Upcoming Concerts

• Friday, March 2, 2012, 7:30 pm
  John Hollenbeck – The Claudia Quintet + 1

  John Hollenbeck – drums
  Theo Bleckmann – vocals
  Drew Gress – bass
  Matt Moran – vibraphone
  Ted Reichman – accordion
  Chris Speed – clarinet & tenor sax

  The 560 Music Center Ballroom
  560 Trinity Ave.
  University City, MO 63130

  

  Formed by composer, drummer, and arranger, John Hollenbeck in 1997, the Claudia Quintet explores the outer perimeters of jazz while always maintaining a good sense of playfulness, employing a range of references from surf rock, to chamber jazz and electronica. These references blend together to form a unique musical synthesis, authoratively navigated by Hollenbeck, himself.

  Over the past decade, both the group’s recorded and ‘live’ outputs have been critically acclaimed in the jazz world, yet have still found appeal with audiences of widely diverse musical taste.

  After receiving degrees in percussion and jazz composition at the Eastman School of Music, Hollenbeck moved to New York City in the early 1990’s and has collaborated with many leading musicians and composers, such as Bob Brookmeyer, Fred Hersch, Tony Malaby, the Village Vanguard Orchestra, Kenny Wheeler, Pablo Ziegler and new music composer, Meredith Monk.

  John Hollenbeck has been nominated for multiple GRAMMY Awards, including one in 2009 for his Large Ensemble and in 2011 for Best Instrumental Composition. He is featured in the March 2012 issue of Downbeat magazine.

  Below is a two-part video of the Claudia Quintet performing Be Happy. Following that is an excerpt from a documentary where Hollenbeck talks about his approach to composition.

• Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 7:30 pm
  Larry Ochs presents KIHNOUA
  Larry Ochs — saxophones and compositions
  Dohee Lee — vocals
  Scott Amendola — drums and electronics
  Trevor Dunn — bass

  KIHNOUA is a term borrowed from ancient Greek that might have meant “the difference;” or for us now: “the unity of opposites.” This is a San Francisco based ensemble formed by Larry Ochs in 2007 to play some new changes. Namely: on the one hand oral traditions, on the other, new-jazz spontaneity. A long-time fan of traditional Korean p’ansori folk-singing and of Korean sinawi improvisation, it is with great pleasure that Larry Ochs presents music that intermingles the very new thoughts, sounds and structures of jazz (or perhaps better said as “Western improvised music”) with influences from very ancient sounds of Korea and from other folk-music/ blues influences of Asia, Africa and the USA.

  Kranzberg Arts Center
  501 N. Grand
  St. Louis, MO 63103

• Saturday, April 7, 2012, 7:30 pm
  Frank Stemper
  Composer Frank Stemper’s 60th Birthday Concert
  The Altgeld Chamber Players with Lucy Shelton, Soprano

  Kranzberg Arts Center
  501 N. Grand
  St. Louis, MO 63103

• Saturday, April 14, 2012, 7:30 pm
  Craig Hultgren – Luna Nova (3)
  Craig Hultgren, cello

  Christ Church Cathedral
  1210 Locust St.
  St. Louis, Mo 63103

• Friday, May 11, 2012, 7:30 pm
  New Music Circle Showcase
  Pre-show ambience provided by DJ Josh Levi

  Olivia Block, computer and live processing
  Joe Raglani / Kevin Harris modular analog collaboration
  Jeremy Kannapell, film
  Pat Boland, percussion

  Joseph Raglani / Kevin Harris collaboration ( Modular Synthesizer )
  Olivia Block ( Electro-Acoustic / Computer )
  Patrick Boland ( Solo percussion – performing Xenakis’ ” Rebonds ” )
  Jeremy Kannapell ( Experimental 8mm film projections w/ live sound )
  +Special co-host / DJ, Josh Levi ( local musician / RFT writer / blogger )

  William A. Kerr Foundation
  21 O’Fallon St.
  St. Louis, MO 63102