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SUMMARY:DIJ @ Mechanics' Hall | Vardan Ovsepian Spiderweb Project
DESCRIPTION:OVERVIEW\nMechanics’ Hall\, the Armenian Cultural Association of Maine & the Portland Conservatory of Music present the pianist/composer with his band\n\n\n\nOur ballroom transforms into a jazz sanctuary with Vardan Ovsepian and his unforgettable Spiderweb Project: \n“Vardan Ovsepian’s Spiderweb Project emphasizes the choices and actions we make\, sending vibrations through the wider web\, affecting others\, and shaping our own reality. What you weave today becomes the foundation for your life tomorrow.” \nOvsepian blends classical refinement with fearless jazz improvisation\, weaving melodies that ripple outward like a living web. The artist is joined by Vinicius Gomes (guitar)\, Joshua Davis (bass)\, and Austin McMahon (drums). \nPeter Erskine writes\, “Vardan brings his own sound and ingredients… I have never heard any musician quite like him in terms of harmonic awareness and melodic power. I suspect that he will prove to be quite a sensation…” \nThursday\, April 2 at 7:00 PM (doors 6:30 PM). $15 for Mechanics’ Hall Members\, $20 for general admission. There is a $5 surcharge on the day of the show. No one turned away for lack of funds. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nVardan Ovsepian is an Armenian-born pianist/composer whose studies include Yerevan State Conservatory\, Estonian Music Academy\, Helsinki Jazz Conservatory\, and Berklee College of Music. \nFrom the early years\, Vardan was fascinated by the blend of western classical music with jazz\, and has been in perpetual search for unique ways of incorporating the hybrid formation in his composing and improvising. Consequently\, his semi-large chamber ensemble (VOCE) was formed in 2005\, focusing on the cinematic approach in the musical narrative. \nThroughout the years\, Vardan developed a remarkable angular geometric world\, connected to his background in chess\, and his attraction to minimalism and contemporary architecture\, resulting in the publication of 2 books: Mirror Exercises (2011) and Permutation Studies (2020). \nAnother spotlight is the “Fractal Limit” duet with Tatiana Parra\, which received immense international recognition. The project showcases Vardan’s remarkable technical proficiency and capacity to articulate contrapuntal textures. \nIn addition to VOCE and Fractal Limit\, Vardan has collaborated with artists like Mick Goodrick\, Peter Erskine\, Jerry Bergonzi\, Tim Miller\, Ben Monder\, David Binney\, and has released 20+ albums as a leader and co-leader. \nPARKING & TRANSPORTATION \nMechanics’ Hall is located at 519 Congress Street. Our main entrance is between Loquat Shop and the Art Mart. The Greater Portland Metro’s Congress & Casco Street Stop is directly in front of our building\, served by routes 1\, 7\, 8\, and 9B. \nParking is available at the Arts District Garage\, located on Casco and Brown Street\, with a rate of $5 per hour. Metered street parking is available on Congress\, Casco\, Cumberland\, Free Street\, and other nearby streets. Free hourly street parking is available between Parris and Alder Street. \nACCESSIBILITY \nTo enter Mechanics’ Hall\, patrons will need to navigate a single step or use a modular ramp. There is a wheelchair-accessible elevator. \nIf you have a wheelchair or need accessibility accommodations/questions\, please contact us at programming@mainemechanics.org or 207-773-8396. \n\n\n\nTickets
URL:https://pcm.org/event/dij-mechanics-hall-vardan-ovsepian-spiderweb-project/
LOCATION:Mechanics’ Hall\, 519 Congress St\, Portlan\, ME\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dimensions in Jazz
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SUMMARY:FREE Jazz Workshop: Otherlands Trio
DESCRIPTION:Join Otherlands Trio for a workshop before their show\, taking you behind the scenes into how they make music together! Learn about their approach to collective improvisation\, aka spontaneous composition\, and ensemble connection and development. Trio members will talk about their individual and collective processes and philosophies\, and will play some to demonstrate. Open to the public for anyone who is interested\, reservation and ticket purchase not required for the workshop.\nRSVP Here
