Dates
Current shows:
June
6 Channels with Swana, Motzer, Hirlinger album release concert
Kung Fu Necktie 7pm to 10, Philadelphia, solo & trio
11 Broken Symbol at Crime & Punishment, Philadelphia
15 Tim Motzer solo, Beardfest ambient set, Hammonton NJ
19 Chris Cuzme & friends at Fifth Hammer LIC, Brooklyn NY
23 Tim Motzer/Jeremy Carlstedt, Ortliebs, Tim Kuhl, Julie Slick solo
July
30 Tim Motzer solo, Opening for Stick Men, Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore
August
2 Tim Motzer solo, opening for Stick Men, The Saint, Asbury Park, NJ
7 Tim Motzer solo, opening for Stick Men, Daryl’s House, Pawling, NY
10 Tim Motzer solo, opening for Stick Men, WAMC Performance Studios, Albany, NY
13 Broken Symbol, C&P, Philadelphia
15 Broken Symbol, Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia
18 Markus Reuter, Tim Motzer, Kenny Grohowski, Shape Shifter Labs, Brooklyn
30 w Michelle Lordi, Bop Stop, Cleveland OH
31 w Michelle Lordi, Maureens Jazz Cellar, Nyack NY
September
11 FreeForm Radio, DJ Tim Motzer, Jeff White, International, Philly
12 Tim Motzer solo, The Living Room, Ardmore
14 w Calvin Weston Freq Experience, Fringe Fest, Bob & Barbs, Philadelphia
Bandit65 UK/Ireland 2019
23 Kurt Rosenwinkel Bandit65 London, England Ronnie Scotts
24 Kurt Rosenwinkel Bandit65 London, England Ronnie Scotts
25 Kurt Rosenwinkel Bandit65 Dublin, Ireland Arthurs
28 Kurt Rosenwinkel Bandit65 Newcastle, England, Sage Gateshead
29 Kurt Rosenwinkel Bandit 65 Manchester, England, Band on the Wall
December 2019
5 WRTI live broadcast concert with Michelle Lordi, Matthew Parrish, Rudy Royston, Tim Motzer hosted by J. Michael Harrison
5 Deer Head Inn, with Matthew Parrish, Michelle Lordi, Jeremy Carstedt, Jay Rodriguez, Tim Motzer
15 Spiel Uhr, with Monday Night Improv Lab Dancers performance 7pm CEC
17 Broken Symbol, with Josh Charles, drums; Professor Neck bass, TM 7pm
Crime & Punishment Brewery, Philly
22 South, record release, Michelle Lordi, Rudy Royston, Matt Parrish, TM, Philly
January 2020
6 Bandit65 with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Tim Motzer, Gintas Janusonis,
Ars Nova Workshop presents at the Ruba Club
tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kurt-rosenwinkels-bandit65-tickets-84764678435
15 FreeForm Radio, DJ set with Sir Jeff White, and Tim Motzer
at the International 8-Midnight.
All live dates postponed.
August 15 PAKT with Percy Jones, Alex Skolnick, Kenny Grohowski, Tim Motzer at Shape Shifter Lab, Brooklyn. Live streaming concert.
past dates:
January 2019
5 – 30
Texture in Motion
Art Exhibition
by
fine artist & guitarist
Tim Motzer
gryphon cafe
philadelphia
hours m-f 7-4p sat 8-3p
11
Movement Sound Experiment
featuring Tobias Ralph & Tim Motzer
with 7 movers, improvisers
Mascher Space, Philaelphia 8pm
February
1 Dear Philadelphia at the Barnes
featuring John Swana, M-Balia Singley, Tim Motzer, Doug Hirlinger
two shows.
