James Saunders performs in the duo Parkinson Saunders with composer Tim Parkinson, and with Apartment House, as well as other occasional projects. Recent performances include:
Cornelius Cardew, Schooltime Compositions, Apartment House, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 28 November 2001 [dictaphones]
Christian Wolff, Burdocks, Huddersfield/Sheffield Universities Experimental Music Groups/ Christian Wolff, St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 27.11.02 [project director, various instruments]
John Cage - Electronic Music for Piano, James Saunders - #141102, Chris Newman - Songs, Tania Chen and musicians, The Warehouse, BMIC Cutting Edge, 14.11.02 [electronics, auxiliary instruments, voice]
Mauricio Kagel, Acustica [UK Premiere], University Experimental Music Group, Recital Hall, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 27 November 2003 [director, electronics]
John Cage, Musicircus, Buruk Ensemble, BBC SO Cage Uncaged, Barbican, 16 January 2004 [auxiliary instruments]
Manfred Werder, 2 ausfuhrende, University Experimental Music Group, Huddersfield Art Gallery, 18-28 November 2004 [project director, organ pipes]
Mauricio Kagel, Acustica, Apartment House, LSO St. Luke's, 22.05.05, Broadcast on Hear and Now, BBC Radio 3, 28.05.05. [experimental sound sources].
Tim Parkinson - two cardboard boxes, John Lely Ð White Noise Machine, Alvin Lucier & the Open Sound Systems Ensemble, Tate Modern, 16 September 2005 [cardboard boxes, radio]. Archived on the Tate Modern website.
Works by Beuger (UKP), Werder (UKP), Pisaro (UKP), Cage, Wolff, Lely (WP), Parkinson (WP), Saunders (WP), Trunk (WP) Ð Parkinson Saunders / Apartment House, BMIC Cutting Edge, The Warehouse, Waterloo, 12 October 2006 [auxiliary instruments, electronics, electric guitar, voice]. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 22 December 2007.
Works by Cage, Lucier, John Lely (WP) and James Saunders (WP) Ð Saunders Thomas, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 21.11.06 [electronics]. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Hear and Now (16 December 2006).
Works by Cage, Wolff, Lucier, Lely, Parkinson. Parkinson Saunders, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, Oxford Contemporary Music (BMIC/CMN Cutting Edge Tour), 5 April 2007.
Works by Cage, Wolff, Lucier, Lely, Parkinson, Saunders, Crane. Parkinson Saunders & Anton Lukoszevieze, National Early Music Centre, York Late Music Festival (BMIC/CMN Cutting Edge Tour), 7 June 2007.
Music by Cage, Shim, Lucier and Maierhof. Parkinson Saunders, featuring John Lely and Andrew Sparling, Cut and Splice at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 24.11.07 [tea, objects, plastic cups]. To be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in March 2008.
Music by Saunders, Parkinson, Lucier and Lee Patterson. Parkinson Saunders, with Manfred Werder, Julis Eckhardt, Angharad Davies, Normisa Pereira da Silva, Q-02, Brussels, 14-15.12.07. [paper, objects, cardboard boxes, feedback with plastic bottles]