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The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble Live Recording at The Royal Room
Where
The Royal Room
5000 Rainer Ave. S.
Seattle, WA
Map
(206) 906-9920
When
Mon, March 18, 2013
8pm
At Door
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Musicians
Wayne Horvitz
keyboardsSteve Moore
multi-instrumentalistSamantha Boshnack
trumpetGreg Sinibaldi
saxophone, tenorEric Eagle
drumsKate Olsen
saxophoneNaomi Moon Siegel
tromboneAbout
The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble is a 15-20 piece band featuring Seattleโs finest and most innovative improvisers under the direction of composer Wayne Horvitz. The RRCME performs Mr. Horvitzโs compositions in a loosely constructed format which uses a combination of on-the-spot (re)arranging and various other techniques, some of which have come to be known as โconductionโ. Wayne Horvitz first performed in Butch Morrisโs Conduction Ensemble in 1987 at The New School for Social Research in New York City. Twenty four years later, in the summer of 2011, Horvitz began to experiment with his own approach to Conduction while co-leading an experimental big band with composer John Hollenbeck at Cornish College of the Arts. Horvitz added to Morrisโs original Conduction symbols, a series of numbers which correlated to specific motifs derived from the compositions. Upon the opening of The Royal Room, Horvitz took the opportunity to form his own big band to perform his compositions utilizing this approach. ...