URL:https://pcm.org/event/free-jazz-workshop-otherlands-trio/
LOCATION:Portland Conservatory of Music\, 28 Neal St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dimensions in Jazz,Workshops & Masterclasses
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SUMMARY:Titus Abbott Quartet @ SPACE Gallery
DESCRIPTION:DATE AND TIME\nSunday\, October 26 2025\n7:30pm\ndoors at 7:00pm\nTICKETS\n$20 advance\n$25 day of show\n$2 off for SPACE members\n_\nIRL Box Office | Cash only. No fees.\nFridays 12-6 pm at 534 Congress St.\nCo-presented by\nSPACE Gallery\nBUY TICKETS HERESaxophonist and composer Titus Abbott brings a new quartet highlighting his decades-long collaboration with pianist and composer Mike Effenberger. The quartet is completed by Scott Kiefner on bass and Maine based but globally recognized drummer RJ Miller. \nThe evening will open with a series of short films by Peter Shellenberger (totaling 15 minutes)\, that are connected to singles from Titus Abbott upcoming trio release\, Tangible Mystery. \nAs an improviser and composer\, Titus has worked and recorded with a wide range of collaborators from his native Canada to Europe and the US including Graham Collier\, Eddie Pévost\, The Grand Union Orchestra\, Ashley Maher\, George Koller\, Frank Carlberg\, Pascal Niggenkemper\, Michael Sarin\, Marilyn Lerner\, Curtis Clark\, Nate McBride\, Luther Gray\, Jamie Saft\, Sean Conly\, Phillip Greenlief\, Loren Stillman and many others performing at venues\, concert halls and jazz festivals worldwide.
URL:https://pcm.org/event/titus-abbott-quartet-space-dij-co-production/
LOCATION:SPACE Gallery\, 538 Congress Street\, Portland\, ME 04101\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, US
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SUMMARY:New Sphere plays Thelonious Monk | DIJ at SPACE
DESCRIPTION:New Sphere is a new quartet dedicated to the music of legendary African American jazz composer and pianist Thelonious Monk. The band is led by soprano saxophonist and composer Titus Abbott in collaboration with pianist\, composer and longtime Monk specialist Frank Carlberg and features a rhythm section of Kim Cass and Michael Sarin. Music will range from familiar to obscure pieces in Monk’s catalog of 70 compositions. Although widely known as one of the pillars of jazz history\, Thelonious Monk’s music is still under recognized. \nTitus Abbott\nTitus Abbott is a Maine based saxophonist and composer. He is dedicated to finding contemporary expression in jazz while honoring its rich tradition. His compositions are characterized by intricate melodies\, harmonies and rhythms that are an invitation to close listening. Specializing in soprano saxophone\, Titus balances his repertoire as a multi-instrumentalist on alto and tenor saxophones and bass clarinet. \nAs an improviser and composer Titus has worked and recorded with a wide range of collaborators from his native Canada to Europe and the US. These include Graham Collier\, Eddie Pévost\, The Grand Union Orchestra\, Ashley Maher\, George Koller\, Frank Carlberg\, Pascal Niggenkemper\, Michael Sarin\, Marilyn Lerner\, Curtis Clark\, Nate McBride\, Luther Gray\, Sean Conly and many others performing at venues\, concert halls and jazz festivals worldwide. \nFrank Carlberg\nOriginally a native of Helsinki\, pianist–composer Frank Carlberg has carved himself quite a niche in the New York jazz community. \nAs a leader\, Carlberg’s groups include the Frank Carlberg Quintet\, Tivoli Trio and Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble. Carlberg has also been involved in many crossover projects throughout the years. Some of his most notable collaborators have included the likes of saxophonist Steve Lacy\, trombonist Bob Brookmeyer and trumpeter Kenny Wheeler. \nCarlberg has been commissioned to write music for big bands\, small ensembles\, symphony orchestras as well as modern dance companies. In addition to his playing and composing activities Carlberg also serves on the faculty at New England Conservatory. \nCarlberg