FLOOM is Maxx Katz‘s solo experiment in embodied improvisation, using flute, downtuned doom guitar, and extreme vocals. Maxx Katz is an artist, composer, and performer based in Portland, Oregon, whose work draws on vocabulary from performance art, free improvisation, jazz, contemporary classical, and heavy metal. A classically trained flutist with an M.A. in Music from the University of Virginia, … Read More →

A quadruple-header of PNW free improvisation groups drawing from drone, old-time, no-wave, noise and beyond.

Water Shrews – Creatures ambling thru tones. Brains combine to form a single organism. Group sound. Who is playing what? That’s the point. Listening to the sounds of sticks, reeds, strings, whoops and hollers in order to breathe and then play along.

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In a world that demands that we define ourselves with tags and constructed concepts, one can feel constricted by words that box our identity, often, creating separation from each other. What makes us all the same? What makes each one of us unique? This world premiere explores both sides of the human experience and invites you to “undefine” yourself … Read More →

Saxophonist Steve Griggs, synthesist Ruben Griggs, and percussionist Greg Campbell reunite as Dowsing, a free-improv interplay between acoustic jazz and ambient electronics. Imagine John Coltrane at peace, scanning the crepuscule on a Southern California beach, his toes in warm ebbing waves, birds darting above in dimming dusk, the boom of a low-rider rumbling in the distance, a nearby bucket … Read More →

Rooted in Eastern European Jewish life, Yiddish music holds echoes of migration, memory, and revolution. In Facing Yiddishland, three bold artists push this tradition into new terrain. Lori Goldston, Chaia, and Levoneh reimagine the Yiddish song tradition through glitchy and psychedelic performance techniques.Classically trained and rigorously de-trained, possessor of a restless, semi-feral spirit, Lori Goldston (Earth, Nirvana, Mirah) is … Read More →

Rich viola melodies fuse with ambient soundscapes in this new collaborative album performance from Tristan de Liège & Gregory Allison. Their new release, Samatha, features meditations for solo viola performed by Allison and soundscapes beautifully crafted by de Liège. They will be performing music from the record and others from their previous two collaborative albums. Vinyl will be … Read More →

The Red Pants Collective, an improvised movement and sound project formed by father/daughter duo Giordana and James Falzone, are joined by special guests Christopher Williams (bass) and Jadi Carboni (movement) from Graz, Austria, and Seattle stalwarts Luci Baker (movement) and Steve Peters (field recordings).

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Demure Asian Rage is a multidisciplinary structural improv piece involving taiko, flute, electronics, poetry, and movement. This work explores how rage manifests in the context of being Asian, non-binary, genderfluid and AFAB individual in a world that frequently marginalizes such identities. What if our inner world was allowed to be free? What happens when rage and joy are encouraged … Read More →

Neal Kosaly-Meyer presents his ongoing work for solo piano, Gradus: For Fux, Tesla and Milo the Wrestler. A large, mixed ensemble will perform John Teske’s novelty generator, a new improvisation framework for durational performance. Both works will be performed simultaneously as a two-hour piano concerto, with the ensemble encircling the piano.

Gradus: for Fux, Tesla and Milo the Wrestler is Neal … Read More →

NOTE: Audience for this event is limited to 85 people!

Jeff Schroeder (Los Angeles) was a member of the Smashing Pumpkins from 2007 to 2023. During this period, Jeff performed on numerous recordings and traveled the world performing live with the band. In October 2023, Jeff left the Smashing Pumpkins to pursue a solo career. He released his first album, Metanoia, in … Read More →

Young Scientist was formed in Seattle in the mid-1970’s by James Husted, Roland Barker and Marc Barreca, performing for several years with analog synths, tape loops and keyboards. Following re-releases of 1970s material on the German labels Bureau B and Vinyl on Demand, Husted and Barreca sporadically reunite for live performances of YS’s immersive blend of pulsating electronics and … Read More →

Seattle saxophonist and electronic artist Skerik will be performing live with his multi-effect set up with visual artist Blazinspace. An immersive sonic and visual experience using extensive electronic effects on the saxophone while Blazinspace fills the Chapel with multiple screens and projections. 

Forever defying categories & notions of the standard human work ethic, Skerik has been brewing worldwide jazz/rock/funk/electronic/avant-saxophonic mayhem since … Read More →