Friday November 17, 2017 | 7:30 pm
Diffusion: Kassel Jaeger, Leila Bordreuil, Wobbly
High Zero Foundation presents a new festival series focused on electronic and multi-channel sound works. The third of five presentations in the festival, Kassel Jaeger (Mego Editions) and Leila Bordreuil present live octophonic music. This is a single show at 2640 space. Advance tickets purchase recommended. doors 7:30pm, concert 8:00pm Kassel Jaeger The frontier for […]
Sunday October 01, 2017 | 9:00 pm
Rafael Toral – Andy Ortman
RAFAEL TORAL plays electronic music today as a jazz musician would play his instrument, applying jazz discipline and working practices to his abstract electronics. Melodic without notes, rhythmic without a beat, familiar but strange, meticulous but free. Formerly known for his drone/ambient work with guitar and electronics and acclaimed records such as Wave Field (1994) […]
Friday October 27, 2017 | 9:00 pm
Talibam! ++ Microkingdom ++ Audrey Chen
Talibam!, a 14-year working unit based in New York City, can be described in various ways — as a classic keyboards/drums expanded-jazz duo, as Dadaist provocateurs with an innate love for the history of music, as a Fluxus-informed theater troupe, as an electronic ensemble inspired by Stockhausen, or as a rhythm section at the cross […]
Wednesday September 06, 2017 | 6:00 pm
Lucas Abela’s Temple of Din High Zero 2017
The High Zero Festival of Experimental and Improvised Music is honored to present the North American debut of the incomparable Lucas Abela’s Temple of Din. Abela’s amazing works are a unique amalgam of sculptures, arcade games and musical instruments. These machine evoke pinball – with bumpers, flippers and playfields – but combine them with entire […]
Tuesday October 10, 2017 | 9:00 pm
Kyle Bruckman in quad! Quartet with Sarah Hughes, Paul Neidhardt, and Samuel Burt
Extraordinary oboist and electronic music composer Kyle Bruckman visits to perform a solo work in quadrophonic sound and to play with Sarah Hughes (saxophone), Paul Neidhardt (drums), and Samuel Burt (bass clarinet). Notes from the composer: An Extruded Introversion for Blixa Bargeld (2016) This is most recent of three pieces that arose together as attempts to […]
Sunday September 03, 2017 | 7:00 pm
Volunteers’ Collective, Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
You are cordially invited to come play free music! Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective, 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-judgemental setting. Meet new and veteran improvisers. Bring a […]
Saturday August 12, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Heterodyne, Max Eilbacher, Leila Bordreuil & Zach Rowden
Leila Bordreuil and Zach Rowden met at a free jazz concert in 2015. Zach was wearing a Man is the Bastard bootleg T-shirt which acted as an icebreaker, and these two classically trained musicians started collaborating shortly after. Bordreuil and Rowden have diverse influences, ranging from improvised music, harsh noise, cold wave, existentialism and a […]
Saturday August 12, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Heterodyne, Max Eilbacher, Leila Bordreuil & Zach Rowden
Leila Bordreuil and Zach Rowden met at a free jazz concert in 2015. Zach was wearing a Man is the Bastard bootleg T-shirt which acted as an icebreaker, and these two classically trained musicians started collaborating shortly after. Bordreuil and Rowden have diverse influences, ranging from improvised music, harsh noise, cold wave, existentialism and a […]
Tuesday August 08, 2017 | 7:00 pm
Volunteers’ Collective, Tuesday August 8th, 2017
You are cordially invited to come play free music! Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective, a free session of experimental and improvised music. In this cordial, informal setting, we focus on listeningand collaboration. Players of all skill levels participate. Try out a new technique or new instrument in a non-judgemental setting. Meet new and veteran […]
Thursday September 14, 2017 | 8:00 pm
High Zero Festival Starts on Thursday, 9/14/2017
THE 17th ANNUAL HIGH ZERO FESTIVAL IS HERE! SEPTEMBER 22nd – 27th! High Zero is the premier festival of Improvised, Experimental music on the East Coast. The festival is fully devoted to new collaborations between the most inspired improvisors from around the world. Join us for 5 days of sound installations, music and performances starting Tuesday […]
Sunday July 23, 2017 | 2:00 pm
Worlds in Collusion 2017: Day Three
High Zero Foundation presents a full weekend of mind-bending performances at Artscape by regional and national artists, including the traditional, the experimental, and the just plain strange throughout the festival weekend. 2 PM John Hoegberg Solo guitar and voice exploring the post-rock delta of American experimental song form 3 PM Patrick James Cain Experimental sound […]
Saturday July 22, 2017 | 2:00 pm
Worlds in Collusion 2017: Day Two
High Zero Foundation presents a full weekend of mind-bending performances at Artscape by regional and national artists, including the traditional, the experimental, and the just plain strange throughout the festival weekend. 2 PM Symphony Number One Musicians Michael Rittling and Sean Meyers perform chamber and electro-acoustic music, featuring a new composition by Jason Mulligan, commissioned […]
Friday July 21, 2017 | 2:00 pm
Worlds in Collusion 2017: Day One