10
Maureens Nyack NY with Michelle Lordi
15
Philadelphia Museum of Art with Michelle Lordi
fides krucker + tim motzer – vanishing (1k043)
March
15-16
Fides Krucker & Tim Motzer – Vanishing
Toronto premiere
two nights Friday, Saturday at the Burdock
1184 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario
doors 6pm show 6:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/353670692149260/
https://burdockto.com/musichall/
May
2 UArts Dance, Meriam Theatre
4 UArts Dance, Meriam Theatre
12 CEC Open Showing
14 Broken Symbol C&P 7:30
18 Michelle Lordi, Michener Museum, Doylestown
JANUARY 2018
BANDIT65
KURT ROSENWINKEL, TIM MOTZER, GINTAS JANUSONIS
BANDIT65 JAPAN/EUROPE TOUR 2018
11 Cotton Club, Tokyo, JP
12 Cotton Club, Tokyo, JP
13 Cotton Club, Tokyo, JP
15 Ronnie Scott’s, London, UK
16 Cheval Blanc, Schlitigheim, FR
18 Jazz Action, Valence, FR
19 Flagey, Brussels Jazz Festival, Brussels, BE
21 Elbphilharmonic, Hamburg, DE
February
14 Kimmel Center Great Plaza, Sittin in with Anthony Tidd.
March
2 – 11 Tim Motzer’s TEXTURE AND MOTION: abstract works on canvas
Arete Gallery 67 West Street #103, Brooklyn
Guitarist Tim Motzer’s pop-up exhibition, ‘TEXTURE AND MOTION: Abstract Works On Canvas’ moves into Areté Venue and Gallery in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Friday March 2 thru Sunday March 4. The pop-up will also present Motzer in, both, solo improvisational guitar sets, and improvising with special guests over his days there.
tim motzer, untitled8, acrylic & graphite on canvas,101.6cm x 101.6cm
E X H I B I T I O N H O U R S
Friday March 2 opening 5pm-10pm
Saturday March 3 Noon-10pm
Sunday March 4 Noon-6pm
Monday – Friday by appointment
Saturday March 10 11-5
Sunday March 11 11-5
M U S I C P E R F O R M A N C E
Friday March 2nd opening
Tim Motzer solo (guitar & electronics) 7pm
Melinda Faylor (prepared piano) & Tim Motzer duo improvisations 9pm
Saturday March 3rd
Tim Motzer solo 3pm with dancers Curt Haworth and Loren Groenendaal
Charlotte Munn-Wood (violin) & Tim Motzer duo improvisations 7pm
Jeremy Carlstedt (percussion & electronics) & Tim Motzer 9pm
Sunday March 4th
Tim Motzer solo 2pm
Melinda Faylor (prepared piano) and Tim Motzer duo with dancers Savannah, Aja, Paul Matteson 4pm
17
Dear Philadelphia
Artist in Residence Doug Hirlinger, with Tim Motzer, John Swana, Ursula Rucker, M’Baila Singley
Kimmel Center SEI Studios
25
Tim Motzer solo at Kung Fu Necktie Upstairs
opening for Vowws and Blank Pill https://www.kungfunecktie.com/event/1622583-vowws-philadelphia/
April
6
Art is Philly presents the Gathering, an evening of site specific art featuring Tim Motzer & John Levis, dancers, sculptors, artists, musicians!
7-11pm Sculture Courtyard, 1714 Mascher Street, Philadelphia PA
artisphilly.org
25
Orion Tango (Jeremy Carlstedt, Barry Meehan, Tim Motzer) and Marbin at Milkboy
26 Unanchored, choreography by Curt Haworth, live music score by Tim Motzer, and UArts Dancers. 7pm
28 Unanchored, choreography by Curt Haworth, live music score by Tim Motzer, and UArts Dancers. 1pm
May
5 Dear Philadelphia world premiere featuring Doug Hirlinger, Ursula Rucker, Tim Motzer,
M’Balia Singley, John Swana at the Kimmel Center of the Performing Arts 8pm
16 TIM MOTZER, CHRIS CUZME, JEREMY CARLSTEDT
at Fifth Hammer, LIC, Brooklyn, New York
19 TIM MOTZER solo
opening for MARKUS REUTER and ROBERT RICH at St. Mary’s Church, the Gatherings. 8pm
June
15
1k presents (blade of) DAVID TORN, TIM MOTZER, JEREMY CARLSTEDT
at Arete 67 West St. Brooklyn NY 8:30pm
29,30
GROUP MOTION
50th Anniversary Celebration with performances and Group Motion book publication
July
1
GROUP MOTION
50th Anniversary Celebration with performances and Group Motion book publication
19
1k presents:VERNON REID, SUPHALA, TIM MOTZER, GINTAS JANUSONIS
at Arete 67 West St. Brooklyn NY 8:30pm
30
Tim Motzer Solo at Martha 6-8pm, Philadelphia
August
3
TIM MOTZER OPEN STUDIO.
