ARTISTS SET TIMES
Early Evening 6-9pm
Derick Penrod
Justin Boyd
Pamela Martinez / Teletextile
Fingers Form a Crescent (Christie Blizard and Mark McCoin)
Jaime Ramirez
Late Evening 9pm-12am
Xavier Gilmore
Romantic Thriller
Us and Dusk (Joseph Hogan)
Alison Fletcher
Night 12am-2am
Zach Sokoloski
Andrea Vocab Sanderson
James Orchid
Brandon Guerra
Andrew Bergmann & The San Antonio Ambient Orchestra
Late Night 2-3am
Hilary Rochow
Negative Field (Brad Angotti and Emilio Gomez Jr)
Twilight 3-6am
Tara Bhattacharya
Nicole Cherry
Eric Acuña
Teletextile Sound Bath
Sunrise 6-8am
Glenn Alexander
The Ambient Orchestra
Pamela Martinez | Teletextile
Pamela Martinez will be collaborating with many of the artists performing at Overnight Sound including Justin Boyd, Andrew Bergmann, The San Antonio Ambient Orchestra, Andrea Vocab Anderson and Tara Bhattacharya. Pamela will also presents work from her immersive performance projects Teletextile:Connected, Estafiate and DAM! a project to debut this fall. She will also hold a Teletextile Sound Bath in the late night hours set transitioning into music for sleep.
Pamela Martinez / Teletexitle performs about 7:30pm on Saturday with guests Rikki Van Kirk, Mia Van Kirk, Chabriely Rivera, Meredith Shuman, Veronica Ramirez, Andrew Bergmann and Daulton Mattingly
Pamela Martinez is a composer, reiki master, educator, multi-instrumentalist and a musician in healing who creates music and immersive experiences under the moniker Teletextile. Martinez brings to life music-centered rituals that explore our connections with our inner voices and to each other. Her recent directing and performing credits include Teletextile: Connected and Whisperlodge. The New York Times dubbed Whisperlodge “an unusual mix of theater and therapy” and has been featured in BuzzFeed, The Atlantic, Netflix, Vice and more with acclaim. Her “Bjork-like" sound (The Boston Globe) moves from vocal layering and “electronic wizardry” (Metronome Magazine) to “dense, stormy guitar, piano and electronics" (Time Out New York). Martinez has toured extensively in the US, Europe, the UK and Asia. As a genre-hopping performer and musician, Martinez has performed violin at Carnegie Hall with a Carnatic Indian music ensemble, sang in San Francisco's historic Fillmore Theater and takes part in performance art happenings in New York City. Martinez is a San Antonio native who has spent the 11 years performing and creating in Brooklyn, NY, but she began calling the River City home again in 2018. Martinez creates new work with the Teletextile Ritual Arts Ensemble, a group of rotating collaborators that weave together a tapestry of music, movement, reiki and other healing rituals to create a mixture of performance and spiritual practice. Martinez holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Berklee College of Music in Boston and specializes in creating works of deep listening, sound baths and sonic expressions and passes on the craft of music and wellbeing by teaching and leading workshops most recently as faculty at Brooklyn Music School, sound bath practitioner at Maha Rose Center for Healing (NYC) and Teletextile Studio located in Southtown’s Mercury Project (SATX). Martinez has worked with The Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, The Tobin Center, SAY Sí, Trinity University, UTSA, The Parks Foundation, The River Foundation, Jump-Start Performance Co, The McNay Art Museum, Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival, and Blanton Museum to bring music education, immersive performance and sound meditation to a broader community. IG @teletextile www.teletextile.org
Andrew Bergmann
Andrew Bergmann writes and produces music, plays bass, and serves as an Associate Professor of Instruction in UTSA. He grew up in Massachusetts and has lived, traveled, and performed across Europe and North America.
At UTSA he directs the music technology area and the music technology lab while also teaching jazz bass and playing in the Faculty Jazz Ensemble. Andrew also serves as faculty director for MuTe, UTSA's student music technology organization, and MuTeFest, UTSA's yearly music technology festival.
