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Contact Ben Miller at info@benmiller.info
Upcoming Performances
I have not updated performances since March 2009. You can visit any one of my MySpace home pages for that;
Thirdborder;
The Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra;
Ben Miller / degeneration;
my other various projects;
Sunday March 8th 8pm $10 suggested Donation
Douglass Street Music Collective, 295 Douglass St. (btw 3rd & 4th Ave.), Brooklyn, NY. Subway: M, R to Union St. stop
Denman Maroney; hyperpiano and Ben Miller;
multiphonic guitar w/treatment. Also playing this evening will be;
Josh Sinton, Mike Pride, Brandon Seabrooke and Justin Peake.
Nate Wooley, Harris Eisenstadt, Adam Linson, Kai Fagashinski and Michael Thieke.
Recent Performances
Friday January 30th 9pm Donation
Douglass Street Music Collective, 295 Douglass St. (btw 3rd & 4th Ave.), Brooklyn, NY. Subway: M, R to Union St. stop
The Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra FIRST PERFORMANCE EVER! This ensemble consists of 15 saxophonists (bass to soprano), 2 drummers and Ben Miller as conductor/composer.
Monday January 26th 8pm $6
Cake Shop, NYC
Thirdborder; also with Dew Claw (w/x-Phantom Tollbooth guitarist)
Monday January 19th 8pm $TBA
The Elevens, 140 Pleasant St., Northampton, MA. 01060
Ben Miller/degeneration with Matt Weston; percussion & electronics, also on the bill is Fat Worm of Error, Thrillpillow, Courtney Brown
NY EYE & EAR FESTIVAL: Friday and Saturday Dec. 12th & 13th $15 (both days!)
The Vanishing Point, Bushwick/Brooklyn, NY
Dec. 12th "table" for LIVING RECORDS (my label)
Dec. 13th 2pm Ben Miller/degeneration; prepared stereo guitar, elec., tape (and "table" for LIVING RECORDS)
Sunday Nov. 23rd 9pm $donation
Freddys Backroom, Williamsburg, NY
The Push-Pull Quartet CD Release Party
Wednesday Oct. 23rd 8pm $TBA
Monkey Town, Brooklyn, NY
Ben Miller/degeneration, Motoko Shimizu and Valmonte Sprout performing to "Water Border" by filmmaker Matt Kohn
Monday Oct. 20th 8pm $TBA
Paris London West Nile, Williamsburg, NY
Ben Miller/degeneration; prepared stereo guitar, electronics, tape. Also: Illusion of Safety
Sunday Oct. 19th 8pm $TBA
The Outpost, Cambridge, MA
Ben Miller (prepared guitar, elec.), Roger Miller (bass, elec.) and Matt Weston (perc., elec.)
Sunday Oct. 12th 8pm $TBA
Panic Research / The Electric Possible, Wash. DC
Ben Miller/degeneration, Matt Weston w/Tone Ghosting, and The Baltimore Synthesizer Group
Saturday Oct. 11th 5pm $5
The MegaHZ Festival "Day One" @ The Bridge, Charlottesville, VA
Ben Miller/degeneration; prepared stereo guitar, electronics, tape (and many more!)
Friday Oct. 3rd 8pm $7
The Charleston, Brooklyn, NY
Ben Miller/degeneration; prepared stereo guitar, electronics, tape. (also Millions, TwistyCat, and more)
Sunday Sept. 28th 8pm $8
The Sonic Circuits Festival @ The Velevt Lounge, Washington, DC
Ben Miller/degeneration; prepared stereo guitar/electronics (and more)
Sunday Sept. 21st 8pm $TBA
Sci-Fi @ Gojjo, PA
Ben Miller/degeneration; prepared stereo guitar/electronics (and more)
Sunday Sept. 14th 8pm $donation
Pyramid Atlantic Silver Springs, MD
Benn Mille; alto sax, electronics, analog synth and tape.
Wednesday Sept. 10th 10pm $donation
Danger Danger Gallery Philly, PA
Ben Miller/degeneration; prepared stereo guitar/electronics
Monday Sept. 8th 8pm $TBA
Cornelia Cafe, NYC
Motoko Shimizu voice/toys
Ben Miller/degeneration prepared stereo guitar/electronics
Saturday Aug. 9th 10pm Donation
Goodbye Blue Monday, 1087 Broadway, Brooklyn
Ben Miller/degeneration prepared stereo guitar/electronics, & Matt Weston drums/electronics
Friday July 25th 9pm Donation
Goodbye Blue Monday, 1087 Broadway, Brooklyn
Ben Miller/degeneration prepared stereo guitar/electronics, Motoko Shimizu voice/toys, and Brian Osborne found sound, electronics, drums.
