The listings below provide calender dates for week-by-week features

on  Alternating Currents.

To locate these programs in WMSE's online archive,

go to

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August 31:  Our broadcast of the Alternating Currents Live concert with Frode Gjerstad and Paal Nilssen-Love at Woodland Pattern Book Center from August 24th.
 
 
 

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Coming soon in 2008:
 

Music for film and theatre by Teiji Ito (new on Tzadik and an early work from "The Coach with Six Insides" on ESP).

Electronic music, new and from the archives, including music by Phillip Werren (an archival release from Paradigm of work from 1968-71).

The spectral music of Gerard Grisey.

Streets & Music . . . including some classic recordings of Moondog on the streets of New York.
 
 
 

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August 17:  Our preview of the Alternating Currents Live concert with Frode Gjerstad and Paal Nilssen-Love at Woodland Pattern Book Center on August 24th.

August 24: Jason hosts the show.

August 10:  "Surroundings" and other works by Jean Schwartz along with a preview of the Alternating Currents Live concert with Frode Gjerstad and Paal Nilssen-Love at Woodland Pattern Book Center on August 24th.

August 3:  New releases . . . with music by Marilyn Crispell  (new on ECM), Ikue Mori and Lukas Ligetti (new on Tzadik), and a selection of works by Jean Schwarz.

July 21:  New releases . . . with music by Marilyn Crispell  and Morton Feldman (new on ECM), Ikue Mori and Lukas Ligetti (new on Tzadik), and more.

July 14:  Music by Hans Otte (on Pogus Productions and Wergo), John Cage, and others.

July 7:  Recordings from composer Bill Dixon, and a selection of music by Mark Dresser and Susie Ibarra.

June 29:  New recordings by Miya Masaoka (Of Birds, Planes, and Cellos) and a selection of music by Bill Dixon and Tony Oxley

June 22:Our broadcast of the Rempis Percussion Quartet's performance at Woodland Pattern Book Center.

June 15:Jason hosts the studio show. The Rempis Percussion Quartet performs at Woodland Pattern Book Center as the third and final concert in the Alternating Currents Live concert series for this spring.

June 8:The music of Dave Rempis, Frank Rosaly and Tim Daisy . . .  a preview of thier Milwaukee concert next Sunday.

June 1:  Our broadcast of  the Chicago Luzern Exchange's concert from May 25th at Woodland Pattern Book Center.

May 25: Our preview of  the Chicago Luzern Exchange's Alternating Currents Live concert from May 25th at Woodland Pattern Book Center.  The Chicago Luzern Exchange consists of Josh Berman, Keefe Jackson, Fran Rosaly, and Marc Unternaeher.

May 18: Our broadcast of  Olivia Block's  Woodland Pattern concert from May 4th at Woodland Pattern Book Center.

May 11:  Our broadcast of  Olivia Block's  Woodland Pattern concert from May 4th at Woodland Pattern Book Center.

May 4:  Jason's hosts the show with live music from Peter J. Woods and a feature on the music of Jimmy Giuffre . . . as Olivia Block performs live at Woodland Pattern Book Center (concert broadcast next week).

April 27:  A preview of Olivia Block's solo concert along with live music by Steve Nelson-Raney and Jack Grassel as part of WMSE's Spring Membership Drive.

April 27:  More electroacoustic music by Olivia Block . . . , along with new releases from Tzadik by Steve Coleman  and Marc Ribot, and chamber music by Magnus Lindberg.

April 13:  A preview of Olivia Block's solo concert at Woodland Pattern on May 4th as the opening of the spring season of Alternating Currents Live . . . along with aeolian music by Richard Lerman, Paul Fuchs, Mario Bertoncinni, and others  . . .  and some favorites by Toru Takemitsu.

April 6:  Sound sculpture recordings by Limpe Fuchs, Harry Bertoia, Godfried-Willem Raes, and the Baschet Brothers, among others.

March 30:  The music Muhal Richard Abrams, composed and improvised, with a generous selection of works from the 80s and 90s on Black Saint an Soulnote.

March 23:  More music by Francis Dhomont  . . . along with some new music by violinist LaDonna Smith.

March 16:  Music from Brian Eno's mid 1970s Obscure label with guest co-host Thomas Gaudynski.

March 9:  Music by Francis Dhomont  . . . along with new releases by Marc Ribot (guitar) and Steve Coleman (soprano saxophone), new on Tzadik.

March 2:  Music by John Butcher . . . solo, in duos (with Phil Durrant), and ensemble work with the Chris Burn Ensemble, . . . along with new solo cds by Marc Ribot (guitar) and Steve Coleman (soprano saxophone) both new on Tzadik.

