Garrett Wingfield’s Octopod, Isaura String Quartet, & Petrichor

May 2, 2019
8:00 pm
Art Share L.A.

Equal Sound’s First Thursdays series at Art Share continues with a night of wild improvisation. Saxophonist Garrett Wingfield’s The Octopod is an eight piece band existing at the intersection of free jazz, contemporary classical music, and the big band tradition. The Isaura String Quartet, known for their collaborative work with some of LA’s most vital composers and rock bands bring a program of music by Scott Worthington, Gloria Coates, and John Eagle. Petrichor opens the show a Rennaisance-inspired set featuring motets by Caterina Assandra nested within group improvisation.

2019 05 02 PETRICHOR

Program

PETRICHOR Improvisations on motets by Caterina Assandra

SCOTT WORTHINGTON The Landscape Listens
GLORA COATES String Quartet No. 8, Mvt. II
JOHN EAGLE parallel lines (do not intersect)

THE OCTOPOD

Artists

The Octopod

The Octopod is an eight-legged sound creature consisting of five horns, piano, drums and bass. It is described to be “...as much Ellington as it is Berio, as much Ornette as it is Zappa...” (Nextbop), and “...Stan Kenton meets Charles Mingus meets Ornette Coleman.” (Free Jazz Blog). Led by composer and saxophonist Garrett Wingfield, it is “...a chimera of experimental jazz: equal parts punk, improv and classical composition.” (The Dentonite)

garrettwingfield.com/octopod

Isaura String Quartet

The Isaura String Quartet is a LA-based ensemble dedicated to the promotion of contemporary chamber music through live performance, workshops, and collaborative projects with composers and interdisciplinary artists. ISQ has worked with composers including David T. Little, Anne LeBaron, Gloria Coates, Ulrich Krieger, Kitty Brazelton, Sean Griffin, and Charles Gaines. Recent projects include the West Coast premiere of John Kennedy's chamber cantata One Body at Boston Court, the two-part Machines & Strings concert series at REDCAT and CalArts, a workshop performance of Artaud in the Black Lodge with Beth Morrison Productions at REDCAT's NOW Festival, and the world premiere of Gloria Coates' chamber opera Stolen Identity. ISQ is featured on Refractions, Daniel Corral’s concert-length work for string quartet, processed music box, and guitar, released in 2017 on Populist Records. ISQ also has a forthcoming recording of Up-Tight II, Ulrich Krieger's rock-inspired experimental string quartet.

In addition to ISQ’s work in new music, they are the house band for Emo Nite LA under the alias String String Quartet and have performed with artists including the All-American Rejects and Demi Lovato. They have also performed and recorded for artists such as Baths, Emily Wells, Man Man, and Jherek Bischoff.

isaurastringquartet.com/

Petrichor

Petrichor is an experimental electroacoustic trio of oboist Breana Gilcher, guitarist Alkis Nicolaides, and bassist Miller Wrenn. Their performances explore the intersections of diverse musical logics and traditions, ranging from Baroque repertoire and free jazz to avant-garde chamber and noise musics, through unbridled improvisation and original compositions. Firmly positioned between the traditional collaborative models of chamber ensemble and jazz trio, Petrichor seeks to develop a new creative archetype for a 21st-century ensemble — moving fluidly through a musical world devoid of boundaries.

breanagilcher.com/petrichor