Tuesday July 22nd 10pm Free
Hank's Saloon, NYC
Third Border [also Terrirtories and Trades from Boston]
Sunday July 13th 6pm Free
The Abaton Garage, 100 Gifford, Jersey City
The Push-Pull Quartet (minus one) performs at 6pm. Come for refreshments and ART starting at 3pm; a 5' taxi ride from Journal Square PATH station. Come hang out with all those "artist-types"...
Friday July 11th 6pm $8
Haven Arts Gallery, 50 Bruckner Blvd., South Bronx, NYC
Ben Miller; sax improvisation with poets Carol Novack and Larissa Shmailo with other poets/musicians, food and all around cheer in the southern bronx community. This is a special MAD HATTER'S REVIEW experience :), a literary webzine for which I compose.
Thursday July 10th 7pm $6
Cake Shop, NYC
Third Border (our set is 11pm sharp) [also Terrirtories and Trades from Boston, and more]
Monday June 16th 11pm Donation
Goodbye Blue Monday, 1087 Broadway, Brooklyn
Ben Miller/degeneration with brother Roger (mission of burma) prepared stereo guitar & prepared stereo piano
Saturday June 14th 10pm Donation
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn
Third Border finish their artist-in-residence SECOND SATURDAZE
Friday June 6th 8pm Donation
STAIN, East Bushwick (2 blox down from Grand L stop)
The Push-Pull Quartet (first set by Ryan Snow - solo trombone)
Friday June 6th 5:30-6pm Free
The Kitchen Cafe, 67 Greene St., Jersey City (a few blocks west of the Exchange PATH stop)
Ben Miller / solo saxophone
Tuesday June 3rd 8pm $10
The Gershwin Hotel, NYC
Ben Miller/degeneration with Motoko Shimizu
Matt Kohn Film Exhibition incl. animation of Degenerations' "Sirens of Phobos" title track
Sunday June 1st 9pm $8
Middle East / upstairs - Cambridge, MA
Third Border
also Territories, Trades and Hot Box
Monday May 26th 9 pm FREE w/$2 drink min.
Spike Hill; 184 Bedford Ave., Williamsburg
The Push-Pull Quartet
Saturday May 10th 10pm Donation
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn
Third Border continuing their "artist-in-residence" SECOND SATURDAZE
Thursday May 22nd 9 pm Donation
Goodbye Blue Monday
The Push-Pull Quartet crawls out from its 6-month hiatus
Sunday May 4th 4pm $18
Bowery Poetry Club, NYC
The Madhatters Review Benefit; Ben Miller solo sax @ 4pm w/many others to follow! PLEASE support this fabulous multi-media webzine!
Thursday April 24th 9pm $7
Death By Audio in Williamsburg
Ben Miller / degeneration (w/6 other bands)
Wednesday Mar. 12th 9pm $6
The Trash Bar directions
Third Border
Ben Miller; guitar, vocal. Gerard Smith; bass. Jarrod Ruby; drums
Saturday Mar. 8th 10pm Free
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn
Third Border continuing their "artist-in-residence" SECOND SATURDAZE
Saturday Jan. 19th 9pm $20 adv./door
Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Third Border (opening up for Mission of Burma)
Saturday Jan. 12th 11pm Free
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn
Third Border begin their "artist-in-residence" SECOND SATURDAZE
Thursday Dec. 27th 8:30pm $8
Luna Lounge, 361 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Third Border
Saturday Dec. 8th 3pm free
Community Center / Parish Hall, 39 Erie St., btw 2-3 Streets, Jersey City (near Grove PATH station) as part of The Grace Church Bazaar
Ben Miller / degeneration
Friday Dec. 7th 3pm free
Ria's Cafe, 24 Mercer St., next to City Hall, Jersey City (near Grove PATH station) as part of the quarterly "JC Fridays"; the day long series of free cultrual events in Jersey City
Ben Miller / degeneration
Wednesday Nov. 14th 9pm donation