5pm – 10pm
1362 Crease Street, Fishtown, Philadelphia
tim motzer, untitled6, acrylic, graphite on canvas, 101.6cm x 101.6cm
11
1k presents: MARKUS REUTER, MARK WINGFIELD, TIM MOTZER
at Arete 67 West St. Brooklyn NY 8:30pm
September
October
5
Tim Motzer Open Studio 6pm-10pm
7
SOFT MACHINE at the Theatre of the Living Arts, Philly
Beledo and Tim Motzer open the show.
13
Tim Motzer SOLO
at Cosmic Crossings, UUC, Titusville, NJ 8pm
15
1k presents: Tim Motzer & Bernhard Wostheinrich METAMORPHOSIS
with special guest: Man From Nowhere
Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, doors at 8, show 9pm
25
1k presents: MATT MITCHELL, TIM MOTZER, DOUG HIRLINGER
at Arete 67 West St. Brooklyn NY 8:30pm
PAST DATES:
2017 TIM MOTZER LIVE DATES
February 2017
1-4 with Curt Haworth Dance, Masher Space, Philly
BANDIT65 with KURT ROSENWINKEL, TIM MOTZER, GINTAS JANUSONIS
7 G Live Lab, Helsinki
8 Fashing, Stockholm
9 Nefertiti, Gotenberg
10-11 Jazzhus Montmarte, Copenhagen, Denmark
22 – 26, 2017 Split Screen, The Theatre Centre, Toronto, Ontario
TIM MOTZER solo score, Epilogue, with PEGGY BAKER Dance Company
followed by TIM MOTZER solo/secret duos each night.
The Theatre Centre, Toronto
April 2017
23 The Fractal of We – Group Motion’s Improv Lab
a performance exploring structures and concepts of dance and music improvisation.
Directed by Manfred Fischbeck, the work will feature “Syria, a Fractal of We,” a music and video piece by Niloufar Nourbakhsh. Live music will be provided by Tim Motzer, and a dance score will be performed by the ensemble, including: Katie Bank, Jenny Fung, Nicole Diaz-Pellot, Renee Kurz, Darcy Lyons, Katelyn Reiersen, Kristen Schott, Harlee Trautman, and Mary-Carmen Webb. The work is in homage to and in prayer for the Syrian People. Tim Motzer – guitar, electronics
28 Structural Decay – Merriam Theatre, UArts Dance, 7pm, Tim Motzer live score, Curt Haworth choreography
30 Structural Decay – Merriam Theatre, UArts Dance, 1pm Tim Motzer live score, Curt Haworth choreography
May 2017
4 Sister Gertrude Morgan Experience in NEW ORLEANS JAZZ FESTIVAL
The Ace Hotel, New Orleans: Vinyl Record Release and Live Recording/ Gilles Peterson BBC
King Britt, Tim Motzer with
James Rouse, Barry Meehan, Damon Benet
Bandit 65 May 2017 European Tour
Kurt Rosenwinkel – guitar, electronics
Tim Motzer – ac guitar, guitar synth, electronics
Gintas Janusonis – drums, percussion, electronics
11 Liege, Belgium – Theatre de Liege
13 Madrid, Spain – Cafe Berlin
14 Barcelona, Spain – Jamboree Jazz Festival 8/10pm
16 Sevilla, Spain – Teatro de Lope de Vega
18 Innsbruck, Austria – Triebhaus
20 Bonn, Germany – Jazzfest Bonn, Haus der Geschichte
22 Tim Motzer & Bernhard Wostheinrich live broadcast RSD radio, Berlin
JUNE 2017
2 Tim Motzer & Bernhard Wostheinrich with Volker Lankow, Berlin at Toms Hemp. 8pm
4 Syria: The Fractal of We CEC 8pm
Group Motion presents new work Solo Not Alone by San Francisco based choreographer Aura Fischbeck, and Syria, a Fractal of We, music and video by New York based composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh.
