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.

Upcoming concerts at The Music Workshop

October 8 - Open session

October 15 - Reuben Radding (bass)

October 22 - Thollem McDonas (piano)/ Forbes Graham (trumpet) - duo

October 29 - Cold Reading Trio + TBA

Please feel free to come to the open session. So far we have two trumpet, trombone, electric guitar, and organ. Join in or just watch!

Thanks to everyone who has performed so far. Pics coming soon! Thank you!

Ted Reichman at The Music Workshop

9/10: Tatsuya Nakatani & Dilettante

Artists-at-Large presents:

Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion) is originally from Osaka, Japan. He has performed in over 80 cities in 7 countries and collaborated with over 163 artists worldwide. In the past 10 years he has released nearly 50 recordings on CD. He has created his own instrumentation, effectively inventing many instruments and extended techniques. He utilizes drumset, bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects, bells, and various sticks and bows to create an intense, organic music that defies category or genre. His music is based in improvised/ experimental music, jazz, free jazz, rock, and noise, yet retains the sense of space and beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music. In addition to live solo and ensemble performances he works as a sound designer for film and television. He also teaches Masterclasses and Workshops at the University level, appearing at Wesleyan University, The University of Denver, and Jaotong University in Shanghai amongst others. He also heads H&H Production, an independent record label and recording studio based in Easton, Pennsylvania. He was selected as a performing artist for the Pennsylvania Performing Artist on Tour (PennPat) roster as well as a Bronx Arts Council Individual Artist grant. He has also appeared at the Smithsonian Institution, The Institute for Contemporary Art, The Stone, and The Musee d'art moderne et contemporaine. Most recently, Nakatani has created a 9-piece Bowed-Gong performance, which includes 40" and 35" gongs.

The improvised music trio Dilettante, who are from Boston, will be opening the show. The trio consists of Andrew Eisenberg, percussion, Josh Jefferson, reeds, and Ryan McGuire, bass.

9/6: Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens

Artists-at-Large presents:

Keefe Jackson’s Fast Citizens

Thursday, September 6^th
8pm
$10 suggested donation

Keefe Jackson – tenor saxophone
Josh Berman – cornet
Aram Shelton – alto saxophone
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Anton Hatwich – bass
Frank Rosaly – drums

Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge
15 Dana Ave, Hyde Park, MA 02136
Accessible by #32 Bus and Commuter Rail

For more information, visit:

keefejackson.com
myspace.com/keefejacksonsfastcitizens

Keefe Jackson’s Fast Citizens is a Chicago group which is exploring the boundaries between composition and im­provisation. Jackson, saxophonist and principal composer, formed the group in 2003. "...Jackson's marbled tone expresses a lovely lyricism no matter how brusque or serrated his lines get." -Chicago Reader.

In 2004 they held a residency at Chicago’s famous club the Hideout, during which time the group developed a formidable cohesiveness. Their music has broadened, even redefined the idea of a “cooperative” band.

The group includes saxophonist Aram Shelton and cel­list Fred Lonberg-Holm, who also compose for the group, and cornettist Josh Berman, drummer Frank Rosaly, and bassist Anton Hatwich.

“Ready Every­day” is the first recording from the Fast Citizens, it came out in October 2006 on Delmark Records. Berman, Jackson, and Rosaly, along with Marc Unternährer, are members of the Chicago Luzern Exchange, whose 2005 debut “Several Lights” (Delmark Records) received great critical and audience acclaim.

[The Fast Citizens] synthesizes a wide range of influences – Mingus and Sun Ra foremost among them – characterized by a spiritual quest that is often ecstatic, and a structural coherence that is all the more impressive for seeming to result from a quasi-telepathic interaction. —Dominique Denis, L’Express, Toronto

New Curators

We will have new curators for the Music Workshop beginning in September: Forbes Graham and Ted Reichman. Ted will take on one Monday a month, with Forbes taking the remaining Mondays.

