Fisher Ensemble: At the Hawk's Well

The Fisher Ensemble, led by composer Garrett Fisher, present their eighth chamber opera, At the Hawk’s Well, based on a play by Irish poet W. B. Yeats. Reviewed in the Wall Street Journal.

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Fisher Ensemble: At the Hawk's Well

The Fisher Ensemble, led by composer Garrett Fisher, present their eighth chamber opera, At the Hawk’s Well, based on a play by Irish poet W. B. Yeats, the first play in English that emulated Japanese Noh theater. Performers include vocalists Jeremiah Cawley, Maria Mannisto, and Kristen Ramer Liang; flutist Clifford Dunn; bassist Greg Bagley; harmonium player Esther Sugai, percussionist Dean Moore, and choreographer/dancer Christy Fisher. Reviewed in the Wall Street Journal.

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Seattle Improvised Music Festival

Presented by Seattle Improvised Music and Nonsequitur, with assistance from 4Culture. The 25th annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival concludes with music by Jeffrey McGrath (trumpet), Greg Powers (trombone), Chris Cochrane (guitar), Evan Gallagher (keyboards), Jeph Jerman (percussion), Paul Hoskin (contrabass clarinet)

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Seattle Improvised Music Festival

Presented by Seattle Improvised Music and Nonsequitur, with assistance from 4Culture. The 25th annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival continues with music by Michael Johnsen (home made electronics); Kelvin Pittman (saxophones); Gust Burns (piano)/Mara Sidlins (viola)/Tyler Wilcox (saxophone) + full group

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SPEAK: CD Release Concert

The bombastic post-jazz quintet speak celebrates the release of their debut CD on Origin records. Be prepared for soaring, beauteous melodies, cataclysmic free improvisations, pluck-at-your-heartstrings indie-rock ballads, muscular aggro-metal and sure-fire free jazz anthems from this diverse ensemble. Guitar-wizard Andrew McInnis and noise-prophet Kristian Garrard open the show.

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Seattle Improvised Music Festival

Presented by Seattle Improvised Music and Nonsequitur, with assistance from 4Culture. The 25th annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival continues with music by Wilson Shook (alto saxophone)/Jack Wright (saxophone)/Robert Pedersen (electronics)/Paul Neidhardt (percussion); Tyler Wilcox (soprano saxophone)/Gust Burns (piano)/Paul Neidhardt (percussion)/Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello) + large group set

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Seattle Improvised Music Festival

Presented by Seattle Improvised Music and Nonsequitur, with assistance from 4Culture. 2010 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Seattle Improvised Music Festival with two consecutive weekends. Tonight: Birgit Ulher (trumpet)/Leonel Kaplan (trumpet)/Jaime Fennelly electronics); Rachael Wadham (prepared zither)/Mara Sedlins (viola); Paul Hoskin (contra-bass clarinet) & Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello); Jack Wright (saxophone)/Gust Burns (piano)

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Seattle Chamber Players

The Seattle Chamber Players perform an evening of music by Armenian composer/keyboardist Artur Avanesov. The program also features music of Tigran Mansurian, the leading composer of Armenia and a mentor of Avanesov.

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Non Grata

The flagship big band of the Monktail Creative Music Concern, NON GRATA consists of all given members of the Monktail collective at a given point, and relies on patterns, textures and forms developed through ensemble practice. It is new composition in a spontaneous music combat zone. Basically, we’re the bastard children of art music and we’re running with scissors.

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