SoundNOW Festival: smol ensemble & Atlanta Improvisers Orchestra

Closing out the 2024 SoundNOW Festival of Contemporary Music, smol ensemble will share an exciting program of music featuring toy pianos, percussion, pitched desk bells, and other wonders. They are joined by the Atlanta Improvisors Orchestra. 

About smol ensemble

Established in 2019, smol ensemble is a consort of toy pianists and percussionists with a particular interest in the curiosities and delights of new music. Comprised of Justin Greene, Olivia Kieffer, Amy O'Dell, Monica Pearce, and Paul Stevens, the ensemble focuses on works that explore playful timbral sonorities, open endedness, improvisatory elements, and everything toy piano-related.

About Atlanta Improvisers Orchestra

The Atlanta Improvisers Orchestra is a vital conglomeration of musicians united to explore the possibilities of large group musical improvisation. The group spontaneously creates exquisite orchestral soundscapes and compositions using the concept of conduction, or conducted improvisation, that harnesses and encourages the unpredictable ideas, individual imaginations, and diverse approaches to music that each musician brings.

About SoundNOW Festival

SoundNOW is a festival dedicated to showcasing the best of the contemporary classical music scene in Atlanta!