70 upcoming events
Manfredo Lament
Manfredo Lament is a fully improvised group headed by:
Kurt Lam - Keys & Synth
Gabriel Haslam - DrumsCaesura Ensemble Presents: Friction
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86 (1894) - Claude Debussy, Arr. Benno Sachs
Tango Concerto for Double Bass and Chamber Orchestra (2026) – Harry Young
Pale Fires (2017) – Grace-Evangeline Mason
Dumbarton Oaks (1938) – Igor Stravinsky
Quart-Ed Quartet
Program of Australian contemporary string quartet compositions - including brand new works from local voices Julia Magri and Ezra Hersch, along with Nigel Westlake, Vanessa Perica, Caitlan Sandiford and Natasha Green.
Philip Dizack (USA) // New Ritual (NSW/WA)
Philip Dizack (USA)
Philip Dizack is widely regarded as one of the leading jazz trumpeters of his generation.
A visiting scholar in residence at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for the week, Dizack also currently holds the position of Associate Professor at the University of North Texas.New Ritual (NSW/WA)
Nick Garbett - trumpet
Cameron Deyell - guitar
Ben Vanderwal - drumsaustraLYSIS + Jacques Emery
austraLYSIS returns to Jetsets freely ranging amongst ideas from Couperin, Ruggles, Dean and austraLYSIS itself. Some further developed versions of pieces on our Dualling album (Earshift, 2024), together with new works.
Roger Dean (piano, electronics)
Sandy Evans (saxophones)
Phil Slater (trumpet)
Greg White (electronics)Jacques Emery (solo) bowls, forks, strings.
A subdued counterpart to the frenetic “GIANT SHIMMER” extended percussion/strings solo project.Flux State
Flux State combine improvisation with electronic exploration, their hybrid electronic/live set a freeform improvisation in an intimate setting.
Cairn Peterson (Bass), Jack Rosenzweig (drums), Thomas Levings (keyboards) and Anton Levings (Electronics)
Trevor Brown Quartet
Trevor Brown : reeds and electronics
Gary Daley : piano and accordion
Carl Dewhurst : guitar
James Waples : drumsGODTET & JULIAN BELBACHIR
Ancient rhythms from the Sahel of north-western Africa meet trance Gnawa and desert blues — with improvised dub and experimental hip hop — creating hi-fi Moroccan-Malian futuristic roots music.
Featuring Malian guitar maestro Moussa Diakite and Moroccan Gnawa Maalem Imad Dabbly.
Jeremy Rose Infinity / Sabine Tapia's Koro
Jeremy Rose’s Infinity operates at the outer edges of jazz, ambient and electronica - a project built around long-form improvisation, cyclical structures and evolving sonic textures. or this performance, Infinity appears as a quartet featuring Rose alongside keyboardist Zac Sandilands, drummer Gabriel Haslam and modular synthesist Ben Carey.
Koro, meaning “choir” in Tagalog, is a new seven-piece ensemble led by bassist, composer and vocalist Sabine Tapia and including Arlo Sim (vocals), Elise Nolte (vocals), Samantha Baxendale (vocals), Harley Coleman (guitar), Thomas Odell (piano) and Matt Simmonds (drums).
John Maus
John Maus (American musician, composer, singer, and songwriter known for his baritone singing style and his use of vintage synthesizer sounds and medieval music church modes) on his first Australian tour since 2019
with special guest e4444e
Music For Change
An evening of ambient, downtempo, and listening-friendly electronic music. 100% of profits from this event will be donated to Street Side Medics, who strive to alleviate the burdens faced by the homeless community in Australia in accessing primary healthcare.
LINEUP
suzu (Live)
Hüda
Dave Stuart
Jane DecksThe Three Seas
The Three Seas return to Australia to launch Antaḥkaraṇa.
Their sound weaves Baul mysticism, Himalayan folk, spiritual jazz, dub, folk-rock, and global grooves. Sung in Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, and English, Antaḥkaraṇa takes its name from the Sanskrit word for “inner instrument”, the meeting place of memory, intuition, identity, and soul.
