Conversations with composers and other musicians working in the vibrant new music community of New York City and beyond. Episodes are curated by and often feature members of TAK, an ambitious ensemble that “impresses with the organicity of their sound, their dynamism and virtuosity — and, well, just a dash of IDGAF as they slay the thorniest material like it’s nothing” (WQXR).
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On RenzlerRewind, hosted by Skyler Irvine, we take a look back on movies and shows that are worth (AT LEAST) a second watch! Skyler will be joined by various guests of various backgrounds to discuss movies, shows and sitcoms from all eras. Do you have a favorite movie or show you want to discuss? Email RenzlerRewind@RenzlerMedia.com and check out our other shows on Renzler1.com
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Welcome to the Sunday Night Podcast! With Hazrat, Khairul and Maxim podcast, where we talk about everything in a casual way as possible. Stay tune for the best ever
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The ‘Mitti Pao’ podcast is at its very core, a gupshup session over a cup of chai. Hosted by two Punjabis, or if you prefer the neologisms, an Indian and a Pakistani, it is an attempt to talk about life and its absurdity on both sides of the Radcliffe line. Here, we take a dig at the very serious analysis that serious analysts do in serious places like newspapers, television and conferences. Our aim here is not to ‘shed light’, nor do we think ourselves capable of doing so. Rather, in the sp ...
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Madison and Marina speak with composer, performer, and TAK 2024 season collaborator, Zeynep Toraman. Their conversation goes deep into the nature and motivations of artistic practice, literature, identity, and much more. TAK will be premiering Zeynep's piece "Veils" on December 3rd, 7:30pm at the Dimenna Center in NYC, alongside works by Eric Wubbe…
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Charlotte and Laura speak with sound artist, composer and performer Seth Cluett about his new works for TAK, 'irreversible histories of disturbance' and 'the reformation of assemblages.' The conversation includes thoughts about making music at the pace of nature, alternative notation systems, and custom-made instruments. We will premiere these work…
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A very special announcement from TAK Ensemble.Oleh TAK Editions Podcast
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Charlotte and Madison speak with poet, playwright, educator, actor, producer, and director Modesto "Flako" Jimenez about his site-specific theatre work originally inspired by his Bushwick neighborhood, Taxilandia, and multidisciplinary theatrical work Mercedes.for more about ¡Oye! Group: https://www.oyegroup.org/About Flako: https://www.flakojimene…
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040. Kurt Rohde And Marie Lorenz
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On this episode, Charlotte speaks with composer and performer Kurt Rohde and visual artist Marie Lorenz about the site-specific opera Newtown Odyssey, written for and about NYC's Newtown Creek. for more about the opera: https://www.newtownodyssey.com/About Kurt Rohde: https://www.kurtrohde.com/About Marie Lorenz: http://www.marielorenz.com/Support …
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On this episode, Charlotte speaks with composer and performer Kamala Sankaram about her recent site-specific works. 'The Buried Brook' is a soundwalk that follows the currently buried Tibbets Brook in the Bronx, and 'The Last Stand' is an experimental opera and sound installation for trees.About Kamala Sankaram: https://www.kamalasankaram.com/Hear …
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On this episode, Charlotte and Laura speak with Bryan Jacobs in advance of TAK’s premiere of his piece ‘Organic Synthesis Volume 2’ on Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. To hear more of Bryan’s music, go to https://soundcloud.com/bryanjacobs-1Please contribute to TAK’s year-end fundraiser at http://takensemble.com/supportOur upcoming concert, Machine Tongue, f…
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On this episode, Marina speaks with the members of sinonó, who will be joining us in concert this Saturday Oct. 7 at the Dimenna Center in New York City. sinonó is a brief submergence, a string of choices, a container for the communion of rigor and failure. This NYC-based trio, featuring Isabel Crespo Pardo (voice), Lester St. Louis (cello), and He…
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Marina and Charlotte speak with Phong Tran about growing up on the internet, collaboration and simulation theory. Phong opened SWOONFEST, our tenth anniversary festival, one month ago today with a set of brand new original music created live on analog and modular synthesizers. The music from this episode is from Phong’s album The Computer Room, hea…
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This week, Madison and Marina speak with Michelle Lou. TAK will be premiering Michelle's new work "In a Forest" on night 2 of SWOONFEST, May 5 + 6 at The Clemente on Manhattan's Lower East Side. For more information and to reserve your tickets, visit www.takensemble.com/swoonfestThe music from this episode is a live recording of Michelle's piece "D…
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This week on the podcast, Madison and Ellery interview Rodnie King and Riot Dent of Sour Spirit, a chaos noise rock duo based in Philadelphia. Sour Spirit will close out night 2 of SwoonFest, TAK’s festival celebrating our 10th anniversary, May 5th and 6th at The Clemente in NYC. For tickets, visit www.takensemble.com/swoonfest – if you get your ti…