February 24:  Some favorite recordings of musical saw (from Roy Brooks, Jim Turner, Eddie Moore, Charles K. Noyes, Paul Lovens, Steve Noble, and others) and, by request, a selection of recordings by clarinetist Francois Houle.

February 17: Jason hosts the show.

February 10:  Piano harps and string pianos . . .  music from inside the piano featuring Lucia Dlugoszewski, John Cage, Henry Cowell, Irene Schweizer, Marilyn Crispell, Denman Maroney, and others.

February 3:  The music of alto saxophonist/composer Marion Brown, including a recording of his solo piano music by Amina Claudine Myers and his 1973 duet recording with Elliot Schwartz

January 27:   From the archives, the music of multi-instrumentalist/composer Bob Downes . . . .along with the music of Alessandro Bossetti. and recent electronic/acousmatic works by Natasha Barrett.

January 20:   Anthony Braxton's Ghost Trance Music (GTM), on Firehouse 12 Recordings, and Diamond Curtain Wall music, new on Victo.

January 13:The music of Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) . . . featuring Hymnen.

January 6: The music of Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) . . . including Ceylon, and the Helicopter String Quartet.
 
 
 

In the archives . . . programs from 2007:
 

December 30:  We close 2007 with three hours of music for piano including Juan Hidalgo's major work for twelve pianos ( as first released on the Cramps label).

December 23:  Our broadcast of the Alternating Currents Live concert at Woodland Pattern Book Center presenting Keefe Jackson and Fast Citizens.

December 16:  Jason hosts the studio show as Alternating Currents Live presents Keefe Jackson and Fast Citizens at Woodland Pattern Book Center in Milwaukee.

December 9:  The music of saxophonist/composer Keefe Jackson in preview of his quintet Fast Citizen's performance at Woodland Pattern Book Center on December 16.

December 2:  New releases including new solo piano from Muhal Richard Abrams (on Pi), the improvising duo of Carla Kihlstedt and Sakoto Fujii (on Henceforth), along with music by Sofia Gubaidulina and Magnus Lindberg.

November 25:  Music composed and performed by Henry Threadgil (in our first hour) and works by John Cage and David Tudor (in the final hour).

November 18:The music of pianist/composer Paul Bley from 1961 - with the Jimmy Giuffre Trio - through 2008 - in his new solo recording on ECM.

November 11:  Our broadcast of  last week;s Alternating Currents Live show presenting David Stackenas and Tatsuya Nakatani   at Woodland Pattern Book Center.

November 4:  Jason hosts the studio show while Alternating Currents Live presents David Stackenas and Tatsuya Nakatani at Woodland Pattern Book Center.

October 28:  Our preview of the David Stackenäs - Tatsuya Nakatani Duo concert coming to Milwaukee on November 4th.

October 21:The music of Morton Feldman.

October 14: Guitars, drums and guitar with drums . .  solo guitar music from many perspectives along with a few guitar/drum duets and a lot of solo percussion from Tatsuya Nakatani.

October 7: Our broadcast of  the concert by Mike Reed's Loose Assembly at Woodland Pattern Book Center on September 30th.

September 30:   Jason hosts the studio show.

September 23:  New releases from Paul Bley (ECM), Thomas Gaudynski (Neccesary Arts),  the Bob Downes Open Trio (Paradigm), Paolo Angeli (ReR), Eric Richards (New World Records) and others . . . along with preview of Mike Reed's Loose Assembly performing at Woodland Pattern Book Center on September 30.

September 16:  Electronic music, new and from the archives, including music by Angelo Petronella.

September 9:  Earle Brown's Four Systems.

September 2:  Percussion music from all across the globe.

August 26:  The music by Vladamir Ussachevsky, Thomas Lehn, and Kaija Saariaho.

August 19:  The music by Moniek Darge of the Logos Foundation in Ghent, Belgium.

Here are two links to more information about Moniek Darge with mp3s and video on her work as a composer and performance artist:

Moniek Darge's myspace page

Moniek Darge's website

August 12:  A mix of new releases along with our featured artists Ludvic von Beethoven (as viewed by Luc Ferrari, Chris DeLaurenti, and a selection from Lief Inge's BEET STRETCH, a 24 hour version of Beethoven's 9th, as released by Table of the Elements) ... and, last but not least, Harry Partch.

August 5:  The music by Earle Brown.

July 29:  New releases along with selections from Pierre Henry's Movement Rhythm Etude from the 1970s.

July 22:  The music of Luc Ferrari.

July 15:  Music by Pierre Henry, including his remarkable Variations for a Door and a Sigh.

July 8:  Mauricio Kagel's works for voice and choir including 1898.

July 1:  Music by composer Annea Lockwood, including a new reissue of her 1990 composition 1000 Year Dreaming on Pogus Productions.