Convergence
Hamed Sadeghi leads through delicate exchanges with a string trio and the purity of classical opera, to the depths of Persian classical music.
Performed by Hamed Sadeghi (tar, composition), Aida Manouchehrpour (soprano), James Tarbotton (violin), Beth Condon (viola), Freya Schack-Arnott (cello) and Sohrab Kolahdooz (percussion).
Martin’s Music for Solo Cello - works by Martin Wesley-Smith
One of the biggest musical influences in Rachel Scott’s life was the composer Martin Wesley-Smith (1945 – 2019) and she has often programmed his works in concerts over the last two decades. Over the last year, she has been recording all the works he wrote for solo cello – some for cello alone, some for singing cellist, and the incredible ‘Welcome to the Hotel Turismo’ for cello and audio-visuals.
For one night only in Sydney, she’ll launch her new CD of all of Martin’s music for solo cello.
The Music of Steve Lacy: Phillip Johnston & Saxophone Special
Phillip Johnston - Alto Saxophone
Peter Farrar - Alto Saxophone
Tim Clarkson - Tenor Saxophone
Jim Loughnan - Baritone SaxophoneThis performance pays homage to the compositions of American soprano saxophone virtuoso Steve Lacy, as well as original jazz and New Music works by Johnston.
Trio Downunder
Richard Rourke - clarinet, Elizabeth Lim - clarinet, Sue Newsome - clarinet, Sumiko Yamamura - pianoforte
Trio for two clarinets and bass clarinet (1976) … Graham Powning (1949-2020)
Songs of Sun and Moon (world premiere) for clarinet trio … Alan Holley (b.1954)
Divertimento no. 3 k439b … W.A.Mozart (1756 -1791) arr. Georgina Dobrée
Dance Preludes … Witold Lutoslawski (1913 -1994)Omega Ensemble: Howl
Missy Mazzoli Tooth and Nail
Anna Meredith Tuggemo
Daniel Wohl New Work
Pierre Jalbert Howl
Danny Elfman Piano QuartetPiano Encounter (Green Square)
Adrian Lim-Klumpes, piano
A live piano encounter in a shared space.
No formal program.SHAKTI SPIRIT: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE
Sandy Evans: Saxophones, composer
Nadhamuni Gayatri Bharat: Voice, composer
Jess Green: Guitar
Pirashanna Thevarajah: Mridangam and other percussionNOISENOISENOISE
Debut solo performance, Florens Fitzpatrick’s works explore abuse, trauma, and the efforts to shed it from her own body, by pure frantic catharsis and losing the self.
Manticora is noise artist whose music highlights the possibilities of ear splitting sounds that no-input mixing offers.
scariestgirlintheworld delivers a gritty, harsh and meditative sonic palette, exploring the full range and emotion of the frequency spectrum through feedback.
