Coming to Ars Nova Workshop

From Philly’s Ars Nova Workshop:

Saturday, March 5, 8pm
NATE WOOLEY / C. SPENCER YEH / OKKYUNG LEE / PAUL LYTTON
Nate Wooley, trumpet + amplifier; C. Spencer Yeh, violin + electronics;
Okkyung Lee, cello; and Paul Lytton, percussion

Vox Populi, 319 N. 11th Street, #3
$10 General Admission

Picking up the thread of transatlantic and transgenerational thinking that is forcefully demanding recognition in recent years, this new quartet is opening a new set of possibilities of improvised music that combines the traditions of jazz, contemporary classical music, early electronics and noise into something strange and new. A combination of histories and languages – the drone and fluxus aesthetics of C. Spencer Yeh, the hardcore free jazz walls of sound of Okkyung Lee, the closely considered fluctuations between new music, free jazz and musique concrete of Nate Wooley – they create a series of textures and counterpoints that concentrate on confounding the expectations of the listener and working toward an integrative approach to group improvisation. Featuring the remarkable British percussionist Paul Lytton (London Musicians Collective, Evan Parker).

March 11-13
COMPOSER PORTRAIT: FIELDWORK

Join Ars Nova Workshop for Composer Portrait: Fieldwork, a special three day
event celebrating the remarkable accomplishments of Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman
and Tyshawn Sorey.

Friday, March 11, 8pm
TYSHAWN SOREY‘S FOR KATHY CHANGE
For the opening night, drummer Tyshawn Sorey will lead an ensemble featuring Ben Gerstein, Kris Davis, Okkyung Lee, and Terrence McManus in a performance
of his work “For Kathy Change.”

Saturday, March 12, 8pm
FIELDWORK
On night two, Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey and Steven Lehman will perform in
trio as Fieldwork.

Sunday, March 13, 8pm
AN EVENING OF CHAMBER WORKS BY STEVE LEHMAN AND VIJAY IYER
For the final night, Steve Lehman and Vijay Iyer will present pieces written for string quartet. For this very special evening, Lehman’s “Nos Revi Nella” and Iyer’s “Mutations” will be performed by the JACK Quartet. At 6pm, New York Times critic Nate Chinen will lead a free pre-concert public discussion with the trio.

Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 North American Street
$12 General Admission / $30 Fieldwork 3-Concert Pass

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