Lost In Plainville
Mar
30
8:00 PM20:00

Lost In Plainville

Jeremy Udden - Saxophone
Nathan Blehar - Saxophone
Andre Matos - Guitar
Frank Carlberg - piano
Bridget Kearney - bass
Ziv Ravitz - drums

$20

An evening of music by Jeremy Udden played by friends of 20 years. “Udden’s seamless integration of simple country, folk and rock melodies into a sophisticated jazz context lends Plainville’s improvisational excursions a cohesive sensibility, whether crafting pastoral ballads or tumultuous rockers.”
(ALLABOUTJAZZ.com)

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IBEAM QUARTETS
Mar
20
8:00 PM20:00

IBEAM QUARTETS

Alain Metrailler Quartet - 8 pm

Alain Metrailler - Tenor Saxophone
Elias Stemeseder - Piano
Chris Tordini - Contrabass
Eric McPherson - Drums

Marius Duboule and Ryan Messina Quartet - 9:30 pm

Marius Duboule - Guitar
Ryan Messina - Trumpet
Luca Soul Rosenfeld - Contrabass
Michael Sarin-Drums

$20

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CMS WORKSHOPS WITH Joanna Mattrey & Zekkereya El-Magharbel
Mar
9
12:00 PM12:00

CMS WORKSHOPS WITH Joanna Mattrey & Zekkereya El-Magharbel

Arab Music and Contemporary Identity
with Zekkereya El-Magharbel, 12-2 PM

This workshop will include a survey of music from across the Arabic world, as well as a critique on the development of these musics in pursuit of independence from colonial power. There will also be an ear training/performance component for participants to learn some of the basics of Arabic melodic theory (Arabic Maqam).

Personal Style & Modes of Inquiry
with Joanna Mattrey, 3-5 PM

Using scores, exercises, and discussion, we will work through improvisation processes that highlight our individual curiosities and reactions, using those insights to generate a personal language.

Workshops are $100 each, $150 for both, and sliding scale

www.creativemusic.org

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Alone Not Lonely
Mar
8
7:30 PM19:30

Alone Not Lonely

Yoon Sun Choi - voice/piano
Amanda Ekery - voice
Sara Schoenbeck - bassoon
Ludovica Burtone - violin

$20

Yoon Sun Choi
Yoon Sun Choi, born in South Korea, raised in Canada and now a New York-based improvising vocalist and pianist using her vocal prowess that transitions effortlessly from resonant, haunting melodies to deep, resonant wails. Yoon has made significant contributions to the music scene over her twenty-year-long career performing and collaborating with esteemed artists including Mark Dresser, Darius Jones, Jacob Sacks, and Kenny Wheeler, on prestigious stages such as The Blue Note, Birdland, and Carnegie Hall.

Amanda Ekery
Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer Amanda Ekery creates music filled with imagery and strong narratives. Her work has earned support from New Music USA, Chamber Music America, and the Jerome Foundation, has been featured at the Portland Jazz Festival, Panama Jazz Festival, and The Kennedy Center, and spans Off-Broadway theater, film, and studio recordings. Amanda is a Jazz Journalist Association “Jazz Hero” and founder of El Paso Jazz Girls. Learn more at aekerymusic.com

Sara Schoenbeck
While focusing on the intersection between extended technique and melody Sara works to expand the notion of what the bassoon is capable of in both notated and improvised music.
Sara is a member or performed with Anthony Braxton’s 12+1(tet), the Nels Cline Lovers Orchestra, the Gravitas Quartet, Michael Leonhart Orchestra, SEM and Wet Ink composers collective. Sara has performed at major venues and festivals throughout North America and Europe including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center out of doors, the Guggenheim, Disney Hall, SXSW, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Tempere Jazz Festival, Berlin Jazz Festival, Biennale Musica in Venice Italy, Vancouver Jazz Festival and the San Francisco Jazz Festival. Sara can be heard on music and film recordings including Matrix 2 and 3, Spanglish and Dahmer. She is looking forward to releasing her debut album as a leader in a series of intimate duets with in the Fall of 2021 on Pyroclastic Records.
Sara received her BFA from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and MFA from the California Institute of the Arts.