Andrew also remains active as a performer, composer and producer. His original jazz group Sued Nandayapa Bergmann Saunders will soon release their third album on the record label Ropeadope Sur. Other ongoing projects that Andrew co-directs include the San Antonio Ambient Orchestra, Ghorar Deem Express, and Troglodytes. Andrew has also played acoustic bass on recent releases by noted San Antonio artists Azul Barrientos, Aaron Prado, Viatorum, and Chris Guerrero while producing the most recent releases by Aaron Walker and Dan Carillo.
Andrew holds a B.A. in music from Brown University, a Second Phase Degree (Dutch equivalent of master’s) in jazz double bass performance from the Amsterdam Conservatory, and PhD in music composition from the University of Minnesota.
Andrew’s orchestral piece 45 Minutes for 128 Musicians can be heard here.
Tara Bhattacharya | 3AM Eternal Lullaby
Hypnagogic sounds for a nation beleaguered by Insomnia, Loss and Pain.
Tara Bhattacharya is an Sound Artist born in London, UK, living and residing in Austin, TX Her work is informed by trauma/ PTSD therapy and the daily struggles which affect marginalized and unseen members of our community including displacement/ grief/ divorce/ loss/ despair/ gender biases/ racial inequalities/ environmental disparities/ sociopolitical upheavals. She believes art and expression (small gestures of humanity) are integral methods towards dismantling all systemic blockades of disparity and injustice. Through gentle group activities (mind-body consciousness exercises) we can take care of ourselves as well as one another, in symbiosis. I choose sound as the primary medium for all exploration and through drone performances using synth, found sounds and voice, I aim to capture quietude/care in this group activity and reinforce the importance of RESTING. Dreaming/waking cycles can be fruitful in clearing the subconscious and healing - my piece will help participants through this delicate passage, undeterred, uninterrupted; taking into account individualized Circadian rhythms and to unfold and flow, naturally during the performance. Relax and enjoy the journey.
Deepest thanks to Healer/Educator/Artist, Pamela Martinez, a powerful woman of color for encouraging me to participate in this wonderful program.
Nicole Cherry with Riely Francis | FORGEWITHGEORGE
FORGEWITHGEORGE is a project started by Nicole Cherry in 2016 to commission an entirely new body of repertory for violin (solo and chamber) each year. Programs combine rediscovered compositions of George Bridgetower and new compositions, companion pieces, and arrangements inspired by her research of the unknown yet outstanding contributions of London based nineteenth-century Afro-European violin virtuoso, George Bridgetower. Newly discovered facts about George Bridgetower serve as a catalyst to the next artist commission and the program. I offer a cross-cultural musical narrative, through the music of Bridgetower's time and newly composed genre-bending works. While this project is a compilation of performances and recitals that will restore the legacy of great artists that have been dismissed from our history books it also brings to the forefront questions of identity and equity within our society.
Dr. Nicole Cherry is Assistant Professor of Violin at The University of Texas at San Antonio and second violinist of the award-winning Marian Anderson String Quartet. Dr. Cherry has held artist-teacher residencies at Texas A&M, Prairie View A&M, University of Washington, and Brown University where she, with the quartet, trained promising string players of all ages. Dr. Cherry has performed extensively in distinguished venues including the Library of Congress, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Smithsonian, and the Banff Centre. A solo tour of the Middle East and Asia included performances before the Queen Noor of Jordan and in underdeveloped townships in Johannesburg during Apartheid.
Dr. Cherry served as artistic director of the Marian Anderson String Quartet Chamber Music Institute held in the underserved areas of Brazos Valley, Texas. In recognition of this outreach with the quartet, Dr. Cherry garnered two Mayoral Proclamations, the Congress of Racial Equality’s MLK JR. Award for Outstanding Arts Achievement and Chamber Music America’s Guarneri String Quartet Award. A regular presenter on diversity and music, Dr. Cherry has given talks at the some of the leading arts conferences as well a TED Talk on community engagement and music.