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn
The Push-Pull Quartet minus one
Tuesday Nov. 13th 9pm donation
Freddy's Backroom, Brooklyn
The Push-Pull Quartet minus one
Friday Nov. 2nd 9pm donation
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn
Third Border
Friday Sept. 28th 8pm $8
Trash Bar, Williamsburg
Third Border
Wednesday Sept. 26th 7pm TBA
Maxwell's, Hoboken
Third Border
Sunday Sept. 16th 8pm $5 donation
ABC No Rio, NYC
Ben Miller / degeneration
Sunday Sept. 9th 5pm FREE
Abaton Garage, Jersey City
The Push-Pull Quartet
Thursday Sept. 6th 7pm $8
Alphabet Lounge, NYC
Third Border
Friday August 17th 8pm $7
5C Cafe and Cultural Center, NYC
The Push-Pull Quartet and Ben Miller/degeneration
Sunday August 5th 8pm $5 donation
ABC No-Rio, NYC
The Push-Pull Quartet and also Robyn Siwula;viola and Mike Irwin; trumpet
Wednesday July 25th 8pm $5 donation
Freddy's Backroom, Brooklyn
The Push-Pull Quartet minus one
Thursday July 5th 9:30pm
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn
Ben Miller/degeneration and also The Push-Pull Trio
Monday June 11th 7:30pm $8
Luna Lounge, 361 Metropolitan Ave., Williamsburg
THIRD BORDER
Ben Miller; guitar, Luke Kozikowski; bass, Jarrod Ruby; drums.
This is our debut gig with our new lineup
Sunday June 10th 5pm-midnight $20
The Gallery Bar, NYC
The Mad Hatter's Review (a multi-media literary webzine) FUNDRAISER
The Push-Pull Quartet (our debut gig!)
Ben Miller; alto sax, composition. Chris Welcome; guitar.
Shayna Dulberger; upright bass. John McClellan; drums
Friday May 4th 8pm Free
Sweet Priscilla's, 530 Jersey Ave., Jersey City [a couple blocks from the PATH Grove stop]
Abaton Book Company presents an art opening for minimalist painter Don Voisine
Ben Miller; alto saxophone
Monday November 20th 9pm
ENEMY, 1550 N. Milwaulkee 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL
Ben Miller / degeneration, also Neil Jendon and Zeropoint
Ben Miller; prepared stereo guitar, atonal saxophone composition, spoken word @ 10:15pm
Tuesday November 21st 7pm FREE
Reckless Records, Chicago, IL
THIRD BORDER "unplugged"
Ben Miller; guitar and vocal
Wednesday November 22nd 8pm FREE
Beaner's Cafe, Ann Arbor, MI
THIRD BORDER "unplugged" / Laurence Bond Miller
Ben Miller; guitar and vocal / Laurence Miller; guitar and vocal
Friday November 24th 8pm $7
Dreamland Theater, Yspilanti, MI
Ben Miller/degneration and Amy Fulgham and Miller & Katsumi
Ben Miller; prepared stereo guitar, atonal saxophone composition, spoken word.
Amy Fulgham; a Janis Joplin monologue from the play "27 Heaven".
Laurence Miller and Katsumi; guitars and vocals
Friday September 15th 10pm
Galapagos, Williamsburg/NYC
THIRD BORDER CD Release Party !!!
celebrating their brand new CD "Sun of Water, Sea of Light" on Radial Records
Sunday September 10th 2-7pm
Abaton Garage, Jersey City, NJ
Don Voisine's Art Opening
Ben Miller; solo saxophone @ 6pm
Thursday August 17th 8pm $5
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery St. (across from CBGB's, 6 to Bleeker, F to 2nd Ave.), NY, NY 212.314.0505.
Ben Miller / solo C-tenor saxophone
on sale: new CD of compositions for solo saxophone
also on bill: Sharon Van Etten and Green Pot Blue Pot
Thursday June 1st 7-9pm
KGB Bar, 85 W. 4th St. NYC
Ben Miller (solo saxophone between "readings"
@ MAD HATTER'S REVIEW -- poetry, prose and anything goes, curated by
publisher/editor Carol Novack, featuring Dawn Raffel, Edwin Torres, and Doug Shapiro)
Ben Miller; C-Tenor Saxophone / 12-tone composition and free improvisation
Saturday May 6th 9pm Free!!
