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Great Lakes Ensemble Performances in 2012


Dfbrl8r (June 10)
1136 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago

during the 2012 Rapid Pulse
International Performance Art Festival

Lisa LaMarre -- dance & choreography
Rachael Ahn Harbert -- dance
Marianne Brass -- dance
James Cornish -- trumpet, baritone horn
Joseph Vajarsky -- tenor saxophone
Sarah J. Ritch -- cello
Dan Godston -- trumpet, poetry, small instruments
Tom Madeja -- trumpet
Albert Wildeman -- upright bass
Anthony Poretti -- drums




Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum (June 10)
1619 Jefferson St
Two Rivers, WI 54241

performing on a bill with poets

Stephen Frech & Pat Moran
Lisa LaMarre -- dance & choreography
Rachael Ahn Harbert -- dance
Marianne Brass -- dance
James Cornish -- trumpet, baritone horn
Joseph Vajarsky -- tenor saxophone
Dan Godston -- trumpet, poetry, small instruments
Albert Wildeman -- upright bass
Anthony Poretti -- drums



Edwin Gallery (June 15)
2739 Edwin Floor #2
Hamtramck, MI  48212

Lisa LaMarre -- dance & choreography
 Rachael Ahn Harbert -- dance
Marianne Brass -- dance
Piotr Michalowski -- reed instruments
James Cornish -- trumpet, baritone horn
Joseph Vajarsky -- tenor saxophone
Dan Godston -- trumpet, small instruments
Jaime Rodriduez Matos -- electric guitar
Albert Wildeman -- upright bass
Anthony Poretti -- drums
During this performance Dan Godston read "Unquenchable Ontological Thirst" and "Traffic" by James Armstrong. Those two poems by Armstrong appear in the poetry collection Blue Lash.




performance during the What You Will
Festival of Improvised Music
(June 16)
4820 Beard Road
Sunbury, OH  43074
Lisa LaMarre -- dance & choreography
Marianne Brass -- dance
Rachael Harbert -- dance
James Cornish -- trumpet, baritone horn
Anthony Jacobs -- trombone
Joseph Vajarsky -- tenor saxophone
 Dan Godston -- trumpet, small instruments
Albert Wildeman -- upright bass
Anthony Poretti -- drums
Note: the audio fidelity of this recording is inconsistent, partly because the performers were spread out in an amazing sculpture park during the festival. The dancers and musicians were moving around throughout the performance, and since there was only one digital recorder with stereo microphones the sound is clear at times but distant at other times. That said, the Great Lakes Ensemble would like to share the audio from this recording, because we believe what happened during the performance was unique and dynamic -- and that it is worth sharing with the public. For more about site-specific performances, click here to read a GLE blog post about the subject. 




Mexicains Sans Frontieres (August 25)
120 S. Division #226
Grand Rapids, MI  49503

Lisa LaMarre -- dance & choreography
Marianne Brass -- dance
Rachael Ahn Harbert -- dance
James Cornish -- baritone horn, trumpet
Dan Godston -- trumpet, timpani
Joseph Vajarsky -- tenor saxophone
Jaime Rodriguez Matos -- guitar
Albert Wildeman -- upright bass
Anthony Poretti -- drums




Lakeside Inn (August 26)
during Portoluz's Jazz on a Summer's Day series
15251 Lakeshore Road
Lakeside, MI  49116

Lisa LaMarre -- dance & choreography
Marianne Brass -- dance
Rachael Ahn Harbert -- dance
James Cornish -- baritone horn, trumpet
Joseph Vajarsky -- tenor saxophone
Dan Godston -- trumpet, pixiphone
Jaime Rodriguez Matos -- guitar
Albert Wildeman -- upright bass
Anthony Poretti -- drums