Thursday, November 2, 2023 – 8:00pm to Saturday, November 4, 2023 – 8:00pm
The KNOB New Music Festival is an annual celebration of experimental and unconventional musical disciplines, in the fields of both composition and performance.
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November 2 – November 4, 2023
All shows start at 8pm, doors open at 7:30.
Admission each night is by a suggested donation of $10.
The festival is open to all ages, and we invite our audience to bring their own refreshments, but ask that alcohol not be served to minors.
This year’s KNOB acronym is Kinetic Nexus Of Bots, and the 2023 artwork “generator” is AI (with adjustments by Patrick Duegaw).
THURSDAY
Douglas Ragon: Diverging Paths, a “10~ minute piece for a “jazz Pierrot ensemble” (Pierrot ensemble + rhythm section) and uses a lot of octatonic harmonic content.”; Sonata no. 1 for Jazz Quartet and String Trio [12~ mins]
Jeb Wallace: World Premiere for Two Horns by Joey Willette [8 mins]
Great Plains: Quivira by Dean Roush [7 mins]
Fanfare for 8 Horns by Catherine Likhuta [17 mins]
Friendly Skeleton
FRIDAY
Mike Unruh + Smack Dab Dance Lab
Courtney Long: Black Mary by Shelley Washington; Grounding: Plant Music by Courtney Long
Skyler Marshall and Craig Owens duo [25-35 mins]
SATURDAY
Lauren Hirsh with Micala Gingrich-Gaylord and Finn Lanning: meditative piece
David Lord
ISBB (Trevor/Ian Stewart, UJ, Torin)
Marrice Anthony (hiphop)