Stet Lab is, and has been for some time, on indefinite hiatus. [More info…]
…a celebration of the practice of improvisation in all its diversity, complexity and, perhaps, contradictions
Stet Lab returns on Monday, October 11, 2010, upstairs @ The Roundy, Castle Street, Cork, Ireland. More info to follow. [Details…]
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I’ve updated the Stet Lab site to ‘Thelonious’. This should be a relatively painless (and largely invisible) update, but please let me know of any difficulties, bugs, etc.
We’re taking a short break for the summer, but Stet Lab will return in October 2010!
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Audio recordings of the June 2010 Stet Lab are now online.
Marian Murray, Alexander Hawkins, Paul Dowling and Tony O’Connor (photo: © 2010 Julia Healy)
Big, big thanks to guest artist Alexander Hawkins for taking time out of his busy schedule to join the Lab; for his generosity and his musicality. I can’t think of a better improviser with whom to close the season.
Thanks also to the double basses of The Real-Time Company (for the Ad-Hoc Association) Of… (Paul Dowling and Tony O’Connor), and to all who performed (Andrea Bonino, Juniper Hill, Marian Murray, Han-earl Park and Kevin Terry). We gratefully acknowledges the support of the UCC School of Music and the Basement Project Space in making the June 2010 event possible. Thank again to Veronica Tadman for work behind the scenes, and to photographer Julia Healy [see the photographs (new window)…].
And as always, thanks to all who came to listen, and to all who supported the Lab during the 2009–2010 season. See you in October!
As with all the recordings since December 2008, this month’s recordings are covered under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. [More info…]
Stet Lab takes place this coming Tuesday (June 15, 2010) at the Ó Riada Hall, UCC Music Building, Sundays Well, Cork, Ireland at 7:15pm (doors: 7:00pm). We’re privileged (and very excited) to close the 2009-2010 season of events with the Irish debut of the phenomenal pianist Alexander Hawkins. [Details…]
And as if that’s not enough, we’ve got one of the most unusual manifestations of The Real-Time Company (for the Ad-Hoc Association) Of… with Paul Dowling (bass guitar) and Tony O’Connor (bass guitar).
Come along, witness the compelling real-time collisions, and help make the 2009-2010 season go out with a bang, fizz, clang, buzz, bloop and bleep!
…And, in the meantime, here’s a clip of Alex Hawkins with Tony Marsh:
Stet Lab gratefully acknowledges the support of the UCC School of Music and the Basement Project Space for this month’s event.
Featuring Alexander Hawkins, the final Stet Lab before the summer break will take place at 7:15pm (doors: 7:00pm) on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, Ó Riada Hall, UCC Music Building, Sundays Well, Cork, Ireland [map…]. Please note the earlier start time and change of venue. Up-to-date details…
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
7:15 pm (doors: 7:00 pm)
Ó Riada Hall [map…]
UCC Music Building
Sundays Well
Cork, Ireland
€10 (€5)
Featuring the leading English pianist and improviser Alexander Hawkins, the final Stet Lab event of the 2009-2010 season will take place at 7:15 pm on Tuesday 15 June 2010 at the Ó Riada Hall, UCC Music Building, Sundays Well, Cork, Ireland.
Recently heard performing with the legendary Sonny Simmons, and with the pioneering Joe McPhee, Alexander Hawkins has been dubbed “one of the brightest rising young stars of British jazz and improvisation” by John Eyles (All About Jazz). This appearance at Stet Lab marks his Irish debut.
Hawkins is a powerful and inventive performer best know as a member of the transatlantic Convergence Quartet (with Dominic Lash, Taylor Ho Bynum and Harris Eisenstadt), and his own 6-piece Ensemble (featuring Orphy Robinson, Otto Fischer, Hannah Marshall, Lash and Javier Carmona). In the British improvised music scene Hawkins is the most sought after pianist of his generation, as sideman he has worked in Evan Parker’s trio and quartet, and he has performed with jazz and improvised music luminaries including Louis Moholo-Moholo, Lol Coxhill, John Butcher, Mark Sanders, Steve Williamson, Tom Arthurs, John Russell, Pat Thomas and Eddie Prévost.
Also performing at the event will be Stet Lab regulars including Kevin Terry, Susan Geaney, Marian Murray and Han-earl Park.
Opening the event will be Stet Lab’s resident ensemble The Real-Time Company (for the Ad-Hoc Association) of… led by Cork-based improviser and bass player Tony O’Connor.
The event will begin at 7:15 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm) and entry is €10 (€5).
Stet Lab gratefully acknowledges the support of the UCC School of Music and the Basement Project Space for this month’s event.
Not strictly speaking a Stet Lab event (see note below), but the musical automaton and machine improviser io 0.0.1 beta++ will be performing with Stet Lab founder/curator Han-earl Park (guitar) and past guest artists Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder (saxophones) at Blackrock Castle Observatory (Cork, Ireland) on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. [Details…]
note: I’m plugging the performance here because Franziska’s appearance at the Lab in November ’08, and Bruce’s in December ’08 and in May ’09 rode on the back of this project.
Featuring the pianist, improviser and band-leader Alex Hawkins, a very, very special Stet Lab will take place on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, Ó Riada Hall, UCC Music Building, Sundays Well, Cork, Ireland. Please note the new venue and earlier start time of 7:15pm! [Details…]
This will be the final Lab before we break for summer (we’ll return in October). Help us go out with a beep and a crash!
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Stet Lab takes place tomorrow evening (Monday, May 10, 2010), upstairs @ The Roundy. The event will feature vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and ethnomusicologist Juniper Hill with an ensemble of shape note singers. [Details…]
Also performing will be The Real-Time Company (for the Ad-Hoc Association) Of… Philip Guiton (guitar), Marian Murray (violin), Claudia Schwab (violin) and Kevin Terry (guitar).
This should be very special. Hope to see y’all there!