Dance by Group Motion Company
Live music by Tim Motzer
Direction by Manfred Fischbeck
June 4th, 7:00pm
Meetinghouse Theater, CEC
3500 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tickets: $20 or $15 (Students and Artists)
6 ORION TANGO album release, BENT KNEE Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia 8PM
http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1472969
15 ORION TANGO Tasker House, Philadelphia
25-July 1 American Dance Festival, Duke University, Durham NC
JULY 2017
15-22 American Dance Festival (part 2)
20 Tim Motzer Solo
an evening in the legendary The Cave of ambient guitarscape madness! Do come!!
THE CAVE 452 1/2 W. FRANKLIN ST. CHAPEL HILL, NC 27516
24-28 Kimmel Creative Music Jazz Camp, Philadelphia
25 Orion Tango jazz workshop on improvisation Kimmel Creative Music Jazz Camp.
25 Fhloston Paradigm at Johnny Brendas, Philadelphia
28 Fhloston Paradigm at National Sawdust, Brooklyn
AUGUST 2017
4 Orion Tango live broadcast on WKCR-fm, Columbian University, NYC
13 Tim Motzer Solo
broadcast on WXPN’s Stars End 2am
New album is Unseen Universe on 1k
SEPTEMBER 2017
23 Event Horizon concert series at the Rotunda
Tim Motzer solo guitar + electronics, ambient avant garde
with Power Vacuum and Off Land (from Boston)
http://www.eventhorizonseries.org/
24 Ursula Rucker + Tim Motzer at Perlman Philadelphia Museum of Art
OCTOBER 2017
3 ORION TANGO at Kung Fu Necktie
9-15 Ursula Rucker, My Father’s Daughter, Music by Tim Motzer
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club 77 E. 4th Street New York, New York
20 ORION TANGO at Bourbon & Branch
NOVEMBER 2017
17 Mascher Space, improv for dancers and musicians 8pm
DECEMBER 2017
9 Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Jazz Residency
with Doug Hirlinger, John Swana, Ursula Rucker, MB, Tim Motzer
work in progress performance of Dear Philadelphia
17 ORION TANGO at Ortliebs 8pm sharp!
19 TIM MOTZER SOLO guitar & electronics
WLFR-fm 91.7 10pm live radio broadcast in studio concert/interview
2016 Tim Motzer live performance dates
January 5th, 2016
ORION TANGO on the Key Sessions at
WXPN studios. Live recording, video session.
January 6th, 2016
ExtraDark/DeviantPhilly Collective,
Kung Fu Necktie, Philly
January 28th, 2015
ORION TANGO, with ECHOTEST (Julie Slick, Marco Machera)
OUT OF THE BEARDSPACE
8 x 10, Baltimore, MD
February 3rd, 2016
ExtraDark/DeviantPhilly Collective,
Kung Fu Necktie, Philly
March 3, 2016
ExtraDark/DeviantPhilly Collective,
Kung Fu Necktie, Philly
April 5th, 2016
TIM MOTZER Solo Broadcast
Live broadcast on Digital Dreams radio program, WLFR-fm
Tim Motzer improvising deep soundscapes and drift for 90 minutes at
91.7 FM in Atlantic County, New Jersey at Stockton University.
Digital Dreams comes your way on Tuesday nights from
10PM-Midnight EST and is hosted by Mark Dickson.
Listen online: http://www.wlfr.fm/
April 21,22,23
Faustin Linyekula + special guests: Philly Files
Congolese dancer and choreographer Faustin Linyekula looks at North Philadelphia
through movement, storytelling, community, and improvised live music by King Britt,
Anthony Tidd, Tim Motzer, Heru Shabaka-ra and dancers from UArts.
