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Set 1: Sam Morrison, Laura Dickens, Rob Lee

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Set 2: Broadcloth #1

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Set 2: Broadcloth #2

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Set 2: Broadcloth #3

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Set 3: Discontense

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An evening of experimental improvised music

Free with Free Drinks and Snacks

8pm on Saturday, June 4
At The Home Of
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Holidays for the Future is a recurring music series that features composers and improvisers dedicated to exploring and experimenting with musical styles and forms. All instruments are non-electrical. This event is hosted by The Home Of and curated by Edward Schneider.

Featuring Three Sets:

Set 1:  Sam Morrison (compositions and electronics), Laura Dickens (clarinet), Rob Lee (clarinet).

Sam Morrison (electronics, compositions) works in parallel in performance, composition and studies of music in culture. His music has roots in his early classical piano training, a decades-long practice of improvisation, studies in African and Brazilian musics, immersion in post-punk/noise scenes and sampler/sequencer experimentation. Sam co-leads the post-bop trio Baby Demons and has also performed with the bands Noh Beat and The Last Nights, at the Poets and Composers series at St. Mark’s Church, and in numerous collaborations with other improvisers. He studied music as an undergraduate at Wesleyan University and is currently completing graduate work in media studies at the New School, including work on performance, composition, and popular music as cultural practices.

Set 2:  Broadcloth

Broadcloth (Anne Rhodes, Nathan Bontrager, Adam Matlock) performs improvised music with a nod to various compositional outlets. Using a unique instrumentation of voice, cello and accordion/recorders, the trio plays from notated, graphic, embroidered, and textual scores in addition to completely spontaneous pieces. Without shying away from virtuosity, Broadcloth creates music that reflects the order of composition and the risk of unpredictable musical interactions. Emphasis lies on establishing a holistic sound that favors cooperation over hierarchy.

Set 3:  Discontense

Discontense (Constance Cooper, Edward Schneider) is a newly formed collection of musicians who share an interest in unstructured experimental improvisation. We begin each performance without a set roadmap or score, instead the process becomes our goal. Through these means we seek both discontinuity and continuity, creating a musical language that incorporates past, present, and future “tenses.” Within each performance we seek to look backward and forward by references various styles of music, while also creating webs that connect our initial thoughts to our last.