C o n c e r t s
December 5th 2015
Mill's Performing Group: Music by Lindsay Cooper
8pm
Mills College, Oakland CA
Celebrating the music of the late Lindsay Cooper–feminist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist–with a large ensemble directed by her former bandmates Fred Frith and Zeena Parkins.
Performers
Fred Frith: guitar
Jordan Glenn: drums
Jason Hoopes: bass
Kate McCloughlin: bassoon
Andy Strain: trombone
Steve Adams: soprano sax
Zeena Parkins: harp and piano
Evelyn Davis: piano and keyboards
Rachel Austin: voice
Emily Packard: violin
Kasey Knudsen: alto saxophone
Beth Custer: clarinet
ROVA Saxophone Quartet
December 3rd - 5th 2015
Half the Sky: Lindsay Cooper Tribute Concerts
Thu 3 Dec 2015 Osaka Gantz toi toi toi
Sat 5 Dec 2015 Akihabara GOODMAN
Performers: Yumi Hara (p, harp, vo, from the Artaud Beats) Keiko Komori (cl, b.cl, sax, from Koenji Hyakkei) Yuriko Mokojima (vn, accordion, from SOLA) Miwazou Kogure (ching-dong perc, koto, vo, from Jinta-la-Mvta) Wataru Ohkuma (cl, b,cl, from Jinta-la-Mvta) Mitsuru Nasuno (b, from SOLA) Chris Cutler (d, from the Artaud Beats)
All the band members above played at RIO JAPAN 2014
November, 21 2014
Henry Cow & Others play the music of Lindsay Cooper
19:30 - The Barbican, London
To celebrate the life and work of Lindsay Cooper (1951-2013), four legendary bands are coming together from points halfway across the earth to perform Lindsay’s music as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival in the first of three concerts (scroll down for other dates and venues)
The concert will feature Henry Cow (1968 - 1978, who said they’d never re-form), Lindsay Cooper’s Music for Films(1982- 1986, which does what it says on the label), News From Babel (1984 - 1986, who never performed live), andOh Moscow (1987 -1993, assembled to play the song-cycle of the same name).
Lindsay Cooper, in common with most film composers, was poly-stylistic and no respecter of musical convention; less commonly, she also understood performance dynamics and the chemistry of bands. The concert offers a unique and never-to-be-repeated opportunity to hear some extraordinary repertoire, as well as to catch these four exceptional and now legendary bands.
The confirmed line-up features:
Alfred Harth
Anne-Marie Roelofs
Chris Cutler
Dagmar Krause
Fred Frith
John Greaves
Michel Berckmans from Univers Zero (bassoon)
Phil Minton
Sally Potter
Tim Hodgkinson
Veryan Weston
Zeena Parkins
November, 22 2014
Hudersfield International Music Festival
19:30 - Lawrence Batley Theatre, England
Full Price £22 - Concession £20
November, 23 2014
19:00 - Teatro Diego Fabbri - Forli, Italy