https://paintedbride.org/events/faustin-linyekula-for-re-place-ing-philadelphia/
April 27
SUPASISTER presents
Ursula Rucker + special guests
live music by Tim Motzer and Wendel Patrick
music selector: HPrizm
Silk City, Philadelphia
9pm
April 29, 30
UArts Dance at the Merriam Theatre, Philadelphia 7pm
Curt Haworth – choreography
Tim Motzer – live music score
May 2-11
BANDIT 65 European Tour
Kurt Rosenwinkel – guitar, electronics
Tim Motzer – guitar synth, electronics
Gintas Janusonis – drums, percussions, electronics
May 3 Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Jazz Club
May 5 Berlin, Germany – XJazz, Privatclub
May 6 Milan, Italy – Blue Note
May 7 Montpelier, France – KOA Festival
May 9 Vienna, Austria – Porgy & Bess
May 11 Prague – JazzDock
May 16
Group Motion Monday Night Improv Lab performance
live score: Tim Motzer
directed by Manfred Fischbeck
CEC, Philadelphia
May 27 and 29, 2016
MODAFE 2016 (Modern Dance Festival Korea)
live score: Tim Motzer
Won Kim choreography, dancer
Arko Theater Small Hall Seoul, Korea
http://www.modafe.org/modafe2015/english/modafe.asp
June 10 and 11
(NO)E(XIT)N-TRANCE: inter-terrestrial sightings
Group Motion Dance
score: Tim Motzer
directed by Manfred Fischbeck
Drexel Annex Black Box Theatre, Philadelphia
Saturday, June 18th
Beardfest
TIM MOTZER SOLO
Sunrise ambient set
guitar/electronics
http://www.beardfest.net/
June 27
ORION TANGO & GIANT DWARF
Tim Motzer – guitars + electronics
Barry Meehan – bass + electronics
Jeremy Carlstedt – drums
Ortliebs, Philadelphia
presented by deviant
July 8-14
American Dance Festival, ADF
Durham, NC
BANDIT 65 Summer Euro Tour 2016
Kurt Rosenwinkel – guitar, electronics
Tim Motzer – ac guitar, guitar synth, electronics
Gintas Janusonis – drums, percussion, electronics
TBC, more info soon
July 2016
28 Valencia, Spain
29 Nigran, Spain
30 Cadiz, Spain
August 2016
3 Rome, Italy
4 Firenze, Italy
5 Cosenza, Italy
7 Reggio Calabria, Italy
9 Potenza, Italy
10 Trento, Italy
with Jim Hamilton
17 Philadelphia, Vernon Park
27 Don McCloskey Bristol Theatre, Bristol
September 2016
King Britt presents SYLK130 20th ReUnion
4 TLA, Philadelphia
Bandit 65 USA dates
8 Boston – Regatta Bar
9 Philadelphia – Chris Jazz Cafe
10 Philadelphia – Chris Jazz Cafe
16 Montreal – Upstairs Jazz Club
17 Brattleboro, VT – Vermont Jazz Center
18 LA – Moss Theatre (Santa Monica)
w Ursula Rucker opening for Bilal
24 Philadelphia, Johnny Brendas
October 2016
26-Nov4 Morroco
with Olivier Tarpaga
November 2016
19 Storytellers. Christ Church
December 2016
27 WLFR-fm Stockton University
live radio broadcast Tim Motzer – solo,
Mike Hunter, Chuck Van Zyl
27 hour marathon.
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2015 dates
Julie Slick-Marco Marchera Fourth Dementia Tour + Out of the BeardSpace
January 27, 2015
Gypsy Sally’s, Washington DC
w Julie Slick, Marcho Marchera, Pat Mastelotto, Tim Motzer
January 28, 2015
8 x 10 Baltimore, MD
w Julie Slick, Marcho Marchera, Pat Mastelotto, Tim Motzer
January 29, 2015
NJ ProgHouse, Dunellen, NJ
w Julie Slick, Marcho Marchera, Pat Mastelotto, Tim Motzer
http://www.njproghouse.com/2014/10/21/julie-slick-marco-machera-w-special-guests-out-of-the-beardspace-january-29-2015/
January 30, 2015
Hard Rock Cafe Philadelphia
w Julie Slick, Marcho Marchera, Pat Mastelotto, Tim Motzer, Dejha Ti
January 31, 2015
The Spectrum NYC
w Julie Slick, Marcho Marchera, Pat Mastelotto, Tim Motzer
