Improvisation: Past

“Pianists have been tinkering with the guts of their instruments for nearly a century now, but it’s altogether likely that no one has […]

“Brown’s lines are long and busy, coarsely vocal and raggedy – ended… Shipp has a percussive approach to the ivories, […]

Assif Tsahar’s Brass Reeds Ensemble is a brass band brought into the realm of modern music. Influences from twentieth century classical […]

“The One and The Many.” A concert Of and In Multidimensional Drumming. Cooper’s daring improvisations layer melodic variations […]

Percussionist Lovens hails from Aachen, Germany where he has been involved with a “who’s who” of free improvisors including […]

Violinist Henry uses overtones, difference tones, microtones, bowed distortions and quirky embellishments in extremely intense expressions. On […]

Flutes from the ancient Mesoamerican traditions inspire performer/researcher, Susan Rawcliffe. Many of the sounds of her magic flutes have not […]

SOUND/TEXT…. FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS FOR VOICE IN ***BRAVE NEW WORLD*** “..Her dramatic stream of consciousness singing is as original […]

Solo Voice compositions and improvisations. Continuing his intense exploration of the wide field between speech, song and noise, Blonk creates a […]

Composer-trombonist, James Fulkerson, will play the music of Christian Wolff, Alvin Lucier and James Fulkerson. Fulkerson has composed widely […]