June 24:  Music by pianist John Tilbury with AMM and others.

June 17:  New releases from Anthony Braxton, the Chicago Underground Trio, Chris DiLaurenti (his recent "Favorite Intermissions"),  and some more music by Pierre Boulez.

June 10:  Extended voices with music by Pauline Oliveros,
Robert Ashley, Unsik Chin, and others.

June 3:  Music by Pierre Boulez, John Cage, and Unsik Chin.

May 27:  More of  music of Mauricio Kagel including Ludvic van and Match for 3 Players.

May 20:  The music of Mauricio Kagel, including music for chamber ensembe and early electronic works.

May 13:Our broadcast of Matt Turner's solo concert from Woodland Pattern last Sunday night.

May 6:Alternating Currents Live presents solo cello from Matt Turner as Jason and Tom host the studio show.

April 29:Solo cello from Matt Turner and some new releases from Lol Coxill (on Emanem), Felix Werder (on Pogus), Carolyn Hume (on Leo), along with some rarities in the history of electronic music.

April 22:New music from Wadada Leo Smith (with Gunter Sommer on Intakt) and a new release by Teiji Ito (on Tzadik).

April 15:  Jason hosts the show.

April 8:Chant Magnetiques by Bernard Parmegiani and assorted new releases from Guillermo Gregorio, Carolyn Hume, Tom Nunn, Anthony Braxton, and others.

April 1:  New releases (including works by Cor Fuhler, Bernard Parmegiani, and Sofia Gubaidulina), and another selection from Cinema for the Ears.

March 25:  Our broadcast of Trio Tarana for Alternating Currents Live at Woodland Pattern on March 18.

March 18:  Jason hosts the show.

March 11:  A preview of Trio Tarana live at Woodland Pattern next Sunday night, along with Joel Chadabe's 1980 Lovely Music LP Rhythms.

March 4:  Cinema for the Ears . . . a short retrospective of Metamkine's electroacoustic music series, along with a few other recordings released in 3" CD format.

February 18:  Jason hosts the show.

February 18:  Guest co-host Thomas Gaudynski offers a survey of contemporary experimental music currently available through various online sources.

February 11:  Music & Time . . . with The Triumph of Time and Chronometer by Harrison Birtwhistle, Time Piece by Pauline Oliveros, Poeme Symphonique by Ligetti, Time's Encomium by Charles Wourinen, Plain-Temps by Bernard Parmegiani, Pieces of Time by Kenny Clarke and Milford Graves, and more.

February 4:  More music from Sofia Gubaidulina, Richard Teitelbaum, George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, and others.

January 28:  Music by Sofia Gubaidulina. Richard Teitelbaum, Walt Dickerson, Lee Konitz, and others.

January 21:  The electroacoustic music of Bernard Parmegiani, including his electronic setting for Dante's Inferno, along with some solo work from Joelle Leandre and Walt Dickerson.

January 14:  The music of George Lewis (including Sequel, new on Intakt) along with solo piano from Mal Waldron.

January 7:  Favorites from 2006 including new CDs from Evan Parker, Steve Lacy, Lionel Marchetti. Earl Brown, Lee Hyla, Chrisitan Wolf, Pierre Favre, Joelle Leandre, and more.
 
 

In the archives . . . programs from 2006:

December 31:  An all-percussion end-of-the-year blast off!

December 24:Alternating Currents takes a holiday break to open the airwaves  for Paul Host's Christmas broadcast.

December 17:A bit of Mal Waldron, some Curtis Clark (piano), Ernst Reisijer (cello), Joelle Leandre (double bass) and others in a mix of pianos and strings from recordings new and old . . . along with some chamber music by Ana-Maria Avram.

December 10:  Music for multiple orchestras . . . by Henry Brant (Western Springs, for two orchestras), Ana-Maria Avram (Khaosmos for two orchestras), Anthony Braxton (Compostion No. 82 for four orchestras), and Karlheinz Stockhausen (Gruppen, for three orchestras, and Carre, for four orchestras).

December 3:  The music of David Rosenboom including his work with Anthony Braxton and with Don Buchla and the Buchla electronic isntruments.

November 26:  Our recording of a  concert at Woodland Pattern Book Center featuring Peter Brotzmann, Tom Raworth, Josh Abrams, and Cheryl Lynn Bruce, a concert co-produced with the Outer Ear Festival in Chicago.

November 19: Jason hosts the show during Woodland Pattern's  Alternating Currents Live show.

November 12:A preview of  a concert at Woodland Pattern featuring Peter Brotzmann, Tom Raworth, Josh Abrams, and Cheryl Lynn Bruce, along with some other music/text collaborations from Costin Mireau and Alice Shields

November 5:  For WMSE's fall membership/pledge drive we will host live electronic music by Chris Burns.

