...by a Chicago-based sextet of seasoned improvisers conducted by Art Lange. This interpretation consistently respects the lifeline (which divides the ensemble orchestrationally – cello and clarinet above, piano and electronics below), numbers (which signify repeated tutti chords), circles (performed exclusively...

...the service of becoming better improvisers and change themselves and their communities 12 in the process. The intentional nature of this cultivation echoes my use of the word “embrace”: improvisers choose contingency as a creative resource. 13 This is a...

...The “musical material” here is radically diffuse, ranging from tuning, to the application of butterflies and feather dusters, to postal service (XVII). The piece could (debatably) be situated within the genre of “Fluxus event scores”, but doing so would be...