My free improvisation jam for musicians, dancers, performance artists and poets in Liverpool is back again this month.

The Bureau of Unexpected Musical Encounters

Tuesday 18th July
7.30pm until 9pm

It’s upstairs at

The Ship and Mitre

133 Dale St
Liverpool
L2 2JH

Participants names’ who are attending go into a hat and are pulled out and organised into duos and trios, quartets.

All musicians from any musical genres and instruments welcome as well as dancers, performance artists and poets.

Come and join the fun!

Merseyside Improvisors Orchestra play John Zorn’s most famous game piece, Cobra, for a group of Improvisors and a prompter. The composition consists of a series of cues notated on cards and rules corresponding to the cues that direct the musicians what to do. Expect fragments of styles colliding and fragmenting, ambient drone, Improv noise, metal, funk and free jazz. The orchestra will be directed by our friends from The Noise Upstairs, Anton Hunter and Rodrigo Constanzo, two legends of the impro and experimental music scene in Manchester.

Don’t miss it, it’s going to be a good one!

£5 / £3 concessions

An intriguing score where the performers can only play for 50% of the time, with the decision being theirs, when and when not to play.  A piece that will surely focus the orchestra to think about their interventions and possibly lead to uncharted territories?

A contact Improv Dance Jam led by bassist and contact dancer David Leahy with Ged Barry, saxophones, Paloma Carrasco, cello, and Loz Speyer, trumpet. The jam is open to student, amateur or professional dancers. 

I’m playing solo accompanying a contact Improv Dance Jam at the Bluecoat in Liverpool organised by LIC (Liverpool Improvisation Company). Anyone fancy having a look and a listen you’ll be most welcome.

Bluecoat Arts Centre

School Lane

Liverpool L1 3BX

Performance space 2pm til 4pm

Join us for an exciting evening of live sound and dance by international performers. Featuring Liisa Pentti, “one of the key visionaries of the Finnish dance scene” and Paul Pignon, a British Stockholm-based performer, composer and improviser. Performing as 2+ Paul and Liisa explore real-time composition and choreography. with body-worn wireless camera and video projection.
Plus some of the best of Liverpool’s seasoned improvisers; musicians, vocalists and dance artists: Ged Barry, Jo Blowers, Paula Hampson, Phil Hargreaves, Phil Morton, Mary Prestidge and Vicci Riley.
After the performance you can join the artists around the table for supper, a unique opportunity to share thoughts and ideas in an informal setting. Tickets £8/£5 performance £6 supper. Drinks and snacks available from the bar.
Doors open 7pm Performance starts 7.30pm.

17 Love Lane Liverpool, Merseyside L3 7DD United Kingdom.

Quaker Meeting House

22 School Lane

LIverpool L1 3BT

8pm

Entrance £5. Concessions £3

The merry march of MIO continues! This time with a different venue for their monthly concerts, the impressive Quaker Meeting House. Don’t miss a special night of compositions, improvisations and conductions by Merseyside’s best creative musicians.

The Merseyside Improvisers Orchestra, under the direction of Ged Barry, present a wide variety of compositions, improvisations, and everything in between. This program celebrates performer agency and collaborative authorship by showcasing open works of the twentieth century, contemporary compositions by local composers, and directed improvisation. Works included in the programe will be from Christian Wolff, George Lewis and Will Redman.

Another chance to come and join the free improvisation jam in Liverpool!
The Bureau of Unexpected Musical Encounters is back again this month on Tuesday 21st March 7.30pm until 9pm. It’s upstairs at The Ship and Mitre, 133 Dale St, Liverpool L2 2JH. Musicians’ and others’ names who are attending go into a hat and are pulled out and organised into duos and trios, quartets. All musicians from any musical genres and instruments welcome. Also dancers, performance artists and poets will be greeted with open arms. Come and join the fun!