February 6, 2015
Philadelphia Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Harold Prince Theatre with Ursula Rucker 8pm
February 7, 2015
Philadelphia Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Harold Prince Theatre with Ursula Rucker 8pm
February 14, 2015
The Mermaid Inn, Philadelphia 9pm
w Jim Hamilton, June Lopez, Tim Motzer
March 21,22 2015
TAP
live score by Olivier Tarpaga and Tim Motzer
March 21 4pm show. March 21 7pm show
March 22 4pm show
Christ Church Neighborhood House,
20 N. American Street, Philadelphia
March 27, 2015
with Iris Freeheart
Temple University, Philadelphia
April 3, 2015
Fringe Arts first Friday series:
THE WORLD IS A SCREEN
featuring
NATASHA KMETO [vocals/electronics]TIM MOTZER [guitar/electronics]HPRIZM [electronics]CORI OLINGHOUSE [dance]KAI KLEINBARD [dance]
THE WORLD IS A SCREEN is an evening of experimental dance and music curated
by Kate Watson-Wallace and King Britt that pulls together five artists who think cinematically
in their art making. These artists are brought together in this configuration for the first time to
perform an improvisational score. http://fringearts.com/event/the-world-is-a-screen/
April 9
UARTS DANCE with LIVE SCORE PERFORMED BY TIM MOTZER
Choregraphed by Manfred Fischbeck Gerschmann Y, Philadelphia
April 10
JIM HAMILTON + TIM MOTZER
Mermaid Inn, Chestnut Hill 9pm
April 22
GROUP MOTION Monday Night Improv Lab:
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
directed by Manfred Fischbeck
live score by Tim Motzer 8pm
CEC, West Philadelphia
https://www.facebook.com/events/1417851415190243/
April 24, 2015
JAMAALADEEN TACUMA presents
THE OUTSIDERS
Improvised & Creative PopUp Music Festival
CEC, 3500 Lancaster Ave, West Philadelphia
April 25, 2015
Jim Hamilton & Tim Motzer
BARNSTOCK FESTIVAL
Steel Bird Farm, Huntingdon Valley, PA
April 30, 2015
BellTower Music presents: It Was the Aliens
Iris Freeheart with Tim Motzer
Upstairs at Time 1315 Sansom St Philadelphia 9pm
May 1, May 2, 2015
UARTS Dance at the Merriam Theatre. Olivier Tarpaga Choregrapher
Live Score by Tim Motzer, Olivier Tarpaga, + special guests.
Merriam Theatre, Avenue of the Arts, Philadelphia
May 2, 2015 (Day)
12th annual Dream Flag Project
Poems by high school students
National Constitution Center, Philadelphia
May 5, 2015
Fringe Arts with Ursula Rucker
May 22 & 23rd, 2015
URSULA RUCKER My Fathers Daughter
with live score performed by TIM MOTZER
Freedom Theatre, Philadelphia
June 6, 2015
Pamela Herthington TAP Live score by Jim Hamilton and Tim Motzer
Gerschmann Y, Philadelphia
June 10, 2015
r_m_s
featuring Julie Slick, Tobias Ralph, Tim Motzer
with support (to be announced)
Boot and Saddle, Philadelphia doors 8pm
June 12, 2015
BEARDFEST
r_m_s
featuring Julie Slick, Tobias Ralph, Tim Motzer
headlining the Woods Stage at 7:30pm
http://beardfest.net/tickets.html
Hammonton, NJ at Paradise Lakes Campground
June 20-26th, 2015 10-12am
June 27, 2015 3-5pm
Facing Front Workshops (closed to the public)
Neighborhood House, Philadelphia
July 11, 2015
Ursula Rucker & Tim Motzer
Tiberino Museum (more info coming soon)
July 12, 2015
Tim Motzer & Zach LoPresti
Rumpus Art Fundraiser (more info coming soon)
July 21, 2015
Kimmel Center Jazz Summer Camp Workshop Session
with Orion Tango (Jeremy Carlstedt, Barry Meehan, Tim Motzer)
August 7, 2015
Ursula Rucker + Tim Motzer, Sonia Sanchez,
Monnette Sudler, Yolander Wisher, and more!
