6 December – IMOO #132: Craig Pedersen

***SPECIAL LOCATION: THIS CONCERT WILL BE HELD AT PRESSED (750 GLADSTONE)***

Cut and Gouge solo trumpet cd release

Set 1:
Craig Pedersen – solo trumpet

Set 2:
Craig Pedersen – trumpet
Mark Molnar – cello

Set 3:
Craig Pedersen – trumpet
Mark Molnar – cello, electronics
David Broscoe – woodwinds, electronics
Scott Warren – drums, electronics
Bennett Bedoukian – drums

Craig Pedersen is trumpet player, composer and educator based out of Montréal. An active freelance musician specializing in jazz and free music, he also performs commercial, classical and klezmer music. He actively leads his own band, the Craig Pedersen Quartet.

Since 2011, Craig has released eight albums, ranging between composed material to improvisation, through jazz, free music, country, and klezmer, in a variety of ensembles. Recent highlights of this work have included collaborations and/or performances with Joe Morris, Jean Derome, Joane Hetu, Lori Freedman, Nicolas Caloia, Ian Birse and Laura Kavanaugh (Instant Places), and Mark Molnar (Kingdom Shore), as well as recording on the soundtrack for Robert Lepage’s Needles and Opium, and performances at L’Off Festival du Jazz and FONT Canada. His method book exploring extended techniques for the trumpet, Trumpet Sound Effects, was published by Berklee Press and Hal Leonard in November of 2014.