• Home
  • About
  • Calendar
  • Press
  • Promotional Video
  • Support
  • Seattle Circle
  • The Winter/Spring Season is winding down

    Jun 6th 2011

    By: tuningtheair

    No comments

    Only 1 Show to go!

    It has been quite a season for Tuning the Air. New material, new players, a performance with the Salmon Bay Kids Guitar Circle. Where did the time go?

    There is only four three two ONE more show: June 9, 16, 23 and 30. One more opportunity to hear what the Seattle Times has called “magical notes around the circumference of Fremont Abbey.”

    But we are not resting on our laurels. For these final shows we will be joined by oboist Darlene Franz; always a treat. On June 9 Tuning the Air debuted a new composition by Greg Meredith which features Darlene! And that is just the beginning.

    Closing Night!
    Thursday June 30
    8 pm, doors open at 7:45
    Fremont Abbey Arts Center
    4272 Fremont Ave N, Seattle
    $10 at the door

    On Facebook? Go to the Tuning the Air Closing Night event and RSVP!

  • Tuning the Air is back!

    Apr 27th 2011

    By: tuningtheair

    No comments

    It is that amazing time of the year when the the setting sun illuminating the stained glass of the Great Hall during the early part of the show becomes part of the lighting plan for Tuning the Air. We’ve all had a little holiday break, and this Thursday, April 28, Tuning the Air comes roaring back into Fremont Abbey to kick off the second half of the season. We’d love to see you there!

    The Winter/Spring season runs through June 30, 2011.

    Every Thursday night, 8:00pm
    Doors open at 7:45pm
    Fremont Abbey Arts Center
    4272 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103

  • REMINDER: No performance of Tuning the Air on April 21

    Apr 17th 2011

    By: tuningtheair

    No comments

    Due to Easter Week activities, Fremont Abbey Arts Center is not available this week.

    Please join us when we we launch into the second half of the Winter/Spring season on Thursday April 28.

  • Special Event: Salmon Bay Kids Guitar Circle with Tuning the Air

    Apr 8th 2011

    By: tuningtheair

    No comments

    Presenting the Salmon Bay Kids Guitar Circle

    On Thursday April 14, as the culmination of this term’s class, The Salmon Bay Kids Guitar Circle will perform as the opening act for Tuning the Air. Admission is FREE for this special performance, and there will be a short reception following the show.

    Fremont Abbey Arts Center (map)
    4272 Fremont Ave N.
    Seattle, WA 98103

  • Guest Artist at Tuning the Air March 24 and 31

    Mar 21st 2011

    By: tuningtheair

    No comments

    We are very excited to announce that oboist Darlene Franz will be joining us for our next TWO performances.

  • Tuning the Air History – Company Members Past and Present

    Mar 9th 2011

    By: tuningtheair

    No comments

    Since our first show on April 11, 2005, quite a number of people have contributed. Some have been here from the beginning. Others were with us for a period of time, and then moved on. Some are involved full-time. Others are on call, for when we need them the most. Players. Dancers. Lighting. Sound. Staging. House. Every one is essential.

    1. Mary Beth Abel
    2. Igor Abuladze
    3. Micah Arvey
    4. Sandra Bain Cushman
    5. Igor Bekker
    6. Ian Bessler
    7. Jaxie Binder
    8. Andrew Boscardin
    9. Andy Boyd
    10. Jim Breslin
    11. Robin Brezinski
    12. Tobin Buttram
    13. Charles Corley
    14. Sruti Desai
    15. Trey Donovan
    16. Christina Florkowski
    17. Darlene Franz
    18. Tony Geballe
    19. Carl Germain
    20. Chris Gibson
    21. Meleah Gibson
    22. Hank Hadeed
    23. Dean Jensen
    24. David Lavallee
    25. Gene Lee
    26. Andrew McNutt
    27. Greg Meredith
    28. Stani Meredith
    29. Travis Metcalf
    30. JT Milhoan
    31. Aimee Page
    32. Joel Palmer
    33. Ingrid Pape-Sheldon
    34. Elisabeth Perrin
    35. Bill Rieflin
    36. Frank Sheldon
    37. Taylor Sherman
    38. Howard Snyder
    39. Diana Snyder-Garcia
    40. Rob Taylor-Manning
    41. Steve Turnidge
    42. Miles Weishampel
    43. Zachariah Weissman
    44. Ryan Wik
    45. Bob Williams

    .

