DIG JAZZ: Michael Brenneis and the Plutonium Players | Arts + Literature Laboratory | Madison Contemporary Arts Center

DIG JAZZ: Michael Brenneis and the Plutonium Players

The Madison Music Collective, Arts + Literature Laboratory, and The Wisconsin Union Theater present Michael Brenneis and the Plutonium Players on Friday, October 21, 2022 at 7:30pm at the Wisconsin Union Theater Play Circle.

Michael Brenneis returns to DIG JAZZ with his Plutonium Players to showcase a brand new work entitled "Later, They Had Lunch." With the notable absence of a chordal instrument, this music makes unusual demands on its performers. Every piece is participatory; the players are called upon to move more air than they might under different circumstances. Every line of harmony is predetermined, but written with a density, or space, or uncertainty that allows it to breathe in an organic way. The contours develop intentionally. Many of the components are predetermined at the same time that the freedom is baked-in. A contradiction? Or an adventure!

Woodwinds: Tony Barba, Matthew Sintchak, Allen Cordingley
Brass: Paul Dietrich, Jamie Kember, David Spies
Bass: John Christensen
Drums: Michael Brenneis

This event is free but donations are encouraged to support future DIG JAZZ performances.

Michael Brenneis

Michael Brenneis has been an essential mover in the Madison improvised music community for twenty years. From his early work with Tomato Box and The Active Percussion Duo, to later projects such as Post Consumer Gnarl, The Ten Sleeps Trio, The Improvisor’s Workbench, and Executive Tea Set, he is consistently demolishing the boundaries of musical convention. In 2018 Michael was awarded an Artistic Development Grant by the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium to compose, record and premiere a large ensemble work entitled Plutonium. Also in 2018 Michael is recording a monthly series of improvised duets under the handle Deeds & Endeavors Part One, available on bandcamp: https://deedsone.bandcamp.com/. Michael also collaborates with many other Madison groups including The New Breed Jazz Jam, The Alison Margaret Jazz Quintet, The Anders Svanoe Double Trio, and Major Vistas.

A special thanks to our DIG JAZZ series sponsors whose support makes these events possible: Janus Galleries, Dane Arts, John and Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation, Madison Arts Commission, Wisconsin Arts Board and WORT-FM. This engagement is supported by the Arts Midwest GIG Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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