Tommaso Girotto “All in Twilight”
Primavera Porteña - Piazzolla
All in Twilight - Takemitsu
Jesus bleibet meine Freude, Suite in C minor, BWV 997 - JS Bach
Torre Bermeja - Isaac Albéniz
Sonata for Solo Guitar : And so, another Day… Twang! (2016) - Romano Crivici
Three caprichos after Goya : guitar solo - Brett DeanTommaso Girotto - guitar
Uncomfortable Science @ Church St Studios
Spontaneous compositions via a whiteboard and 4 of Sydney’s best improvising musicians,
Daniel Pliner and Novak Manojlovic - pianos,
Jacques Emery - double bass
Alon Ilsar - drums,
directed by Melbourne’s Lachlan Mitchell who offers chords to be used in this improvisational experiment.Alister Spence solo album launch // Clocks and Clouds
Alister Spence solo album launch
Alister Spence - pianoClocks and Clouds
Kraig Grady - vibraphone
Terumi Narushima - pump organHarley Coleman Trio
Harley Coleman | guitar
Jacques Emery | bass
Ronny Ferella | drumsNAG NAG NAG XI
Thursday: CARLA DAL FORNO (VIC), FIN HEALY, LOVE CHANTS, MARCUS WHALE
Friday: SLANT (SOUTH KOREA), ROBBER, OT, ROMANSY (VIC), VASTA RUINA
Saturday: BLUE COMMUNICATIONS (VIC), ERATICS, FULLY FEUDAL, GRETA NOW, HOLY BALM, MATT HARKIN (VIC), NATIVE CATS (TAS), POSSIBLE HUMANS (VIC), SEASON 2 (VIC), SPEEDING VEHICLE (QLD), SUKATANI (INDONESIA)
SCM New Music Ensemble with Ensemble Contrechamps
Katia Geha* and they leave me in the dark*
Beth Roche* Refraction, Reflection*
Jessie Cox* Enter the Impossible*
Gerard Grisey* Excerpts* from Vortex TemporumWe Have Cats / Rosemary Sisters / NOF
We Have Cats - Australian free form, improvising Double Bass trio. Marie-Louise Bethune, Josh Shipton, Valerios Calocerinos.
Rosemary Sisters.
NOF - Anousheh St-Germain & Solomon Barbar. Some songs are written & predetermined, others unfold in real time, with improvisation being the core method. The music generally favours repetition, tension, & space over conventional dynamics.
Cal Folger Day + Phil Christie
Cal Folger Day - tenor guitar
Phil Christie - keys and electronics
Jack Duffy - uilleann pipesTouring Australia for the first time in conjunction with the Audible Edge Experimental Music Festival in Boorloo, these two projects both explore verbatim historical texts through lithe ensemble playing. Drawing on garage rock, jazz modalities and minimalist repetition, songs are both tightly structured and gloriously open to chance.
AVANT GARDENS AUTUMN
SATURDAY 9 MAY 4PM, WOOLLAHRA, SYDNEY
SUNDAY 10 MAY 4PM, HURLSTONE PARK, SYDNEYSOFIA GUBAIDULINA Eight Etudes for Double Bass Solo (2007)
NIKI JOHNSON Under Ocean’s Skin from Shimmer Suite (2024)
ANTHONY BRAXTON Composition No. 152 (1991)
JANE STANLEY Desert Rose from Four Desert Flowers (2010)
KAIJA SAARIAHO Ciel étoilé (Starry Sky) (1999)
JACK SYMONDS Releasing the Marble*▴ (2026)
PAULINE OLIVEROS *Wind Horse *- An Improvisation Chart (1989)Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)
Niki Johnson (percussion)
Benjamin Ward (double bass)EPHEMERA QUARTET ALBUM LAUNCH + THE WEATHER BIRDS
Ephemera is a musical exploration of celestial landscapes such as pulsars, craters, planetary atmospheres, stars, sun and void. Merging the sound worlds of jazz and contemporary classical, and set to real space sounds and projections. Led by Keyna Wilkins (piano/flute/compositions) with Elsen Price (double bass/loop pedal), Will Gilbert (trumpet) and new addition of Jodie Michael (drumset) and includes freely improvised pieces.
Weatherbirds is the musical collaboration between trumpeter Bernice Tesara and saxophonist/pianist Max Leggott. Their music pays homage to jazz standards, the claves of Cam Undy, Greg Sheean’s rhythm diamonds and the chordless quartets of Gerry Mulligan.
Singing Stones
Singing Stones is a deep listening event centred on a meditative and immersive experience of music and sound. The night features a single artist, invited to explore a long form set of 3 hours.
The series will kick off with Eora/Sydney based artist Land Systems, the melodic ambient project of Nathan Moas. His music explores the more ethereal aspects of ambient music, combining slow-evolving melodies with lush effect processing. Central to the project is a eurorack modular synthesizer that is sequenced and looped, allowing his performances to be improvised and exploratory.
