Amar Chaudhary

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September 16, 2010. Amar solo performance. 8PM.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco.

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August 28, 2010. 10th Annual Transbay Skronkathan.
21 Grand, 416 25th Street, Oakland, CA.

The big annual all-day event featuring a Who’s Who of Bay Area new music along with good food and drink.
This year Amar will be performing a duo with Polly Moller in which we will re-interpret a version of the CatSynth.com review of last year's Skronkathon mangled by a spam site.

August 15, 2010. μHausen (micro-Hausen) at Camp Happy. 1PM-4PM.
Boulder Creek, CA.

A mini version of the Woodstockhausen returns as part of the 2010 Camp Happy Festival in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Amar will perform a live set with electronics, folk instruments and video of Luna.

August 12, 2010. Instagon Mixer Set at Luggage Store Gallery. 8PM.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco.

Instagon to play a MIXER SET at LSG for the Outsound Series. also appearing will be French guitarist RICHARD BONNET. Instagon players to include Lob with Mark Wilson (Conure), Lena Strayhorn, Martin from Vernian Process, Alan Herrick (Nux Vomica), Amar Chaudhary (Reconnaissance Fly).

August 9, 2010. Nebraska Monday's presents Garage Jazz Architects & Reconnaissance Fly. 7PM.
Luna's Cafe, 1414 16th Street, Sacramento, CA.

GJA & Reconnaissance Fly (from SF) will appear for the weekly Nebraska Monday's jazz series hosted by Ross Hammond. all ages, $5-10 sliding scale

July 23, 2010. Outsound New Music Summit. 8PM.
Community Music Center. 544 Capp Street @ 20th, San Francisco.

Reconnaissance Fly opens the Friday night performance at the Outsound Music Summit with the full version of our "spong cycle" Flower Futures. Also performing on the same evening with the Cornelius Cardew Choir. More info online at http://www.outsound.org/summit/summit.html

July 18, 2010. Outsound New Music Summit: Touch the Gear Expo. 7PM.
Community Music Center. 544 Capp Street @ 20th, San Francisco.

The Kick off event to one of the most comprehensive experimental music festivals on the West Coast!

July 8, 2010. Outsound Presents Conduct Your Own Orchestra Night. 8PM.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco.

I will be a performer (with iPhone and Kaos Pad) in an orchestra that anyone can come and sign up to conduct! Different conduction techniques can be used (including but not limited to hand gestures, verbal directions, cue cards and graphical scores) with an improvising orchestra.

July 2, 2010. Expanded Strangelet Minus One. 8PM.

The pedal orchestra invented by Lucio Menegon convenes without him at the at Oakland Underground Film Festival's Hot Summer and Salon. With Amar Chaudhary, Matt Davignon, Wayne Grim, John Hanes, Suki O'Kane, Jonathan Segel and Michael Zelner. For more information visit http://www.oakuff.org/.

June 3, 2010. sperryFest 2010: tag team trio shift. 8PM.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco.

The eighth annual celebration of Matthew Sperry’s life and music with the Bay Area’s creative music community (www.matthewsperry.org). Tag team trio shift, refereed by john shiurba, with a cast of many only able to play three at a time.

May 22, 2010. Reconnaissance Fly. 8PM.
San Francisco, CA.

May 15, 2010. Reconnaissance Fly at In The Flow Festival. 1PM.
Beatnik Studios, 17th & Broadway, Sacramento.

The Greater Broadway Partnership, in conjunction with the Jazzhouse and SMF Music presents the 3rd Annual In The Flow Festival. This year In The Flow returns with a West Coast theme. All of the artists presented are representatives of Sacramento, Los Angeles, SF/Bay Area and Portland. In The Flow 3 is a chance to experience what artists from out West have to offer.

March 4, 2010. Outsound Presents Conduct Your Own Orchestra Night. 8PM.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco.

I will be both a guest conductor and a performer in the orchestra for other conductors. Different conduction techniques will be used (including but not limited to hand gestures, verbal directions, cue cards and graphical scores) with an improvising orchestra.

