Concerts 33, 34 and 35

Concert 33 – Sunday, October 2, 7pm: Warren/Wellman

• Scott Warren – drums
• Linsey Wellman – saxophone, bass clarinet

Ottawa stalwart Scott Warren returns to play the series.  Many of you will remember him from the stellar shows he played with the Bernard Stepien Orchestra playing Christmas carols à la Albert Ayler, and with Philippe Charbonneau and Linsey Wellman.  Scott is a creative and spontaneous drummer, and we’re looking forward to hearing him play again.  This Sunday, he will be accompanied by IMOO co-founder Linsey Wellman on saxophone and bass clarinet. Read more about Scott Warren on jazzblog.ca.

Concert 34 – Sunday, October 16, 7pm: Bean Trio

• Joel Kerr – bass
• Marie-Claire Durand – piano
• Mark Nelson – drums

Bean is a Montreal-based trio comprised of Marie-Claire Durand on piano, Joel Kerr on bass, and Mark Nelson on drums. The group was founded in September 2010 in order to fill the need for an exploratory artistic process of musical experimentation, focusing on free group improvisation, approaching and exploring music with a spirit of uninhibited spontaneity. Visit them online at beantrio.wordpress.com.

Concert 35 – Sunday, October 30, 7pm: Heather Roche

• Heather Roche – clarinet
• Craig Pedersen – trumpet, electronics

Born in Canada, clarinetist Heather Roche trained in England and now lives in Cologne, Germany. She has performed at some of the major European festivals, including musikFest (Berlin), BachFest (Leipzig), Musica Nova (Helsinki), the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Acht Brücken (Cologne), the International Computer Music Conference and the Agora Festival (Ircam, Paris). She has performed with musikFabrik (Cologne) including recently playing in the La Fura Dels Baus staged premiere of Stockhausen’s SONNTAG aus LICHT. She is a member of handwerk (Cologne) and has played with ensemble Garage (Cologne), ensembe interface (Berlin) and the Low Frequency Orchestra (France/UK). She regularly works with the pianist Kate Ledger, with whom she has performed recitals in venues throughout the north of England, in the Netherlands, Germany and most recently in Portugal. Heather studied at the University of Victoria, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, University of Huddersfield and is now a student in the Specialized Masters in Contemporary Music course at the Musikakademie Basel, Switzerland. Visit her online at heatherroche.wordpress.com.