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sketchbook series

Tuesdays at Downtown Music Gallery
13 Monroe Street, Manahahthan, Lenapehóking
March 4 | April 1 | May 6
No cost

This is an experiment with
what can be accomplished
with no budget and no advance rehearsal time
but with interested & interesting musicians.
Each sketch floats a different concept.

UPCOMING
Tuesday, March 4, 8:30pm
sketchbook series #8
brassmospheric
Eli Asher, Caylie Davis, Thomas Heberer, Frank London, Jordan McLean – trumpet
Aaron Pond – french horn
Steve Swell – trombone + pocket trumpet
Westbrook Johnson – trombone
patrick brennan – cornet

An idea that started with the beautiful horn sounds on Booker Little’s arrangements for Out Front that of course morphed into something else. Expect some glacial sculpted sound masses and more with superb color & dynamics.

Tuseday, April 1, 6:30pm.,
Sketchbook Series #9
sound circles

Paul Austerlitz – contrabass clarinet
patrick brennan – saxophone
Claire de Brunner – bassoon
On Ka’a Davis, Shu Odumura – guitar
Kevin Nathaniel Hylton – mbira

4 sound circles, 2 completely independent of each other, with 2 flexibly interacting throughout.

Tuseday, May 6
Sketchbook Series #9
sound the word
patrick brennan – saxophone
Bob Holman – poetry
On Ka’a Davis, – guitar
Dafna Naphtali – electyronics & voice

 
PREVIOUS
 
November 19, 2024
sketchbook series #7
low glow / dip breadth
patrick brennan, alto saxophone
Dafna Naphtali, electronics & voice
Sam Newsome, soprano saxophone
 
October 1, 2024
sketchbook series #6
low glow / dip breadth
Iván Beremboim, contra-alto clarinet
patrick brennan, composition & alto saxophone
Claire de Brunner, bassoon 
Nick Gianni, baritone saxophone 
Jessica Lurie, baritone saxophone
Mike Noordzy, contra-alto clarinet
Sara Shoenbeck, bassoon
 
May 7, 2024
sketchbook series #5
tentacalia
Paul Austerlitz, contrabass clarinet
patrick brennan composition + alto saxophone
Claire de Brunner, bassoon
Nick Gianni, bass flute
Thomas Heberer, trumpet
Dafna Naphtali, electronics
Sam Newsome, soprano saxophone
 
April 2, 2024
sketchbook series #4
patrick brennan saxophone
Ken Filiano, contrabass
James Ilgenfritz, contrabass
Michael T.A. Thompson, trap drums
 
March 5, 2024
sketchbook series #3
permeations gumvindaboloo
Paul Austerlitz, bass clarinet
patrick brennan composition + alto saxophone
Haruna Fukazawa, piccolo
Nick Gianni, baritone saxophone
Lloyd Haber, percussion
Thomas Heberer, trumpet
James Paul Nadien, percussion
Warren I. Smith, percussion
Ben Stapp, tuba
Michael T.A. Thompson, percussion
February 6, 2024
sketchbook series #2
string consensus
patrick brennan, saxophone
Charles Burnham, violin
gabby fluke-mogul, violin
Stephanie Griffin, viola
Jason Kao Hwang, viola
David Soldier, violinstring consensus
 
December 5, 2023
sketchbook series #1
low glow / dip breadth
Iván Barenboim,  contra-alto clarinet
patrick brennan, composition + alto saxophone
Claire de Brunner, bassoon
Nick Gianni, bass clarinet
Josh Sinton, baritone saxophone
Yuma Uesaka,  contrabass clarinet