Doors That Only Open in Silence #10 (open participation improv workshop) featuring Les Trois Chapeaux /// Sunday @ TAC
The monthly series of improvisation research at Temescal Arts Center continues. Bring your instrument or just come to listen. Small groups will be randomly assembled from submitted names, and there will be a full set by Les Trois Chapeaux (Chen/Corcoran/Jaroba).
Trois Chapeaux formed from a confluence of long-time collaboration between Jaroba and Kevin Corcoran and the arrival of
Tania Chen in the Bay Area by way of London. Their sensibilities as improvisers quickly intersected to create a group sound inspired by diverse sonic influences and a changing selection of small instruments. While piano, percussion and reeds speak to each member's musical training, a multitude of electronics, objects and toys combine with extended instrumental technique to scatter the timbre of the Trois Chapeaux sound: a navel-gazing musical practice played with a sense of humour. http://youtu.be/_KRp9InnSTw
videos of ad hoc groups from past editions: https://youtu.be/_yIfcsCw9SM?list=PL_HPASqyjYfIjlxrLSSkeQ6VZHDZNx9DG
Sun, Oct 18 2015 7:30 PM (over by 10 PM, see schedule below)
TAC: Temescal Art Center
511 48th Street, Oakland
donations accepted
Bring your instrument, & put your name in the hat. Audience & participants encouraged to donate some cash for space rental. Over by 10pm.
7:30 load-in, set up your instrument enough that transitions between the ad hoc trios are only 1-2 minutes
8:00 random sets start. Various random trios/quartets limited to about 7 minutes apiece, depending on how many people sign up.
8:45 featured group set
9:15 second round of random trios (people can re-enter their name for this one.)
10:00 music has to stop
The 11th edition will be November 15 with GIF Problem (Basu/Marshall/Oppenheim).
The 12th edition will be December 6 with Kyle Bruckmann.
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Jacob Felix Heule, Clarke Robinson, Matt Ingalls