Sheffield's finest improvising minimalist ensemble Emergence Collective present a special concert featuring a grand piano.
Emergence Collective builds beautiful, minimalist sound worlds that gradually evolve through improvised performance. Featuring a revolving lineup of up to fifteen musicians and a vibrant mix of ancient and modern instruments, the ensemble brings together exciting combinations of the North’s finest improvisors. Drawing on their collective musical backgrounds in folk, jazz, experimental, early and contemporary classical music, they generate a hypnotic, otherworldly kaleidoscope of sound, completely unique to every live performance and every space they perform in.
This special performance, part of Keystones Piano Festival in the Samuel Worth Chapel, sees the group bringing in a grand piano for the first time as part of a fresh 10-piece lineup.
The group has played at and sold out venues across the north of England, released several albums, and run practical and accessible workshops exploring their creative process. Emergence is directed by Juliana Day (recorders/whistles), Rob Bentall (nyckelharpa), and Zebedee Budworth (hammered dulcimer).
"Beautifully subtle yet hypnotic performance of stripped back improvised minimalism" – The Guardian
“Dislodged from time, fragments of older and folkier traditions seep into contemporary ones in their compositions with seamless grace, ornate patterns ambling through the reverberant space they're enclosed in” – The Quietus
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