notes and credits for endzen.com ed May 8 09
2008
Undine: Faith Helma - vocals, melody composer; John Berendzen - track
composer, sound designer; includes samples from The
Crystals, Cat Power, NIN, Einsteutzende Neubaten, Jim Jones and the People's
Temple Choir, Bob Dylan; others Listen
2007
Eclipse: David Abel - voice, text concept and arrangement; John Berendzen -
tuning, 10-channel spatializing; Roland Barthes, source text
Listen
Mary Oslund + Co Dance: SKY: Ammon Morris - tenor; Tim DuRoche - drums;
John Berendzen -
Korg POLY-800 synth, baritone; lyrics from textbook, Correlative
Neuroanatomy; melody on Potential by Ammon Morris/John Berendzen; all drum
parts by Tim DuRoche Listen
2006
Win Win: lyric by Roy Lichtenstien; Ms. Leo Chapeau, contralto; John Berendzen,
weak baritone Far Away: lyric by Caryl Churchill; Madeleine Sanford, lead vocal; Jennifer
Olson -
drone vocal Listen
2005
The Parametric Orchestra
The
Resurrectory, Liminal, live @ Portland Art Center - 7-limit Just-Intonation
(+11 otonal)
David Abel-voice; Frank Marroquin-cello; Travis McAlister, Layne Lebahn-electronic sax;
Berendzen-composition, sound design, keyboard; Lyrics arranged by Alex
Reagan, John Berendzen, and Bryan Markovitz Listen
SALT, gallery event for the book
release/reading of SALT, ed Amanda Deutch: SALT: co-composed/performed by Frank Marroquin-cello, Jonathan
Sielaff-bass klar, Travis McAllister-euphonium; David Abel-voice; John Berendzen-voice,
Korg Poly-800;
in an environment with James Jack's sand art, and video by Ashley Edwards &
Samuel Miller Listen
NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT ENOUGH OXYGEN:
UNTITLED
dance: Gregg Bielmeier - voice, choreographer; Nick Hope - trumpet;
John Berendzen - violin; Listen
O GOD, I HATE MY LIFE: covers of songs by Drench;
Those guys singing and playing on I Hate My Life were these random Australian
kids that Jerry M. dragged over to my basement to make that demo. I
didn't do much except line up the tracks. Weird. Listen
marimba
sextet - for Rev. Chozen Bays
2004 Richard
Foreman Minifest, @ Performance Works NorthWest - Chopin Varieties (Bryan Markovitz & Amanda Boekelheide-voices; text
Richard Foreman) Listen
2003
minimal at liminal
In C (Terry Riley) Juno synth,
direction-John
Berendzen; voice-Michael Stirling; mallets-Topher Towe, Matthew
Nydek, Derek Trost; winds-Michael Walsh, Jonathan
Sielaff, David Noel Moscovich, John Hagelbarger, John Gross; guitar-Moses
Gunesch; accordion-Gabriel Liston
John Cage piano - Amanda Boekelheide; shortwave
radio on 4'33" - Bryan Markovitz
you know what by you know whom Frank Marroquin, piano
Listen
Faust(faust) @ Liminal
Frank Marroquin, John Berendzen - piano, harmonium,
vibraphone, organ; Ammon Morris, Bryan Markovitz - tenors; Linda
Miles - alto; 'Earthy' and 'Airy' tracks
group-improvised; text by Alex Reagan Listen
sound design for 3
Plays 5 Lives @ Liminal
integrated with set design by Trent Moore/Bryan Markovitz; voices -
Madeleine Sanford, Jeff Marchant, Patrick Wohlmut, Amanda Boekelheide;
text by Alex Reagan Listen
2002
7 Deadly Sins (Brecht/Weill)
Lyndee Mah, soprano; Ammon Morris,
Trent Moore, Branko Glad, Michael Cook - male chorus; Stephen Alexander,
piano & musical co-director; winners, Portland Critics' Circle Award
2002 Listen
2001
sound design for Objects for the Emancipated Consumer, Liminal
Listen
Alex Reagan, text; Matt Kenneth, dj; voices by Amanda Boekelheide,
Jeff Marchant, Trent Moore, Jennifer Olson, John Berendzen; winner, best
Original Work - Portland Critics' Circle Award 2001
1999
The Evening with The Photograph Liminal
Listen
Andria Alefhi, flute; John Berendzen, organ; text from TS Eliot's Four Quartets
Jowl Movements i-ix @ Liminal Listen
Michael Walsh, contrabass; Moses
Gunesch, violin, string arrangement; John Berendzen, piano; improv
on themes by John Berendzen
The Chromatic Persuaders: Andria Alefhi - sax, flute; Kim Bayer -
drums;
John Berendzen - Korg POLY-800; Cyndy Chan - bass and clarinet; 'rhumba
numba' and 'Theme From Suicide in Bb' - John Berendzen; all others - The Chromatic
Persuaders Listen