  • Tuning the Air History – Repertoire

    Mar 9th 2011

    By: tuningtheair

    No comments

    Since our first performance on April 11, 2005, these are the pieces that have been performed:

    1. 49 Notes
    2. A Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur
    3. A Day In The Life
    4. Aquarela do Brasil
    5. Asturias
    6. Bach B Minor Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier
    7. Bach B Minor Prelude from the Well-Tempered Clavier
    8. Bach Two-Part Invention #4
    9. Bach Two-Part Invention #8
    10. Batrachomyomachy
    11. Blockhead
    12. Bloed Spoed
    13. Bus Artist, The
    14. Butterfly
    15. Candor
    16. Chacarera
    17. Chanson de Mardi Gras
    18. Chiara
    19. Children’s Hour, The
    20. Children’s Song I
    21. Corelli Giga
    22. Cultivating the Beat
    23. Deserted
    24. Driving Force
    25. Eleanor Rigby
    26. Eve
    27. Eye of the Needle (Theme III)
    28. Fallout
    29. five five FIVE
    30. Fragments of Skylab
    31. Geographical Fugue
    32. Gnossienne
    33. Growing Circle
    34. Hanging Gardens, Hanging Man
    35. How Many Times?
    36. I Am The Walrus
    37. I Will
    38. Ikada-Jima
    39. Ikada-Jima Improv – Circulation w/Koto
    40. Ikada-Jima Improv – Circulation w/Koto w/dance
    41. In My Room
    42. Invocation
    43. Invocation (Theme I)
    44. Kashmir
    45. King for a Day
    46. La Rueda
    47. Labrynth
    48. Lament
    49. Larks’ Tongues In Aspic, Part II
    50. Little Gangsters
    51. Little Red Truck
    52. Long Ago Today
    53. Lost Pedro III – Return to Paradise
    54. Lullaby (Solaris Project)
    55. Lylli in Africa
    56. Mad World
    57. Mars Effect
    58. Melrose Avenue
    59. Mevlevi Greeting
    60. Music for a Found Harmonium
    61. My Precious Dream
    62. Neptune
    63. Ninth Guitar E
    64. Not My Sharona
    65. Odd Socks
    66. One of a Thousand Regrets
    67. Onyx
    68. Oroborus
    69. Peace Piece
    70. Pipeline
    71. Prayer of Gratitude 22
    72. Prelude XXII in G Minor
    73. San Justino
    74. San Justino w/dance
    75. Scorched Air
    76. Sigh and a Kiss
    77. Sleep Dirt
    78. Slow Burn
    79. Space Circus
    80. Space Zombies! From Outer Space! w/Joel
    81. Tango Apasionato
    82. Thrak
    83. Tico Tico
    84. Trapiche (including the Cloud of Unknowing)
    85. Trapiche w/dance
    86. Twilight
    87. Vashon Ferry
    88. Violin Partita Number 3 in E Major
    89. Voices of Ancient Children
    90. Voices of Ancient Children w/dance
    91. Vrooom
    92. Wedgewood Blue
    93. Where Is The Nurse?
    94. Where It Goes (We Go)
    95. Wig Maker, The

    [updated 12/07/2011]

    .

  • Tuning the Air History – Performances

    Mar 9th 2011

    By: tuningtheair

    No comments

    Thursday December 15, 2011, will be the final performance of Tuning the Air, our 225th show

    Here is how we got there:

    2005: Apr 11-Dec 26, TTA 1-38, 38 Mondays (without fail) at Trinity Church.
    2006: Mar 06-Dec 18, TTA 39-80, 42 Mondays at Trinity Church.
    2007: Feb 19-Jul 2, TTA 81-100, 20 Mondays at Trinity Church.
    2007: Sep 10-Oct 8, TTA 101-105, 5 Mondays at Trinity Church
    2007: Oct 15-Dec 15, TTA 106-115, 10 Mondays at Capitol Hill Arts Center
    2008: Apr 4-Jul 21, TTA 116-130, 15 Mondays at Fremont Abbey Arts Center (Café)
    2008: Sep 18-Dec 11, TTA 131-141, 11 Thursdays at Fremont Abbey (Café)
    2009: Feb 5-Jun 25, TTA 142-162, 21 Thursdays at Fremont Abbey (Café)
    2009: Sep 24-Dec 17, TTA 163-173, 11 Thursdays at Fremont Abbey (Great Hall)
    2010: Apr 15-Jul 1, TTA 174-185, 12 Thursdays at Fremont Abbey (Great Hall)
    2010: Oct 7-Dec 16, TTA 186-195, 10 Thursdays at Fremont Abbey (Great Hall)
    2011: Feb 10-Jun 30, TTA 196-215, 15 Thursdays at Fremont Abbey (Great Hall)
    2011: Oct 6-Dec 15, TTA 216-225, 10 Thursdays at Fremont Abbey (Great Hall)

    Notes:

    Performing “every week, without fail” was and is part of our mission. There have been one or two exceptions:

    1. Our one and only ever canceled show was Dec 18, 2008, due to snow (in Seattle!)
    2. When we moved the show to Thursdays, we made the obvious decision not to schedule performances on Thanksgiving.
    3. On Oct 29, 2009, Tuning the Air gave up its scheduled performance in order to host and perform with Robert Fripp and the Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists, in the Great Hall at Fremont Abbey Arts Center.

