Studio Soto’s Director, Jed Speare, will present a concert celebrating the release of his double-CD album, Sound Works, 1982-1987 :: December 7, 2007; 8 pm :: Mobius, 725 Harrison Avenue, Boston.

Joining Jed will be many of Boston’s outstanding electroacoustic composers, musicians, and performers, many of whom performed at Studio Soto over the past several months, through the extraordinary Sound@Soto series curated by James Coleman and the unforgettable concerts presented by the curators and organizers of Non Event. They are: Marjorie Morgan - voice; Jessica Newman – voice; Bhob Rainey – alto saxophone; Greg Kelley – trumpet; Eric Dahlman – trumpet; Tom Plsek (MAG)* - trombone; Larry Johnson (MAG) – violin; Vic Rawlings – cello, open-circuit electronics; Jane Wang – contrabass, water voice; Jay Sullivan – turntable and harmonium; James Coleman – theremin; Dirk Adams (MAG) - electronics; Ernst Karel - electronics; Angela Sawyer - electronics; Steve Pyne – electronics; Andrew Neumann – electronics. (* MAG = member, Mobius Artists Group) Read about it in the Boston Phoenix.

“Sound Works 1982-1987 is the first ever collection of Jed Speare’s long-form musique concrete compositions. Speare’s investigation and uniquely expressive practice of splicing and combining analogue sound/field recording spans over 30 years, from creating the Cable Car Soundscapes LP (Smithsonian/Folkways), recording with Research Library to performing across the globe. These five pieces are vibrating, towering movements of complex sound strains that expand and grow with each new listen. Twelve page booklet features introduction by poet and artist George Quasha, Speare’s detailed notes on each piece, rare photographs and performance sketches. Remastered by Bhob Rainey (nmperign).” - Family Vineyard Records

Jed Speare is an artist working in a variety of media and settings. Initially trained in music composition, he has presented performance, sound, video, installation, conceptual, and community-based works locally, nationally, and internationally in festivals and locales such as San Francisco, Amsterdam, Canada, Taiwan, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Belarus, Bulgaria, France, and Italy. He has received numerous awards, commissions, and residencies for his work from diverse entities such as the Secretary of the Smithsonian (for his work on Smithsonian Folkways Records), Wyspa Institute of Art (Gdansk, Poland), and the Experimental Television Center, to name a few. In Boston, Jed has been known primarily as a member of the Mobius Artists Group since 1995 and as the Co-Director and Director of Mobius from 1996 through 2004. He is currently Director of Studio Soto, a space for ideas, based in Boston. More about Jed Speare on Family Vineyard Records.