Project curator Phil Morton writes
This project has excellent potential to create a space and a place where we can `create something new in a musical sense owned by those present`, where the number of those in the room is higher rather than lower, and the frequency of engagement is regular and frequent.
Geography: Birmingham, being in the Midlands, makes sense, and the Midland Arts Centre, Music Room Two, is a space fit for a purpose: that is, to create music generated by listening.
Then listening fowards, as the projects develops the ensemble will have the option of performing at Centrala, and making connections with other iterations of the Ensemble System 50:50 in Sound in London, the regions and online.
The finances are in place for ten session through to the end of 2026
The players
will be drawn from the experimental and improvised music scene in the UK.
Recent collaborators are; NICK BRANTON, reeds, Liverpool - CHRIS HILL, London - MATHEW GRIGG, Guitar, Bristol - IAN ROBINSON, Sheffield - BECKY LOCKETT, Trombone, East Midlands -MARIA KALNARS. Sheffield - BRUCE COATES, reeds, Birmingham - CHRIS A diversity of sounds, shifting sonic foregrounds led by changing personalities sprinkled with timbral melds,unexpected silences, Melodies and kitchen clatterPARFITT, reeds and more, Bridgend MARTIN HACKETT, Oxford - PHILLIP MORTON, accidents and treatments, Liverpool
At this event expect to hear
A diversity of sounds, shifting sonic foregrounds led by changing personalities sprinkled with timbral melds,unexpected silences, Melodies and kitchen clatter
The music
The ensemble employs System 50:50 in sound during the concert
At this event expect to hear:
A diversity of sounds, shifting sonic foregrounds led by changing personalities sprinkled with timbral melds,unexpected silences, Melodies and kitchen clatter.
For the audience: Be aware this is a public rehearsal and only six audience members can attend
For musicians: if this project interests you , why not attend as a member of the audience and later visit the web page and register your interest after reading the notes
Event web page
https://www.improvisersnetworks.online/events-archive/item/2281-blank-canvas-ensemble-birmingham-27-09-2025