February 27, 2010. Live electronic performance at AMP Presents Connect. 10PM.
Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell St, San Francisco.

Live performance with electronics and Chinese and Indian folk instruments. More information about the event can be found here.

February 25, 2010. Outsound Presents Full Moon Concert Series: Quickening Moon. 8PM.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco.

The Quickening Moon concert will celebrate the awakening of new life after the cold of winter. Solo performance with electronics, percussion and a featured video appearance by Luna!

February 5, 2010. Reconnaissance Fly / Matt Davignon @ Studio 1510. 8PM.
1510 8th Street, Oakland, CA.

Reconnaissance Fly is Polly Moller, Amar Chaudhary, and Tim Walters. They are working on a "spong cycle" entitled Flower Futures, and they've got several movements from it to share. Matt Davignon is...well... Matt Davignon. His performing specialty is extended techniques on drum machines.

February 4, 2010. Reconnaissance Fly live on KUSF. 11AM.
90.3 FM San Francisco or live on the web: www.kusf.org.

Kusf's Bryan Chandler hosts Reconnaissance Fly -- the trio of Polly Moller, Amar Chaudhary, and Tim Walters -- as they share some of their spoetry settings live on the radio. Believe them when they say: "One should never. One should never record on it. One should never plug it in. One should never set it up in front. One should never command respect." This and many other internet-generated words of wisdom will be yours to ponder, so tune in, on your radio or on the web!

December 10, 2009. The Pmocatat Ensemble with Chorus. 8PM.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco.

The Pmocatat Ensemble records the sounds of their instruments onto various forms of consumer-ready media. (Pmocatat stands for "prerecorded music on cds and tapes and things".) Then, they improvise using only the recorded media. Several different pieces will explore both the different arrangements of recorded instruments and the sound modulation possibilities of the different recording media. This performance will feature a "chorus" of voice recordings.

November 19, 2009. Dronshift.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco.

About 20 musicians will present two hours of continuous long tones and unusual textures that wouldn't develop anywhere else!

November 16, 2009. Ivy Room Improv/Experimental Hootenanny. 9PM.
858 San Pablo Ave, Albany, CA.

Come on down, hang out, enjoy or make some noise. Ivy Room Improv/Experimental Hootenanny. Curated set by Amar Chaudhary, lineup TBD. Other sets include Elizabeth Torres, Lords of Outland, and Free Reign.

November 14, 2009. Garage Sounds Session ///. 7PM.
Santa Cruz, CA.

I will perform a live set "Garage Sounds for Garage Sounds". Live experimental electronic improvisations, this time under the name "CatSynth". Also "Laborataria". A fascinating vocal centric foray into experimental improv operatic arias; and "Laterdays" – The inimitable Wayne Jackson will perform with and demonstrate some current soft-synth projects.

November 1, 2009. Reconnaissance Fly @ SIMM Series. 7:30PM.
Musicians Union Hall, 9th St @ Mission St, San Francisco.

7:30pm Reconnaissance Fly presents movements from their long-form "spong cycle" entitled Flower Futures Polly Moller, Scorpio (and flute/bass flute/voice) Amar Chaudhary, Pisces (and electronics) Bill Wolter, Sagittarius (and guitar)

July 19, 2009. Outsound Music Summit: Touch The Gear Expo. 7PM.
544 Capp Street @ 20th, San Francisco.

The Kick off event to one of the most comprehensive experimental music festivals on the West Coast! Come and experience this hands-on experience of sound producing gear and instruments! Presenting Artists to Date: Amar Chaudhary Bob Marsh CJ Borosque Conure Crank Ensemble Dan Ake Ferrara Brain Pan LX Rudis Philip Everett Richard Waters Rick Walker Steven Baker Thomas Dimuzio Tom Duff Tom Nunn Travis Johns more TBA!

