TEXTURES is an improvising trio exploring that idea, the timbre and fabric of sound, nuance and undulation, getting past note into the sound itself. As a group, we come to this project with no specific preconceptions or dialogue, no mapping it out, and so the work will be as spontaneous as possible, with structures of amoebic movement. As some … Read More →

Doug Russell is a guitarist and improvisor based in Seattle. He studied music at Wesleyan University under Alvin Lucier, Anthony Braxton and Ron Kuivila before forming the Los Angeles-based free noise group Open City with Peter Kolovos and Andrew Maxwell. Open City operated from 1997 to 2006.

Kirill Nikolai is a Seattle-based composer. He has released both solo and collaborative … Read More →

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Californian Chuck Johnson (joined by Seattle percussionist/composer Alex Vittum) performs pedal steel-based ambient compositions in support of his new album Sun Glories, and will share the night with the haunting folk elegies of acclaimed Seattle artist Tiny Vipers.

Chuck Johnson is a California-based composer, producer, and musician. He approaches his work with an ear towards finding faults and instabilities that … Read More →

7 – 8 PM social time; 8 – 9:30 event.

‘TAP 4.0: The Nyxology Sessions’ are high-level experiments in the art and craft of designing and presenting simultaneous, multi-participant and multi-discipline live performances, or “art-theater”, that inhabit a venue’s on and off-stage spaces and feature the live-scores of The Antenna Project as the core audience experience.

Founded in 2002, The Antenna … Read More →

Alan Licht’s first-ever solo performance in Seattle closes out a West Coast tour in support of his new double album Havens (VDSQ/Black Editions), a sprawling summation of his decades-long exploration of solo electric and acoustic guitar performances that navigate and challenge the boundaries of Minimalism, rock, and other non-idiomatic music-making. Licht is masterful and relentless in his negotiation of … Read More →

Seattle musicians Leanna Keith, Kate Olson (KO Solo), and Levi Fuller (Passenger Pigeon) will perform three overlapping sets of improvised, loop-based music. Leanna plays flutes in a wide range of settings and contexts (see her new bass flute album Body of Breath); Kate plays saxophones seemingly everywhere all at once; and Levi plays guitars and bass, writes songs, and … Read More →

Huck Hodge is a composer of “harmonically fresh work”, “full of both sparkle and thunder” (New York Times). His music has been praised for its “immediate impact” (Chicago Tribune), its “clever, attractive, streamlined” qualities (NRC Handelsblad, Amsterdam) and its ability to “conjure up worlds of musical magic” with “power and charisma” (Gramophone Magazine, London). His musical collaborations include those … Read More →

Red Pants Collective, made up of father/daughter duo James Falzone and Giordana Falzone, join forces with chamber ensemble Kin of the Moon, featuring Kaley Lane Eaton, Heather Bentley, and Leanna Keith, for an evening of improvised movement and sound. Joining the ensembles will be movement artist Hannah Rice.

Red Pants CollectiveJames Falzone: clarinet, penny whistle, piano, shruti boxGiordana Falzone: movement

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Seattle Civic Poet Shin Yu Pai shares poems written during her poet laureateship for the city, with music from Leanna Keith (flute and voice), Susie Kozawa (found object-instruments), Steve Peters (field recordings), and Kyle Hanson (accordion). Join us on the longest night of the year for a meditative evening of poetry and improvised music. Bring a blanket and pillow … Read More →