    .

    [updated 9/13/2011]

    .

  • Tuning the Air performance #200 this week

    Mar 3rd 2011

    By: tuningtheair

    No comments

    This Thursday, March 10, come and celebrate Tuning the Air’s 200th performance!

    Experience what The Seattle Times called “magical notes around the circumference of Fremont Abbey.”

    Each performance is simultaneously trance-inducing and surprising. With guitars surrounding you on every side, there’s no knowing where the next note will come from. Melodies get passed around one note at a time from player to player, making for a thrilling multi-stereo effect – 360 degrees of music – which cannot be heard anywhere else. The rotating repertoire includes original compositions, improvisations, as well as circular arrangements of music by various artists, ranging in genre from classical to progressive rock.

    This season Tuning the Air will feature an expanded performance team; now 10 guitarists. Electric guitarist and texturist Joel Palmer continues to provide pre-show music as well as contributing to the show. Several performances will include guest artists: oboist Darlene Franz will be performing opening night, and guitarist Tony Geballe will be sitting in for the first two shows of the season. At mid-season Tuning the Air will present a show featuring students from one of the Seattle Circle Guitar School’s classes; as many as 20 4th graders serving as the “opening act” for the show.

    Every Thursday, February 10 through June 30*
    8 pm, doors open at 7:45
    Fremont Abbey Arts Center
    4272 Fremont Ave N, Seattle
    $10 at the door
    www.tuningtheair.com

    For opening night, and on selected nights throughout the season, the Fremont Abbey Arts Center Café, downstairs from the Great Hall, will be open from 7pm for your enjoyment before the show. Relax with a cup of coffee, tea or chai, and a tasty treat.

    *Note: there will be no performance on April 21

  • Tuning the Air opens the 2011 Winter/Spring season on February 10!

    Jan 27th 2011

    By: tuningtheair

    No comments

    On Thursday February 10, Tuning the Air returns for its 11th Season!

    Experience what The Seattle Times called “magical notes around the circumference of Fremont Abbey.”

    Each performance is simultaneously trance-inducing and surprising. With guitars surrounding you on every side, there’s no knowing where the next note will come from. Melodies get passed around one note at a time from player to player, making for a thrilling multi-stereo effect – 360 degrees of music – which cannot be heard anywhere else. The rotating repertoire includes original compositions, improvisations, as well as circular arrangements of music by various artists, ranging in genre from classical to progressive rock.

    This season Tuning the Air will feature an expanded performance team; now 10 guitarists. Electric guitarist and texturist Joel Palmer continues to provide pre-show music as well as contributing to the show. Several performances will include guest artists: oboist Darlene Franz will be performing opening night, and guitarist Tony Geballe will be sitting in for the first two shows of the season. At mid-season Tuning the Air will present a show featuring students from one of the Seattle Circle Guitar School’s classes; as many as 20 4th graders serving as the “opening act” for the show.

    Every Thursday, February 10 through June 30*
    8 pm, doors open at 7:45
    Fremont Abbey Arts Center
    4272 Fremont Ave N, Seattle
    $10 at the door
    www.tuningtheair.com

    For opening night, and on selected nights throughout the season, the Fremont Abbey Arts Center Café, downstairs from the Great Hall, will be open from 7pm for your enjoyment before the show. Relax with a cup of coffee, tea or chai, and a tasty treat.

    *Note: there will be no performance on April 21

    • <
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • >
  • Press Kit Downloads

    2010 Press Kit (.pdf)
  • Next Show

    Sorry, there aren’t any upcoming gigs right now. Check back soon!
  • Upcoming Shows

    Sorry, there aren’t any upcoming gigs right now. Check back soon!
  • Latest news

    • Tuning the Air Has Closed
    • Tuning the Air Update – June 2012
    • The FINAL SEASON of Tuning the Air
    • Tuning the Air History – Foreshadowing
    • Nigel Gavin in Seattle
  • News Archives

© Copyright Tuning The Air. All rights reserved.