July 17, 2009. The Flip Quartet + Solo Set. 7:30PM.
Book Zoo, Telegraph @ Alcatraz, Oakland, CA.

Amar Chaudhary solo electronics and percussion. Followed by The Flip Quartet By Polly Moller Elemental harmony through improvisation. Realized by Amar Chaudhary, Travis Johns, Suki O’Kane and Moe! Staiano.

July 11, 2009. 9th Annual Transbay Skronkathan.
21 Grand, 416 25th Street, Oakland, CA.

The big annual all-day event featuring a Who’s Who of Bay Area new music along with good food and drink.
This year Reconnaissance Fly (Polly Moller, Amar Chaudhary, Bill Wolter, Jim Carr) will perform five new ensemble works.

July 7, 2009. Temescal Arts Center. 8PM.
3111 Deakin St at Woolsey, Berkeley, CA.

Duo of Amar Chaudhary (electronics) and Polly Moller. (Note the change of address, the show will not be at the Temscal Arts Center location.)

March 30, 2009. Parallel Computing in Real-Time Interactive Music and Media Computing. 5PM.
Claremont Hotel, 41 Tunnel Road, Berkeley, CA.

Participating in panel session at the USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Parallelism. Other participants include David Wessel (chair), Miller Puckette, David Zicarelli and Dinesh Manocha.

March 16, 2009. Ivy Room Improv/Experimental Hootenanny. 9PM.
858 San Pablo Ave, Albany, CA.

Come on down, hang out, enjoy or make some noise. Ivy Room Improv/Experimental Hootenanny. Curated set by Amar Chaudhary, lineup TBD

March 12, 2009. The Pmocatat (prerecorded music onto cds and tapes and things) Ensemble. 8PM.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco.

The Pmocatat Ensemble records the sounds of their instruments onto various forms of consumer-ready media. (Pmocatat stands for "prerecorded music on cds and tapes and things".) Then, they improvise using only the recorded media. Several different pieces will explore both the different arrangements of recorded instruments and the sound modulation possibilities of the different recording media.

December 7, 2008. SIMM Series Outsound Year End Blow Out Show. 7:30PM.
Musicians Union Hall, 9th St @ Mission St, San Francisco.

SIMM Series Outsound Year End Blow Out Show with... Polly Moller/Amar Chaudhary duo, CJ Borosque/Matt Davignon duo, Conure, Rent Romus, Philip Everett, Pete Martin, John Vaughn, and more guests! solos, duos, trios, and the Outsound SuperSize Ensemble. The mission of Outsound Presents is to raise public awareness of sound and unique events not otherwise made available by presenting public performance, co-op promotion, and education throughout the year. Donations from this evening will be used to support Outsound’s future programming efforts...

December 6, 2008. :plug4: headphone festival. 8PM.
5lowershop, 992 Peralta Ave., San Francisco.

The headphone festival returns. I will be performing ofter electronic music, with a playful bent. It is a "headphone" event where people live at the venue as well as those listening online will be using headphones. For those who are interested, you can also listen live online on Saturday. visit http://www.deletist.info or http://www.leplacard.org for more info.

December 4, 2008. Outsound Presents Ad-hoc experimental freeform improv. 8PM.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco.

8pm: Ad-hoc experimental freeform improv like dude whatever jam 9pm: Chris Skebo (trumpet)/Luigi Marino (computer)/Karl Evangelista (guitar)

November 24, 2008. Ivy Room Improv/Experimental Hootenanny. 9PM.
858 San Pablo Ave, Albany, CA.

Last Hoot of the year. Come on down, hang out, enjoy or make some noise. Ivy Room Improv/Experimental Hootenanny w/ featured act: Rent Romus’ Lord’s of Outland. Curated sets by Amar Chaudhary, Kap/Myles Boisen, Michaela Peterson, et al. Special guest sonic interloper ’lude the narcotics addicted clown, plus the ’anything goes’ late-night open stage

October 30, 2008. Dronshift.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco.

About 20 musicians will present two hours of continuous long tones and unusual textures that wouldn't develop anywhere else!