October 29:  A rebroadcast our recording of both sets of Marilyn Crispell's concert at Woodland Pattern Book Center.

October 22:   The music of Judy Dunaway (balloon music) and Francois Bayle (electronic music).

October 15: Our broadcast of  Marilyn Crispell's concert at Woodland Pattern Book Center.

October 8:  Our broadcast of  Jim Baker's concert at Woodland Pattern Book Center.

September 17:  A preview of the solo piano series coming to Woodland Pattern on October 1st (Jim Baker)  and 6th (Marilyn Crispell) and new music by Daniel Menche (on Crouton).

September 24:  A preview of the solo piano series coming to Woodland Pattern on October 1st (with Jim Baker)  and 6th (with Marilyn Crispell) along with some solo and ensemble music by Sun Ra in preview of the major exhibition of his visual work and writings at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago.

October 1:  Jason hosts the show while ACLive presents solo piano by Jim Baker at Woodland Pattern Book Center.

September 10:  New releases on Pogus, XI, and Okka Disk (featuring the Territory Band).

September 3:  Music by the Baschet Brothers, by Cor Fuhler's Corkestra, by Tristan Honsinger, and a tribute to James Tenney (1934-2006).

August 27:  The music of Jogi Yuasa . . . early tape music  and computer music from the 90s.

August 20:New music for pipa by Wu Man and by Min Xiao-Fen along with some music by Tristan Murail.

August 13: A preivew of Ken Vandermark's Territory Band performing in Milwaukee on Saturday, August 19, at the Todd Wehr Conference Center (a concert co-produced by the Milwaukee Free Jazz Society, Okka Disc, and WMSE-FM).

August 6: BACH 4/7, a compositon for invented instruments by Ferdinand Forsch,  and B-A-C-H,  a composition for percussion quartet by Roland Schmidt.

July 30:Classics of minimalism  . . . including In C by Terry Riley as performed by Bang on a Can

July 23: The music of Francois Bayle along with some new releases (including Derek Bailey, Zeena Parkins, and more new on Tzadik).

July 16: By request, more music from Lou Harrison and Wadada Leo Smith.

July 9:New releases on mode, pogus, necessary arts, utech, and xi along with selections from the music of Musica Electronica Viva (MEV).

July 2:The music of Lou Harrison and Wadada Leo Smith.

June 25: New solo percussion music by Eddie Prevost (on Matchless), the music of Zeena Parkins (new on Tzadik), electronic music by Denis Dufour (on INA GRM), and new music from Polwechsel (on hatology).

June 18:  The music of György Ligeti (1929-2006).

June 11:  Our recording of Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings from their Alternating Currents Live concert in Milwaukee last Sunday evening.

June 4:  Jason hosts the show.

May 28:  Our preview of the Nicole Mitchell concert coming to Woodland Pattern Book Center on June 4th.

May 21:  The music of Luc Ferrari. . . a survey of early works and newly released late work by this masterful composer of electronic, electroacoustic, and radiophonic music.

Sunday, May 14:  Our recording of the Fred Lonberg-Holm/Guillermo Gregorio Duo concert at Woodland Pattern on April 30.

Sunday, May 4: WMSE's spring membership drive with live music from The Mouths with Jon Mueller and Jim Schoenecker.

Sunday, April 30:  Jason hosts the show.

April 23:  The music of Fred Lonberg-Holm and Guillermo Gregorio coming to Woodland Pattern on April 30.

Sunday, April 16:  A preview of the concert by Fred Lonberg-Holm and Guillermo Gregorio at Woodland Pattern on April 30 . . .  along with Samuel Beckett & music, part two.

Sunday, April 9:Jason hosts the show.

Sunday, April 2:  Samuel Beckett & music, part one  . . .
music inspired the works of Samuel Beckett by Steve Lacy, Morton Feldman, Steve Nelson-Raney, Roman Haubenstock-Ramatti, Mike Mantler, John Tilbury, and many others.

Sunday, March 26:  The music of Anthony Braxton and Ran Blake.

Sunday, March 19:  The music of Roman Haubenstock-Ramatti (on hat Art) and Lionel Marchetti  (on Crouton).  Also: music for invented instruments from Len Lye, the Baschett Brothers, Tom Nunn, and others.

Sunday, March 12:  Acoustic and small ensemble music, composed and improvised, from the Canvas Trio, David Holland, Steve Reich (new on ECM), and many others.
 

Sunday, March 5: A  mix of electronic and electroacoustic music both  contemporary (by Ikue Mori on Tzadik and Lionel Marchetti on Crouton) and classic (Ilhan Mimaraglu), along with some recent works by Peter Cusack and Jon Rose.

