WHAT? MILLENNIUM HUM I©,
a vocal event for the publicís participation, composed and produced by BONNIE BARNETT 

WHEN? Sunday, October 17, 1999 12 Noon California Time 

WHERE? Electronic Cafe International 1649 - 18th Street, Santa Monica (head west on Olympic Blvd. past 20th Street; turn north onto 18th Street; look for 2nd driveway on right with ECI signage) and cybercast on the web! Watch, listen and sing along at www.ecafe.com 

PART OF LARGER FESTIVAL This event is the first of three global millennial vocal celebrations to be produced by Barnett. It is an official event of the World Festival of Sacred Music, the Americas, an intercultural, interfaith celebration taking place in Southern California from October 9th to October 17th. 

ADMISSION: Free (donations accepted) 

FOR FURTHER INFO: Call the Electronic Cafe International at 310/828-8732; or, FMZ Music Co. at 818/980-3704    

WHO IS MS. BARNETT? Bonnie Barnett is a singer, composer and voice teacher who has produced 65 HUM events since 1981. Resident in Los Angeles, she is known on the new music scene here, as well as regularly concertizing in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York and Europe. She is a radio host on KXLU, regularly bringing the avant garde to radio audiences. She will be singing with Nels Cline and Carla Bozulich on Oct. 3 in Pasadena. She will also be presenting a concert and CD release party celebrating her latest Nine Winds CD, Live at Roulette, on Oct. 28 in New York City, as well as teaching vocal workshops there at that time. 

WHAT ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC CAFE INTERNATIONAL? Sherrie Rabinowitz and Kit Galloway are pioneers in the field of telecommunication and are both recent recipients of Guggenheim Fellowships for their unstinting efforts in this field. Originally involved in developing telecommunicative events employing videophone technology, they are currently working in cyberspace. Rabinowitz and Galloway are involved at present in an archival project to document their 25 years of tele-collaborative art with the Getty Museum.   

WHAT IS A HUM? Bonnie Barnett created the HUM in 1981, with a small, acoustic vocal event in San Francisco. A short verbal score, or list of instructions, outlines the process of breathing, humming and singing, all in a harmonious major tonality. Anyone can participate in a HUM -- no musical or vocal technique or experience is necessary. There will be instruments at the HUM, playing the chord, so no one has to worry is they are ìin tuneî or not. Singing together in harmony creates a wonderful feeling of community, of being part of a group. Singing is vibration - vibration is movement - movement is change. When we sing, we feel good, we fill ourselves with enthusiasm. This is an event in which we all contribute our energy to focus on the 21st century and the millennial cycle.   
©Bonnie Barnett 1999 All rights reserved. 

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