October 19, 2008. Y2K8 International Live Looping Festival. 4PM.
120 Pearl Alley, Santa Cruz, CA.

Live electro-acoustic looping performance. Basically, taking live recordings and layering one atop another, to build rich textures.

October 16, 2008. Amar @ Outsound. 8PM.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco.

A new live solo electronic set, this time focusing on hardware analog and digital synthesizers. But there will of course be a laptop as well.

September 6, 2008. Polly Moller and Company. 6:45PM.
El Mundo Bueno Studios, 1285 64th St, Suite E, Emeryville, CA.

Benefit concert for the Stone City Sanctuary (http://www.stonecity.moonfruit.com/). Trio version with Polly Moller, Amar Chaudhary, and Bill Wolter, playing a mixture of songs from our growing repertoire.

July 13, 2008. Polly Moller and Company at the Annual Transbay Skronkathon. 5PM.
21 Grand, 416 25th Street, Oakland, CA.

Polly Moller (flute, bass flute, & voice), Jim Carr (bass), Amar Chaudhary (electronica), and Bill Wolter (guitar). Polly Moller & Co. will perform a new piece in memory of Paul Decker, incorporating his outgoing voice mail greeting. If you have a message for Paul, come prepared to share it!

May 8, 2008. Amar @ Outsound. 8PM.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco.

Live solo electronic set, including new instruments. A mixture of Indian folk instruments, computers, circuit bending and more.

February 7, 2008. Polly Moller and Company. 8PM.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco.

Description:8:00 p.m. - Karl Evangelista, solo guitar 9:00 p.m. - Polly Moller & Co. Luggage Store Gallery 1007 Market Street @ 6th San Francisco, CA. $6.00 - $10.00. My first show as a resident of San Francisco!

February 5, 2008. Polly Moller and Company. 8PM.
1510 8th St Performance Space, Oakland, CA.

Matt Davignon and Les Hutchins will interweave their amazing electronic sounds at 8:00 p.m., followed by Polly Moller & Co., consisting of Polly Moller (flute, bass flute, & voice), Jim Carr (bass), Amar Chaudhary (electronica), and Bill Wolter (guitar).

February 2, 2008. Polly Moller and Company. 3PM.
KFJC 89.7 FM.

Polly Moller & Co. will play live in the Pit on Nozmo King’s Saturday afternoon show. Listen live on www.kfjc.org!

October 20, 2007. Polly Moller and Company. 8PM.
Gallery 1412. 1412 18th Avenue, Seattle, WA..

The final show for Polly Moller and Company's northwest tour, in Seattle. Featuring Polly Moller, Amar, Bill Wolter and Jim Carr. I will doing an opening solo set as well.

October 19, 2007. Polly Moller and Company. 8PM.
Astoria Visual Arts Center, 435A 11th St., Astoria, OR..

The second stop on our northwest tour as "Polly Moller and Company." Featuring Polly Moller, Amar, Bill Wolter and Jim Carr. I will be doing an opening set as well.

October 18, 2007. Polly Moller and Friends. 8PM.
Rotture, 315 SE Third on the East Waterfront, Portland, OR.

Polly Moller and friends hits the road. Our first show is in Portand. Featuring Polly Moller, Amar, Bill Wolter and Jim Carr

October 15, 2007. Polly Moller and Company. 8PM.
1510 8th St Performance Space, Oakland, CA.

Opening solo electronic set by Amar, followed by performance featuring Polly Moller, Amar and Jim Carr.

October 14, 2007. :plug3: headphone festival. 7:30PM.
The Lab. 2948 16th Street (@ Capp), San Francisco.

The headphone festival returns. Performances are 1PM to 1AM Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday at 7:30PM, I will be performing a "softer" electronic improvisation, possibly including sounds from the current unfinished album.

September 22, 2007. Woodstockhausen 2007. 7PM.
Glen Alba Gardens, 12250 Alba Road, Ben Lomond, CA..