Sunday, February 26: New music by Lionel Marchetti (Red Dust on Crouton), a mix of electronic and electroacoustic music contemporary (by Ikue Mori and by Milwaukee composer Jeff Klatt) and classic (from the INA GRM studios), some works by John Tilbury (on Erstwhile), and a preview of the Tom Raworth/Steve Nelson-Raney concert at Woodland Pattern on Saturday, March 4th.

Sunday, February 19:  New music on Utech Records and the Michigan-based label Entropy with violinist Mike Khoury, a new recording by Lionel Marchetti on Crouton, and a survey of several recordings of John Cage's number compositions including Five.

Sunday, February 12:  New  music from  Leroy Jenkins on Mutable Music (along with some early work by violinsit Leroy Jenkins from the late 70s and early 80s on Black Saint and India Navigation).  A preview of Alvin Lucier's visit to Milwaukee this coming week.

Sunday, February 5: Guitar and others . . . some guitar music we didn't get to two weeks ago with more from Eugene Chadbourne and Hans Reichel . . . all in duos with other instruments.  Also: some new (on Leo Records) and older music (on Victo) from Anthony Braxton . . . and some new releases from Utech Records.

Sunday, January 29:  words or music? . . . part two of our words vs. music series with some more story-telling from Robert Ashley, Lou Mallozzi, Lewis Carroll, Kenneth Patchen, John Cage, and Shelley Hirsch and some curious words from  Amanda Stewart, David Moss, and others.
 

Sunday, January 22:  all solo guitar  . . . featuring Eugene Chadbourne, some extended solo work from Hans Reichel and Davey Williams . . .  and Marc Ribot playing solo guitar music by John Zorn .

Sunday, January 15:  words vs. music, part one . . . : some story-telling and a bit of fractured langauge .  .  .  . including work by Anthony Braxton, Robert Ashley, Amanda Stewart, Francis Dhomont, Reese Williams (The Sonance Project), and more.
 

Sunday, January 8:  new releases . . . and more in our ongoing tribute in memory of improvising guitarist Derek Bailey (1930-2005) . . . including a selection of duet improvisations and more from his solo performance in Milwaukee at Woodland Pattern Book Center in 1983.
 

Sunday, January 1: Our three hour tribute in memory of improvising guitarist Derek Bailey (1930-2005) . . . including selections from his solo performance in Milwaukee at Woodland Pattern Book Center in 1983 (released on cassette from Bailey's own label Incus Records in the late 1980s).
 

In the archives . . . programs from 2005:
 

Sunday, December 25:Symphonic favorites from Joan Tower, Toru Takemitsu,  Roy Harris, Luciano Berio, Sofia Gubaidulina, Kaija Saariaho, and others.

Sunday, December 18: Jason hosts the show.

Sunday, December 11: The Wisconsin Soundscapes Project 2005.  Our fifth annual invitational exhibition of soundscape recordings by sound artists, musicians, writers, cultural arts presenters, and students from Rob Danielson's location recording class at the UWM film department. This years participants include Chris Burns, Eric Levin, Brian Coffey, Alex Moeller, Tom Caw, Chris Rosenau, Jim Schoenecker, Paul Caster, Tom Crawford, Karl Gartung, Paul Gaudynski, Jeff Klatt, and Rob Danielson.
 

December 4:The soundscape & music. . . sound art produced from  field recordings and natural sounds offering the raw material for musical composition (inlcuding musci by Basil Kirchen, Moondog, Hildegarrd Westercamp, and Luc Ferrari.

Sunday, November 27: Musical railroadism: works by the Portable Quartet, Herbert Distel, Pierre Schaeffer, and Ellen Band.  . .  along with some new releases and, from the archives, a little more music by Moondog.
 

Sunday, November 20:  Tom Crawford hosts the show.

Sunday, November 13:Our broadcast of the Alternating Currents Live last week at Woodland pattern Book Center.

Sunday, November 6:WMSE's fall membership drive with live  music from Far Corner and solo theremin improvisations from Paul Gaudynski.

Sunday, October 30:  Jason hosts the show.

Sunday, October 23:  A preview of the music of Assif Tshar and Cooper-Moore coming to Woodland Pattern Book Center next Sunday evening.

Sunday, October 16:  A mix of new releases and some longer works by Sofia Gubaidolina and Lucia Dlugoszewski.

Sunday, October 9:   New releases and some new and old music from AMM.

Sunday, October 2:  The fourth program in our summer/fall solo piano series

Sunday, September 25:  Jason hosts the show.

