Sunday 11th February 11:00 - Studio 1
Play along ars circa musicae
 
an open workshop of mixed music improvisation with the trio.

Sunday 11th February, 14:00 - St. Paul's Hall
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Martin Archer - sopranino and alto saxes, bass recorder
John Jasnoch - 12 string guitar, ud, mandolin, frame drum
Angela Rosenfeld - cello
Charlie Collins - vibraphone, lamellophones, metal percussion
Bea Fernandes - violin, theremin, percussion
 
After a lengthy period as a duo of Archer and Jasnoch, mergin electronics and acoustic instruments, the style of the new 6-piece line-up, by and large, side steps both the language of "classic" european free improv and even the more recent lower case improv developments which have previously interested Archer and Jasnoch. Working solely with acoustic woodwind, Archer takes the opportunity to revisit a more "in the tradition" style of playing than on recent records, reflecting a lifelong attachment to the music of Anthony Braxton and Roscoe Mitchell. Jasnoch, who put aside his electric intruments to concentrate on developing a more personal style of playing on an extended range of acoustic strings, continues to bring melodic and middle eastern influences to the group. Rosenfeld is a player equally comfortable with both the Trout Quintet and free improv, and she brings a solid melodic sense and some deep listening to the group. Collins, now convincingly reinvented as a vibraphone player, continues to extend the sound of the group still further through his use of a wide range of metal percussion instruments and lamellophones (the mbira family of instruments), placing his sound somewhere between Chicago improv and the industrial music areas with which he has sometimes previously been associated.