Show listing

The Red Room presents a night of vibrant, complex improvisation. Patrick Crossland, Toshi Makihara, Caleb Duval Logan Perry, Elliot Jeter, August Payne, Lemuel Marc Toshi Makihara‘s performance utilizes traditional percussion with a variety of discovered sound media, everyday objects and toys. Through a rigorous, systematic, and practiced process of experimentation, Makihara seeks out sounds that […]

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January 25th at the Red Room! The HADAL Zone returns!! John Berndt on acoustic and electronic saxophones, Nate Scheible on percussion, John Hoegberg on processed guitar, and Patrick Crossland on trombone. Improvised/non-improvised music by Baltimore’s finest. Last set they played was excellent, very excited to see what these gentleman do on this special evening. Opening […]

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Ground Report is an evening of field recording and found sounds. Hunter Batchelder will play field recording collages related to themes of migration and belonging. His sounds are sourced from his travels through the mid-Atlantic United States, Medellin, Colombia, and Livingstone, Zambia.  Carrie Fucile will perform Souvenir, a work that uses her original field recordings […]

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Jason Charney – solo set Matt Sargent Ensemble – Several Angels (guitar/flute/electronics with Jason Charney) Matt Sargent – Fifth Illumination (guitar/electronics) Matt Sargent (b. 1984) is a composer, guitarist, recording engineer, and music technology specialist based in upstate New York, where he is an assistant professor of music at Bard College. His music grows from […]

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Melissa Foss plays her artisanal ceramic flutes in a rare solo performance. Rachel Beetz plays metal flutes featuring sounds from her album Tone Keepers, released on cassette this very day.

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Thomas Kraines – cello Melinda Rice – viola Sepehr Pirasteh – kamancheh —————————————— Sarah Parker – augmented saxophone Nathan McAdams – oboe Robbie Strauss – flute Thomas Kraines, a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School, has gained renown as a versatile cellist, composer, and teacher. In addition to the Daedalus […]

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Jeb Bishop – trombone, electronicsJaap Blonk – voice, electronicsWeasel Walter – drums, percussionDamon Smith – double bass Lexie Mountain – solo project Instigated by Jaap Blonk, the quartet JaJeWeDa debuted in the spring of 2019 with a series of concerts in the US Northeast. The band features the great Dutch sound poet and improvisor Jaap […]

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Two incredible string performers from Georgia and Egypt. Killick Hinds lives in Athens, Georgia. His music is Appalachian Trance Metal made on unusual stringed instruments with an emphasis on unquantifiable rhythms, intuitive intonation, and shamanistic ROYGBIV. The primary sonic influences on Killick are animals, wind, water, fire, electrical hum, and silence. Pop-culture mashups and ancient and obscure forms […]

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The Red Room is a volunteer-run space in Baltimore dedicated to mind-expanding experimental culture, headquartered at Normals Books and Records.