The first Molten Plains of 2023 is the kind of warm, and full of surprises, gathering that is an Improv Lottery. From a wide scope of scenes and contexts, sixteen artists’ names will be drawn from a hat to perform as four impromptu ensembles: a trio, two quartets, and a quintet.
Spiderweb Saloon will bring another layer of possibilities to the night with interludes between the groups.
doors 8pm
names will be drawn at 8:15
music will start once the first group is set
$5-20 generous sliding scale
Molten Plains is a monthly series of adventurous sounds and further music experiences.
• Sarah Ruth Alexander_ hammered dulcimer or harmonium or stringed skateboard or vocals
• Jesse Chandler_ flute, synths, pneumatic tubes, mercury rev, midlake
• Chris Curiel_ processed trumpet excursionist
• Will Frenkel_ unexpected sound operations
• Aaron Gonzalez_ maybe double-bass, maybe vocals, maybe both
• Sarah Jay_ vocal and electronic prospects
• Stephen Lucas_ probably the old trusty MS2000
• Mattie_ a mirror, an oracle of the SOL. Lyrical self-inquiry, experimental instrumentation
• Randall Minick_ slithering hardware electronics
• Ernesto Montiel_ objects on guitar, 1/2 monte espina
• Kourtney Newton_ erudite cello
• Drew Phelps_ polymath double-bass
• Conner Simmons_ composer, songwriter, double bassist, and media artist.
• Melanie Little Smith_ land focused ancestral channeling
• Megan Storie_ singer/songwriter
• Rachel Weaver_ environmental sampledelia
Spiderweb participants:
• Courtney Marie
• Leoncarlo
• Emily Ramser
• Suzanne Terry
• Connie Wallace