Sarah Manning (saxophone), Magdalena Abrego (electric guitar), Kirin McElwain (cello, electronics)

Jul 05, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Easthampton Media, 116 Pleasant St Suite 102, Easthampton, MA 01027, USA

Magdalena Abrego

Magdalena Abrego is a guitarist, composer, and teaching artist based in Hudson, New York.

Influenced by free jazz and punk, Magdalena’s approach to her instrument playfully confronts tradition and embraces queer experimentalism. Her compositions have been described as an “unpredictable musical journey” (Boston Hassle), both “blissful and beautifully erratic” (Boston Compass), and NPR Music called her guitar tone “wooden, ancient and thick with mystic fuzz.”

Magdalena presently serves as a faculty member in the Contemporary Musical Arts program at the New England Conservatory. Her expertise has garnered invitations to deliver guest lectures and provide guidance to ensembles at esteemed music institutions across the United States, including Berklee College of Music and Dartmouth College.

Magdalena maintains an active performance schedule, spanning North America and Europe, performing at venues such as Jordan Hall, Roulette Intermedium, Bimhuis, and the Banff Centre for the Arts.

Kirin McElwain

Kirin McElwain is a cellist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer working in the realms of improvised, experimental, and contemporary music.

Trained as a classical cellist, Kirin is equally at home in concert halls, recording studios, and DIY venues. As a cellist, she has performed on various film and television scores (HBO, Gimlet Media, PBS, NPR Music, Amazon Prime, YouTube Music), contemporary artists (Post Malone, Ioanna Gika, This Will Destroy You), contemporary dance concerts (Claudia Schreier Company, Harlem Dance Theater, Triskelion Arts), mixed media installations (the MET, James Cohan Gallery, Neue Galerie), and traditional classical and contemporary classical concerts (Carnegie Hall, National Sawdust, Kimmel Center).

In May of 2023, Kirin completed a residency at Elektron Musikstudion (Stockholm, SE) working with the halldorophone and Buchla 200 system to generate new material for a future solo release.https://www.jazzshares.org/events/manning-abrego-mcelwain

CRS is delighted to present M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians)’ Winter Solstice 2021 Cohort member Jessica Ackerley (guitar) with Sarah Manning (saxophone) and Alma Laprida (tromba marina) on June 18, 2023 at 5pm in the award-winning White Room at CRS. An audience Q&A will take place following the concert.

This trio’s music is mostly centered around improvisation with a melding of modern jazz and ambient music. But the ensemble is highly unique with the addition of the string instrument tromba marina, especially in this context because it was originally an instrument for Rennaissance music.

Tickets are $20 general admission and $10 for students and are available in advance on eventbrite.com. If not sold out, tickets will also be available at the door for cash only. Some seating may be on blankets on the floor. 

The concert will take place in the award-winning White Room at CRS. Please note that the venue is accessible only via a flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible. Proof of vaccination is not required but the wearing of masks is encouraged.

The White Room at CRS is located between 12th & 13th streets, above Think Coffee, in Manhattan. The nearest subway station is 14th St / Union Square (4/5/6, N/R/Q/W, L).

Sarah Manning: alto sax
On Davis: guitar
Hilliard Greene: bass
William Hooker: drums

A body of uninterrupted work beginning in the mid-seventies defines William Hooker as one of the most important composers and players in jazz. As bandleader, Hooker has fielded ensembles in an incredibly diverse array of configurations. Each collaboration has brought a serious investigation of his compositional agenda and the science of the modern drum kit. As a player, Hooker has long been known for the persuasive power of his relationship with his instrument. His work is frequently grounded in a narrative context. Whether set against a silent film or anchored by a poetic theme, Hooker brings dramatic tension and human warmth to avant-garde jazz. His ability to find fertile ground for moving music in a variety of settings that obliterate genre distinctions offers a much-needed statement of social optimism in the arts.

William Hooker (drums and compositions)

Sarah Manning (alto sax)

Hilliard Greene (acoustic bass)

Charlie Burnham (violin)

On Davis (guitar)

This event has been postponed due to the continuing pandemic. New date to be announced.

This concert has been postponed to a date TBD on account of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Touch: Soul and Service is a work directed and composed by William Hooker for music, poetry, dance, and film.

Following a sequence of four events which include original compositions for duet/trio and film accompaniment, this is the third part of a series of multi-disciplinary projects that William Hooker has presented at Roulette. Each “company” has been honored to present different personnel. The art of spoken word is performed, but it’s from a different location on the stage.

This performance marks the premiere of a new film created by Hooker and acclaimed filmmaker Phill Niblock, accompanied with a live score performed by Hooker (solo drums).

Charlie Burnham – violin
David Soldier – violin
Sarah Manning – alto sax
Germaul Barnes – dancer
Mark Hennen – piano
Jesse Henry – guitar
Hans Tammen – synth
Phill Niblock – film
William Hooker – drums/direction

Location to be announced.

Dark Circuits Bunker Orchestra CD Release Concert.
a) Manning/Saman Samadi/Hans Tammen
b) Schedel/Rowland/Yuditskaya
c) Dark Circuits Bunker Orchestra cond. by Hans Tammen

8 Ayumi Ishito, Sarah Manning, and Hans Tammen
9 Sandy Ewen, Michael Vatcher, and Darren Johnson
10 Daniel Carter, Dave Sewelson, Eric Plaks, Aron Namenwirth, Zach Swanson, and Kevin Shea

Hans Tammen - buchla
Andrew Neumann - synth