Minneapolis-based drummer/composer Emma Garau earned a BFA in jazz and contemporary music from UNC Asheville while studying independently with Dave King of The Bad Plus, and touring extensively with Fortezza, which she co-founded in 2016. Emma currently tours and records with art punk duo, ¿WATCHES?, and as a solo artist. She has also performed and/or recorded with Powderhorns, Grace … Read More →

Music for Snare Drumz is an immersive exploration of resonance, texture, and rhythm, blending experimental minimalism, unconventional percussion techniques, and nuanced sonic transmutation.

Featuring performers Aaron Butler, Jon Rodriguez, Storm Benjamin, and James Doyle. Audiences will encounter hypnotic durational works and unconventional percussion techniques that provide tactile percussion textures with a meditative edge. The performance will emphasize space and silence as … Read More →

Compositions and Improvisations by four Seattle experimentalists:

Salma Zenia, violinNoel Kennon, violinLori Goldston, celloKole Galbraith, double bass

Kole Galbraith is a musician and sound artist originally from Wenatchee, Washington. He settled in Seattle after living in Germany, Mexico, and Austria. While traveling, Kole immersed himself in improvised experimental music across multiple genres ranging from free-jazz, harsh noise, new-music, and metal.

Lori Goldston … Read More →

John Elliott (aka Imaginary Softwoods) is a singular visionary who defies categorization, known for his collaborative work in the seminal kosmisch/ambient synth band Emeralds, with Drew Veres as Outer Space, as well as for his own solo projects. John’s oeuvre as a musician, visual artist, and curator are unmatched and significant. Since 2010, he’s overseen his personally curated imprint … Read More →

EUDIMORPHODON, is an early pterosaur AND a new duo with Dan Plonsey (saxophones) and Matthew Welch (bagpipes). Featuring compositions and improvisations by both for this unique combination of reeds, Plonsey and Welch dig deep into their love for odd creatures and characters to summon forth wild sonic beasts of imagination. They will be on tour from California.

Local support will be provided by Gust Burns … Read More →

Following last spring’s “durate,” improv-chamber group Clove returns to play with Polt, and will present a new composition, “Thanks to the Elements.” 

High in depth, long in noise, Polt features Ezra Williamson (guitar, electronics) and Ben Miller (Hurdy-Gurdy, Percussion), hailing from Kentucky, now along with Ian Gwin (synths). 

Clove: From Upstate New York via Vermont, Meredith Davey (cello, voice, electronics) crafted songs and … Read More →

Composer, producer, and performer Hahn Rowe has developed a uniquely personal sonic language, traversing a vast array of musical terrains and weaving them into ever-shifting, polymorphic soundscapes. At home in the studio as well as in the performance arena, he has worked to break down the barriers between traditional musical performance, sound art, and physical theater.

As an engineer, producer, … Read More →

Thomas Abrahamson will premiere new compositions for solo piano including a new piece for violin and piano ensemble (Libby Phelps on violin), all in the style of contemporary classical…ish. Also included in the program are OLD works composed in 2023. The night will include caffeine, refreshments, chocolate, caramel, and of course, notes, music, and crescendos that will make you … Read More →

The Force Of Listening #4 presents nine sonic and visual works presented by artists from across the US to create an evening of experimental ambience, music, and sound art coming on the heels of this year’s Campbient session, organized by REALMOREREAL. Artists include Violet Palace (Olympia, WA), Leora Malka (Los Angeles, CA), Julia Edith Rigby (Santa Ana, CA), … Read More →

FLOOM is Maxx Katz‘s solo experiment in embodied improvisation, using flute, downtuned doom guitar, and extreme vocals. Maxx Katz is an artist, composer, and performer based in Portland, Oregon, whose work draws on vocabulary from performance art, free improvisation, jazz, contemporary classical, and heavy metal. A classically trained flutist with an M.A. in Music from the University of Virginia, … Read More →