Stay tuned for further event announcements!

6/25: Final Concert for the Summer

Our final concert for the summer will take place on Monday, June 25 at 8:30pm . The Eagles Lodge will be undergoing renovations in July and August. Stay tuned for exciting events coming in September, and thanks for all your support this past year.

Artists-at-Large presents:

The Music Workshop's Final Summer Concert

Monday, June 25 -- 8:30pm

featuring:

Tom Arabia - saxophone
Sean Frenette - guitars
Leo Genovese - piano
Sean Hutchinson - drums
Jeff Kimmel - bass clarinet
Lefteris Kordis - piano
Joe Moffett - trumpet
Justin Purtill - guitar, bass
Tommey - organ

& more!

@ Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge
15 Dana Ave, Hyde Park, MA 02136

Donation suggested.

6/18: Jeff Kimmel Trio, with Kim Cass and Luther Gray

Artists-at-Large presents:

Jeff Kimmel Trio with Kim Cass and Luther Gray

Monday, June 18 -- 8:30pm

Jeff Kimmel - bass clarinet
Kim Cass - bass
Luther Gray - drums

@ Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge
15 Dana Ave, Hyde Park, MA 02136
Accessible by #32 Bus and Commuter Rail (Hyde Park stop).

BIOGRAPHIES

Jeff Kimmel:
Composer and bass clarinetist Jeff Kimmel has performed with Joe Morris, Allan Chase, Daniel Levin, the Callithumpian Consort and others in many venues in New York, Boston, and Chicago, such as: CAMI Hall, the Stone, the Issue Project Room, Jordan Hall, the Zeitgeist Gallery, and the Artists-at-Large Gallery. He has appeared in concerts produced by the Bowerbird Series in Philadelphia and the MIM Series in Boston. Kimmel holds a B.M. from the New England Conservatory, where he studied composition and improvisation. He currently coordinates the Music Workshop series in Hyde Park, MA.

Kim Cass:
Bassist Kim Cass hails from Maine. He attended New England Conservatory, where he had the opportunity to work with Ran Blake, Joe Maneri, Allan Chase, Ruth Lepson, and George Garzone. While there, he performed with and contributed compositions to Miwokido Kid, which was selected as the 2004-2005 Honors Jazz Quartet, and presented concerts at numerous community organizations. Kim recently performed at the Panama Jazz Festival. He likes flying through the air, cats, sneakers, illustration, and hopes to involve these things in his life and music.

Luther Gray:
Drummer Luther Gray was born March 10, 1972 in New Orleans, LA. His family moved to Washington, D.C. where, as a teenager, he started playing drums in punk rock bands. Though largely self-taught, his musical training involved drum lessons from Kim Martin, Larry Bright, Steve Bagby, and Mickey Newman. In 1995 he graduated the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Music, after which he taught privately and performed in the Washington , D.C. area with, among others, Butch Warren, Cecil Payne, Webster Young, Tsunami, Liquorice, Peter Edelman, Jenny Toomey, Bob Butta, and Buck Hill. Since moving to Boston he has resumed teaching private drum lessons and has played with Joe Morris, Jay Hoggard, Joe McPhee, Timo Shanko, Cameron Brown, Allan Chase, Joseph Daley, Sabir Mateen, Roy Campbell, Ida, Geoff Farina, Andrew White, Rob Brown, Bill Lowe, Greg Abate, Raqib Hassan, Bill Pierce, Mitch Seidman, Steve Swell, Joe Beck, Fred Anderson, Ken Vandermark and many others. In addition to his performing schedule Luther teaches art and music at an after-school program for elementary school children.

6/11: Eric Zinman and Richard Poole

Artists-at-Large presents:

Eric Zinman - solo piano
Richard Poole - solo piano, and duo with Eric Van Dam, saxophone

as part of the Music Workshop series

Monday, June 11th -- 8:30pm
$7 suggested donation.

@ Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge
15 Dana Ave, Hyde Park, MA 02136

Biographies:

Eric Zinman

At the forefront of creative music for more than 20 years, Eric Zinman's piano playing has been described by Bob Rusch as a "fleet and appealing touch," rooted in the language of his teachers Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor, Paul Bley, Lowell Davidson and many others. His style is marked by his relation to the trap set drums, varying densities of sound masses and melodies spanning the whole keyboard with a surprising variety of touches, dynamics, phrasing, silence and an arresting balance between the pedaled and unpedaled sounds.

Eric Zinman has played with Craig Schildhauer, Raqib Hassan, Toshi Makihara, Sabir Mateen, Marco Eneidi, Lisle Ellis, Peter Valsamis, Tatsuya Nakatani, Glynis Lomon and Blaise Siwula, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Jan Roder, Thomas Rehnert, Mario Rechtern, Benjamin Duboc, Didier Lasserre, John Voigt and Laurence Cook. Mr Zinman has also composed music for dance and theatre using verbal directives as well as graphic scores.

Richard Poole

After four decades in the music business, Richard has played in every type of ensemble, in all environments, offering all styles of music in the U.S., Canada and abroad. Currently, Richard is performing in the U.S. and France, where he teaches and plays at the Chateau D’Ancy-le-Franc in August every year.

Richard Poole’s recordings may be heard and purchased at cdbaby.com or cadencebuilding.com

Pictures from 6/4

Thanks to Tommey for the photos.

Pictures from 5-28

Forbes Graham. Photo by Lillian Schrank.

Adam Dotson. Photo by Lillian Schrank.

L to R: Kevin Frenette, Adam Dotson, Forbes Graham, Andy McWain.
Photo by Lisa Frenette.

Tupac Mantilla, Jameson Swanagon.
Photo by Lillian Schrank.


Giacomo Merega.
Photo by Lillian Schrank.

6/4: Ryan McGuire

Artists-at-Large presents:
Ryan McGuire

The first set of this performance will consist of compositions, including: solo works for double-bass and piano, a song cycle for soprano, violin, and double bass. During the second set, the musicians will perform structured improvisations.

Featuring:

Ryan McGuire – double-bass
Jo Onishi – piano
Noelle Dorsey – soprano
Lucas Lejeune – violin
Ricardo Denoso – percussion
Josh Jefferson - reeds

Monday, June 4th 8:30pm
$7 suggested donation

@ The Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge
15 Dana Avenue Hyde Park, MA
Accessible by #32 bus and Commuter Rail (Hyde Park Station).

Biography:
Bassist and composer Ryan McGuire has performed with Jim Hobbs, Raqib Hassan, Forbes Graham and others, and has toured the U.S. and Canada on several occasions. Originally from Cape Cod, McGuire studied composition and performance at UMass-Lowell and Berklee, and has recordings on Tzadik, Hydrahead, Robotic Empire, and Holy Roar Records. He currently performs with Dilettante, Raqib Hassan’s Interdimensional Science Research Orchestra, and the Forbes Graham Quartet.

5/28: Frenette/Graham/McWain/Dotson & the Sven Trio

Monday, May 28 -- 8:30pm

Frenette/Graham/McWain/Dotson

Kevin Frenette - guitar
Forbes Graham - trumpet
Andy McWain - piano
Adam Dotson - euphonium

& The Sven Trio

Jameson Swanagon - guitar
Giacomo Merega - electric bass
Tupac Mantilla - percussion

@ Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge
15 Dana Ave, Hyde Park, MA

$7 suggested donation.

Accessible by #32 Bus and the Commuter Rail (Hyde Park station).