High Zero Presents Worlds in Collusion at Artscape High Zero Foundation presents a full weekend of mind-bending performances at Artscape by regional and national artists, including the traditional, the experimental, and the just plain strange throughout the festival weekend. 2 PM Small Axe Fractured lo-fi pop duo 3 PM Sean Seaton Contemporary digital art music—with […]
Friday July 14, 2017 | 9:00 pm
Yahya Majid + Jamal Moore + Luke Stewart :: Trio
Yahya Majid, tenor sax + Jamal Moore, reeds and percussion + Luke Stewart, bass Yahya Majid is a tone scientist. Jazz musician. Proud father of six. Sun Ra Arkestra alum still tethered to his horn. Jamal Moore is a native of Baltimore Maryland whom is a multi-instrumentalist, composer/performer and educator. He is a long-term member […]
Saturday July 08, 2017 | 9:00 pm
TJ Borden & Kyle Motl
TJ Borden, cello & Kyle Motl, bass Kyle Motl is a bassist, composer, and improviser based in southern California. Kyle regularly performs with the Peter Kuhn Trio, a number of collaborative projects, and his own trio. He frequently gives solo bass concerts. Hailed for his “technically polished playing” as well as an “endless amount of […]
Monday July 17, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Bob Presents: The Times of Harvey Milk
Join us for the next installment of Bob Presents, featuring 16mm film rarities from the Pratt. Tonight Bob is screening the emotionally gripping documentary The Times of Harvey Milk. Made in 1984 by Rob Epstein, the film tells the story of the intense social and political climate in 1970’s San Francisco, the rise of grassroots activist […]
Friday July 07, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Angela Sawyer Trio vs. Lexie Mountain Trio
Boston fought valiantly against Baltimore on the Royal Rumble Kickoff, but the hobbled former Raw Women’s Champion was ultimately unable to withstand the juggernaut’s brutal onslaught. At Royal Rumble 2017, LEXIE MOUNTAIN rode a wave of emotion to her Raw Women’s Title showdown with ANGELA SAWYER, but was it enough to snap The Queen’s pay-per-view […]
Sunday July 02, 2017 | 6:45 pm
Volunteers’ Collective, Sunday, July 2nd
You are cordially invited to come play free music! Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective, 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-judgemental setting. Meet new and […]
Thursday July 06, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Anna Roberts-Gevalt & Andrew Bernstein
JULY 6 / redroom ANDREW BERNSTEIN plays new solo material / & ANNA RG plays new solo material / banjo / texts / fiddle / improvisations / archival field recordings / & videos /// Anna Roberts-Gevalt has spent the past 10 years immersed in study of traditional songs & tunes / has studied from master […]
Friday June 23, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Bonnie Lander & Adam Goodwin | Dan Zink
The Red Room welcomes back to Baltimore two fellow musical alums, Bonnie Lander and Dan Zink. Bonnie will present her voice / bass duo with Berlin-based Adam Goodwin and Dan ZInk will present a new work for objects and electronics. Bonnie Lander, experimental vocalist known for her work with Rhymes With Opera and her performance […]
Saturday June 24, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Jason Lescalleet
Dense, visceral sonic swelter at The Red Room! Sadly Christian Mirande will be unable to perform, as he was previously scheduled to. https://glisteningexamples.bandcamp.com/ From Maine, Jason Lescalleet explores a sound world that occupies a space between noise, contemporary composition and minimal electronics. Using primitive tactics and equipment, his work focuses on microscopic audio detail set […]
Friday June 09, 2017 | 8:30 pm
CAT TOREN-HUMAN KIND
A wonderful night of creative and experimental Avant -Garde delving into the inner mysteries and esoteric aesthetics of Spiritual Jazz Cat Toren’s HUMAN KIND is an original music project by Vancouver-born New York-based, JUNO award winning pianist Cat Toren. The music is inspired by both the free form jazz of the 1960’s and a personal expression of the resurgent civil […]
Tuesday June 06, 2017 | 7:00 pm
Volunteers’ Collective, June 6
You should come play music with us. Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective, a free workshop for experimental and improvised music. In this cordial, informal setting, we focus on listening and collaboration. Players of all skill levels are encouraged to attend and participate. We could use anyone who is a… brass-buzzer […]
Sunday June 04, 2017 | 9:00 pm
¡4 Part Invention! M Geddes Gengras/Karl Ekdahl/Patrick Cain+Martin Freeman
A devastating night of SYNTH! You and yours will be devastated. Some of the finest talents in current analogue, modular, performance, video and instrument design. M Geddes Gengras (LA) Karl Ekdahl (Balt) Martin Freeman (Rochester)+Patrick M Cain (DC) Duo A devastating night of SYNTH! You will probably be fairly devastated! Some of the finest talents […]
Friday June 02, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Hamid Drake and Jamal Moore Duo
Friday, June 2nd, the Red Room will host a duo featuring the legendary percussionist Hamid Drake and multi-instrumentalist Jamal Moore. Doors at 8:30pm Show at 9:00pm $10 Hamid Drake Hamid Drake was born in Monroe, LA, in 1955, and later moved to Chicago with his family. He ended up taking drum lessons with Fred […]
