Summer Break & Upcoming 60th Season….

Thank you to the incredibly supportive audiences who attended our 59th Season and made it unforgettable from start to finish. We are putting the final touches on our 60th Season, and will have a full schedule posted asap! — in the meantime, please make sure you are keeping up to date with us by signing up on our e-mail list here, and are following us on our social media outlets here – Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

More soon! – NMC

2018 dates

Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 – NMC Fundraiser at Tick Tock Tavern

Friday, Sept 21, 2018 (opening concert first night)
Saturday, Sept 22nd, 2018 (opening concert second night)
Friday, November 9, 2018
Saturday, December 1, 2018

2019 dates
January, 2019 (exact date TBA)
February, 2019 (exact date TBA)
March, 2019 (exact date TBA)
April, 2019 (exact date TBA)
May, 2019 (exact date TBA)

The Thing captured by Virginia Harold – part of of our 59th Season of concerts
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Joshua Abrams / Cooper-Moore / Hamid Drake (trio)

Please mark your calendars for New Music Circle’s 59th Season finale concert…

Saturday, May 26th, 2018
7pm doors / 8pm concert

Off Broadway (map)

Cooper-Moore – self-built instruments, percussion, keyboards
Joshua Abrams – guimbri, upright bass
Hamid Drake – drums, percussion

As a composer, performer, instrument builder/designer, storyteller, teacher, mentor, and organizer, Cooper-Moore has been a major, if somewhat behind-the-scenes, catalyst in the world of creative music for over 40 years. As a child prodigy Cooper-Moore played piano in churches near his birthplace in the Piedmont region of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. His performance roots in the realm of avant jazz music date to the NYC Loft Jazz era in the early/mid-70s. His first fully committed jazz group was formed in 1970 – the collective trio Apogee with David S. Ware and drummer Marc Edwards. Sonny Rollins asked them to open for him at the Village Vanguard in 1973. It was not until the early 90s, when William Parker asked him to join his group In Order To Survive, that Cooper-Moore’s pianistic gifts were again regularly featured in the jazz context.  Cooper-Moore’s creative life continues well-strong and unabated into the present day. He was the Lifetime Achievement Honoree at the 22nd iteration of Vision Festival, NYC 2017.

Joshua Abrams is a composer, bassist, and improviser. His early formative musical experiences include performing in a chamber group conducted by Earle Brown, and busking on the streets of Philadelphia as an original member of The Roots. Since the mid-1990s, Abrams has been a key figure in Chicago’s creative music communities and an international touring musician with artists across genres. In 2010, Abrams formed the project Natural Information Society (NIS), a group that creates long-form psychedelic environments that join the hypnotic qualities of the guimbri, a Gnawan lute, to a wide range of contemporary musics and methodologies including jazz, minimalism, and experimental rock.

Abrams has scored numerous feature films, including The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013), and several projects with award-winning director Steve James: the films Abacus: Small Enough To Jail (2017), Life Itself (2014), The Interrupters (2011); and the documentary series America To Me (2018). Abrams’ collaborations with visual artists include projects and exhibitions with Lisa Alvarado, Theaster Gates, and Simon Starling.

Hamid Drake is an American jazz drummer and percussionist, living in Chicago, but spending a great deal of his time touring worldwide. Drake is widely regarded as one of the great percussionists in jazz and improvised music, with a uniquely poetic approach to drumming; he draws from Afro-Cuban, Indian and African percussion instruments and influences. His musical involvements date back to 1974 when he began working with the AACM and felt impelled to explore earlier forms of drumming. He soon began working with several of the greatest innovators in jazz at the time: Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders, and Peter Brötzmann. In live settings he continually takes collaborators to higher rhythmic levels, while at the same time carving out space for his own explorations. For over 30 years he has remained one of the most consistently venturesome and compelling drummers of his time.

 

 

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$3.00 on 3/3/18

POWER IN NUMBERS: On 3/3 donate $3.00 to help New Music Circle achieve our goal of raising $3,000.00 in support of our 60th Anniversary Season.  As many of you already know, NMC is one of the longest running non-profits of its kind,  dedicated to fostering creativity in music and the arts in the St. Louis community.

By one simple click here you can support us with an affordable $3.00 donation (suggested starting amount) on Saturday 3/3! 

DONATE HERE:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=UDA956Q634FJN&currency_code=USD&no_note=1

* While 3/3 is our target date, this fundraiser link will run from Friday 3/2 until Monday 3/5…allowing those of you who might have missed the target date of 3/3 to still help us continue in our mission.

ABOUT NMC:
From cutting-edge music, to artist residencies & workshops, pop-ups, and local collaborations. NMC is dedicated to the creation and performance of improvisational and experimental music since 1959. Our concerts take place all over the St. Louis metro-region, and we continue to support new artistic collaborations and innovations.

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XAVIER HALL (AT SLU) DIRECTIONS

Xavier Hall is located just off Lindell, across (slightly) easy of the Moolah Theatre. Look for a sign that says “QUEENS DAUGHTER HALL“… free parking is available at the Queens Daughter Hall Parking Lot. Street parking on Lindell is also an option.  — see additional info below image — 

* From I-44 and I-64/40 exit at Grand Blvd and go north. Turn left at Lindell Blvd. Turn left into Queen’s Daughters Hall Parking Lot (just after the Spring Ave. stop light)
* Approaching from the west via Forest Park Parkway:  Turn left at Vandeventer Ave. Turn right at Lindell Blvd. Turn right into Queen’s Daughters Hall Parking Lot (just before the Spring Ave. stop light).
* From the parking lot: Walk south along the west side of Xavier Hall toward the front of the building. Enter through the front of the building or through the accessible entry on the west side of the building.
If you need additional directions please reach NMC at #314-477-3146, or Aaron Johnson at SLU at #314-977-5158

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59th Season Opening Concert: Steve Swell Quintet

Saturday, October 7, 2017

7pm doors / 8pm concert – tickets at door or advanced here

The Stage at KDHX
3524 Washington Ave., 63103 (map) – FB event page here

Steve Swell – trombone & compositions
William Parker – upright bass
Chad Taylor – drums
Jemeel Moondoc – saxophones
Dave Burrell – piano

Veteran free-jazz trombonist and composer Steve Swell makes his St. Louis debut, performing with master bassist William Parker, drummer Chad Taylor, saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc, and pianist Dave Burrell. Long associated with New York’s downtown avant-garde scene, Swell began his career in 1975, and since then he has built one of the most expansive and wide-ranging careers in jazz, touring and recording with artists such as Tim Berne and Ken Vandermark. His work as a collaborator and sideman is extensive, and significant partnerships include Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, and John Zorn.

Dave Burrell is known for his solo-piano works as well as his collaborations with Archie Shepp and Pharaoh Sanders,. William Parker is an iconic musician who the Village Voice has called, “The most consistently brilliant free jazz bassist of all time”. In 2013, he received the Doris Duke Performing Arts Award in recognition of his musical impact over the past 40 years. Jemeel Moondoc was a featured soloist for Cecil Taylor. Chad Taylor is a regular collaborator of Marc Ribot and Pharaoh Sanders, and continues his decade-plus role as percussionist in Chicago Underground Duo.

Workshops / Artist Talks by Steve Swell:

* Friday, October 6th – Steve Swell will lead two youth workshops at Lafayette Preparatory Academy (Soulard) – 10am – 12pm
* Friday, October 6th. 4pm – 5pm: Steve Swell Lecture at The Department of Music at Washington University. Event page HERE . (6500 Forsyth Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63105), Music Classroom Building 102. This Event is free and open to the public.

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