May events at The Music Workshop

Come on by in May! We will be having a informal discussion group on contemporary improvisation on the 19th. We'll also be having multi-instrumentalist Jamal Moore, and guitarist Dennis Moser (aka usr/sbin) on the 5ht and the 12th respectively.

Look forward to seeing you!

Immersions - film screening - 4/14/08

To celebrate it's 7th anniversary, Artists-at-Large presents a screening of "Immersions" by Dr. Emil Tobenfield.

"Immersions" is a genre-crossing intermedia improvisation
series built around the core of Doctor T (Video), Dean Stiglitz
(ElectroFlute and Electronics) and Ramona Herboldsheimer (Hammered
Dulcimer and Other Things) with guest musicians and sometimes dancers
or other visual artists. The performance is a dialog between music
and imagery, with the performers in each medium reacting to the other.

Celebrate National Poetry Month with The Music Workshop April 7th

From the Academy of American Poets:
"Inaugurated by the Academy in April 1996, National Poetry Month (NPM) brings together publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools, and poets around the country to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Thousands of businesses and non-profit organizations participate through readings, festivals, book displays, workshops, and other events."

Artists-at-Large founder Thomas C. Seegers, Jr., aka Tommey will be reading and all are invited to participate.

New Language Collaborative - 3/10

New Language Collaborative
Eric Zinman - piano, euphonium
Glynis Lomon - cello
Syd Smart - percussion

These musicians are some of the first that I (Forbes) had the pleasure of playing with when I moved to the Boston area and they are also some of the finest that you'll find here. They've been working together for decades and it shows in their sound. Syd, Glynis, and Eric have a wonderful musical lineage going back to the Black Music program of Bennington College run by Bill Dixon. Syd was one of the founders of the Friends of Great Black Music loft in Chinatown. They've worked with a lot of great musicians over the years. This is a must see event. I will be joining them on the second set as well.

Dunkelfarben at The Music Workshop December 17

We're excited to have Dunkelfarben perform at The Music Workshop this coming Monday. Please come out and welcome these young emerging artists!

Lauren Strobel
Katarina Miljkovic
Danilo Henriquez
Matt Meyer
Derek Beckvold

performing with

Horns/electronics/laptop/merkins

George Korein at The Music Workshop December 3

George Korein's music truly fits into the "beyond description" category. A musical maverick with an incredibile songwriting sensibility, Korein is not afraid to trample (or ignore) conventions and boundaries.

"well, people hear the branca tuning and think of sonic youth, people hear the residents influence and think of ween. i hear the distorted bass and think of pj harvey."

Check George out on myspace:
George Korein myspace
Also here's his label Bathotaxe:
Bathotaxe

Cold Reading Trio at The Music Workshop October 29

Artists-at-Large and The Music Workshop are happy to present:

Cold Reading Trio (NYC)
Christian Pincock (laptop computer, valve trombone)
John O'Brien (drums, percussion)
Evan Mazunik (accordion, keyboards)

Cold Reading Trio is an electro-acoustic group based out of New York City who explore the territory between original sound and imitation in a constantly evolving musical dialog. They construct electro-acoustic environments featuring two-way interactions between live instruments and processed samples of these instruments created in real-time. The result is a texture encompassing the complete spectral range between the extremes of acoustic and electric sound.

www.myspace.com/coldreadingtrio

Bring your instruments too, we will have a playing session afterwards as well.