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On this episode composer and performer Natacha Diels speaks with Ellery and Charlotte about electronics, collaboration, friendship, AI, fun and high stakes.Natacha will play her solo set Somewhere Beautiful (with assistance from TAK) on SWOONFEST, celebrating TAK’s tenth anniversary, happening May 5 and 6 at The Clemente Center!Buy tickets and lear…
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On this episode, Chris Williams speaks with Marina and Madison about time travel, the ethics of collaborating with the dead, and the spirituality of building a practice of breathing as a wind player. Chris will perform a solo set at SWOONFEST, a festival celebrating TAK’s tenth anniversary, happening May 5 and 6 at The Clemente Center. Buy tickets …
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On this episode, gabby fluke-mogul speaks with Laura and Charlotte about their work as an improviser, and how it relates to embodiment, infinite matrices of time and space, form, feeling, and boundaries. gabby will play in a trio with Tcheser Holmes and Mara Rosenbloom on SWOONFEST, a festival celebrating TAK’s tenth anniversary, happening May 5 an…
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30. hope lies fallow with Keir GoGwilt and Johnny Chang
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In this episode, Madison speaks with Johnny Chang and Keir GoGwilt about their album ‘hope lies fallow’, which was released on Another Timbre. The conversation encompasses their recompositions of Orlando di Lasso and Hildegard von Bingen, the sociological resonances of chamber music, instant ramen as a metaphor for art making, amidst much more.hear…
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029. Lizard Tongue with Nina Dante and Bethany Younge
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“My belief is that music was sort of a mediation between humanity and the wild world; a way of speaking back to the world that speaks so many languages.”In this week’s episode, Charlotte and Laura speak with Nina Dante and Bethany Younge about their album Lizard Tongue, released a year ago on TAK Editions. We talk about intimacy with collaborators,…
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“It is the act of people being together, and finding that space together that I find most fascinating, and it’s the most difficult thing, I feel like I’m still learning how to do that and will be trying to do that for the rest of my life”.In this week’s episode, Marina and Madison speak with Catherine Lamb about her extensive practice of composing …
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Charlotte and Laura speak with Eric Wubbels about the piece he's writing for TAK, titled 'Interbeing'. They talk about making music that responds on a deep level to what's going on in the world, about how debating with friends helps you to forge your own creative voice, how food relates to music, and many other things. We're giving the first public…
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026. Announcing: Love, Crystal and Stone
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Announcing TAK's newest release, Love Crystal and Stone! Ashkan Behzadi’s composition stretches musical lyricism to its limit, imagining an impossibly radical, revolutionary folk music that pushes the individual and collective virtuosity of TAK ensemble to new heights. This concert length work is a sensual, intricately interwoven, and deeply philos…
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In this week's episode, Marina and Madison interview Weston Olencki about his upcoming album "Old Time Music," coming out this spring on Tripticks Tapes. They also talk about Weston's relationship to country music, AI and machine learning, and more. The music on today's episode is from "Old Time Music," as well as Weston's piece "Virtual Chamber Mu…
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In this episode, we’re continuing a series of episodes focused on tuning practices, in celebration of Star Maker Fragment’s first birthday! Today, Marina and Taylor speak with musicologist Jatin Mohan. Jatin is a Fulbright Scholar from New Delhi, India, studying at the CUNY Graduate Center. His research focuses on comparing tuning practices in Hind…
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EP 11: 'Bogeymen or Props' - UP Elections, Muslims, and Islamophobia
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Comprising over 200 million people, Uttar Pradesh (or UP) holds a decisive influence over Indian politics. In the 2017 state elections, the Hindu-nationalist came to power with a thumping majority, largely due to a campaign based on promises of development and 'keeping the Muslims in check'. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Abdullah Khan, a politica…
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On this episode we’re celebrating Star Maker Fragment’s birthday with vocalist and composer Jeffrey Gavett! A founding member of Loadbang and Ekmeles, and longtime collaborator of Taylor Brook, Jeff joins Taylor and Charlotte to talk about microtonal music, collaboration and digital nonsense. Star Maker Fragments:https://takensemble.bandcamp.com/al…
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022. Laura Cocks' Field Anatomies
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On this episode we celebrate the release of ‘field anatomies,’ a collection of blisteringly physical works for flutes and electronics, featuring flutist and fearless leader of TAK, Laura Cocks. Laura and Charlotte Mundy speak with the composers featured on the album– David Bird, Bethany Younge, Jessie Cox, DMR and Joan Arnau Pamies–about space, tim…
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EP 10: Cricket and Discrimination (Captain Russell ko Africa Kyun Bheja?)
