19 May 2024

Geoff Heran, Olie Brice & Milo Fell

Olie Brice is a double bassist, improviser and composer. Raised in London and Jerusalem, he now lives by the sea in Hastings.

Milo Fell lived and played in the Manchester for seven years, playing with many local bands and musicians such as John Ellis’ Big Bang, Jon Thorne, Pocket Central, Isthmus and Rare Birds. He also played with some of the best jazz soloists in the UK - Don Weller, Bobby Wellins, Peter King, Alan Barnes and Jean Toussaint.

Sylvia Hallett, Susanna Ferrar, Maggie Nicols & Tracy Lisk

Sylvia Hallett is a multi-instrumentalist and composer. Her work grew out of the London Musicians Collective, where she played in a trio with Lol Coxhill and Susannah Ferrar, and was a regular contributor on NATO records with British Summer Time Ends.

Susanna Ferrar is a violinist with a special interest in site-specific improvisation. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and one of HT Ferrar’s grandchildren. She undertook her Postgraduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies (PCAS) at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand in 2011-12, and, during this time, saw many of the places first visited and named by the men of “Discovery”. She has played her violin in Scott’s hut in Antarctica.

Maggie Nicols joined London’s legendary Spontaneous Music Ensemble in 1968 as a free improvisation vocalist.

She then became active running voice workshops with an involvement in local experimental theatre.

She later joined the group Centipede, led by Keith Tippets and in 1977, with musician/composer Lindsay Cooper, formed the remarkable Feminist Improvising Group.

Tracy Lisk is a percussionist who mainly performs on drum set, based in Philadelphia PA. Lisk’s history as a painter informs the substance of her improvisations which contain references to rhythmic structures while maintaining a fluid, suspended continuity.

Reuben Derrick

Saxophonist, clarinettist, sonic artist and composer Reuben Derrick grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand. His doctoral dissertation ‘Acoustic illuminations: recorded space as soundscape composition’ (2014) draws upon field recording and improvisation.

Mia Zabelka, Charlotte Keeffe & Tracy Lisk

Austrian violinist-vocalist Mia Zabelka is considered to be a leading figure in the international scene of electroacoustic music, known for her innovative and boundary-pushing approach to music, incorporating elements of noise, drone and improvisation into her compositions.

British musician, trumpeter and flugelhorn player Charlotte Keeffe wears her love for free improvisation, jazz and experimental music on her sleeve. Whether performing regularly as a soloist (Sound Brush), or leading a variety of different ensembles, including her Right Here, Right Now Quartet, she carefully carves out spaces for the free movement of ideas and individual expression.

Tracy Lisk is a percussionist who mainly performs on drum set, based in Philadelphia PA. Lisk’s history as a painter informs the substance of her improvisations which contain references to rhythmic structures while maintaining a fluid, suspended continuity.