
Adam Cruz & Groundwork
Adam Cruz - Drums
David Virelles - Rhodes + Synth
Marvin Sewell - Guitar
Matt Brewer - Bass
Adam Cruz - Drums
David Virelles - Rhodes + Synth
Marvin Sewell - Guitar
Matt Brewer - Bass
Lily White - saxophones
David Smith - trumpet
Bennett Paster - piano
Jim Whitney - bass
Rob Garcia - drums
$20
Following the release of their critically acclaimed album DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE (Oct 2023) and their mid-west/northeast tour in 2024, the quintet will premiere new compositions by Lily White.
6 pm
Mike Golub - Drums/Syn
Nick Gianni - Sax/Key/Bass
Trevor Bajus - Guitar/Syn/D.Mix
7 pm
Matt Knoegel -Tenor Sax
Eric Plaks - Piano
Zachary Swanson -Bass
Ken Kobayashi -Drums
8 pm
Eli Wallace - Piano
Josh Sinton - Bass Clarinet
Sabrina Salamone -Violin
Vijay Anderson -Drums
$20
The 2nd Annual BROOKLYN FREE SPIRIT FESTIVAL is produced by Siren Xypher Collective with support from Alan Feller & Creative Music Studio. The Free Spirit Festival convenes improvised music creatives and audiences to promote freedom of expression, inventiveness, & social-bonding as an antidote to the oppression of all life forms.
5:00pm
Improviser’s Workshop (open to all!)
Lifelong ecstatic improvising pianist & 40-year Qigong Practitioner Kazzrie Jaxen offers a qigong workshop for creative improvisers. Wuji Gong: Skill of Entering the Supreme Unknown
(comfortable clothes suggested)
7:30pm
Siren Xypher
Melanie Dyer - Viola
Kyoko Kitamura - Voice
Mara Rosenbloom - Piano & Voice
8:30pm
Kazzrie Jaxen Solo Piano
$20 Admission / day | cash or Venmo
Daily Admission includes access to all daytime and evening events
The Second Annual BROOKLYN FREE SPIRIT FESTIVAL is produced by Siren Xypher Collective with support from Alan Feller & Creative Music Studio. The Free Spirit Festival convenes improvised music creatives and audiences to promote freedom of expression, inventiveness, & social-bonding as an antidote to the oppression of all life forms.
3:00pm
Improvisation Workshop (open to all!)
Kyoko Kitamura guides participants through Anthony Braxton’s Musical Systems and beyond. (90-minute workshop in two parts: Anthony Braxton’s Language Music for beginners + further explorations at 3:45pm. Score excerpts provided. Instruments welcome but not required.)
5:00pm
Listening Session & In-Person Interview: AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS
90-minutes of immersion into the luminary pianist/vocalist/composer’s multi-decade body of work. Conversation moderated by W.S. Tkweme, Pan-African Studies Professor at University of Louisville & 25 year radio programmer at stations across the US. Archival support from Ras Moshe Burnett. (Curated by Melanie Dyer)
7:30pm
DoYeon Kim - Gayageum & Voice
Cooper-Moore - Homemade Instruments
Satoshi Takeishi - Drums & Percussion
8:30pm
Mazz Swift & Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío
Mazz Swift - Violin
Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío - Violin
$20 Admission / day | cash or Venmo
Daily Admission includes access to all daytime and evening events
Beyond Flute Group - 7 pm
Cheryl Pyle -c flute/alto flute
Michael Eaton-soprano sax
Gene Coleman -bass flute /piccolo
Sylvain Leroux-c flute /fula flute
Golden Pearring - 8 pm
Patrick Golden -drums
Jeff Pearring - alto sax
Charles Downs Quartet - 9 pm
Sam Childs - tenor sax
Jonathan Paik - piano
Joe Morris - bass
Charles Downs - drums
$20
Ellie Pruneauʻs Two Way Mirror - 8 pm
Contrapunctus - 9:30 pm
Mike McGinnis - reeds
Carmen Staaf - piano
Gui Duvignau - bass
Hamir Atwal - drums
$20
8 pm
Kaelen Ghandhi - Sax
Hans Young Binter - Piano
Evan Palmer - Bass
James Paul Nadien - Drums
9 pm
Ayako Kanda - Voice
Anthony Coleman - Piano
Evan Palmer - Bass
Ken Kobayashi - Drums
$20
We're making live recordings at Ibeam in Brooklyn. Come see this happen.