20 Cent Dog // Max Alduca Trio
20 Cent Dog
Cameron Undy - guitar
Carl Dewhurst - bass
Gabe Haslam - drumsMax Alduca solo
Max Alduca - double bassTrio Kin
Trio Kin brings together violinist Emma McGrath, cellist Hyung Suk Bae, and pianist Vatche Jambazian
FAZIL SAY Space Jump (Australian Premiere)
ROSS EDWARDS Piano Trio No.2 (Sydney Premiere)
VATCHE JAMBAZIAN Quiet Chaos (World Premiere)
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Trio No 1 in G minor “elegiaque”Hill/Raymond/Hall/Wishart + Regan Van Veen
Regan Van Veen
In this performance Regan will be exploring live processing for Shakuhachi with a custom made controller interface.Hill/Raymond/Hall/Wishart
Gabriella Hill - Tenor Saxophone
Louis Wishart - Trumpet
Henry Hall - Bass
Daniel Raymond - DrumsVision Machines: Ensembles
In the final session of the Vision Machines series researchers André Dao, Gary Foley and Thao Phan reflect on how machine vision systems operate within ensembles, reinforcing power and limiting freedom. Through presentations and a discussion moderated by program curators Andrew Brooks and Nick Croggon, they consider: how do people, places and technology shape the way we see – and are seen?
The night concludes with Stable Confusion by Worlds Only and Junior Major – a live performance combining sound and real-time visuals generated with improvised AI-disrupting code.
Arketek Twisted Rhythm 2.0
Rhythm-driven electronics, live hardware and bespoke visuals.
Arketek joined by Selkie and the Sine Waves, Bike Thief, Magda Bytnerowicz and Postponez, as well as visuals by Korjy and Psymatic 2000.
Oliver Smith Trio
Modern jazz piano trio led by pianist and composer Oliver Smith will present a set of original compositions and fresh arrangements, drawing from a broad spectrum of musical influences from Ravel to math rock, exploring a range of rhythmic and harmonic possibilities through group improvisation.
Joined by James Watt on bass and Tom Vogel on drums.The 100clicksWest 10th Birthday Fest
Afternoon Concert: 16 May 2026, 2-6pm
The Music Box Project - Imaginary Radio Station
Jim Denley and the Eternally Orchestrating Sonoverse
Trevor Brown - Chromo Suono Solo
Monika BrooksEvening Concert: 16 May 2026, 7.30-10.30pm
SPEL with Jason Noble and Louisa Rankin
W.E.S.T. - Wilcox Encarnaçao Swanton Trio
Hilary Geddes QuartetFireside Chat: 17 May 2026, 11am-1pm
Vacuus Rituale IV
Teeth Dreams (VIC)
Schkeuditzer Kreuz Plays ‘Death Dream Delirium’
Maddy Briggs
Atavus infectumEssendon Airport
Essendon Airport (VIC) are known for their influential blend of DIY art-pop and rhythmic curiosity. Formed in 1978, the band were regulars of the early post-punk circuits around Melbourne.
Joining them are:
Warm Currency,
Blue Divers,
Astrid, featuring members of Gift Exchange, Lorry, and Carnations.Gill/Spence/Nilsson (AUS/SWE) // Aidan Wong & Eric Tsai
Gill/Spence/Nilsson
Sam Gill - saxophones
Alister Spence - piano & preparations
Peter Nilsson - drums & percussionAidan Wong & Eric Tsai
Aidan Wong - saxophone
Eric Tsai - guitarEssendon Airport
Essendon Airport began as a duo in Melbourne in 1978, formed by David Chesworth on Wurlitzer electric piano and Robert Goodge on guitar, accompanied by a homemade drum machine. Their music embraced minimalism, repetition, irony, and experimentation, and soon became a defining presence in Melbourne’s underground music scene. They grew to a five-piece, with with Paul Fletcher, Ian Cox and Barbara Hogarth on bass, before disbanding in 1983.
