Sunday January 05, 2020 | 7:00 pm
Volunteers’ Collective for January 2020
You are cordially invited to come play free music! Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective. It’s a free session of experimental and improvised music. In this cordial, informal setting, we focus on listening and collaboration. Players of all skill levels participate. Try out a new technique or new instrument in a non-judgmental setting. Meet new and veteran improvisers. […]
Sunday December 29, 2019 | 8:30 pm
Nth Annual Dierker Holiday Spectacular
Join us for a night of spectacle and wonder! John Dierker, Will Redman and friends, guaranteed to be a weird, wild night.
Friday December 20, 2019 | 8:30 pm
JIM RYAN’S DC-CURRENT/////// JERON WHITE-JAMAL MOORE
Jim Ryan has been on the jazz-inspired, free-improv music scene since the early 1970s in Paris, France, participating in weekly jam sessions held by Steve Lacy and gigging with this own group the Free Music Formation. He played in Washington DC during the 80s with the Art Performance Group, and in the San Francisco Bay Area during […]
Friday February 28, 2020 | 8:30 pm
Nat Baldwin and Lexie Mountain
Music pals, Lexie Mountain (sound art) and Nat Baldwin (double bass) collide for three sets of amazing music. Each will play solo and then in duet. Lexie has been a champion and leader of experimental culture, sound, film, and performance art in Baltimore. Nat Baldwin pushes double bass performance technique to its outer boundaries. A […]
Friday December 13, 2019 | 8:30 pm
MANAS, Margaret Rorison, and Gardner / Lander / Bernstein
The Red Room is pleased host Asheville’s MANAS, the duo of guitarist Tashi Dorji and Thom Nguyen. If you caught Tashi at High Zero 2015, or in one of his many stops at the Red Room playing solo or in ad hoc ensembles, you know that his singular style of playing is not to be […]
Wednesday December 11, 2019 | 8:00 pm
Improv Ensembles of UMBC and Towson
The UMBC and Towson Improvisation Ensembles are coached by Patrick Crossland and John Dierker. These student ensembles have worked so hard this semester. They will meet at this event to play three sets, one each and then in combination. UMBC and Towson University are two of Maryland’s great academic institutions that encourage experimental approaches to […]
Thursday December 05, 2019 | 7:00 pm
Volunteers’ Collective, December 2019
You are cordially invited to come play free music! Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective. It’s a free session of experimental and improvised music. In this cordial, informal setting, we focus on listening and collaboration. Players of all skill levels participate. Try out a new technique or new instrument in a non-judgmental setting. Meet new and veteran improvisers. […]
Thursday November 21, 2019 | 8:30 pm
Robin Rhodes-James Young///Jamal Moore- Andrew Bernstein
A night of exciting creative music presented in two rare groupings. Baltimore locals James Young and Robin Rhodes present a lot of sound pressure via their project Waco Mammoth. There will be Bass. There will be BASSoon Jamal Moore and Andrew Bernstein are two of Baltimore’s premiere saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Both are High Zero alums […]
Thursday December 19, 2019 | 8:30 pm
ESTAMOS TRIO (Thollem/Escobar/Tamez) // Bashi Rose Solo
Estamos Trio is an exploratory music ensemble formed through the cross-border Estamos Project founded by Thollem McDonas in 2010. The trio includes Carmina Escobar (vocals, electronics, guitarrón), Milo Tamez (percussion, found objects, electronics) and Thollem (keyboard, vocals, clay pot). The trio is celebrating their 2nd release on Relative Pitch Records with a series of east […]
Friday November 22, 2019 | 7:00 pm
NEW WORKS
New Works is a screening series dedicated entirely to Film and Video artists based in Baltimore, MD. Typically, there are two central stipulations for artists we’ve invited to participate: you must be based in Baltimore and you must attend the screening. Our mission is to foster community among local image-makers and promote, support, and grow […]
Saturday December 14, 2019 | 8:30 pm
NETWORK GLASS + JIMMY JOE ROCHE
Solo electronic sets by two lifer Baltimore weirdos. Ring in the Holiday cheer with chakra clearing ego-shattering pulse waves. Baltimore based artist Door, who founded the (now defunct) mythic west-side warehouse venue ” America”, has been an integral part of the city’s underground electronic music scene for well over a decade. For the last eight […]
Thursday November 07, 2019 | 7:00 pm
November Volunteers’ Collective
You are cordially invited to come play free music! Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective. It’s a free session of experimental and improvised music. In this cordial, informal setting, we focus on listening and collaboration. Players of all skill levels participate. Try out a new technique or new instrument in a non-judgmental setting. Meet new and veteran improvisers. […]
Saturday November 16, 2019 | 8:30 pm
Bergamot Quartet
The Red Room is pleased to present an evening of with the Bergemot Quartet. An hour of sparkling, ferocious music by some of Bergamot’s favorite Baltimore and NYC based composers, including a brand-new piece written for Bergamot by Jordan Chase, and culminating in the Baltimore premiere of Ledah Finck’s work for string quartet and drum […]
