Both performances are free and open to the public. Machleder is now an instructor of guitar at Houghton College, Lee a doctoral student in composition at Cornell University, and Conzetti is completing a master's degree in percussion at Eastman. Silberman and Machleder performed at Oberlin last November under the auspices of the Improvisation Concert Series. These long-time friendships help in the musical communication. As our personalities come together onstage, we tend to come together musically.
Improvisation involves a great deal of listening and responding to the other musicians on stage.
Members of the Contemporary Improvisation Workshop will present a concert highlighting improvised music performed by the 11-member workshop ensemble, and by smaller chamber groups of workshop participants. The Workshop ensemble includes a vocalist and performers on the saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, electric and acoustic bass, and keyboards. Some pieces will be easy to listen to, others so. We vary the program so that it's quite different and unpredictable each time. And there's always an interesting interaction among musicians.