Monktail Creative Music Concern at

The Monktail Creative Music Concern was founded in 1990 by John Seman and Mark Ostrowski, two high school jazz musicians who sought to explore improvisation in jazz and contemporary music. Realizing their "band" never contained the same players besides themselves, the idea of a collaborative project was born and MCMC is the result. After graduating from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Seman moved to Seattle and Ostrowski soon followed from the Berklee School of Music in Boston. By 2000, the pair were abducting performers, artists and other nogoodniks from Seattle’s seedy underbelly toward a revitalized MCMC cause....

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The Monktail Creative Music Concern was founded in 1990 by John Seman and Mark Ostrowski, two high school jazz musicians who sought to explore improvisation in jazz and contemporary music. Realizing their "band" never contained the same players besides themselves, the idea of a collaborative project was born and MCMC is the result. After graduating from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Seman moved to Seattle and Ostrowski soon followed from the Berklee School of Music in Boston. By 2000, the pair were abducting performers, artists and other nogoodniks from Seattle’s seedy underbelly toward a revitalized MCMC cause.

Today Monktail musicians hail from Whidbey Island and Long Island to the UK and beyond. The collective is a meeting place of buskers, gigging musicians, and music educators. It serves as a community voice and outlet for people who are both professional musicians and professionals who are also musicians.

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