Germantown Stars Under the Stars
8-10pm Vernon Park 19144
August 8, 2015
Julie Slick, Tim Motzer, Tobias Ralph
House Concert (more details to be announced)
August 19, 2015
Improv Workshop Performance
Dancers directed by Manfred Fischbeck
live music score by Tim Motzer
Communty Education Center, Philadelphia
August 22, 2015
Ursula Rucker & Tim Motzer
Tekrema Center for Art and Culture
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music 6-9pm
NEW ORLEANS, LA
September 8, 2015
Fringe Arts Festival
Fringe Arts After Party 10:30-1:30
Tim Motzer in a rare DJ set:
Selections from his archive
September 16, 2015
SOLO MOTZER
Water Under the Bridges
Beth Clevenstine and Paul Santoleri:
Mural Arts Open Reception
Fountain & Umbria Sts, Manayunk 6-8pm
September 24, 2015
Ursula Rucker & Tim Motzer
Fringe Arts, Philadelphia
October 8, 2015
TIM MOTZER – SOLO guitar + electronics
with Air is Human (residency)
Ortliebs, Philly 9pm Free Show!
October 10th, 2015
Improvisation with FAUSTIN LINYEKULA, KING BRITT, ANTHONY TIDD,
TIM MOTZER, and HERU SHABAKA-RA
7pm – 8:30pm at Painted Bride Art Center. $10 General Admission.
Re-PLACE-ing Philadelphia is a project of Painted Bride Art Center
that uses the arts and public dialogue to bring seemingly invisible
cultural memories to light and enrich our city’s history.
November 1, 2015
ORION TANGO
Barry Meehan | Tim Motzer | Jeremy Carlstedt
Prog House, Dunellen, NJ (more details to come)
November 6, 2015
Ursula Rucker My Father’s Daughter
Live Score by Tim Motzer
First Person Arts Festival, Philadlephia
November 16-20
Ursula Rucker My Father’s Daughter
Live Score by Tim Motzer
Kelly-Strayhorn Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA3
December 13, 2015
Ursula Rucker curated evening.
Win Win Coffee Bar, Philly 8pm
2014
TIM TOM CLUB
February 22 Tim Motzer & Tom Spiker guitar duo
Belefonte Cafe Delaware 7-9pm
Saturday March 8 7:30
MOTZER, CARLSTEDT, WILMS
Tim Motzer with Jeremy Carlstedt and Jeremy Wilms + Intra Faction + Talibam!
Friends and Lovers 641 Classon Avenue, Crown Heights, Brooklyn NY
Saturday April 5 11:30am
THE DREAM FLAG PROJECT
Tim Motzer will be performing with young poets ages 8-16 presenting their dream poems.
National Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street, Independence Mall, Philadelphia
Saturday April 12 8pm
TIM MOTZER SOLO + GEORGE WALLACE + THE TANGENT PROJECT
Season opener of The Gatherings Concert Series
St. Mary’s Church at University of Pennsylvania, 3916 Locust Walk, West Philadelphia
Thursday April 17, and Saturday April 19 7pm
UARTS DANCE with LIVE SCORE PERFORMED BY TIM MOTZER & MAX GAST
Choregraphed by Manfred Fischbeck
Merriam Theatre, Avenue of the Arts, Philadelphia
Tuesday April 22 8pm
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO + TIM MOTZER & BART MILTENBERGER
Opening for Chicago Underground Duo,
Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia 8pm
An Ars Nova Workshop Presentation
Friday April 25, and Saturday April 26 7pm
UARTS DANCE with LIVE SCORE PERFORMED BY TIM MOTZER
Choregraphed by Curt Haworth
ArtsBank, Avenue of the Arts, Philadelphia
Tuesday April 29th 8pm
KURT ROSENWINKEL, TIM MOTZER, GINTAS JANUSONIS
The debut of BANDIT 65
with live visuals by Dejha Ti
Underground Arts, 1200 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Thursday May 15 8pm
G. Calvin Weston’s FLYING COLORS
Tim Motzer, G. Calvin Weston, Elliot Garland, and Dave Dzubinski
The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, West Phildelphia
Monday May 19 7pm
Last May Play
Dance/Music/Visuals
Dancers with choreographyby Manfred Fischbeck, music by Tim Motzer, visuals by Dejha Ti
Dance Space Mt.Vernon Street, Philadelphia