Stain, 766 Grand St. Brooklyn (L train to Grand, walk 1 block West) 718.387.7840
Third Border
Ben Miller / guitar & vocal, Pinky Weitzman / viola & violin stroh
Friday April 21st 10pm Free!!
Radio 103.9 FM
Third Border
Ben Miller / guitar & vocal, Pinky Weitzman / viola & violin stroh
You can watch the performance either as streaming video @ free103point9, or come to the performance.
Saturday February 4th 7:30pm $25
Montclair State University, School of the Arts
Montclair, New Jersey 973.655.4000
Glenn Branca's 100-Guitar Orchestra
I will be one of the many guitarists...
Wednesday January 18th 9pm - 1am $8
Knitting Factory / Old Office, 74 Leonard St. NYC
THRESHOLD; Ben Miller; prepared guitar, C-tenor sax, narrative.
Ed Chang; prepared sax, laptop. Motoko Shimizu; voice, toys, prepared guitar.
Steve Berson; 5 string cello.
AND MANY MORE GROUPS including NOIRKESTRA!!
Friday December 2nd 9:15pm $5 21+
The Continental directions
Third Border
Ben Miller / guitar & vocal,
Pinky Weitzman / viola & violin stroh,
Gerard Smith (X-Phantom Tollbooth) / bass, Jarrod Ruby / drums}
Sunday November 20th 2-6pm Free
"Beyond Burma"/The Abaton Gallery
directions to The Abaton Gallery, NJ
drawings by Roger Miller with a 5pm performance;
Roger Miller; prepared piano, Ben Miller; prepared guitar, Mark Dagley; slide guitar
Saturday November 12th 7pm $donation
226 Series/The Foundry
226 East 2nd St., #5D, NYC (btw Ave B & C, close to 2nd Ave F train)
Ben Miller & Ed Chang
Ben Miller; prepared stereo guitar & Ed Chang; prepared saxophone
also on bill: Noriaki/laptop, Sabir Mateen/reeds, Motoko Shimizu/voice
Tuesday November 8th 8pm $6
The Trash Bar directions
Third Border
Ben Miller; guitar, vocal & Pinky Weitzman; viola, stroh violin
Friday October 21st 8pm $10
Issue Project Room more info
Ben Miller joins Steve Berson's solo performance (also Sean McCaul)
Ben Miller; prepared guitar and Steve Berson; cello
Saturday October 8th 9pm $8
313 Gallery, 313 Bowery NYC Directions
Third Border (trio version)
Ben Miller; guitar, vocal & Pinky Weitzman; viola, stroh violin &
Steve Berson; cello
Tuesday September 13th (we play 7:30pm )
The Continental
DirectionsTHIRD BORDER
{Our Debut Gig featuring the new line up; Ben Miller / Guitar & Vocal,
Pinky Weitzman / viola & violin stroh, Gerard Smith (X-Phantom Tollbooth) / Bass, Jarrod Ruby / drums}
Sunday September 11th (8pm)
Makor
Ben Miller (prepared stereo guitar) plays with Veena Sahasrabuddhe & Emerald Tablets
Friday August 5th doors 9pm $5 All Ages
The Tank, 208 West 37th St. NYC (btw 7th & 8th Ave. / A,C,E to Penn Station)
Ben Miller / Degeneration {prepared stereo guitar and narrative}
Saturday July 2nd 7pm
Knitting Factory: The Tap Bar, 74 Leonard St. NYC
THIRD BORDER (first performance since last December); also Marianne Nowottny and Emerald Tablets
Friday and Saturday Jan 14 & 15
The Bowery Ballroom, NYC
I played C-Tenor Saxophone with MISSION OF BURMA on the following songs; Fever Moon, Playland, and The Enthusiast.
Friday December 17th 9pm $5
free103point9 Gallery, 97 S. 6th St. 2nd Fl (btw Bedford/Berry, southside), Williamsburg, NY (101.9 schedule)
THIRD BORDER
Sunday December 12th
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery St. (across from CBGB's, 6 to Bleeker, F to 2nd Ave.), NY, NY 212.314.0505.