Reuniting original collaborators Paul Fletcher and Barbara Hogarth, and joined by pedal steel guitarist Graham Lee (The Triffids, KLF), the quintet will perform music from their new album MOR, re-engaging with their early minimalist work and revisiting songs from the Sonic Investigations era in expanded full-band arrangements.
Inordinata Stultitia
Teeth Dreams (VIC)
MX Robert Frost
The Grey Men
Atavus infectumJazz:NOW 2026 #1 - Bree van Reyk's 'Superclusters'
Bree van Reyk (percussion) presents her large ensemble project Superclusters, highlighting her rich musical universe of collaboration, spontaneity and adventure. Joined by Mick Turner (guitar).
Spartak is the longstanding musical collaboration of Sia Ahmad (guitar, electronics) and Evan Dorrian (drums).
OSTINATO & THE TALES PROJECT
Ostinato is a work at the intersection of theatre, sound and embodied memory built around the musical concept of the ostinato—a short, persistent, repeated pattern.
The Tales Project is a series of four short, repeated films that disrupt how stories of sexual violence are told and received.
Created and performed by Michelle St Anne, and underscored by a live chamber music ensemble featuring Jim Denley, Daniel Raymond, and Alex Tucker.
Sing Me The Ocean
Jessie Newling - Sing Me The Ocean for Voice and Live Electronics
In this new experimental work, underwater recordings and the human voice are drawn together into a musical offering to the deep. Jessie uses motion sensors worn on her hands to shape her sound with movement and gesture.
Schkeuditzer Kreuz / Cheap Coffins / Koolooz (Melb)
Schkeuditzer Kreuz - Industrial synth crust from the blue mountains in Australia
Cheap Coffins - One-man alternative/industrial band from Dharawal/Wollongong
Koolooz (Melb) - Noise/Industrial/Outsider/Naarm/Melbs
Imaginary Radio Station
This shape-shifting radio station is composed by Stephen Adams for and in collaboration with the music box project, with dramaturgical support from Nikki Heywood. Weaving together threads of sound, movement and personal reflection, join us for a sonic meditation on radio and connection.
Oren Ambarchi
Multi-instrumentalist whose work focuses on the exploration of the guitar, Oren Ambarchi is a prolific solo artist and collaborator who has performed and recorded with the likes of John Zorn, Fennesz, Jim O’Rourke, Sunn O))), Merzbow, Keiji Haino, Boris and many, many more.
His highly developed and abstracted instrumental language exists in the spaces between modern electronics and processing, liminal improvisation, minimalism and rock music.
Party Dozen
Sydney noise rock duo Party Dozen formed in 2017, and have released four records of experimental punk.
Kirsty Tickle (saxophone) and Jonathan Boulet (percussion and sampler)
Sabine Tapia 'Koro' // Lauren Tsamouras & Tom Avgenicos
Sabine Tapia ‘Koro’
Led by bassist, composer and vocalist Sabine Tapia and including Arlo Sim (vocals), Elise Nolte (vocals), Samantha Baxendale (vocals), Harley Coleman (guitar), Thomas Odell (piano), and Matt Simmonds (drums).Lauren Tsamouras & Tom Avgenicos
Lauren Tsamouras - piano
Tom Avgenicos - trumpet & electronicsHilary Geddes Quartet Album Launch
Hilary Geddes Redleaf merges jazz, indie and experimental influences with her quartet.
Hilary Geddes on guitar with pianist Matt Harris, double-bassist Max Alduca and drummer Alex Inman-Hislop.
Believe
Clayton Thomas | bass, percussion
Peter Farrar | saxophones, percussion
Novak Manojlovic | keyboards, percussion
Laurence Pike | drums, percussionHilary Geddes & Theo Carbo
Theo Carbo and Hilary Geddes are two of the most distinctive Australian guitar voices working in Melbourne and Sydney respectively. First commissioned to perform together by SIMA in 2025, they will explore the intersections of their own individual practices by channelling swathes of soundscapes, swooping melodies and keen interplay.
