‘Social virtuosity’, a term coined by legendary vocalist and founder of FIG (Feminist Improvising Group) Maggie Nicols to denote the capacity for effective interpersonal interaction through music making, is what we are focusing on for the three concerts of this 5th season. “FIG, an international free improvising avant-garde jazz and experimental music ensemble formed in London in 1977, was challenging “technological elitism” and fixed notions of “musical competency” and this was often dismissed by male musicians” (Smith, J.D. 2004).

For this concert Maggie Nicols will join composer and oboe player Maureen Wolloshin, a PhD researcher at UCA working on a feminist investigation into the agency of gender and instrument in British Free Improvisation, and whose findings have inspired the theme and curation of the three here.here concerts of 2023. The next concert (26th April 2023) will feature members of the seminal London Improvisation Workshop and Eddie Prevost (founder of AMM fame), showcasing some of the unique improvising group strategies developed over the twenty-two years of the workshop existence. The works chosen for this programme explore individual vs collective agency between soloist and ensemble, as well as sonic intimacy in notated or text compositions and free or structured improvisation.

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Presented by IKLECTIK.

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here.here | Social Virtuosity with Maggie Nicols & Maureen Wolloshin

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