Sunday, September 18:  The music of Henry Grimes from his late 1950s recordings with Sonny Rollins and McCoy Tyner to the his classic work with Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor, Roswell Rudd, Steve Lacy, and Albert Ayler in the mid 60s.

Sunday, September 11:  A variety of electronic music along with recordings by the Barton Workshop of music by John Cage including their recording of Cage's Atlas Eclipicalis.

Sunday, September 4:  New releases along with a major work entitled TREE by Yuji Takahashi featuring soloist George Lewis, ans excerpts from Uri Caine's revisions of music by Gustav Mahler.
 

Sunday, August 28:Tributes to the work of Robert Moog (with music by Sun Ra, Richard Teitelbaum, Paul Bley, and Annette Peacock) and Luc Ferrari.  Here is a link to an interview with Luc Ferrari by Dan Warburten.
 

Sunday, August 21:  Music in memory of pianist Ellsworth Snyder including music from his 1996 performance for the Alternating Currents Live concert series.

Sunday, August 14: New releases and  more electronic music from INA GRM in Paris.

Sunday, August 7:  The third installment of our summer solo piano series including John Tilbury's performance of Morton Feldman's "For Bunita Marcus."

Sunday, July 24:A tribute to Albert Mangelsdorf (1928-2005) along with a few new releases on Utech Records, Pogus, Tzadik, Atavistic, mode, and more . . . and a major work for percussion orchestra by Wendy Chambers.

Sunday, July 17:A survery of electronic music from the INA GRM studios in Paris along with more percussion music, composed and improvised.

Sunday, July 17:New releases including set of drum solos and a feature on the work of composer Annie Gosfield.

Sunday, July10:  The second in our summer solo piano series.

Sunday, July 3:   Music by five American composers - Lucia Dlugoszewski, John Cage, Ornette Colemen, Carl Ruggles, and Lou Harrison.

Sunday, June 26:Our broadcast of Paul Rutherford's performance at Woodland Pattern Book Center in the Alternating Currents Live series.

Sunday, June 19:       Jason hosts the show, while Paul Rutherford performs at Woodland Pattern in the Alternating Currents Live series.

Sunday, June 12:      A preview of Paul Rutherford's solo trombone performance at Woodland Pattern Book Center.

Sunday, June 5:      Jason hosts the show.

Sunday, May 29:      A three hour survey of solo piano from Misha Mengelberg, Marilyn Crispell, Paul Bley, John Cage, Charles Mingus, Andrew Hill, Iannis Xenakis, Morton Feldman, and many more.

Sunday, May 22:      New releases from Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Braxton, Andrew Hill, Steven Huback and others.

Sunday, May 15:      A survey of pianist/composer Misha Mengelberg's diverse discography and new music from David Behrman (on XI).

Sunday, May 8:   WMSE's spring membershp drive with live percussion improvisation from Michael Bettine.

Sunday, May 1:  Radios, turntables, and fugitive mixes ...
 .  .  . with music from John Cage, Tod Dockstader, Karlheinz Stockhausen. Dick Raajimakers, Christian Marclay, Martin Tetreault, and many others.....

Sunday, April 24:  Jason hosts the show.

Sunday, April 17:  New releases on Utech Records (Steve Hubback,  Paal Nilsson-Love, and more), Mosaic (the Andrew Hill box), Atavistic (from their Unheard Music series),  and more music from George Crumb (including A Haunted Landscape).

Sunday, April 10:  Our broadcast of the Aoki / Wilkerson / Zerang TRIO performing at Woodland Pattern Book Center in the A;ternating Currents Live series.

Sunday, April 3:  Jason hosts the show, while the Aoki / Wilkerson / Zerang TRIO. performs at Woodland Pattern in the Alternating Currents Live series.

Sunday, March 27: A preview on the Alternating Currents Live concert at Woodland Pattern Book Center on April 3rd featuring the Aoki / Wilkerson / Zerang TRIO.

Sunday, March 20:Music by George Crumb, including Margaret Leng Tan's new recording of Makrokosmos I & II (mode).

Sunday, March 13: A tribute to Jackson Mac Low.
A survey of works by Jackson Mac Low inlcuding:
 

 *  a performance of "Stanzas for Iris Lezak" recorded in Milwaukee in 1978 at Water Street Arts Center / Boox-Books featuring Karl Gartung, Karl Young, Thomas Gaudynski, Diana David and Gail Hempel.
 *  a rare recording of Jackson Mac Low reading at a ëPoems for Peaceí benefit at St. Markís Church in New York in 1967.
 *  a rare recording of Jackson Mac Low performing ìThe Text on the Opposite Page . . .î with vocalist Jeanne Lee from a Town Hall performance in 1966 originally released on a New Wilderness cassette from 1977.
 *  a realization of Joseph Byrdís ìHomage to Jackson Mac Lowî  by Thomas Gaudynski from 1978.
 *  selections from the CD accompanying Crayon Magazineís Festschrift for Jackson Mac Lowís 75th Birthday featuring music and sound art inspired by Jackson Mac Lowís ideas and writings.