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In this episode, we peel apart the layers of the gentleman's game and talk about the role played by caste, race, and religion in cricket. We start with Azeem Rafiq's testimony in England, and then move on to the subcontinent, where we answer the most important question of all - In the film Lagaan, Why was Captain Russell sent to Africa?…
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Rebroadcast: Episode .019 with Julien Malaussena
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We're rebroadcasting this episode in preparation for the TAK ensemble music video drop of "8 minutes after boiling" by Julien Malaussena. Check it out on Sunday, October 31st at 4pm (or any time thereafter) at the following link:https://youtu.be/OO6qJKWsckY***Julien Malaussena considers his compositional prism to be sound energy–not timbre nor time…
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Episode 9: Killing & Buying the Messenger (India Edition): An Interview With Dr. Swati Maheshwari
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How does the media suffocate freedom of press, and what role does the government play? In this episode, we discuss these matters with Dr. Swati Maheshwari, a Media Studies researcher based in Singapore. She completed her PhD from the Hong Kong Baptist University investigating the relationship between journalism and the ruling elite in the Indian co…
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Episode 8: Listening to Afghanistan - An Interview With Sahar Saba
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In this episode, we talk to the Afghan activist Sahar Saba about the situation in Afghanistan, its impact on the population (especially women and minorities) and finally, how *not* to talk about Afghanistan. Hence, we eschew all talk of lashkhars this and networks that dominate mainstream coverage of the country. Completely subverting the point of …
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Episode 7: Qissa-e Aam (Part 2) - Mirza Se Mao Tak!
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In this episode, we discuss mangoes in the modern era, beginning from Ghalib's donkeys, Mao's gift of mangoes, and how democracy was restored in Pakistan, thanks to a case full of mangoes. Executive Producer: Natallia Khaniejo
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Episode 6: Qissa-e Aam - or How I learned to stop worrying and enjoy the mango - Part 1
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In this two-episode series, we discuss all things mango, and how it has affected both our past and the present. In the first part we look at the history of the mango in the subcontinent, and how it is the Forrest Gump of fruits - present wherever the action is. Executive Producer: Natallia Khaniejo
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Episode 5: Silencing, Harassing, and Doxxing the Messenger - Part 1: An Interview with Tahir Imran Mian
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In the first episode of this series, we interview the renowned Pakistani journalist Tahir Imran Mian on various problems faced by journalists in Pakistan, ranging from press freedom to cyber bullying and the mental toll it takes on them (and their families). Tahir Imran Mian is an award winning investigative journalist & was previously the Social M…
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Episode 4: Vikas ki Bakwaas: What South Asia Gets Wrong About the Environment - Part 2
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In this episode, we interview Siddharth Singh, author of 'The Great Smog of India' (link below), a book on India's ongoing air pollution and environmental crisis. Apart from shedding light on the flaws of our so-called 'vikas', i.e. the developmental model, Sid tells us the real reason why you should care about the environment and air pollution - y…
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Episode 3: Taraqqi kee tareeki: What South Asia Gets Wrong About The Environment - Part 1
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As the world celebrates World Environment Day, we take a closer look at how Pakistan subverts the environmentalist paradigm with climate change expert Fatima Yamin. We learn why environmental conservation is so poorly misunderstood and badly managed in favor of our aspirations towards development (taraqqi) for betterment (Khushhaali), when in reali…
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Episode 2: Despising Shylock, Envying Sharon
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During the current Israel-Palestine crisis, support for the Palestinians in Pakistan ranged from legitimate criticism of the Israeli state to crude anti-semitic tropes. On the other side of the border, while many called for reconciliation and peace, a majoritarian political ideology envies Israel, casting it as an ideal for how India should act, es…
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Episode 1: Viruses: Biological and Political
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In the first episode of the Mitti Pao podcast, we take a look at the politics around the second wave of coronavirus in India and the rise of the Tehreek-e Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) movement. While these may seem worlds apart, they ultimately share the same core - states unable and unwilling to ride the majoritarian and anti-rational tigers they fed. S…
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This week, we’re hearing from Diana Marcela Rodriguez, aka DM R, and James Diaz. They’ll give us a preview of a roundtable discussion they had with Jose Martinez from their group C3, the Columbian Composers Collective, alongside violinist Natalie Calma. This summer, we’ll air their full conversation as an audio episode in Spanish, alongside a video…