Woodstockhausen returns! The tiny esoteric outdoor festival of experimental music and visual spectacles. I will be performing a solo set with electronics and folk instruments.

September 18, 2007. KSCO morning radio show (CANCELLED). 8:40AM.
KSCO 1080AM, Santa Cruz, CA..

Live radio performance in support of Woodstockhausen 2007.

July 27, 2007. Polly Moller & Company at Works/San Jose. 7PM.
451 South 1st Street, San Jose, California 95112.

Opening for Kioku, a trio on tour from NYC. The lineup will be Polly Moller, John Moreira, and Amar Chaudhary.

July 15, 2007. 7th Annual Skronkathon. 7PM.
21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland, CA.

Solo electronic improvisation with brand new sounds and instruments. Part of all-day event and BBQ

January 21, 2007. Opening Reception: Pajaro Valley Arts Council. 2PM.
37 Sudden St., WatsonVille, CA.

Opening Reception for "The Human Condition: The Artists' Response." This show includes an installation with sound by Amar and sculpture by Mike Meyers.

January 10, 2007. The Human Condition: The Artists' Response.
Pajaro Valley Arts Council, 37 Sudden St., WatsonVille, CA.

Art installation with sound by Amar and sculpture by Mike Meyers. Gallery show from January 10 through March 4, 2007.

November 10, 2006. 2006 International Computer-Music Conference (ICMC). 3:00PM U.S. Central Time.
Tulane University, New Orleans.

Broadcast and performance of The Wooden Fish and composer interview on WTUL FM 91.5 in New Orleans. The original recording from the CD will also be playing like the ICMC jukeboxes throughout the conference.

September 30, 2006. indiehausen. 8PM.

A house concert of experimental music, featuring three artists in extended sets. Please contact for location info if interested in attending.

September 9, 2006. le placard headphone festival: plug.dos. 7:40PM.
992 Peralta Ave., San Francisco.

A live and streaming headphone festival. Listeners at the event plug into headphone amps [ approximately 60 output jacks ] provided throughout the venue the festival may also be heard via the pirate radio broadcast at 104.1 fm and streaming live audio/visuals through LE PLACARD. Visit either of the websites on Sept 9, or the LePlacard FAQ for more info on how to listen live online.

August 6, 2006. 6th Annual Skronkathon. 8PM.
21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland, CA.

Live improvisation duo with Ron Lettuce. Part of all-day festival and BBQ.

February 18, 2006. Toys as Instruments. 2PM-4PM.
Zeum, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco.

"Come create music from broken toys or by drawing squiggly lines with electronic musician Amar Chaudhary, a composer and sound engineer who plays--and plays with--his instruments."

November 25, 2005. Amar Chaudhary Ecclectic Electric Winter Wonder Music. 8PM.
Galapagos, 70 N 6th Street, Williamsburg (Brooklyn), New York..

Amar Chaudhary will be joined by Ajay Chaudhary (trumpet, electronics), Michael Irwin (trumpet) and Tom Trapp (guitar) for an evening of musical exploration and improvisation. A mixture of wild electronics, toy and folk instruments, and free jazz.

October 28, 2005. Rolling Darkness Revue. 7:30PM.
The Capitola Book Cafe, Capitola, CA.

An annual Halloween ghost-stories-with-music-and-fog-and-surprises performing group

October 9, 2005. Y2K5 Live Looping festival. 2:30PM.
E3 Playhouse, 335 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA.

Live electro-acoustic looping performance

September 8, 2005. International Computer Music Conference. 11AM.
ESMuC, Barcelona, Spain.

Presentation on Open Sound World 1.3/2.0 and OpenSound Control

August 14, 2005. 5th Annual Skronkathon. 7PM.
21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland, CA.

Live performance of new and recent works. Part of all-day festival and BBQ.

June 23, 2005. In Surround Where Available. 7PM.
Next Door, 1207 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, CA.

Live experimental improvision throughout the evening.

