KEVIN DAVIS / ANDREW RAFFO DEWAR @ Roulette

ROULETTE presents
20 Greene St (between Canal and Grand St)
8:30 PM Admission $15 Students $10 MEMBERS FREE
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Thursday, March 22nd
Kevin Davis / Andrew Raffo Dewar

Kevin Davis
Kevin Davis (improviser, composer & cellist) makes work that bares his emotions, challenges his body and forces together structural rigor with the danger of the moment. He also likes quiet. Tonight he presents an evening of solo cello work interested in the synthesis of the compositional/improvisational space. Kevin applies internal logic or structural devices to improvised performances, using indeterminate elements in compositions and working with extended, often timbre-oriented cello techniques. Collaborators range from Arnold Dreyblatt to Mike Pride and influences include the extensive study of architecture and sculpture.

Andrew Raffo Dewar: Premiere of Six Lines of Transformation (2006)
Andrew Raffo Dewar is a composer, improviser, woodwind instrumentalist and ethnomusicologist. He has made music with Steve Lacy, Anthony Braxton, Alvin Lucier, Bill Dixon and Milo Fine and also has a longstanding involvement with Indonesian traditional and experimental music. Dewar's music has been performed by the Flux Quartet (NYC), Sekar Anu (Indonesia), the Koto Phase ensemble (USA/Japan) and the XYZ composer collective (NYC). He has received grants from Arts International and Meet The Composer.

Tonight’s premiere explores the idea of a palimpsest - a reusable, layered recording material. With: Matt Bauder (bass clarinet), Jennifer Caputo (percussion), Andrew Lafkas (contrabass), Jane Rigler (flute), Nate Wooley (trumpet) & Katherine Young (bassoon). www.freemovementarts.com