was also a founding member of the Douglass Street Music Collective and runs Red Piano Records\, an independent record label with a current catalogue of over 50 releases. \nKim Cass\nBassist Kim Cass is from an island off the coast of Maine\, where he was introduced to bass playing at age 10. He quickly developed a unique style on the electric bass and began playing the upright bass at age 13. Developing this instrument in a jazz context became Kim’s passion\, as well as composing music featuring his upright playing. \nWhen studying at the New England Conservatory of Music\, Cass received personalized instruction from several virtuoso musicians including George Garzone\, Ran Blake\, Joe Morris and Joe Maneri. Cass currently resides in New York City. He has been featured in a wide variety of ensembles\, executing music that is ever challenging and beautifully mysterious. Cass has performed with the likes of Matt Mitchell\, Tyshawn Sorey\, John Zorn\, and Bill McHenry. The solo album KIM CASS\, released on Table and Chairs\, is a showcase of Kim’s upright bass playing and compositions. \nMichael Sarin\nDrummer Michael Sarin has been at the center of New York City’s genre bending jazz and improvisation community. His versatility and musical wit helped forge long associations with forward-looking artists Thomas Chapin\, Dave Douglas\, Myra Melford\, Ben Allison\, and David Krakauer. Since moving to New York in 1989\, Michael’s unique style and approach to the drum set has been highly sought after by NYC and European musicians looking to expand the definitions of jazz and improvised music. He has contributed to recordings by the aforementioned artists as well as those of Frank Carlberg\, Anthony Coleman\, Mark Dresser\, Marty Ehrlich\, Mark Helias\, Denman Maroney\, Simon Nabatov\, Mario Pavone\, Ned Rothenberg\, and Fred Wesley–recordings found on numerous music critics’ Top Ten CD year-end lists.
URL:https://pcm.org/event/new-sphere-plays-thelonious-munk-dij-at-space/
LOCATION:Space Gallery\, 538 Congress Street\, Portland\, ME\, 04101
CATEGORIES:Dimensions in Jazz
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SUMMARY:Free Jazz Workshop with Marguerite Juenemann\, Gary Wittner\, and Tony Gaboury
DESCRIPTION:Bring your instrument and a fake book\, or just come to watch the magic happen! \nNo tickets necessary. \nFollowing the workshop\, grab some dinner then come back to see Marguerite\, Gary\, and Tony perform live at PCM (tickets required)
URL:https://pcm.org/event/free-jazz-workshop-with-marguerite-juenemann-gary-wittner-and-tony-gaboury/
LOCATION:Portland Conservatory of Music\, 28 Neal St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dimensions in Jazz,Workshops & Masterclasses
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SUMMARY:Air Space and Jane Ira Bloom
DESCRIPTION:Grammy-winning saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom joins forces with keyboard-percussion duo Air Space (Mike Effenberger and Brian Shankar Adler).\n\n\n \nAir Space (Mike Effenberger and Brian Shankar Adler) teams up with award winning saxophonist\, composer and improviser\, Jane Ira Bloom to create an unforgettable performance embracing the conversational possibilities between each other\, the audience and the space-time continuum. \nInspired by the minimalist structures and analogue textures of artists like Brian Eno\, Jóhann Jóhannsson\, and Nils Frahm\, Air Space transcends boundaries\, creating an atmospheric soundtrack to the somnambulist’s night in the deep woods.  \nAt times sublime and at times combative\, the group explores site specific\, interactive\, new music. Their expansive sound comes from Effenberger’s clever use of analog keyboards\, tape delays and geological specimens pitted against Adler’s genre-defying use of percussion from South America\, South Asia and the sewers of Brooklyn. Blending Indian raga\, post-Cageian minimalism\, and lo-fi nostalgia with an occasional field recording of crickets\, tiny sparks fly while the music retains a deceptively serene appearance.  \nAir Space made its debut in 2022\, performing in a casemate at Fort Gorges (Casco Bay\, Maine). In 2024\, the group released Cricket Cipher (Adhyaropa Records) and toured the Northeast\, US. The group’s performances often invite audience members to interact with the music through the use of collective drones and polyrhythms. \n \n————————- \n \nSoaring\, poetic\, quick silver\, spontaneous and instantly identifiable are words used to describe the soprano sound of saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. She has been developing her singular voice on the soprano saxophone for over 45 years. She is a pioneer in the use of live electronics and movement in jazz. Winner of the Guggenheim Fellowship for music composition\, the Downbeat International Critics Poll & Jazz Journalists Association Award for soprano saxophone\, the Mary Lou Williams Award for lifetime service to jazz and the Charlie Parker Fellowship for jazz innovation. She is the first musician ever commissioned by the NASA Art Program and has an asteroid named in her honor by the International Astronomical Union (asteroid: 6083janeirabloom). Her critically acclaimed Cd “Early Americans” received a Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album and made numerous year end best lists. Her duo release with bassist Mark Helias “Some Kind of Tomorrow” was featured on NPR’s Fresh Air and received 4 stars from Downbeat Magazine. Her recent critically acclaimed duo projects “Tues Days” with drummer Allison Miller and “See Our Way” with Helias  and trio project with Helias and Bobby Previte “2.3.23” all appear on Bandcamp. JIB finds inspiration in creating exploratory music with improvising musicians around the world and has participated in several international ‘remote’ events including a performance at the United Nations that linked improvising musicians in Korea\, China\, New York\, and San Diego. She has recorded and produced 20 albums of her music dating from 1977 to the present. Bloom is a professor at New School University’s College of the Performing Arts in NYC. Nat Hentoff called Bloom an artist “beyond category.” Bill Milkowski has described Bloom as “a true jazz original…a restlessly creative spirit\, and a modern day role model for any aspiring musician who dares to follow his or her own vision.” \n \n————————- \nDescribed as “a polyrhythmic force” (JazzTimes)\, multidisciplinary percussionist and composer Brian Shankar Adler transcends the terrain between genre and geographic region\, asking: how can we find connection through rhythm? He has performed internationally in caves\, forests and adjacent glacial ice fields as well as Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, Kennedy Center and The Stone. He has been recorded on over fifty albums including his recent works\, For a Gallery on the Moon (Chant Records\, 2020) and Fourth Dimension (Chant Records\, 2019). His music video\, “Mantra” won best music video at Transcinema International Film Festival in Peru and an official selection at Quiet City Film Festival in New York City. Adler has worked with Kinan Azmeh\, Ballet Hispanico\, Jay Clayton\, Guillermo Klein\, La Bomba De Tiempo\, Frank London\, Kate McGarry\, Palaver Strings\, Kamala Sankaram\, Elizabeth Swados\, among others and has been featured in Modern Drummer Magazine\, DownBeat\, and NPR. He is currently on faculties at Bates and Bowdoin College. \n \n————————- \nKeyboardist Mike Effenberger has curated an unmistakably individual voice drawing on gospel\, minimalism\, jazz\, and 20th century music. He leads Weird Turned Pro and plays with fiveighthirteen\, Jazzputin and the Jug Skunks\, the secular roots and gospel choir Rock My Soul\, OURBIGBAND\, Sad Bastards / Loose Standards\, Showmen’s Rest and Dan Blakeslee. When not in the northeast\, Effenberger performs internationally with Bing and Ruth\, and plays throughout the east coast with Soggy Po’ Boys. He appears on countless recordings from independent releases to larger labels\, including 4AD and RVNG Intl\, and is also active as a producer. His work has been reviewed in international publications including the Paris Review\, The Guardian\, and Pitchfork\, as well as appearing on nationally syndicated media including NPR’s All Things Considered and PRX’s Echoes.