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COMING SOON:
6/4 - Ryan McGuire -- compositions and structured improvisations
6/11 - Eric Zinman and Richard Poole
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BIOGRAPHIES



Guitarist Kevin Frenette began playing music at the age of eleven and began working professionally in the 1990s. He studied guitar, composition, and music theory at UMASS-Dartmouth where he received a BA in Theory/Composition and has performed throughout the Northeast USA making music that is inspired by both contemporary improvisation and avant-garde jazz. He has performed and/or recorded with such artists as Tatsuya Nakatani, Andy McWain, Jonathan LaMaster, Andrew Hickman, Eric Platz, Todd Keating, Erik VanDam and Gabe Cabral. In 2007, Fuller Street Music released Kevin’s first date as a leader: Connections (featuring Tatsuya Nakatani on percussion). Frenette is also a freelance recording engineer. http://www.myspace.com/kevinfrenette



Forbes Graham has appeared on over 30 recordings, ranging in style from contemporary classical, metal, and jazz. His compositions are extremely mathematical, highly contrapuntal, vivacious, and invigorating, drawing from the cross-cultural experiences he has lived. His solo trumpet performances explore micro-climates created from deconstructing the trumpet and the utilization of extended techniques. He has performed or recorded with a diverse group of musicians, including Roger Turner, Kayo Dot, The Flying Luttenbachers, Rakalam Moses, Daughters, Jim Hobbs, Erase Errata, Thoughtstreams, and Raqib Hassan. He is currently a member of the Interdimensional Science Research Orchestra and the Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble. He can also be found sitting in with the Fully Celebrated Orchestra from time to time. Festival appearances include High Zero, Full Force (curated by John Zorn), and The Wire's Adventures in Modern Music festival. http://www.polyrhythmatics.net/



Boston-born improvising pianist/composer Andy McWain has performed and/or recorded with such artists as Karl Berger, Assif Tsahar, Tiger Okoshi, Santi Debriano, Brian Melvin, Daniel Levin, Tatsuya Nakatani, Joe Giardullo, John Dirac, Jorrit Dijkstra, Hafez Modirzadeh, Reuben Radding, Albey Balgochian, Laurence Cook, Dino Govoni, Luther Gray, Jim Robitaille, Brooke Sofferman, Bruno Raberg, Dennis Warren's Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble, and the Zen Bastards, among others. He studied at UMass-Dartmouth, the Aspen Music School, and the New England Conservatory of Music (M.M., composition), and participated in artist residencies at Yaddo (NY), the Atlantic Center for the Arts (FL) with Butch Morris, and the Akiyoshidai International Art Village (JPN). McWain also founded and produces the Audible Think Improvised Music Series in Massachusetts. Recent gigs include three months in early 2006 in a jazz quintet house band at the club _Number Five_ in Shanghai, China. McWain's recordings include his quartet debut STARFISH with saxophonist Assif Tsahar, bassist Noah Jarrett, and drummer Chris Poudrer. In December, the trio recording McWain-Balgochian-Cook: VIGIL was released and features McWain with Albey Balgochian (Cecil Taylor's current bassist), and veteran drummer Laurence Cook (Bill Dixon, Sabir Mateen, Paul Bley). The recording Andy McWain Ensemble: RESEMBLANCE will be released this spring. It features eight musicians (including Sofia Koutsovitis, Assif Tsahar, Rick Britto, Chris Poudrier, Jeremy Udden, David Landoni, and Albey Balgochian) in various combinations from solo piano, duos, and trios to sextet. http://www.andymcwain.com/

Adam Dotson is a improvising euphoniumist in the Boston area. He has performed with Joe Morris, Dave Douglas, Gerald Cleaver, Allan Chase, Bob Nieske, Luther Gray, and Steve Lantner. He can be seen playing in the Boston area with the Greek brass band Poladactolos Orchestra as well as the Haitian band Nakawoot. He is a graduate of the New England Conservatory and Interlochen Arts Academy.