Saturday October 19, 2019 | 8:30 pm
Orlando Johnson & Chris Taylor // Jamal Moore & Andrew Bernstein
The Red Room is pleased to host a concert featuring multidisciplinary artist Orlando Johnson with guitarist Chris Taylor, and an opening set by saxophonist Jamal Moore. Friday, October 18th @ The Red Room 425 E. 31st St. Doors at 8:30pm, show at 9:00pm $5 – 10 sliding scale Orlando Johnson & Chris Taylor […]
Thursday October 24, 2019 | 7:00 pm
Daxophone Information Session
You’ve seen them at High Zero Festival. Now, you can try them yourself. The daxophone is an instrument based on amplifying a bowed piece of wood. This free event provides instruction on the fundamentals of daxophones: bowing, controlling pitch, methods for constructing daxophones, and observational acoustics of wooden shapes. Here’s an opportunity for inspiration to […]
Friday March 13, 2020 | 9:00 pm
Postponed: Dave Ballou, Mike Kuhl
Due to current national health concerns, this show will be postponed to a later date. Dave Ballou (trumpet) and Mike Kuhl (percussion), both strong improvisers from the Baltimore area. We’re rescheduling Vaster Than Empires, a trio of Erica Dicker (violin), Allen Otte (percussion), and Paul Schuette (electronics), for another date. KUHL and BALLOU Mike Kuhl […]
Saturday October 05, 2019 |
KAMYAR ARSANI-TOM CHESS////PWISANS ETE’NEL
Tomchess (Oud/ney, USA) and Kamyar Arsani (Daf and vocals, Iran) The duo just released an a compelling album called “Rhyming Awake” to direct us back to our roots, as we dance forward towards new home Tomchess: Tomchess is a Multi-instrumentalist/Improviser/Composer. He plays Reeds, Western Flute, Arabic/Turkish Ney flute, Oud, and Guitar. He also has a […]
Friday October 25, 2019 | 8:30 pm
Devin Gray’s Socialitics Trio (2 sets!)
Featuring Devin Gray on drums, Dave Ballou on trumpet, and Ryan Ferreira on guitar Devin Gray’s new trio adds another layer to his creative compositions intertwined with expressive improvisations. Socialitics trio consists of three inquisitive sound artists for whom all sound is indicative of the modern sonic experience. Gray is the center of this new […]
Thursday October 10, 2019 | 7:00 pm
October Volunteers’ Collective
You are cordially invited to come play free music! Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective. It’s a free session of experimental and improvised music. In this cordial, informal setting, we focus on listening and collaboration. Players of all skill levels participate. Try out a new technique or new instrument in a non-judgmental setting. Meet new and veteran improvisers. […]
Tuesday October 08, 2019 | 8:30 pm
Ghost Trance Music & Adam Rosenblatt
Brussels based guitarist Kobe Van Cauwenberghe will perform an entire set of works by Anthony Braxton, titled Ghost Trance Solos. Ghost Trance Music explores the full extend of Anthony Braxton’s Ghost Trance Music-compositions in the context of a solo performance. To do this I developed an intuitive set-up of loops and live-electronics to generate what Braxton refers to […]
Saturday September 21, 2019 | 5:30 pm
High Zero Symposium: Improv in Composition [Red Emma’s]
Composers discuss how they use improvisation Moderated by Jessica Keyes. Here’s an exciting opportunity for the fans of improvisation, experimental music, and composition to query composers on their practice. A panel of composers will discuss the diverse ways in which they incorporate elements of improvisation and performer choice into their compositions. Many of these composers […]
Thursday October 03, 2019 | 7:30 pm
Fred Frith Trio · Jamal Moore
Red Room and Space 2640 are delighted to present Oakland’s Fred Frith Trio and local luminary Jamal Moore. The trio (Fred Frith, guitar; Jordan Glenn, drums; and Jason Hoopes, bass) will be joined by a sexret musical guest and live visuals by Heike Liss. Note that this event is not at the Red Room but […]
Sunday October 06, 2019 | 8:30 pm
In Defense of Memory (Ortman, Santistevan, Trammell) w/special guests Corduroy (Barlow, Burt, Purdy)
A trio formed in the rarified, purified, sanctified air of the High Zero Festival, In Defense of Memory makes its Red Room debut. Laura Ortman is a Brooklyn, NY composer, multi-instrumentalist and artist, and a riveting performer. She produces and performs as a soloist and with collaborators including Tony Conrad, Jock Soto, Raven Chacon, Nanobah […]
Thursday September 12, 2019 | 8:30 pm
Anteloper // Black Myths
The Red Room is pleased to host Anteloper and Black Myths, two duos featuring High Zero alumns Jaimie Branch and Luke Stewart, respectively. ANTELOPER is the electric brain child of JAIMIE BRANCH (fly or die, high life) and JASON NAZARY (little women, helado negro, bear in heaven). Branch and Nazary have been playing together […]
Thursday September 09, 2021 | 7:00 pm
ONLINE – High Zero Volunteers Meeting! Sept 9th!
The 23rd Annual High Zero Festival will be held on September 23rd – 26th! We’re looking for awesome folks like you to help run this amazing festival! Come to the Volunteers Meeting Thursday 9/9, 7:00 pm ONLINE via ZOOM (The Red Room is in a bit of disarray with piles of books taking up the […]