Ludovica Burtone
Ludovica Burtone is an Italian violinist, composer, and arranger who blends jazz, classical, and global influences. Based in New York, she has performed with top artists and led projects exploring identity and migration. Her albums Sparks (Outside in Music, March 2023) and Migration Tales (Endectomorph, April 2025) showcase her unique voice, which fuses strings, improvisation, and storytelling. Through her work, she shares deeply personal narratives, embracing connection, resilience, and the richness of diverse experiences.

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The Notet + John Hebert
Mar
6
9:15 PM21:15

The Notet + John Hebert

Andrew Green - Guitar
Jeremy Udden - Saxophone
JC Sanford - Trombone
John Hebert - Bass

The NOTET is a musical collective organized by guitarist Andrew Green, featuring alto saxophonist Jeremy Udden, trombonist JC Sanford and tonight, guest bassist John Hebert. The group ethos is reflected in the name: no drums, no arrangements, no planning, no rehearsals, no clichés, no edits. Spontaneous and unplanned, ears open and willing and able to adapt at a moment’s notice, the players consistently bring fresh ideas to familiar material, and bring collective improvisation to the forefront.

$20

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Underground Rail Road to My Heart - sounds inspired by Fred Ho
Feb
15
8:00 PM20:00

Underground Rail Road to My Heart - sounds inspired by Fred Ho

Art Jones - visuals & electronics
Daniel Carter - tenor, alto & soprano saxophones, trumpet & clarinets
Vivienne Aerts - vocals, Korg R3 synth & effects
Samantha Riott - vocals & words
Alex Sniderman - guitar
Eva Novoa - piano & Chinese gongs
Cecilia López - electronics & effects
Yuko Togami - drums

Fred Ho, was an American composer, writer, and activist. The bandleader of the Afro Asian Music Ensemble, he crafted a unique style that fused free jazz (a term he hated, as he felt it was derogatory toward the tradition) with traditional Chinese music in a way that felt so natural, so right on. Fred Ho died in 2014, his legacy continues to amaze and provoke.

This evening is dedicated to the revolutionary art of the meeting of minds and blending of souls that was crucial to the music of Fred Ho. The players may interpret, respond, or (re)act as they see fit to the music, writing, or spirit that he made during his 3 decades-plus as a radical creative force. It’s a laboratory for playing, testing out things, and making things swing!

$20

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Choi/Sacks/Sperrazza Standards
Feb
8
7:30 PM19:30

Choi/Sacks/Sperrazza Standards

Yoon Sun Choi - voice
Jacob Sacks - piano
Vinnie Sperrazza - drums

Choi/Sacks/Sperrazza is a trio that has been making music together for over 20 years. Featuring Yoon Sun Choi (voice), Jacob Sacks (piano), and Vinnie Sperrazza (drums), the group reimagines standards and songs they love with a deeply intuitive, exploratory approach. Though bass-less, the trio’s sound is full and harmonically rich, never feeling lacking in depth or foundation. Their long-standing musical relationship allows for seamless interplay, creating fresh, spontaneous interpretations with every performance.

$20

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ContraPunctus LIVE at iBeam
Feb
6
8:00 PM20:00

ContraPunctus LIVE at iBeam

Carmen Staaf - Piano
Mike McGinnis - clarinet/saxophone
Gui Duvignau - bass
Hamir Atwal - drums

$15

On paper, the Brooklyn collective looks like another horn-led jazz quartet but in actuality ContraPunctus plays with this idea using inversion, retrograde and more to weave a polyphonic adventure

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THE INSTRUMENTAL UNDERGROUND
Jan
31
8:00 PM20:00

THE INSTRUMENTAL UNDERGROUND

Light The Invisible - 8 pm

Eli Wallace - piano
Daniel Carter - winds
Ellen Christi - vocals
Dan Kurfirst - drums


Carter's Creation - 9 pm

Daniel Carter - winds
Ayumi Ishito - tenor sax
Audoine Amazan - trumpet
Jeff Pearring - alto sax
Yuko Togami - piano
Zach Swanson - bass
Ken Kobayashi - drums

$20

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