URL:https://pcm.org/event/air-space-and-jane-ira-bloom/
LOCATION:SPACE\, 538 Congress St\, Portland\, ME 04101\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, US
CATEGORIES:Dimensions in Jazz
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SUMMARY:Caroline Davis and Wendy Eisenberg with Rhubarb @ SPACE Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Esteemed composers and improvisors Wendy Eisenberg and Caroline Davis celebrate the April release of their inside-outside songs record.\n\n\nImprovisers\, composers\, songwriters\, and friends\, Wendy Eisenberg and Caroline Davis celebrate the April release of their inside-outside songs and improv duo album Accept When at SPACE. \nWendy Eisenberg and Caroline Davis wrote Accept When between 2022 and 2023\, after a long\, beautiful period improvising together intimately in the safety of a friend’s practice space. Our friendship\, the quality of attention that colored the light of that and all our other practice spaces\, became the basis for our activity and growth as songwriters and our relationship as improvisers. Friendship\, how we relate to each other\, is their nucleus: the central and essential part of their movement; the positively charged central core of their atom. \nA nucleus is supposed to be an especially essential form in eukaryotic cells. Their nuclei are surrounded by a membrane\, which in that world permits them to be said to have “true nuclei.” Even their smallest parts\, their organelles (incidentally also the name of Caroline’s keyboard heard throughout the record)\, are held by that membrane. The deepening of their musical friendship\, the affordance of space they give to the possibility of synchronicity\, the reminders they write of the preciousness of our existence — all of this they put into these songs for you\, to help us all accept these miracles and metaphors\, in our lifeboats. \nAlive with nurturing visions of simple sonic offerings to morph our present situation\, Caroline Davis’ main reason for playing music is to connect with others\, beckoning new vistas among curious listeners. Her musical journey began in Singapore\, in a humid climate\, hearing sounds underwater that she would recreate by singing to her German shepherd dogs\, who treated her as their own. Her family moved to the United States\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, around age 6\, where she encountered R&B and gospel music rife with horns that called her to choose the saxophone 6 years later. Today\, Caroline’s music covers a wide range of styles\, owed to this shifting environment. As a leader\, she has released seven albums\, and her active projects include Portals\, My Tree\, and Alula. Her work has garnered much praise from NPR\, The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Wire\, and a host of international publications. \nDavis has shared the stage with Lee Konitz\, Rajna Swaminathan\, Michelle Boulé\, Angelica Sanchez\, John Zorn\, Bari Kim\, The Femme Jam\, Matt Mitchell\, Terry Riley\, Miles Okazaki\, and Billy Kaye. Outside of these performance relationships\, she has been involved with the following mentorship communities: IAJE’s Sisters in Jazz\, the Kennedy Center’s Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program\, and Mutual Mentorship for Musicians. Grants and residencies supporting a grateful Caroline include: Foundation for Contemporary Arts\, Chamber Music America\, New York Foundation for the Arts\, Jerome Hill\, Civitella\, BringAbout Residency\, The Jazz Gallery\, and MacDowell. Some of her compositional practice integrates music with cognitive science\, influenced by her Ph.D in Music Cognition. \nCaroline is an advocate for social justice in the realms of gender (Jazz & Gender at The New School and This Is a Movement) and in the movement for carceral justice (Justice for Keith Lamar). \nOver the last five years or so Wendy Eisenberg has been keeping listeners guessing. Nominally an improvising guitarist\, they don’t recognize any musical limitations\, perpetually finding ways to apply a deeply exploratory practice to a wide variety of contexts. Eisenberg plays solo guitar as well as banjo in both acoustic and electric settings\, warped post-punk songs in the trio Editrix\, delicately dangerous guitar music in the critically acclaimed Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet\, country-free jazz in the band Darlin’\, with Lester St. Louis and Ryan Sawyer\, febrile post-Prime Time free jazz in Strictly Missionary\, and punk-prog in a trio with Trevor Dunn and Ches Smith. As Eisenberg told fellow guitarist Nick Millevoi in an interview for Premier Guitar in 2021\, “I need to be in a punk band at the same time as I need to be playing free improv at the same time as I need to be playing songs. All at the same time—otherwise none of the practices will work for me.” Their musical range isn’t a glib manifestation of eclecticism\, but a genuine artistic essence. \nEisenberg has collaborated with a disparate array of musicians from all points along the creative music spectrum\, including Bill Orcutt\, Allison Miller\, Shane Parish\, Francisco Mela\, Carla Kihlstedt\, John Zorn\, and Caroline Davis. They have released music on Tzadik\, VDSQ\, Ba Da Bing! Records\, Garden Portal\, Feeding Tube\, Out of Your Head\, and Dear Life Records\, and performed everywhere from intimate basements to international festivals including Moers\, Le Guess Who? and Big Ears. They also write words about music and other things\, and have published work in John Zorn’s Arcana series\, The Contemporary Music Review\, Talkhouse\, and Sound American.
URL:https://pcm.org/event/caroline-davis-and-wendy-eisenberg-with-rhubarb/
LOCATION:SPACE\, 538 Congress St\, Portland\, ME 04101\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, US
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