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