https://www.facebook.com/events/1397581267193121/
Thursday May 29 8pm-10pm
Dance Improv Workshop – Last Hurrah
@ Dance Space 1721 Mt. Vernon Street Philadelphia PA
Friday May 30 5pm until 6:30
Ursula Rucker Mural Dedication
1531 Ridge Avenue Philadelphia PA
Sunday June 15
JAZZ VESPERS
6900 Stenton Avenue
Robert Burden – tap
Tim Motzer – guitar
Mike Pietrusko – traps
Thursday June 19 8pm
TIM TOM CLUB
Tim Motzer, Tom Spiker duo
TBA, Delaware
Saturday July 5 9pm
JIM HAMILTON & TIM MOTZER
with very special guest URSULA RUCKER
The Mermaid Inn, Chestnut Hill
TIM MOTZER SOLO – IN STORE PERFORMANCE
with projections by Dejha Ti
Saturday July 19th
AKA Music 2nd St. near Market
Thursday July 24 9pm
The debut of FuZzz
presented by Tim Motzer
with Barry Meehan, Jeremy Carlstedt
A happening of progressions, experimentalism, improvisations
with live visual projections by Dejha Ti
a monthly at Underground Arts
August 8
BACK TO BASICS REUNION
Hard Rock Philadelphia
King Britt, Dozia, Anthony Tidd, Chuck Treece, Tim Motzer, Damon Benet
Lady Alma, ?uestlove, Philip Yaeger, James Poyser
TIM MOTZER SOLO
Live from Stars End record release shows
with visuals by Dejha Ti
Saturday July 19th
AKA music 6pm in-store performance Philadelphia
Friday August 1st
WPRB radio live performance. Princeton, NJ 103.3FM
1am Saturday morning late night
Wednesday August 6th
Spectrum NYC 7pm
121 Ludlow Street
Floor 2
NYC NY 10002
Thursday August 14th
Johnny Brendas Philadelphia 9pm
1201 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19125
An evening of solo performances
Tim Motzer
with solo sets by special guests:
Brandon Seabrook
Mary Lattimore
Saturday August 16
Markus Reuter, David Rothenberg, Tim Motzer
Quinns Beacon, NY
EUROPE
August 22
Coolfli, Wroclaw, Poland Tim Motzer solo w Dejha Ti visuals
August 23
Bielefeld House Concert
August 24
Townhall Kulturverein-Borgholzhausen – Tim Motzer solo
BERLIN Residency
August 29
Einundzwanzigzwölf Salon der Verzückung w Sasha Pushkin, Bernhard Woestheinrich
August 30
Loophole Berlin
September 5
Gallery 14B Berlin
September 6
Greenhouse Berlin
September 7
Ma Thilda Berlin
ITALY
September 13
Chieti, Italy w Julie Slick, Marco Machero, Dejha Ti Open Air Concert.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival dates
September 20
#Shamanic Interfaces fringe fest CEC Philadelphia 8pm
September 21
#Shamanic Interfaces fringe fest CEC Philadelphia 8pm
Oktober 5
Tim Motzer interview from Berlin Germany
05.10. Soundscapes No.1 – Tim Motzer (USA) (Interview & Verlosung)
on http://grooove-station.net/
grooove-station.net
October 11
Muhlenberg University duo with Ursula Rucker.
October 12
with Lucas Brown, Max Gast, Wes Rast
Mural at 1425 Christian St.
Mural Arts Society & American Composers Forum
http://heartthesewalls.acfphiladelphia.org/
October 17
Lairs of Self. Design Philadelphia. Ice Box. Crane Arts. Philadelphia
immersive multimedia experience a 5000 sq ft visually mapped space
with newly composed electronic music by tim motzer with vocals by kyra garey from Berlin, Germany.
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http://lairsofself.com/ 6pm – 10pm 1400 n. american street
November 8
Rotunda. Philadelphia Tim Motzer SOLO
November 22
Session House, Tokyo JAPAN with Olivier Tarpaga
November 23
Session House, Tokyo JAPAN with Olivier Tarpaga
November 26
Gilly’s, Dayton, Ohio Tim Motzer Solo, w Dejha Ti visuals
opening for psychodots. 8pm
November 28
Southgate House Revival, Newport, KY Tim Motzer Solo, w Dejha Ti visuals
opening for psychodots. 8pm
December 6
Fire Museum presents:
Tim Motzer Solo +
Amirtha Kidambi Trio
The First Banana Fishtown, on Dauphin Street just off
of Frankford Ave, Philadelphia
