Carl Testa Trio this Friday!

Last month's performance of this new trio was absolutely beautiful. Carl's compositions are an elegant combination of swinging jazz, modern chamber music, and creative improvisation. All three musicians are top-notch. Don't miss this performance!

Carl Testa Trio
Creative Jazz and Improvised Music

Bill Carbone - percussion
James Antonucci - woodwinds
Carl Testa - string bass and bass clarinet

Never Endng Books
810 State St.
New Haven, CT
Friday, April 6 at 8:00 p.m
Suggested donation: $5
BYOB

Easter Performance

Come here some music this Easter! This Sunday I will sing the aria "I know that my redeemer liveth" (from Handel's Messiah) at the Easter service of the First Congregational Church of Waterbury. Here's the info:

Easter Service
April 7, 2007
10:00 A.M.
First Congregational Church of Waterbury
222 W. Main St.
Waterbury, CT
Ronald Ebrecht, Organist and Choir Director

Anthony Braxton Sextet +1 at the Iridium this week

My husband Carl plays in Braxton's sextet. They will be playing Thursday through Sunday at the Iridium Jazz Club in NYC this week. This special group of musicians is bringing Braxton's unique and influential music to one of NYC's major jazz venues for the second year in a row. If you're in the area, I strongly encourage you to check it out!

The core members of the group are:
Anthony Braxton, saxophones
Jessica Pavone, viola and violin
Aaron Siegel, percussion
Carl Testa, bass and bass clarinet
Taylor Ho Bynum, cornet
Jay Rosen, tuba.

For this run, fabulous NYC guitarist Mary Halvorson will be joining the group, and there will be different guest musicians each night, including Caley Monohan-Ward, violin, Katie Young, bassoon, Kyle Brenders, saxophone, and Eric Paul, saxonphone.

More info about tickets and Braxton can be found here. The site does not mention that there are two shows each night. I believe they are at 8pm and 10pm. The Iridium also has good food.

Performing Tuesday March 27 in CT

Tomorow night, Carl and I are both appearing in the thesis recital of Wesleyan graduate composition student Kyle Brenders. We're both performing in a large ensemble section, Carl will be in a trio (I think), and I'm doing a duet with Kyle. Kyle has worked really hard to put together a great evening of music, consisting of one really cool piece, "follow line flow line follow".

info:

“Flows and Intensities"
Kyle Brenders: Graduate Recital
8pm, Memorial Chapel
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Multiple formations of Kyle’s large ensemble work, “follow line flow line follow”, a single linear/modular composition performed in various forms by various combos of talented Wesleyan graduate students, undergrads and alumni.

Duo recording with Anthony Braxton

This past Saturday I recorded a 2-CD set with the great Anthony Braxton. They are the first of 12 "Syntactical Ghost Trance" duo CDs that Braxton has planned for us, but these first two may be released separately before we've recorded the rest. This was a really special experience, and I'm still walking on air.