An essay ìHomage to Jackson Mac Lowî by Thomas Gaudynski may be found at
on this website.

Sunday, March 6: The music of Anthony Braxton and Albert Ayler, with excerpts from interviews with both composers.

Sunday, February 27:  Conductions by Lawrence 'Butch' Morris, along with assorted new releases.
 

Sunday, February 20:  In honor of Black History Month, we offer a three hour tribute to the Association for the Advancement of Creative Muisicains (AACM), featuring music by Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Fred Anderson, Muhal Richard Abrams, Henry Threadgill, Amina Claudine Myers, Steve McCall and many others.

Sunday, February 13:  Jason hosts the show.

Sunday, February 6:  Our preview of the Phill Niblock concert next Sunday evening, February 13, at Hotcakes Gallery in Milwaukee.  Phill Niblock is an intermedia artist using music, film, photography, video and computers.
Along with works by Phill Niblock, we will survey some new releases on Crouton Records, Soutrane, and a new Milwaukee label Utech Records.

Sunday, January 30: Max Neuhaus plays Stockhausen's Zyklus (four realizations on Algha Marghen), the Kronos Quartet plays Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (new on Nonesuch), and Sten Sandell and Per Anders Nilsson play improvised musique concrete (new on LJ Records), along with some solo piano works by Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Sunday, January 23:  Jason hosts the show, featuring the music of Bob Graettinger.

Sunday, January 16:  Music by Conlon Nancarrow and a tribute to English improviser, instrument inventor, archivist and historian Hugh Davies (1943-2005).

Sunday, January 9:   Electronic music by Bernard Parmegiani, along with assorted new releases.

Sunday, January 2:   A little more music by Toru Takemitsu, some electronic music from Francois Bayle, a few new releases, and more.
 
 

In the archives . . . programs from 2004:

Sunday, December 26:   Music by Toru Takemitsu, John Downey, and others.

Sunday, December 19:   James Joyce & music . . .
. . .three hours of music inspired by the prose and poetry of James Joyce including music by Harry Partch, John Cage, Luciano Berio, Andre Hodier, and John Lewis.  Exceprts from two films made from Joyce's novels Ulysses and Finnegans Wake along with rare recordings of James Joyce reading from these works will be included in this special program.  Performers inlcude Joelle Leandre, Cathy Berberian, Joan LaBarbara, Phil Minton, John Butcher, and many others.

Sunday, December 12:   Our broadcast of the David Boykin & Expanse concert recorded at Woodland Pattern Book Center  in Milwaukee last Sunday night.
 

Sunday, December 5:   Jason hosts the studio show as David Boykin & Expanse perform in the Alternating Currents Live series  at Woodland Pattern Book Center  in Milwaukee.

Sunday, November 28:   The music of David Boykin . . .   a preview of the David Boykin & Expanse concert at Woodland Pattern Book Center  in Milwaukee on Sunday, December 5th.

Sunday, November 21:   Jason hosts the show.

Sunday, November 14:   The music of Henry Brant . . .   a preview of the Henry Brant performance by Present Music on November 19th in Milwaukee.

Sunday, November 7:   In the midst of WMSE's fall membership drive . . . live music from I-Beam and a preview of the Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet concert on November 8th in Milwaukee.

Sunday, October 31:   New music from Zeena Parkins and Ikue Mori including their new duo CD Phantom Orchids (on Mego) along with a short retrospective on their various solo recordings and ensemble compositions.

Sunday, October 24:  Chamber music by John Zorn, (Chimeras on Tzadik), new music from the Art Ensemble of Chicago (pi recordings), and more.

Sunday, October 17:  A preview of several new music concerts coming in Milwaukee this month, including shows by Jason Weitlispach, Thomas Gaudynski, Steve Nelson-Raney, and Jon Mueller.  Also: new music by Cooper-Moore and Tom Johnson.

Sunday, October 10:  Jason hosts the show.

Sunday, October 3:   New releases, including new music from cellist/pianist Matt Turner.

Sunday, September 26:  A survey of Popular Electronics (new on Basta), early Dutch electronic music, 1956-1963.

Sunday, September 19:  A preview of Ken Vandermark's Territory Band concert in Milwaukee on Saturday, September 25, including recordings by Paul Lyton, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jim Baker, Axel Dorner, and other members of the ensemble.

Sunday, September 12:   Jason hosts the show.