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Today's episode is a playlist of music we love.0:48 CIHUANAHUALLI: Tlacualo (devorado / devoured) by Carmina Escobar7:05 Delirious Delicacies by Nick Dunston12:03 Pequeño tótem by Wilfrido Terrazas18:20 and Dorothy never looked back by Patrick Shiroishi and Dylan Fujioka25:41 7 fish in a desert byElena Rykova and Etienne Nillesen32:21 for trumpet b…
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Julien Malaussena considers his compositional prism to be sound energy–not timbre nor time; not dynamics, pitch, nor the sound space, but rather this element straddling all of these, one less palpable, less quantifiable. He has been particularly influenced by the teaching of Chaya Czernowin and Pierluigi Billone. He also had master classes with Bri…
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Charlotte Mundy is a vocalist who specializes in music that is new, daring and sublime. She has been called a "daredevil with an unbreakable spine" (SF Classical Voice). Recent performances include George Benjamin’s one-act opera Into the Little Hill at the 92nd Street Y and a set of music for voice and electronics presented by New York Festival of…
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017. Jessie Cox and Isaac Jean-François
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This week, Isaac Jean-François interviews Jessie Cox about his TV series, "Space Travel from Home."About Jessie:“...some of the most experimental music of not just the day but the season... held a listener’s attention with surprises and delights aplenty.“ — LA TimesJessie Cox is a composer, drummer, and scholar, currently in pursuit of his Doctorat…
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016. Star Maker with Taylor Brook, Lara Lewison, and Brad Garton
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In this week's episode, Brad Garton interviews composer Taylor Brook and multi-media artist Lara Lewison about Star Maker Fragments, the new album from TAK Ensemble, out 3/3/2021.Lara Lewison creates audiovisual art for the web and for live performance, with a focus in networking, language, and creating live works that are dependent on exchanges be…
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015. Brandon Lopez and Gerald Cleaver
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Brandon Lopez is a bassist/improviser/composer who works at the intersection of jazz, free improvisation, noise and new music. He has been an artist-in-residence at Roulette and Issue Project Room, performed as a soloist with the NYPhilharmonic and in ensembles with Fred Moten, Okkyung Lee, Ingrid Laubrock, Tyshawn Sorey and Gerald Cleaver, who is …
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014. Bethany Younge and Merche Blasco
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Bethany Younge’s acoustic and electronic music explores the manifold kinesthetic properties of musical performance. For her, the act of music-making cannot be divorced from the physical presence of the human instigator. Her works often incorporate instrumental deconstruction, exaggerated movement, motion tracking, sounding costumes, and/or other ae…
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013. Ashkan Behzadi, Saharnaz Samaeinejad, and Alan Woods
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This week on the podcast, Ashkan Behzadi and Saharnaz Samaeinejad interview Marxist political theorist Alan Woods about art and socialism. Alan Woods was born in 1944 in Swansea, South Wales, into a working-class family with strong Communist traditions. At the age of 16 he joined the Labour Party Young Socialists and became a Marxist. He studied Ph…
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012. Devon Osamu Tipp and Chatori Shimizu
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Shaped by sonic sensitivity from a young age, Pittsburgh based composer/performer/artist Devon Osamu Tipp creates unorthodox musical environments from ostensibly incompatible realms. Tipp’s music draws influence from his Japanese and Eastern European roots, his experiences as a jeweler and painter, improvisations with plants, and his studies of gag…
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011. Hannah Kendall and Elaine Mitchener
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Hannah Kendall is a composer whose work has been described as ‘…intricately and skillfully wrought’ by The Sunday Times. Her music has attracted the attentions of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers, Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, with performances at the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, The Royal Op…
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Heads Up! TAK Editions Podcast is Back!
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This is a friendly lil teaser for some upcoming episodes of the TAK Editions Podcast! Every Tuesday for the next five weeks will feature conversations between a recent TAK collaborator and a guest of their choosing. We are so grateful to all of our guests for contributing their time and thoughts to the podcast, and super excited to share their bril…
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Marina Kifferstein is a violinist, composer, and a founding member of TAK ensemble and The Rhythm Method string quartet. She also performs regularly Talea, Wet Ink, and the International Contemporary Ensemble, and is a co-administrator of the Open Improvisations concert series. As a composer her work has been performed across the U.S. and Europe. M…
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Madison Greenstone is a clarinetist currently based between San Diego and New York City. Her creative practice encompasses contemporary & experimental music, improvisation, noise & acoustic feedback, and band-like collaborations with other creative performers. She has performed as a featured artist of the Darmstadt Ferienkurse für Neue Musik and th…
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