June 17, 2005. iNDehausen. 8PM.
Next Door, 1207 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, CA.

Live electro-acoustic improvision.

May 8, 2005. Second Sundays Live Looping Series.
The Attic, 931 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, CA.

Live looping performance in collaboration with Christopher Cohn.

March 12, 2005. Droneshift. 7PM.
21 Grand, 449B 23rd St, Oakland, CA.

About 40 musicians will present four hours of continuous long tones and unusual textures that wouldn't develop anywhere else! All the funds will go to 21 Grand, a venue that has made huge efforts to provide a place for unusual shows like this one.

February 24, 2005. ELectron SAlon 9. 8PM.
Next Door, 1207 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, CA.

Live performance of new and existing works

November 6, 2004. International Computer Music Conference.
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.

Performance of Edge 0316 as part of ICMC 2004 music program.

October 10, 2004. Y2K4 International Live Looping Festival. 2:30PM.
Resonant Church, 429 Pennsylvania, Santa Cruz, CA.

Live performance of electronics, percussion and toy instruments played against real-time recorded loops of said performance.

September 3, 2004. Burning Man 2004.
Black Rock City, Nevada.

Impromptu performances with toy and percussion instruments, keyboard and voice underneath the man itself.

August 8, 2004. 4th Annual Skronkathon. All day starting at noon.
The Jazz House, 3192 Adeline, Berkeley, CA.

Live performance of new and recent works. Part of all-day festival and BBQ.

July 30, 2004. Open Sound Control Conference 2004. 9:00AM.
Hewlett Packard Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley.

Presentation on the use of OSC in Open Sound World

July 22, 2004. Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series. 8:00PM.
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. @ 6th St, San Francisco.

Group improvisations with hardware synthesizers. Amar will be primarily using an E-MU Proteus 2000 (Vintage / Mo-Phatt) and a custom-programmed E-MU Morpheus.

June 4, 2004. The CliniC - Artist Studios. 8:00 PM.
2801 A 25th Street, San Francisco.

New improvisations for live electronics, percussion and toy instruments.

April 23, 2004. 7:00 PM.
120 Union Street, Santa Cruz, CA.

Live performance of new works. Part of the Santa Cruz Digital Arts Festival.

April 1, 2004. Performance and Santa Cruz Digital Arts Festival Kickoff.
Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA.

Live electronic group improvisation

February 28, 2004. Deepfried CD Release Celebration.
Pacific Cultural Center, Santa Cruz, CA.

Live interactive video performance.

September 27, 2003. Woodstockhausn 2003 Festival.
University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC).

Performances of recent electronic work and the premier of Edge 0316

June 21, 2003.
Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, Berkeley, CA.

Solo electroacoustic performance and collaborations with the Kinder Bender ensemble, featuring live synthesis and processing in Open Sound World and improvisations with the been (snake charmer flute) and toy instruments.

April 15, 2003.
418 Project, Santa Cruz, CA.

Solo performance (including improvisation with the been and electronics) and collaboration with the Kinder Bender ensemble. Part of the Santa Cruz Digital Arts Festival occuring in April, 2003.

August 17, 2002. Woodstockhausen 2002 Festival.
Quarry, University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC).

Live electronic music and video improvisations, including Mercury Grid and Chimera.

September, 2001. International Computer Music Conference.
La Habana, Cuba.

Live performance of An Open and Shut Case as part of "The Door Project" concert

September 8, 2005. International Computer Music Conference. 11AM.
ESMuC, Barcelona, Spain.

Presentation on Open Sound World 1.3/2.0 and OpenSound Control

September 27, 2003. Woodstockhausn 2003 Festival.
University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC).

Performances of recent electronic work and the premier of Edge 0316

August 17, 2002. Woodstockhausen 2002 Festival.
Quarry, University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC).

Live electronic music and video improvisations, including Mercury Grid and Chimera.

September, 2001. International Computer Music Conference.
La Habana, Cuba.

Live performance of An Open and Shut Case as part of "The Door Project" concert