Doors at 5:30pm - $22 (ticketed)
BUY A TICKET HERE!
This is also a party for humans that includes snacks! BYOB.
6pm | Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon) and Matt Glassmeyer (reedless tenor), duo
Vinnie Sperrazza, solo drums, Nathan Koci, solo accordion
7pm | We the Gleaners
Dana Lyn (violin), Kyle Sanna (guitar), Matt Kanelos (piano)
8pm | Hompulon records live versions of songs from the new album.
Tom Spiker (bass VI), Tim Keiper (percussion/drums), Jonathan Goldberger (guitar) Dana Lyn (violin), Brian Drye (trombone), Matt Glassmeyer (Wurlitzer, tenor, percussion)
This is a limited-ticketed event so grab one soon.
Doug Weiselman - Reeds
Mara Rosenbloom - Piano
Michael Vatcher - Drums
$20
Mike McGinnis - Clarinet
Brian Drye - Trombone
Jon Arkin - Drums
Carmen Quill - Bass
$20
Mike McGinnis - reeds
Carmen Staaf - piano
Gui Duvignau - bass
Hamir Atwal - drums
$15
6 pm
Drew Wesely - Prepared Guitar
TJ Borden - Cello
Nick Neuburg - Drums
7 pm
Celine Kang - Guitar
Ivan Chen - Piano
Kayla Kessler - Bass
Josh Mathew - Drums
8 pm
Jeff Miles - Guitar
Anthony Colemann - Piano
Ken Filiano - Bass
Ken Kobayashi - Drums
$20
CMS is celebrating VIO/LA on April 25 & 26 in Brooklyn! A concert will be held on April 25 at 8:30pm at Ibeam Brooklyn, with a workshop the following day on April 26 from 12-2pm; open to all violinists & violists of all ages & musical backgrounds! Tell your fellow fiddles, students, and lovers of violin and viola music!
Featuring:
Jessica Pavone, Charles Burnham, Che Buford, Alex Cunningham, Trina Basu, Jason Kao Hwang, Sana Nagano, Arun Ramamurthy, and Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío Sánchez.
Suggested Donation $20
CMS is celebrating VIO/LA on April 25 & 26 in Brooklyn! A concert will be held on April 25 at 8:30pm at Ibeam Brooklyn, with a workshop the following day on April 26 from 12-2pm; open to all violinists & violists of all ages & musical backgrounds! Tell your fellow fiddles, students, and lovers of violin and viola music!
Featuring:
Jessica Pavone, Charles Burnham, Che Buford, Alex Cunningham, Trina Basu, Jason Kao Hwang, Sana Nagano, Arun Ramamurthy, and Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío Sánchez.