Dr. Cherry’s research on the nineteenth-century Afro-European violin virtuoso, George Bridgetower, which explores historical socio-cultural theories in music has led to interviews worldwide and awards that include Texas Tech University’s coveted Paul Whitfield Horn Award and the President’s Excellence in Diversity and Equity Award. Her work has expanded into a commissioning project, ForgewithGeorge which has engaged some of today’s most exciting composers. The Juilliard School profiled Dr. Cherry in the Journal’s 100th-anniversary issue, “A Quiet Revolution: Juilliard Alumni and the Transformation of Education in America Through the Arts.”
Riely Francis
San Antonio Symphony Assistant Principal Timpani
Riely Francis is a native of Houston, and earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music Performance at Rice University. He was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, and performed at the Spoleto Festival in Italy. With The New World Symphony, he toured 4 continents and made numerous orchestral recordings under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.
For 13 years, Riely held the position of Associate Principal Percussion at the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. Riely has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony, as well as the Houston Symphony, Houston Ballet, and Houston Grand Opera. Since 2004, he has performed chamber and orchestral music each summer at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
He is currently adjunct teacher of percussion at San Antonio College.
The San Antonio Ambient Orchestra
The San Antonio Ambient Orchestra explores the bare complexity of lush ambient textures. Comprised of instrumentalists, composers, and producers--students, faculty and related professionals within UTSA's orbit--the group first performed at the third MuTeFest. Since then, they've made a original full-length video (Wheelies), presented a concert at a very early hour (Morning Concert), and will soon have returned (twice!) at the fifth MuTeFest. On March 26th/27th, at Overnight Sound, the SAAO serves as house band, and on April 7th they conclude the festival with the premiere of a brand-new video album.
Hilary Rochow | Dulcet
Hilary Rochow performs songs from classic country/folk to contemporary indie folk on the Tennessee mountain dulcimer to accompany my voice.
Hilary Rochow is a multidisciplinary maker living and working in San Antonio, Texas. She holds a Bachelors of Industrial Design from Auburn University. Her formal training in both industrial and graphic design informs her illustrations of impactful figures on clean backgrounds. Her lifelong adoration of the natural world weaves its way into her choice of animal and plant subjects. Her lifelong practice of music brings her daily sustenance and fuels her creative thought. She has shown work at multiple galleries including Flax Gallery, Space C7, and FL!GHT. She also operates a gallery, Rojo, and studio in the Southtown Arts District. Her work as a curator has been recognized within the community, including a CAMMIE awarded by the San Antonio Museum of Art in 2019.
Negative Field
Negative Field (Brad Angotti and Emilio Gomez Jr) - cassette, synths, samplers
Negative Field is a multi-format content collective that is currently focusing on 4 areas of interest:
Music, both ours and our peers released as either a 5 song EP or a 2 song single in a variety of formats depending on the project.
Digital images created through the manipulation of photos as well as analog representations in some cases.
Videos that utilize footage that has been manipulated, layered and repurposed.
Words that may help to describe some of our activities and projects.
We will also have limited runs of items available for purchase that may or may not always fit into the categories outlined above.
Questions? Please reach out to us at informationformotorists@gmail.com
Eric Acuña
HOLO-MOVEMENT
Holomovement is a multimedia sound, video, and object installation that combines light projections, magnetic motion, and electrical phenomena to transform signal oscillations into actual measurements of its invented sound patterns. In the earlier proofs I created, I was able to display the indexing of refracted light, representing how widely photon emission exists. Over the course of the past year, I was then able to establish two different models of this specific work, which allowed me to go beyond single conformity. The second model includes a sound project titled, Magnetic Induction, which combines a single-phase induction motor-assisted magnetic pendulum, illustrating how transitions of signals between one state and another in a wide range of physical systems.
More About this Project: https://www.ericleeacuna.com/holomovement
Eric Acuña is from San Antonio, TX, now living and working out of San Marcos, TX. He received a BFA in Expanded Media from Texas State University, where his approach to art-making pushes beyond the boundaries of genres and media towards the pursuit of creativity.
What began as to how and why synchronicities occur in the memory evolved into a study of the perceptual depth of motion. His investigations of perception span across video, performance, object, and sound to examine space, light, and movement as a resource for artistic practice. His ongoing research with new technologies and data models develops new ways we "look" and "feel" energy transformations.