The Sven Trio was formed at the meeting of three people from three different countries in a classroom at New England Conservatory in Boston. The group plays music written by its members that consider the aesthetics of rock and the organization of freely improvised music and some other contemporary music. http://www.myspace.com/sventrio



Jameson Swanagon studies free improvisation with Joe Morris and composition with Anthony Coleman at the New England Conservatory of Music, where he is pursuing a Master's degree in Contemporary Improvisation. He has also worked with Ran Blake, Brad Shepik and Dominique Eade. In the San Luis Obispo New Times it was observed that Mr. Swanagon's playing "can be messy and erratic but mesmerizing in their frenetic qualities."

Jameson has been a member of a number of big bands and small ensembles including the California State College All-State Jazz Ensemble in 2005. Contrastingly, he co-leads the alternative rock outfit Bloody Heads in his home state of California. The group has self-released two albums and has played at such established Los Angeles venues as The Knitting Factory, Tangiers, and Spaceland.

Since 2006, Mr. Swanagon has been performing with ensembles in the Boston area that allow him to combine the distortions and imperfections of the guitar with his jazz experience, and with his studies in free improvisation and composition. The chamber rock quartet Everything is a Little Glorious and the free improvising group Sven Trio are two such ensembles. Jameson lives in Cambridge with his wife, Danae, and is currently preparing a program of solo acoustic guitar compositions and improvisations. www.myspace.com/littleskretas

Italian bass player, composer and arranger Giacomo Merega has been living in Boston for the past five years. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2004 and is currently attending New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Improvisation Graduate program. He is an active performer and teacher in the Boston area, and has worked with Dave Fiuzynski and David Tronzo, among others. http://www.myspace.com/giacomomerega

Tupac Mantilla was born in Colombia in 1978. He began taking piano lessons at the age of four at the National Conservatory of Colombia. He started studying drum-set and percussion in 1994 at Javeriana University and and graduated with honors as a Classical Percussion Major in 2003. In 2000, he produced, composed and arranged the album “Sueños” (Dreams), a project dedicated to his work with orphaned children.Tupac won the “LOUIS ARMSTRONG” Jazz Award in 1997 (SWHS) and Bogota’s 2002 Philharmonic Orchestra Young Classical soloist Contest. He was selected to represent his country as a percussionist and as a soloist two consecutive years at the “Pergine Spetacolo Aperto” in Trento, Italy (2002 – 2003), and also performed in Italy with Argentinean Acapella Quartet OPUS 4. From 2003-2005, he was on the faculty at JAVERIANA UNIVERSITY Music Department and also at EL BOSQUE UNIVERSITY Music Program.He is the founder, composer and director of TEKEYE, the main experimental percussion group in Colombia, and has been an active jazz, rock and avant-garde performer and arranger in the international scene, including TV appearances and festivals.Tupac has studied and taken workshops with Ernesto Simpson, Julio Barreto, Alex Acuna, Ignacio Berroa, Memo Acevedo, Danilo Perez, Antonio Arnedo, Ney Rosauro, Ermeto Pascoal, among others. He is currently attending NEC’s Contemporary Improvistation Graduate Program.

Interdimensional Science Research Orchestra Pictures

Thanks to the musicians, the audience, and Tommey for the photos.

May 21: Raqib Hassan's Interdimensional Science Research Orchestra

Artists-at-Large presents:

Raqib Hassan's Interdimensional Science Research Orchestra
Monday, May 21st 8:30pm
$7 suggested donation.

Featuring:
Forbes Graham - trumpet
Raqib Hassan - reeds
Michael Shea - piano
Ryan McGuire - bass
Luther Gray - drums

@ Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge
15 Dana Ave, Hyde Park, MA 02136

Accesible by #32 Bus and Commuter Rail.
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Coming Up:

5/28: Frenette/Graham/McWain/Dotson & Sven Trio
6/4: Ryan McGuire
6/11: Eric Zinman and Richard Poole

May 2007

Here is our schedule for May:

5/7: Boxcars Boxcars Boxcars
with Dan Blacksberg - trombone (Philadelphia), Adam Dotson - euphonium, Jeff Kimmel - bass clarinet, Joe Moffett - trumpet, and special guests!

5/14: 2nd Monday Concert
Performers TBA.