THIRD BORDER
(Ben also performs in the Chamber Opera "A Modicum of Passion" written by Playwright Laurie Bortz, music composed and conducted by Elliott Sharp)
Friday November 26th 8-10pm FREE
Portofino's Coffee House (corner of Jackson Ave. and Stadium), Ann Arbor, MI
Ben Miller / degeneration -- Laurence Miller
Saturday November 27th doors 2pm $6
Detroit Art Space, 101 E. Baltimore, Detroit, MI 313.664.0445 (Detroit Art Space) (corner of John R., 2 blks south of Grand Blvd)
Amy Fulgham -- Ben Miller / degeneration -- Laurence Miller
Saturday November 27th doors 8pm $7
Dreamland Theater, 44 East Cross St., Ypsilanti, MI 734.834.1782
Amy Fulgham -- Ben Miller / degeneration -- Miller & Katsumi
Sunday October 24th $10
The Middle East / Downstairs, (corner of Mass. Ave. and Brookline St.), Cambridge, MA 617.354.8238
THIRD BORDER (w/Sunburned Hand of The Man, Cul de Sac [CD release], Keith Fullerton Whitman [AKA Hravatski])
Sunday October 17th our set: 9:30pm FREE
Sidewalk Cafe, 94 Ave. A (at 6th St., Subway F to 2nd Ave.), NY, NY 212.473.7373
THIRD BORDER
Monday September 13th 9:45pm
Lit Lounge, 93 2nd Ave.
THIRD BORDER
Sunday September 5th 7pm
AS220, 115 Empire St., Providence, RI
THIRD BORDER
Saturday September 4th 7 to 9pm
Zeitgeist Gallery, 1353 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
THIRD BORDER -- also Johnathan LaMaster and Robin Amos, members of Cul de Sac.
Sunday August 15th 10pm
The Trash Bar, 256 Grand St. (L train to Bedford. Walk South on Bedford. Left 2 blocks on Grand), Brooklyn, NY
THIRD BORDER (featuring Ben Miller prepared and standard guitar, vocal and Jena H. Kim violin) -- Opening for Skeleton.
Monday August 9th 4pm
WFMU 91.1 FM
THIRD BORDER (featuring Ben Miller prepared and standard guitar, vocal and Jena H. Kim violin)
Sunday August 1st 8pm
Galapagos Art Space, 70 N. 6th St. (L to Bedford), Brooklyn, NY 718.782.5188 www.galapagosartspace.com
THIRD BORDER (featuring Ben Miller prepared and standard guitar, vocal and Jena H. Kim violin) -- also Dave Mico.
Sunday June 13th 8pm
PIANOS Upstairs Lounge, 158 Ludlow St. btw Rivington/Stanton, NY
Ben Miller/Degeneration (prepared stereo guitar, narrative)
Sunday April 25th 4pm
Arlene's Grocery, NY, NY
From Black (art music video / Orin Buck & Ben Miller)
Friday April 16 10pm
The Waterbug Hotel, 143 Columbus Jersey City, NJ
THIRD BORDER (featuring Ben Miller prepared and standard guitar, vocal and Jena H. Kim violin)
Tuesday April 13 10pm
@ CB's 313 GALLERY, 313 Bowery NY NY 10003, (212) 677-0455
THIRD BORDER (featuring Ben Miller prepared and standard guitar, vocal and Jena H. Kim violin)
Friday April 9 10pm
@ The Tank, 432 W. 42 St., NY, NY (Circuit Bending Festival)
Ben Miller w/Bill T. Miller (modified toy instruments)
Friday Feb 6th 9pm
@ CB's 313 GALLERY, 313 Bowery NY NY 10003, (212) 677-0455
THIRD BORDER (featuring Ben Miller prepared and standard guitar, vocal and Jena H. Kim violin)
Nov. 3 Monday 10pm
@SIN-E, 150 Attorney St. Manhattan, NY
THIRD BORDER
Ben Miller: Prepared Stereo Guitar, Standard Guitar, vocal, sequences. Jena
Kim: Violin
Sept. 26th Fri. 6 - 8 pm
Brooklyn, NYC: Amarin Café [G line / Nasseau stop]
Ben Miller/Degeneration
(prepared stereo guitar & electronics)
Performing at an Opening for Artist Orin Buck
Sept. 20th Sat. 7 - 9 pm
Cambridge MA @ Zeitgeist Gallery
Set 1 Ben Miller/Degeneration (prepared stereo guitar & electronics)
Set 2 Roger Miller (elemental guitar)
Set 3 Ben & Rog (songs and improvisation)
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