Thursday June 22 * 7pm * TICKETS
Join us for an evening of free improv as approached from many if not all angles....
Kevin Murray, soprano sax
https://kevinmurray.bandcamp.com/
New record— https://1039records.bandcamp.com/album/soprano-saxophone-improvisations
Kevin Murray (b. 2000, Mountain View, CA) is an NYC-based drummer, saxophonist, improvisor, and organizer. He co-founded DIY label Subruckus Collective in 2013, and has continued his organizing efforts since moving to NYC in 2018 via the Pool Improvised Music Series and 1039 Records. He has been actively performing since 2012 in projects including Elaine the Singer, Strictly Missionary, the Eddie Gale Inner Peace Arkestra, the Kevin Murray Quartet, Percentage Bridge, Parhelion, and more. Additionally, Murray has performed and/or recorded as an improviser with Joe Morris, William Parker, Cooper-Moore, Eddie Gale, William Winant, Arrington de Dionyso, Chris Pitsiokos, Joanna Mattrey, Peter Kuhn, Sam Weinberg, Henry Fraser, Ava Mendoza, Joshua Allen, Alex Cohen, Tim Duff, Drew Wesely, Kazuto Sato, John Schott, Rent Romus, Dave Sewelson, gabby fluke-mogul, Nicole Mitchell, Jackson Krall, T.J. Borden, Elinor Speirs, Tom Weeks, James McKain, Claude Ferguson, Leo Suarez, Nathan Corder, Aaron Rubinstein, Kaelen Ghandhi and many more.
Adam Arritola, drums/electronix?
https://www.instagram.com/adamarritola/
Adam is a dada free improvisation musician who is best known for curating Miami Psych Fest and Rochester Experimental Week.
Crowmeat Bob, reeds/guitar
https://crowmeatbob.bandcamp.com/
has been playing reeds and guitar in North Carolina for more than 20 years. He’s performed in hundreds of improvised collaborations, worked as a hired gun with many well-known and lesser known acts (such as Syl Johnson), led, co-led, or contributed compositions to many other ensembles (Savage Knights, D-Town Brass), and recently released his first LP as a leader with a large string ensemble and heavy metal band, Judge Schreber’s Avian Choir (“Bleed”). Notable improvised collaborations include Peter Kowald, Tatsuya Nakatani, Chris Cutler, Thurston Moore, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thollem McDonas, Quintron, Frank Gratkowski, Tashi Dorji, Jeb Bishop, Luke Stewart, Eugene Chadbourne, and many others.
Kirsten Lies-Warfield, trombone
https://kwarfield.wixsite.com/kirsten-warfield
Kirsten hails from Fargo, North Dakota. She did her undergraduate work at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. She holds a Master of Music degree in trombone performance from Indiana University where she was a student of M. Dee Stewart. In April 1999, Ms. Warfield won a position in the U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" becoming the first woman trombonist in the unit's history. There she took over the National Solo Competition and ran it from 2009 until 2017. Now retired from that organization, she continues to seek new avenues to learn and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in audio technology. In 2019, Ms. Warfield was selected as a performance fellow for the Bang on a Can Summer Festival where she worked with Pulitzer Prize winning composers, Julia Wolfe and David Lang and performed with members of the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Ms. Warfield is currently second trombone with the Arlington Philharmonic and has also served as principal trombone of the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic and the Prince George's Philharmonic. She is a regular member ofthe contemporary music group, Great Noise Ensemble, and the ethno-funk band, Black Masala. She was elected to the ITA Board of Advisors in 2018 and also volunteers with the International Women’s Brass Conference. She is an educator, teaching low brass students at Episcopal High School and through Full Blown Trombone. Ms. Warfield is also an active composer performer, writing works to suit her needs and tastes to perform for local and national audiences.
Patrick Crossland, trombone
Ida Dierker, piano/harp/synthesizer
Brandon Gouin, electronics
Never-before-seen-in-these-parts trio hailing from beautiful Baltimore.