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Gearing up for a Canadian tour in March with Forward Motion featuring:
Russ Johnson – trumpet
Andy Milne – keys
Dan Weiss – drums
QN – sax & compositions

Our schedule:
Sat., March 17 – 9:30pm @ The Rex, Toronto, Ontario
Sun., March 18 – 2:00pm @ The Wilson Room, Kingston Public Library, Kingston, Ontario
Mon., March 19 – Workshop (tba) Kingston, Ontario
Tues., March 20 – 9:00pm @ Tonic Tavern, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wed., March 21 – 12:00pm Concert & Workshop @ Bedford Concert Hall, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Thurs., March 22 – 9:00pm @ Beatniq, Calgary, Alberta
Fri., March 23 – 9:00pm @ Cultural Centre Black Box Theatre, Medicine Hat, Alberta
Sat., March 24 – 9:00pm @ Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, Alberta
Sun., March 25 – 8:00pm @ Cellar Jazz Club, Vancouver, BC
Mon., March 26 – 8:00pm Concert & Workshop @ Victoria Island University, Nanaimo, BC

Spread the word and hit up a show!
-Q

Had a great time playing at the Ottawa Winterlude JazzFest this year-

Flux (w/ Dave Binney, Matt Mitchell & Kenny Wollesen) got some nice press from Peter Hum of the Ottawa Citizen with a preview and review of the show.
“a pure, bracing, thought provoking music…cliche-and convention-free”
“advanced and viscerally hard-hitting original music”

Also a blog interview with Artistic Director Petr Cancura.

We had our maiden voyage in NYC last week and it was a blast-
looking forward to bringing this band to my hometown!
(+we’re heading into the studio in early Feb)

QN’s Flux:
Dave Binney – Alto Saxophone
QN – Tenor Saxophone & Compositions
Matt Mitchell – Fender Rhodes
Kenny Wollesen – Drums

Sat Jan 21 & Sun Jan 22 (9:3Opm, 2 sets)
@The Rex – Toronto

(also a workshop at Humber College on Fri Jan 2o 4:15pm)

I’m looking forward to debuting a new group this Monday January 9th at 8:30pm in NYC

with
Dave Binney – Alto Sax
QN – Tenor Sax & Compositions
Matt Mitchell – Fender Rhodes
Kenny Wollesen – Drums

at the Cornelia St Cafe

We play the first set at 8:30pm,
to be followed by a great group led by Michael Attias.

Also to watch for with this group in Jan & Feb:
Jan 20 Workshop at Humber College – Toronto (4pm)
Jan 21 Concert at theRex – Toronto (9:30pm)
Jan 22 Concert at theRex – Toronto (9:30pm)
Feb 3 Workshop at Carleton University – Ottawa
Feb 3 Concert at Winter Ottawa Jazz Festival

& we’re heading into the studio in Brooklyn early Feb!
-Q

Hey,

So a bunch of fun projects on the go at the moment:

Wednesday, Dec 14th, 2011
8:30 pm – 1 set

Quinsin Nachoff’s Pyramid Project:
Music for Brass Quintet, drums & saxophone.

A NY-premier of a suite commissioned by Australian trumpeter Peter Knight, plus selected other QN works.

Ralph Alessi – Trumpet
Shane Endsley – Trumpet
John Clark – French Horn
Ryan Keberle – Trombone
Joe Exley – Tuba
Dan Weiss – Drums
QN – Sax & Compositions

@SEEDs Brooklyn
617 Venderbilt, Brooklyn, NY

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Monday, Jan 9th, 2012
8:30pm 1 set

Quinsin Nachoff’s FLUX:
Some new music for a new electric project. Our debut performance will be:

Dave Binney – Alto Sax
QN – Tenor Sax & Compositions
Matt Mitchell – Fender Rhodes
Kenny Wollesen – Drums
@Cornelia St Cafe
29 Cornelia St, NY, NY

Also to look ahead FLUX will be:

Doing a workshop at Humber College in Toronto Fri Jan 20 4:15pm
Playing at The Rex in Toronto on Jan 21 & 22 9:30pm 2 sets

Playing in Montreal at the Upstairs on Feb 2
And as part of the Ottawa Jazz Festival’s Winter Jazz Fest on Feb 3rd

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Watch for a Canada Tour in March with Andy Milne, Dan Weiss and Russ Johnson (more soon).

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Also completing the work on my Violin Concerto for Nathalie Bonin and looking ahead to some new commissions and projects in 2012!

-Q

Hey inter-web-space,

Just a quick note, a lot on the go.

I had a great time in Australia in June with trumpeter Peter Knight, premiering a new commissioned suite for his 5+2 Brass Ensemble, all stellar Australian players, at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. It was a pleasure to be able to bring out NYC pianist Matt Mitchell for a short run of Forward Motion gigs as well. We played at the Valley Jazz Festival in Brisbane where we were then in residence for a week at the Queensland Conservatorium, in Brisbane- also quite a rewarding experience.
(Thanks to The Canada Council for the Arts and the SOCAN Foundation for making this possible.)

I was then off to France for a very nice concert with Bruno Tocanne‘s Collective New Dreams – a combination of collective’s from the south of France. A short video was shot about the concert.

Now back in muggy NYC and working on a commission for clarinetist Peter Stoll with the Cecilia string quartet.

-Q