FLOATINGLY: Laura Chislett and James Fortune (flute/s)
Sonata for two flutes op. 75, Charles Koechlin (1920)
Nocturne for solo alto flute, Siegfried Matthus (1977) performed by James Fortune
Arpisms for solo flute, Chris Dench (2025) world premiere, performed by Laura Chislett
Suite de trois pi_è_ces, Georges Migot (1931), performed by James Fortune
Mankind Remix II, Michael Finnissy (2020), performed by Laura Chislett
Dialogo angelico for two flutes, Goffredo Petrassi (1948)THUNDERHEAD: Tina Havelock Stevens and Liberty
THUNDERHEAD, an audiovisual performance by artist and musician Tina Havelock Stevens (drums) and long-time collaborator Liberty (guitar).
Responding in real time to epic footage of a supercell storm filmed on US Route 54 in Texas.
Water & Music: Climes and Jordan James Kaye
Lush, analogue dreamscapes with the theatrical premiere of Water & Music (2026), a 16mm film accompanying the debut album by Gadigal-based producer Climes (Monty Callaghan).
Blending ambient electronics, orchestral music, field recordings, tape experiments and the saxophone of Icelandic artist Sölvi Kolbeinsson, Water & Music is anchored by archival voice and piano recordings performed by Climes’ grandmothers.
Hamed Sadeghi: Shur
Shur (شور) is a new Persian classical music ensemble led by composer and improviser Hamed Sadeghi. Using Persian instrumentation: the tar (Hamed Sadeghi), kamancheh (Sina Bastami), and tombak (Amirsalar Makhzani) with vocalist Ramin Etemadzadeh. The name Shur carries a double meaning in Farsi: it refers to a dastgāh (modal system) that has shaped much of the Persian repertoire (the radif), while also evoking a sense of passion and intensity—qualities that emerge in the act of improvisation, a cornerstone of Persian music.
Anna da Silva Chen
NICOLA MATTEIS JR Fantasia for Solo Violin in A minor ‘Alia Fantasia’
THOMAS GREEN So, I Am Shouting
MAX REGER Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 91, No. 3
JOHANN GEORG PISENDEL Sonata for Solo Violin in A minor
EUGÈNE YSAŸE Sonata for Solo Violin in A Minor, Op. 27Ensemble Offspring: The Oracle
Christopher Cerrone How to Breathe Underwater (2011)
Tobias Broström Dream Variations for trumpet and percussion (2011)
Tansy Davies Lost Science**† (2024)
Kate Moore Rose of roses, flower of flowers** (2025)
Kate Moore Percussion Concerto** (2026)Kae Takahashi at Lazy Thinking
Part of the Kae Takahashi/Anti Itch Cream Australian tour.
Kae Takahashi
Schkeuditzer Kreuz
Josh Shipton
Comorbid with scariestgirlintheworldLaurence Pike 'Possible Utopias For Jazz Quintet' Album Launch
Ken Allars (solo trumpet/electronics)
Laurence Pike - Drums/Electronics,
Novak Manojlovic - Piano,
Jack Stoneham - Alto SaxophoneSoft Centre
Since emerging from the Casula Powerhouse in 2017, Soft Centre’s festival has become a platform for boundary-pushing electronic music and hybrid performance.
For Vivid Sydney, Soft Centre assembles a lineup of international visionaries and local innovators exploring the frayed edges of contemporary club sound. Follow @soft_centre for the lineup reveal.
Kae Takahashi in the Blue Mountains
Kae Takahashi - Japanese noise vocalist and bass guitarist. With:
- ‘Society of Cutting Up Men’ (@scum.noise), an oracle of primordial doom.
- ‘Solo Devourer’, otherwise known as Michael of @monoeater.noise, left to their homemade devices.
- ‘Folly of Stultus’, featuring a rotating cast of fools from the League’s Officially Sanctioned Drone Ensemble.