Acuña's focus is on the optical transformation of time, memory, and energy through themes about presentness, natural forces, and universal patterns. He has exhibited and performed at institutions, public spaces, and performance theaters. Highlights include The Museum of Human Achievement, FLEX Gallery at Texas State University, R-Space, and the Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre.
Practicing interdisciplinarity is a fundamental goal of his research and reflection. His dedication to complex topics such as the origin of the universe and human immortality requires a combination of competencies that mobilize different theories across disciplines. He inspires his peers to cross and overcome disciplinary boundaries, leaning on integrating philosophical work with experimental technologies and theoretical approaches in developmental art, dance, and installation as mediums and tools. He has given many independent workshops, including an artist talk at Texas State University.
Justin Boyd with Pamela Martinez
Justin Boyd
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Songs for voice and acoustic guitar. @owl_listen
Andrea Vocab Sanderson
Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson is the first Black Poet Laureate of San Antonio, 2020-2023. Her dynamic style’s a fusion of: poetry, hip hop and R&B. Her numerous awards, include: The Arts and Letters Award, 2020. Best Local Poet 2021 by the San Antonio Current. She’s a Teaching Artist for Gemini Ink. In 2021, she received an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship. Vocab's debut book is entitled She Lives In Music, Flower Song Press; February 2020.
Bio Triz wrote for Luminaria: Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson truly needs no introduction in this town. She is SA’s current and first Black Poet Laureate. She is broadly known and heralded for her song writing and performance across musical genres. Her dynamic style is a fusion of prophetic poetry, Hip Hop lyricism, and R&B soulfulness. She has won numerous arts awards and is a Teaching Artist for Gemini Ink. In 2021, she received an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship. Her debut book is entitled She Lives In Music (2020), Flower Song Press.
Her music is available on all music streaming platforms. For more information visit her website andreavocabsanderson.com IG: Vocabulous For her book visit: www.flowersongpress.com/sanderson
Fingers Form a Crescent (Christie Blizard and Mark McCoin)
Mark has an extensive background with music and interdisciplinary performance, performing at venues including Carnegie Hall and the Merce Cunningham Studio, and Christie has an extensive background in sound, sculpture, and performance, exhibiting at venues such as the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the Today show, and Black Mountain College. Both of are sonic explorers and researchers, Christie with synthesis and effects and Mark using traditional instruments played in non-traditional ways with electronics. The intersection of these two approaches creates unexpected worlds that neither artist would have created on their own.
Us and Dusk
s and Dusk is a local artist specializing in fusing genres to create high-energy musical amalgamations, incorporating primarily elements of chiptune, post-hardcore, electronic, and math pop to hone the intensity and complexity of rock without the sonic limitations of conventional instruments.
For Overnight Sound, Us and Dusk has prepared a live set up utilizing pocket operators, Kaoss pads, and a Maschine sampler to display some of the electronic facets of Us and Dusk’s sound through improvisation.
Romantic Thriller
LA based performance artist and mastering engineer, Rebecca Huston, aka, Romantic Thriller says her music is inspired by film noir and, as the dictionary states about the film genre: it’s marked by a mood of fatalism and menace. Huston says the audience often tell her the performance has a Lynchian quality, with staging more reminiscent of a scene from theatre rather than a rock show. “I want to tell haunted stories that are a bit cheeky. And they connect from song to song” she says. It’s pop music but with a mesmerizing quality that drags you into a mystery story you MUST solve.
Brave Julius
Brave Julius (Glenn Alexander) is a guitarist/producer with sounds ranging from psychedelic dreaminess to catalytic, rhythmic workouts. Folding in elements of many modern forms, Brave Julius' music manages a singular, conscious thread.
Xavier Gilmore
https://www.xaviergilmore.net IG: @aviergilmore
Jaime Ramirez
Solo Piano, lofi beats, drum loops, ambient keys, jazz & dreamy vibes - melancholic & nostalgic
Zach Sokoloski
Ambient sound (electric tabla and tanpura run through pedals).