectory.htm



November 14th, 1999
Three Lanes Over @ Calarts
 
Three Lanes Over is a trio exploring the edges of music, sound, performance,theater, and technology.The concert will feature a new set of pieces including works by John Cage, Clay Chaplin, Art Jarvinen,David Lang, Daryl Runswick, and Three Lanes Over.



October 24th, 1999
Clay Chaplin @ Sacred Grounds in San Pedro, CA
 
An eclectic mix of electronic and improvised music with performances by Clay Chaplin, Damion Romero, and Mark Trayle.
For more information about the Sacred Grounds Sound performance series visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~cbernard/sound/



July 27th - August 30th, 1999
Clay Chaplin in residence at STEIM in Amsterdam
 
Information about STEIM can be found at: http://www.xs4all.nl/~steim



August 16th - August 25th, 1999
Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists in Toronto
 
Premiere performances of "entre duex murmures", a new duet by choreographer Anik Bouvrette with music by Clay Chaplin
Fringe Festival 1999 information can be found at: http://www.ffida.org/