Center for New Music
55 Taylor St SF
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The Double Negative Ensemble

The Double Negative Ensemble is made up the following stellar musicians and master improvisers: John Bischoff – electronics, Nava Dunkelman – percussion, Matthew Goodheart – piano, Frank Gradkowski – clarinet/sax, Shoko Hikage – koto, Aurora Josephson – vocal, Elzbieta Potak – violin, Jon Raskin – clarinet/sax.

The combined knowledge of this group of accomplished musicians and improvisers has my ears a flutter in anticipation of the sounds that will be conjured. The term improvisations doesn’t really do justice to the hard work of creating the musical language and technique on an instrument and than honing the artistic aesthetic to create music that each of these musicians have done. This is even more astounding to me when it is in an ensemble. The music non-narrative will be organized by Jon Raskin who will provide source material and basic structures to be used as needed for the various sub groupings.

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