Sunny Kim’s Ensemble Ochaye - Water Song
Cross-cultural collaboration celebrating water as a symbol of connection and renewal, weaving together multicultural narratives, Korean, Chinese, Iranian and Western instruments.
Ensemble Ochaye is led by acclaimed South Korean-Australian vocalist and composer Sunny Kim, featuring Aviva Endean (clarinets), Gelareh Pour (kamancheh, vocals), Mindy Meng Wang (guzheng) and Zoë Barry (cello).
PHILLIP JOHNSTON ‘PUFFS OF SMOKE’: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE
Puffs of Smoke is a program of rare silent films from before 1920, accompanied by stunning original music composed and performed live on saxophone by Phillip Johnston.
Dramatic bushranger melodramas, wartime cartoons, newsreel footage, and fragments of the films that launched an industry — including The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) and Soldiers of the Cross (1900) — on screen while Johnston conjures a soundscape of improvised saxophone, looping samples, and overdubbed arrangements for up to 16 saxophones.
Driftwood
Nick Ashwood | guitar, organ, objects
Aviva Endean | woodwinds, organ, objectsPerforming face to face on re-tuned antique pump organs, the duo uses this sonic foundation as a resonant backdrop for their woodwinds and guitars. The non-equal tempered organs creating a slowly evolving music of shimmering microtones and shifting harmonic colour.
Cerulean Winter Night
An intimate winter gathering in the Blue Mountains bringing together Dungeon Synth and Dark Ambient artists.
Tir
Lurid Orb
Most Ominous Mystic
Atavus Infectum
Mythscribe
Aniseed ShroudThe Lucky Country
MARK MUNK ROSS (2025–26 First Nations Composer in Residence) - The Lucky Country
Mark Munk Ross (voice)
Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)
Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)
Jason Noble (clarinets)
Rowena Macneish (cello)Panel with Sonya Holowell, Nicole Smede, Mark Munk Ross and Cianna Walker.
Raag And Rhythm - A Classical Evening With Pandit Rakesh Chaurasia
Flute maestro Pandit Rakesh Chaurasia is known for his command over the bansuri and his ability to blend tradition with innovation and carries forward the rich legacy of his uncle, the iconic Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia.
With Zuheb Ahmed Khan - tabla.
recent past events
Jazz Upstairs - TRUFFLE BOILS
Peter Farrar (alto saxophone), Tom Avgenicos (trumpet), Samuel Dobson (bass), Jodie Michael (drums).
The band explores some lesser-known works of the jazz genre’s masters like Monk, Mingus, Ellington, as well as some originals, walking an exciting tightrope between form and freedom.The Silver Foxes and friends
The Silver Foxes are the duo of Anousheh St Germain and Josh Shipton that improvise on classic Middle Eastern tunes as well as protest songs.
Genevieve Von Black improvises dark jazzy, proggy, classicish ambient music on synth & piano.
NOF is a two piece project by Anousheh St-Germain & Solomon Barbar. NOF will perform ALPHA NOF. A fully improvised sonic work that exists in the realm between soundscape and sound art. Guided only by instinct, tension and deep listening.
Hill/Raymond/Wishart/Hall // Open Duo (Ottignon/Thomas)
Hill/Raymond/Wishart/Hall
Gabriella Hill - Tenor Saxophone
Louis Wishart - Trumpet
Henry Hall - Bass
Daniel Raymond - DrumsOpen Duo
Matt Ottignon - woodwinds
Clayton Thomas - double bass & preparationsCANCELLED-2 Jazz Duos in Ashbury
IBID is Keyna Wilkins (piano/flute) and Shane Carpini (drumset). Together they play jazz/classical/folk interpretations of stream of consciousness improvisations and their own compositions inspired by philosophy, astronomy and human behaviour.Mikaela Sora (piano) and Ewan Jackson (guitar). Coming from two distinct musical worlds, they first found common ground playing jazz standards and began to write with their duo in mind.
