Eyvind Kang & Jessika Kenney

Acclaimed duo Jessika Kenney (voice) and Eyvind Kang (viola, setar) play original pieces from their LP The Face of the Earth (Ideologic Organ), as well as repertoire from the classical Persian tradition.

read more → Eyvind Kang & Jessika Kenney

Banned Rehearsal

"Let's try a session playing instruments we don't know how to play." This simple suggestion in June of 1984 among three newly re-united musicians wrought an improvisational project of uncommon longevity and abundance. Nearly 29 years along, and with 830 recorded and numbered sessions behind us, we are still not entirely sure what we are doing. Charter members Keith Eisenbrey, Aaron Keyt, and Neal Meyer will be joined by long-time collaborator Karen Eisenbrey and recent adoptee Steve Kennedy in an evening of noise and exploration.

read more → Banned Rehearsal

Sanchez / Greenlief / Ospovat

NYC pianist Angelica Sanchez and frequent Bay Area collaborators Phillip Greenlief (saxophone) and Sam Ospovat (drums) play improvised music — not the free-wheeling sounds you would expect from the purveyors of classic free jazz, but rather music that is improvised with a mind for creating spontaneous themes, melodies and forms that the musicians use as a springboard for variation and development. Seattle saxophonist Jacob Rex Zimmerman and Bay Area guitarist Jameson Swanagon open.

read more → Sanchez / Greenlief / Ospovat

Concert Imaginaire

Concert Imaginaire is a unique music ensemble that pushes the boundaries of form and content, drawing listeners into a musical world that is as much psychological as it is visceral. Consisting of voice, violin, bass, synthesizer, guitar and percussion, the ensemble will perform electric chamber music, group free improvisations, and art songs.

read more → Concert Imaginaire

Neil Welch + Chris Icasiano

Saxophonist Neil Welch performs music from his new full-length solo album Twelve Tiny Explosions, released on the local label Table and Chairs Music. Cluster, mute, smear, rangy, scream, coo, blast – Welch is an active mover of modern improvisation. Approaching the instrument as more a textural tool, tonight's performance will be inspired by the unique sound of the Chapel. Chris Icasiano, one of Seattle's most inventive drummers and a longtime collaborator with Welch in the duo Bad Luck, opens with a set of solo drums.

read more → Neil Welch + Chris Icasiano

Beth Fleenor Workshop Ensemble

Beth Fleenor leads an 11-piece ensemble performing her 2012 conduction work SILT plus music for blindfolded ensemble. Beth Fleenor, clarinet/composer; Michele Khazak, voice; Kate Olson, soprano sax; Chris Credit, winds; Brian Bermudez, winds; Sam Boshnack, trumpet; Paul Kemmish, bass; Evan Flory-Barnes, bass; Michael Owcharuk, piano; Greg Campbell, percussion/French horn; Adam Kozie, drums.

read more → Beth Fleenor Workshop Ensemble

Seattle Improvised Music Festival #3

Presented by Seattle Improvised Music and Nonsequitur.

The longest running improvised music festival in North America celebrates its 28th year, bringing together a gamut of Northwest luminaries to meet up with three remarkable visiting musicians: Trio: LaDonna Smith (violin, viola, voice), Tari Nelson-Zagar (violin), Monica Schley (harp); Duo: Craig Taborn (piano), Greg Campbell (percussion); Solo: Tucker Dulin (trombone) 

read more → Seattle Improvised Music Festival #3

Seattle Improvised Music Festival #2

Presented by Seattle Improvised Music and Nonsequitur.

The longest running improvised music festival in North America celebrates its 28th year, bringing together a gamut of Northwest luminaries to meet up with three remarkable visiting musicians: Quartet: Tucker Dulin (trombone), Gust Burns (piano), Mark Collins (bass), Jonathan Way (electronics); Solo: LaDonna Smith (violin, viola, voice); Trio: Craig Taborn (piano), Paul Hoskin (baritone saxophone), Mark Ostrowski (percussion)

read more → Seattle Improvised Music Festival #2

Seattle Improvised Music Festival #1

Presented by Seattle Improvised Music and Nonsequitur.

The longest running improvised music festival in North America celebrates its 28th year, bringing together a gamut of Northwest luminaries to meet up with three remarkable visiting musicians: Quartet: LaDonna Smith (violin, viola, voice), Amy Denio (accordion, alto saxophone, voice), Beth Fleenor (clarinet, voice), Paul Hoskin (contrabass clarinet); Trio: Tucker Dulin (trombone), Greg Powers (trombone), Stuart Dempster (trombone); Quartet: Craig Taborn (piano), Ivan Arteaga (saxophone, clarinet), Wayne Horvitz (keyboard), Paul Kikuchi (percussion)

read more → Seattle Improvised Music Festival #1

Works of Herbert Brun, His Friends & Students

Herbert Brün was a pioneer of electronic and computer music, with particular interests in cybernetics and language, who also sought to apply principals of composition to social theory. As a professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne he was a highly influential teacher to a generation of American composers. Tonight's concert is a tribute by some of his students, performing works by themselves and their teacher. Herbert Brün: Infraudibles for quintet; Susan Parenti: The Poet Retracts; Mark Enslin: Unentitled for speaking pianist; Arun Chandra: An Untitled Poem in Sixteen Stanzae; Ben Kapp: Three Poems by Gertrude Stein for voice and two percussionists.

read more → Works of Herbert Brun, His Friends & Students