Suggested Donation $20
Vinnie Sperrazza: drums
DoYeon Kim: gayageum
Brandon Seabrook: guitar
$20
David Haney, piano
Daniel Carter, reeds
Adam Lane, bass
Jimmy Bennington, drums
$20
Eleven O’Five - 8 pm
Claire de Brunner - bassoon
Melanie Dyer - viola
Virg Dzurinko - piano
Quintet - 9 pm
Carol Liebowitz - piano
Nick Lyons - alto saxophone
Stephanie Griffin - viola
Ken Filiano - bass
Billy Mintz - drums
Dimensionality Quartet - 10 pm
Ursel Schlicht - piano
Andrea Wolper - vocals
Ken Filiano - bass
Lou Grassi - drums, percussion
Tamara Yadao and Max Kutner - 6 pm
Tamara Yadao - electronics
Max Kutner - bass, guitar
New Sextet - 7 pm
Ras Moshe Burnett - tenor saxophone
Jeff Pearring - alto saxophone
Colin Babcock - trombone
Matthew Putman - piano
Trevor Bajus - dubbelizer
Reggie Sylvester - drums
Stephen Gauci Quartet - 8 pm
Stephen Gauci - tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Shinya Lin - piano
Shogo Yamagishi - bass
Kevin Shea - drums
Stan Zenkov - winds
Ipek Eginli - piano
Nick Neuberg - drums
$10
8 pm
Matt Knoegel - Tenor Sax
Megumi Yonezawa - Piano
Ken Kobayashi - Drums
9 pm - DOT ISO
Vivek Menon - Violin
Dylan DelGiudice - Alto Sax / Guitar
Orchid Mcrae - Drums
$20
Michel Gentile - flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo
Anders Nilsson - guitar
Dave Ambrosio - bass
Dan Kurfirst - percussion
$20
free, folk, and everything and anything else!
Igor Lumpert (saxophone)
Sebastien Ammann (piano)
Nick Jost (bass)
Jeff Willliams (drums)
$15
Satoko Fujii - piano
Natto Maki - bass
Oden - drums
For this trio, formed in 2019, Fujii teams up with two of Japan’s hottest improvisors who are known for their performances with Sadao Watanabe and Terumasa Hino, among others.
$20
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)
Yoon Sun Choi - voice
Andre Matos - guitar
Jeong Lim Yang - bass
$20
This trio discovered their combined magic on a cold, winter morning after the first musical moments began. Jeong Lim Yang on bass, Yoon Sun Choi on voice and Andre Matos on guitar, bring their own special ingredients of sound, improvisatory creativity and generous spirit.
Carol Liebowitz - Piano
Nick Lyons - Alto Saxophone
Ken Filiano - Bass
Vijay Anderson - Drums
$20
Ampelos Trio - 7:30 pm
Ayman Asfour - violin
Gabriel Lavin - oud
John Murchison - bass
Gideon Forbes Quintet - 8:30 pm
Gideon Forbes - saxophone
Bran Choi - trumpet
Evan Main - piano
Mathias Højgaard Jensen - bass
Steven Crammer - drums
6pm
Ryan Siegel - Alto Sax
Robert Mac Vega-Dowda - Trumpet
Evan Palmer - Bass
Jarred Chase - Drums
7 pm
Megumi Yonezawa - Piano
Ken Filiano - Bass
Ken Kobayashi - Drums
8 pm
Yoni Kretzmer - Tenor Sax
Henry Fraser - Bass
Willy Rodriguez - Drums
$20
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
TRIO: DoYeon Kim / Melanie Dyer / Mara Rosenbloom - 7:30 pm
DoYeon Kim - Gayageum
Melanie Dyer - Viola
Mara Rosenbloom - Piano
TRIO: DeBrunner / Richards / Rosenbloom - 8:30 pm
Claire DeBrunner - Bassoon
Cheryl Richards - Voice
Mara Rosenbloom - Piano
$20
Chet Doxas-- woodwinds
Jacob Sacks-- piano
Vinnie Sperrazza-- drums
Special guest MARK HELIAS-- bass
$20
Andrew Rathbun - ten sax
Carmen Staaf - piano
John Hébert - bass
Michel Gentile - flutes
Rob Garcia - drums
$20
Caine/Kurfist/Pearring - 7pm
Jeff Pearring - alto sax
Adam Caine - guitar
Dan Kurfist - drums
Zach Swanson Quartet - 8 pm
Nicole Connelly - trombone
Hans Young Binter - piano
Zach Swanson - bass
Leonid Galaganov - drums
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