Saturday, February 23, 2013

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. [...]
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Friday, February 22, 2013

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 [...]
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Thursday, February 21, 2013

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 [...]
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Saturday, February 16, 2013

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, [...]
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Friday, February 15, 2013

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. [...]
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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, [...]
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Saturday, February 9, 2013

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: [...]
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Friday, February 8, 2013

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: [...]
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Thursday, February 7, 2013

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: [...]
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Friday, February 1, 2013

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 [...]
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