High Zero Festival

High Zero is the premier festival of Improvised, Experimental music on the East Coast, being fully devoted to new collaborations between the most inspired improvisors from around the world.

The festival exposes large audiences to this radical music in its pure form. Large-scale public concerts, recording sessions, workshops, and guerilla street performances are all part of the heady mix. The players are carefully selected by the festival's organizers for their intense, unique music, whether it is based around dramatic intensity, humor, specially designed instruments, original approach, raw sound, or nearly superhuman instrumental technique. The resulting collaborations challenge the limits of music and delight by their audacity, expressiveness, immediacy, and innovation. It isn't about stars or established projects; it is about the most uncompromising and stimulating new improvised music we can bring together.

Schedule Of Events:

Solo
Sam Newsome soprano sax with horn preparations

Set 1
Rachel Beetz flute, electronics
Che Davis trombone
Sam Pluta electronics
Luc Vitk accordian, hichiriki, synth, drums
Adam Zanolini bass, flute

Set 2
Obie Feldi computer
Bonnie Lander voice
Tom Leonardson synthesizer

Set 3
Jamal Moore reeds, percussion, electronics
Roman Norfleet voice, reeds, electronics, percussion
The Emperor King Bishop: Solomon Selassie sax, keys, bass, electronics, voice
Adam Zanolini bass, flute

Set 4
Titania Berti violin
Mickey Lusk harp
Patrick McMinn trumpet, electronics
Mary Staubitz objects

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