5/21: Raqib Hassan's Interdimensional Science Research Orchestra
with Forbes Graham - trumpet, Raqib Hassan - reeds, Michael Shea - piano, Ryan McGuire - bass, and Luther Gray - drums. ($7 suggested donation).

5/28: Frenette/Graham/McWain/Dotson & Sven Trio
with Kevin Frenette - guitar, Forbes Graham - trumpet, Andy McWain - piano, Adam Dotson - euphonium and Jameson Swanagon - guitar, Giacomo Merega - bass, Tupac Mantilla - percussion. ($7 suggested donation).

Peter Kenagy/Carmen Staaf Duo 4/30 8:30pm

We will have a superb duo perform on Monday, April 30th:

Peter Kenagy - trumpet
Carmen Staaf - piano

@ Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge
15 Dana Ave, Hyde Park
$7 suggested donation.

A73M1 -- 4/16

Next Monday, 4/16, we will have a group calling itself A73M1.
They will perform compositions by Earle Brown, Christian Wolff, and tributes to Steve Reich, John Cage, and others. The group is coached by Katarina Miljkovic.

@ Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge
15 Dana Ave, Hyde Park
8:30pm
Donation suggested.

Photos from the 2nd Monday Concert, 4/9

The Know Trio, with Jorrit Dijkstra on lyricon.

Anthony Coleman's Retake Iowa, performing "I Diet on Cod."
Special thanks to Ted Reichman for sitting in at the last minute:

Was in the middle of making dinner last night when I got called to do an emergency substitution in Coleman's student ensemble down in Hyde Park. The last time something like this happened, I was making a mango salsa or something and the phone rang with Steven Bernstein looking for a sub for his banjo player. Right there I should have known I was in trouble. An hour or two later, I ended up onstage at tonic with Bernstein telling the audience he had pulled me out of a threesome with Winona Ryder and Arnold Schwarzenegger or some such BS. Julie was not amused, and I swore I was not making that mistake again.

But in the end, I could not say no to Coleman, and there I was, back at the Eagles hall, sight reading his new piece "I Diet on Cod" with his hopped-up students. More fun than the MTO.

Chris Veilleux and Dana Jessen.

From L to R: Ima Jonsdottir, Dan Shaud, Dana Jessen, Matt Plummer, Chris Veilleux, Joe Moffet, Gary Fieldman (on piano) and Jorrit Dijkstra, concluding the evening with a group improvisation.

2nd Monday Concert -> 4/9 8:30pm

Here is the line-up for our next 2nd Monday Concert, April 9th:

-Anthony Coleman's Retake Iowa
with Ashley Paul - saxophone, Corey Pesaturo - accordion, Ben Davis - bass, Matt Plummer - trombone, Jameson Swanagon - guitar, Dana Jessen - bassoon, Chris Veilleux - saxophone, Chris McDonald - piano, and Eli Kessler - drums

performing a new composition Anthony has written for this ensemble entitled "I Diet On Cod."

- Know Trio
with Gary Fieldman - percussion, Ima Jonsdottir - violin, Dan Shaud - horn, and special guest Jorrit Dijkstra - alto saxophone and lyricon.

- Jerry Sabatini
solo trumpet improvisations

- Chris Veilleux/Dana Jessen Duo
saxophone/basson duos

@ the Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge
15 Dana Ave, Hyde Park
Doors - 8pm, Music - 8:30pm
Donation suggested.

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Next week, 4/16:
A73M1 performs compositions by Christian Wolff, Earle Brown, and tributes to Steve Reich and John Cage.

Photos from the Forbes Graham Concert

Thanks to all who attended, and special thanks to John Pham for the photos.

UPDATE: Forbes posts some thoughts on this performance here.

Forbes Graham Quartet 4/2 8:30pm

Next Monday, April 2nd, we welcome the Forbes Graham Quartet:

Forbes Graham - trumpet
Raqib Hassan - reeds
Ryan McGuire - bass
Luther Gray - drums

(There will be a $7 suggested donation for this event).

