“Trigger” is the name of this collaborative trio of contra bass and soprano clarinet, cello, and shawms and bassoon. Structured improvisations, low-end blends, vocal-esque lines, bowing and breathing interplay. Their commonground is released on “Exquisite Corpses form P.S. 122” on What Next?

Set 1: Several compositions, single versions. The “standard” set.

Set 2: One composition, one version.

Set 3: One composition, several versions.

The trio will discuss titles and forms during the evening. Feel free to ask them (afterwards) about any of this.

Chicago based cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm has played and studied music in a variety of situations from the Juilliard School to the gutter.   A former student of Anthony Braxton, Morton  Feldman, Bunita Marcus and Pauline Oliveros,  his primary projects are his Valentine Trio and The Lightbox Orchestra.  He is also a member of a number of ongoing collective projects (The Boxhead Ensemble, The Friction Brothers with Michaels Zerang and Colligan, The Flatlands Collective,  Keefe Jackson’s Fast Citizens) as well as participating in numerous one off “ad-hoc” or in frequently convening ensembles.  He also currently plays in groups led by Joe McPhee (Survival Unit III), Peter Brotzmann (Chicago 10tet),  and Ken Vandermark (Vandermark 5, Frame 4tet, Territory Ensemble). Improvisors he has worked with include Jim Baker, John Butcher, Wilbert DeJoode, Axel Doerner, Mats Gustafsson, Charlotte Hug, Glenn Kotche, Peter Kowald, Nicole Mitchell, Torsten Muller, Jim O’Rourke, Jeff Parker, David Stakenas,  Ben Vida, and Michael Zerang, He has contributed cello sounds to numerous recording projects by rock groups including Califone, Freakwater, God-is-my-co-pilot, L’altra, Smog, Super Chunk, US Maple, Wilco and many others. —Bio as of 2019