Sunday, September 5:   Horatio Radulescu's The Quest (on cpo), Globe Unity Orchestra's Kontraste und Synthesen (from 1974 on the Unheard Music series), and Cornelius Cardew's  Octet '61 for Jasper Johns (on Hat Art)  . .  and more.

Sunday, August 29:  New recordings from Francois Houle  (on Spool), Cecil Taylor (Algonquin with Mat Maneri on Bridge). Horatio Radulescu (on cpo),, and Cornelius Cardew (on Hat Art).
 

Sunday, August 22:  Our broadcst of the Alternating Currents Live concert at Woodland Pattern Book Center featuring Bhob Rainey, Jon Mueller, and Jim Schoenecker.

Sunday, August 15:  Jason hosts the studio show (featuring solo recordings on a wide variety of strings, percussion, and wind instruments).
 

Sunday, August 8:  A preview of the Alternating Currents Live concert coming up on August 15 featuring Bhob Rainey, Jon Mueller, and Jim
Schoenecker.

Sunday, August 1:   Music from Dean Drummond's NewBand, new CDs by Joe Maneri, Marilyn Crispell, and Steve Nelson-Raney, along with a preview of the Alternating Currents Live concert coming up on August 15 featuring Bhob Rainey, Jon Mueller, and Jim Schoenecker.

Sunday, July 25:  Jason hosts the show

Sunday, July 18:   Music from Ellen Fullman (long-string instruments) and Evan Parker's new Electroacoustic Ensemble recording (ECM)  . . . and, by request, solo piano music by Morton Feldman (Triadic Memories).

Sunday, July 11:   New releases including new music from electronic percussionist Ikue Mori. and, by request, minimalist classics from Steve Reich (including his 1971 Drumming).

Sunday, July 4: The music of American composer Harry Partch, featuring the unique musical instruments of Harry Partch).

Sunday, June 27:  Jason hosts a three hour feature on the music of Jimmy Giuffre, from the late 40s through the early 1960s.

Sunday, June 20:  The music by Steve Lacy (1935-2004).

Sunday, June 13: A new recording of music by Jerry Hunt on Tzadik and a preview of the Milwaukee concert by Atomic and the Vandermark 5 on Wednesday, June 16, at Onopa.

Sunday, June 6: New releases on Tzadik, hatology, Okka, and Pogus, including new music by Roger Reynolds. Our first hour in tribute to the memory of Steve Lacy.

Sunday, May 23: The music of Alvin Curran, featuring his own compositions along with performances of music by Steve Lacy and Giacinto Scelsi, and recordings of the ensemble improvisations of Musica Electtronica Viva (MEV).

Sunday, May 23: The music of three percussionists: Susie Ibarra, William Winant, and Paal Nilsson-Love, featuring music composed by Susie Ibarra, Lou Harrison, Alvin Curran, Wadada Leo Smith, Paal Nilsson-Love, and others.

Sunday, May 16: Jason hosts the show.

Sunday, May 9:  Live studio performance by Collections of Colonies of Bees.

Sunday, May 2: Our broadcast of the Koch-Schutz-Studer Trio recorded live at Woodland Pattern on April 25th.

Sunday, April 25: Jason hosts the studio show. Alternating Currents Live takes place at Woodland Pattern Book Center featuring the Koch-Schutz-Studer Trio.

Sunday, April 18: A preview of the next Alternating Currents Live concert on April 25, featuring the Koch-Schutz-Studer Trio.

Sunday, April 11: Our broadcast of the Josh Abrams Quartet recorded live at Woodland Pattern on April 4th.

Sunday, April 4: Jason hosts the studio show. Alternating Currents Live takes place at Woodland Pattern Book Center featuring the Josh Abrams Quartet.

Sunday, March 28: A preview of the next Alternating Currents Live concert on April 4, featuring the Josh Abrams Quartet.

Sunday, March 21: Jason hosts the show.

Sunday, March 14:  A preview of the next two Alternating Currents Live concerts featuring the Josh Abrams Quartet (April 4) and the Koch-Schutz-Studer Trio (April 25), along with new solo music from Roscoe Mitchell (mutable music) and a reissue from the Revolutionary Ensemble (mutable music).

Sunday, March 7:  . . . more electronic music and some favorite recordings from the Arditti String Quartet.

Sunday, February 29: All electronic: from early tape experiments at WDR and Columbia-Princeton studios to contemporary 'live electronics' with Richard Teitelbaum, Phil Durant, Pauline Oliveros, and others.

Sunday, February 22: A tribute to Malachi Favors Maghostus (1927-2004), featuring music from his recordings with Andrew Hill, Lester Bowie, Muhal Richard Abrams, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.

Sunday, February 16:  Our broadcast of Mary Oliver's solo performance in Milwaukee on February 8 at Woodland Pattern.