Doors - 8pm, Music - 8:30pm.

Bio:
Forbes Graham has appeared on over 30 recordings, ranging in style from contemporary classical, metal, and jazz. His compositions are extremely mathematical, highly contrapuntal, vivacious, and invigorating, drawing from the cross-cultural experiences he has lived. His solo trumpet performances explore micro-climates created from deconstructing the trumpet and the utilization of extended techniques. He has performed or recorded with a diverse group of musicians, including Roger Turner, Kayo Dot, The Flying Luttenbachers, Rakalam Moses, Daughters, Jim Hobbs, Erase Errata, Thoughtstreams, and Raqib Hassan. He is currently a member of the Interdimensional Science Research Orchestra and the Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble. He can also be found sitting in with the Fully Celebrated Orchestra from time to time. Festival appearances include High Zero, Full Force (curated by John Zorn), and The Wire's Adventures in Modern Music festival.

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The next 2nd Monday Concert will be April 9, featuring:

Anthony Coleman's "Retake Iowa"
Know Trio + Jorrit Dijkstra
Jerry Sabatini
Chris Veilleux/Dana Jessen Duo

Upcoming Events at the Workshop

Next Monday, March 26, we welcome the Sven Trio:

Jameson Swangagon - guitar
Giacomo Merega - bass
Tupac Mantilla - percussion

Other musicians TBA!
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On Monday, April 2nd, we welcome the Forbes Graham Quartet:

Forbes Graham - trumpet
Raqib Hassan - reeds
Ryan McGuire - bass
Luther Gray - drums

(There will be a $7 suggested donation for this event).

@ Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge
15 Dana Ave, Hyde Park
Doors - 8pm, Music - 8:30pm.

2nd Monday, 3/12

Last night's concert began with duo improvisations from Wes Matthews on piano and me. Alex Asher and Brian Landrus brought out a new quartet with Kai Ando on bass and Thor Thorvaldsson on drums, and premiered a full set of new compositions. Tommey performed a solo improvisation on piano and amplifiers. The evening concluded with a sublime Icelandic lullaby sung by Helgi Jonsson, a friend of Thor's visiting from Iceland.

Stay tuned for a number of exiting events coming up in April.

Brass Extravaganza

This past Monday (2/19), Tommey began the proceedings with a piece on the Univox, played through the Workshop's new guitar amp.

Boxcars Boxcars Boxcars (Dan Blacksberg - trombone, Adam Dotson - euphonium, and Joe Moffett-trumpet) performed a few improvisations in preparation for their performance at the JP Library on Thursday. Hooper Piccalero, a chamber ensemble with Danilo Henriquez and Lauren Strobel, trumpets, Matt Plummer, trombone, and Derek Beckvold, bari sax, performed some study pieces by Christian Wolff, in preparation for concerts at NEC on Wednesday and Sunday.

The second half featured Adam on piano in a duo with Joe, and a finale with all of the brass players together, which was surprisingly quiet, given the potential of the forces involved.

2nd Monday, 2/12

Our 2nd Monday concert went very well -- many thanks to the performers for sharing their music. Ted Reichman posts some thoughts on his blog here.

Stay tuned for news about upcoming Mondays.

Welcome

Last Monday (1/29) we had Kim Cass, who usually performs as a bassist, on guitar and alto sax, and vocalist Yi-Chen Chang (from Taiwan).
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We have a terrific lineup for our next 2nd Monday Concert, February 12th:

* Jorrit Dijkstra - saxophone, Ted Reichman - accordion,
Eric Rosenthal - drums

* Justin Purtill - guitar/bass, Leo Genovese - piano,
Austin McMahon -percussion, Jeff Kimmel - bass clarinet

* Jake Estner - singer-songwriter

Doors - 8, Music - 8:30.
@ The Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge --> see "Details" on the right.
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