It's been a while since I added to this blog. I thought that it would be a good idea to comment on NOW's upcoming activities starting next week.
First up:
"And NOW.....on Monday Nights"
Live Music ... cisuM eviL
Our association with the Jazz Cellar enters its fourth year this fall.
It's always a bit tenuous as it means getting people out to hear original improvised music on a Monday night in Vancouver.
I hope that we can make it continue. The admission is the same as four years ago, $5.00. We now don't have a food and drink minimum to make it more enticing for people to come out. We hope that helps lure listeners out.
The programming this fall looks really great. For listings go to http://www.noworchestra.com/events
Our first night is this coming Monday night, October 6th. We feature two of the west coast's most original anc exciting musician/composer/improvisors.
We have a double bill with the first set a solo piano set from the mercurial and effervescent Paul Plimley.
It's sure to be a great night, as we'll get to hear Paul playing on the Cellar's great piano. I'm really looking forwrd to this, as I love to hear Paul play solo piano more than hearing him in any other context.
The second set is a solo guitar set with the Hornby Island semi-reclusive, Tony Wilson.
I"ve played with Tony for many years in different situations, but I don't really know his work doing a solo show. I'm looking forward to this set, as I've always loved his playing for the humour, drama, lyricism, and individuality that he brings to all of his playing situations.
I hope we get a full house so that we can continue our programming at this great venue.
The first set starts at 8:30 pm at the Jazz Cellar in Vancouver (3611 West Broadway).
SEE YOU MONDAY NIGHT!
Improvisation Workshops
Also on October 6th we start on Improvisation Workshop Series at the Western Front (they're free....bring an instrument)
. We've been co-producing this series of workshops with the Front since the early 1990s and have featured the most amazing workshops with the best improvisors from Vancouver, Canada and the world.
This year starts off with Matthew Welch (New York) a sax/bagpipe player leading the workshop.
He's in town doing a show at the Western Front with (as the blurb goes): Blarvuster Alien funk counterpoint meets avant-garde rock and
minimalism in Blarvuster. This ensemble also infuses their rich sound
with Celtic lines and South East Asian textures. Led by acclaimed
bagpiper/composer Matthew Welch, the Brooklyn-based Blarvuster boasts a
lineup of some of the brightest young stars in the New York
experimental scene. Matthew Welch is a virtuoso of the highland
bagpipe, whose compositions ran…
It's sure to be really interesting.
The workshops are all free, as in no charge to participate.
They run Mondays from 4-6 pm at the Western Front (upstairs) 303 East 8th Avenue.
See http://www.noworchestra.com/workshops for the full line-up.
That's it for the moment.
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