Kaleb Kirby / JoAnn McNeil (solo sets)

Kaleb Kirby

Kaleb Kirby is an expressive, dynamic, and innovative musician currently operating in St. Louis, MO. He studied music at Berklee College of Music and UMSL focusing on composition and obtaining a degree in jazz performance on the drumset. Since then he has worked and operated in STL and other cities focusing on writing and performing original music. Kaleb’s principal focus is writing and performing music but he also spends a large amount of his time teaching music and coaching music ensembles for JazzSTL. Kaleb has released 5 albums of music to date and each one explores a new compositional venture. His experimental and exploratory way of writing continuously evolves and evokes a constant state of interest for listeners. He has been recognized by multiple publications for his abilities as a sideman but also as a band leader.

JoAnn McNeil

JoAnn McNeil is an electronic musician and multidisciplinary artist based in St. Louis, Missouri. Over the past 5 years she has actively been involved in live music performance and collaborations, photography/design, as well as local concert curation/booking. During a solo concert performance, McNeil will harness a few simple electronic and digital devices to their fullest capacity, creating electronic sound that is simultaneously ambient yet turbulent, recalling the explorations of Iannis Xenakis’s early computer music works, and the long-form soundscapes of Suzanne Ciani’s synthesizer compositions.

Throughout 2018/2019, McNeil was an active coordinator of various live events at Flood Plain Gallery on Cherokee Street, where experimental concerts took place weekly and often presented international touring artists.

Her live performance for this online event was documented at William A. Kerr Foundation in the basement’s defunct water tunnels.

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