Wayward Music Series: Ray Larsen + Greg Sinibaldi
$5-$20 donation at the door
- Greg Sinibaldi, saxophone & electronic wind synthesizer
- Raymond Larsen, trumpets
- Leanna Keith, flutes
- Conner Eisenmenger, trombone
- Maria Scherer Wilson, cello
- Wayne Horvitz, piano
- Bonnie Whiting, vibraphone & percussion
In celebration of his birthday, trumpeter and composer Ray Larsen presents a special set of music with his chamber sextet, Reasons Why. Featuring some of the most high-profile and in-demand improvisers in the region, this group has not been able to appear for over a year. The band plays Ray’s compositions which gravitate between lush harmonic textures and dense melodic interplay, along with plenty of improvised departures that bring each performance to new territory. Reasons Why is:
To open the concert, saxophonist and electronic wind synth artist Greg Sinibaldi, who recently relocated back to the Pacific Northwest from Brooklyn, will present one of his massive and immersive electro-acoustic solo performances.
About Wayward Music Series
Each month, Nonsequitur and a community of like-minded organizations and artists present 10 concerts of adventurous and experimental music in the gorgeous Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center: contemporary/post-classical composition, free improvisation and the outer limits of jazz, electronic/electroacoustic music, new instruments, phonography, sound art, and other innovative musics.
https://www.waywardmusic.org/About Greg Sinibaldi, saxophone & electronic wind synthesizer
About Raymond Larsen, trumpets
About Leanna Keith, flutes
A freelance flutist, artist, improviser, and composer in the Seattle area, Leanna Keith (she/they) delights in creating sound experiences that make audiences laugh, cry, and say: "I didn't know the flute could do that!" Her performance artworks have focused on cultural connection and the breaking of audience/performer boundaries. Leanna is co-founder of the 501(c)(3) arts organization Kin of the Moon and is co-artistic director and flutist of the ensemble. They explore sonic rituals, promote cross-pollination of genres, and celebrate the creativity that multiplies itself through the collaboration of performers and composers. She is dedicated to playing music by composers who are still living, and advocates for the usage of music as social activism. Leanna is the professor of flute at Cornish College of the Arts.
http://leannakeithflute.comAbout Conner Eisenmenger, trombone
About Maria Scherer Wilson, cello
About Wayne Horvitz, piano
About Bonnie Whiting, vibraphone & percussion
Bonnie Whiting (she/her) performs, improvises, and composes new music for percussion. Exploring intersections of storytelling and experimental music, her work is often cross-disciplinary, integrating text, music, movement, and technology. Her debut album, featuring a solo-simultaneous realization of John Cage's 45' for a speaker and 27’10.554 for a percussionist was released by Mode Records in 2017, and her second album, Perishable Structures, launched on the New Focus Recordings label in 2020. Whiting is a core member of the Seattle Modern Orchestra and she has performed with the country’s leading new music groups: Ensemble Dal Niente, International Contemporary Ensemble, Talea Ensemble, and red fish blue fish percussion group. Bonnie uses Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets, and she is Chair of Percussion Studies and the Ruth Sutton Waters Associate Professor of Music at the University of Washington.
http://www.bonniewhitingpercussion.com