Presented by Earshot Jazz Festival.The French horn has a rather short list of jazz masters, usually led by Julius Watkins. One of Watkins’s foremost proponents, Tom Varner presents his tentet performing their new CD, Heaven and Hell. The new work showcases [...]
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Earshot: Wash. Composers Orchestra (WACO)
Presented by Nonsequitur and Earshot Jazz Festival.Robin Holcomb, Wayne Horvitz, and Tom Varner lead this adventurous 15-piece ensemble featuring top-flight Seattle improvisers and composers including Mark Taylor, Thomas Marriott, Eric Barber, Byron Vannoy, [...]
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Earshot: Phantom Orchard + Peggy Lee & Saadet Türköz
Presented by Nonsequitur and Earshot Jazz Festival.Long-time collaborators at the forefront of the Downtown NYC avant garde, electronic percussionist Ikue Mori and electronic/acoustic harpist Zeena Parkins (aka PHANTOM ORCHARD) weave a mix of beauty [...]
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Rachel Grimes + Gretchen Yanover
Presented by Nonsequitur. Co-founder of Louisville indie chamber group Rachel’s, pianist Rachel Grimes performs her new solo album of lyrical piano compositions, Book of Leaves, along with music by Erik Satie. Seattle cellist Gretchen Yanover combines [...]
Monday, October 19, 2009
Earshot Jazz Festival: 3rd Man
Presented by Earshot Jazz Festival.3rd Man is a trio of Dutch "drummer" Han Bennink (Instant Composers Pool), American expat and fellow ICP member Michael Moore, and accordionist Will Holshouser (David Krakauer’s Klezmer Madness, Matt Munisteri, etc.). [...]
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Jesse Canterbury & Friends
Seattle clarinetist Jesse Canterbury joins forces with Brian Cobb (bass), Tiffany Lin (piano), and Paul Kikuchi (drums & percussion), playing a new suite of his original compositio [...]
Friday, October 16, 2009
Paul Hoskin
Seattle veteran improviser Paul Hoskin does his annual 80-minute solo contrabass clarinet improvisati [...]
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Richard Craig
Presented by WA Composers Forum.Scottish/Swedish flutist Richard Craig makes his premiere US performance here at the Chapel, performing recent works for solo flute (with and without electronics), including many US premieres (*): Donald Stewart: os justi [...]
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Nicolás Varchausky: SPK
Presented by DXARTS, in collaboration with Archivo P.A.I.S. (Programa Teatro Acústico-UNQ). Nicolás Varchausky performs with his SPK (Speaker Performing Kiosk), an autarchic performing device that uses the speaker not as an object that reproduces sound [...]
Friday, October 9, 2009
EQLateral Ensemble: Half-Light
Featuring sublime to frenetic strings, ethereal voxings and hypnotic rhythms enhanced by experimental/electronic soundings and of-the-moment inspiration, EQlateral's dramatic soundscapes range from the sensual to the cosmic and back again. With John [...]
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Subtext: David Buuck + Joel Felix
NOTE: This is the final Subtext reading for the time being, as the collective considers possible futures.David Buuck is author of The Shunt (Palm) and Buried Treasure Island (Barge/YBCA). Founder of Bay Area Research Group in Enviro- aesthetics, co-founder [...]
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