Avant Jazz: Past

Vocalist Charmaine Lee premieres Ceremony in collaboration with Conrad Tao and Nate Wooley.

Hallucinations for Keyboard and Electronics are pieces influenced by states of altered consciousness & their effect on musical processes.

A song cycle with films and a 15-player ensemble reflecting the adventures of Victorian-era female explorers. Wild, wonder, and Myra Melford!

The dazzling percussionist dares to merge, purge, and blur electronic, orchestral and jazz styles & players, with Jennifer Choi, Nate Wooley...

A little bit Threadgill and a touch Frisell, the edgy yet sweet guitarist with Graham Haynes, JT Lewis and the delicious Stomu Takeishi on bass.

A night of improvisation featuring Kazu Uchihashi on electric guitars + daxophone with guests Ikue Mori and Shelley Hirsch.

Being & Becoming is a new ensemble led by Peter Evans featuring three young virtuoso creative instrumentalists.

James Brandon Lewis + Val Jeanty present live spontaneous composition followed by new ensemble UnRuly Notes.

"breathe…” is part of a conceptual sound cycle exploring rise of militarized police in American culture and beyond.

The Peggy Lee Septet, featuring Vancouver’s leading improvisers, presents Tell Tale, a journey of lush, tender beauty and stark abstraction.