ensemble one + shelley burgon

Fri 07 Mar, 2008, 8pm
Old American Can Factory

Ensemble One plays music utilizing both improvised and predetermined elements. We are continually developing materials, playing systems, and forms that help us work towards the realization of a group language. For this concert at Issue Project Room we will present one piece.

Ann Adachi, flute
Andrew Raffo Dewar, soprano saxophone
Adam Diller, tenor saxophone
Tucker Dulin, trombone
Bryan Eubanks, soprano saxophone
Andrew Lafkas, bass
Maria Mykolenko, violin
Greg Paulus, trumpet
Dave Ruder, clarinets
Kenny Wang, viola
Katerine Young, bassoon

Shelley Burgon lives in Brooklyn and plays harp and computer in the avant-chamber ensemble Ne(x)tworks and the avant-rock band Stars Like Fleas. Her duo with bassist Trevor Dunn recently released a full-length, improvised, live record for Skirl Records titled Baltimore. In September 2007 Stars Like Fleas will release their highly anticipated second album for Talitres titled The Ken Burns Effect. For the 2008-2009 season Shelley will join seven other stellar musicians in a collaboration with the legendary Merce Cunningham Dance Company as part of the Dia: Beacon Events series. Shelley has spent many years improvising in and around New York City and has had the pleasure to play and record with many legendary people associated with the vibrant New York downtown scene. Currently she is working on two records, one of original chamber music and one of new songs in which she will be playing a variety of instruments.