ZAHA is a chamber ensemble devoted to composing music in real time. Director/composer Evan Mazunik leads the group using Soundpainting, the universal sign language for live composition. Based in New York City since 2006, ZAHA has played in the New York International Fringe Festival and was featured in a documentary by Jesse Kamras of the Finnish Broadcasting Company. Evan Mazunik has performed with ZAHA at such diverse venues as the New York Center for Art and Media Studies, Bushwick Department of Cultural Works, and Le Grand Dakar. Other past performances have featured a live film score to Carl Dreyer’s Vampyr, a guerilla performance in Times Square, and an installation based on human bowling.
Members: Justin Wood (alto sax, flute), Nathan Koci (horn, accordion), Sebastian Noelle (guitar), Ryan Kotler (bass), Eric Eigner (percussion), John O’Brien (drums) and Ceren Oran (dance)
http://music.evanmazunik.com/album/zaha-shoot-the-sun
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