LIO band members include..........
Harry Becket - Trumpet, Flugal Horn
Ian Smith - Trumpet
Roland Ramanam - Trumpet.
Alan Tomlinson - Trombones
Paul Rutherford - Trombone.
Robert Jarvis - Trombone.
Catherine Pluygers - oboe
Jacques Foshcia - Bass Clarinet
John Rangecroft - Clarinet.
Neil Metcalfe - Flute.
Terry Day - wooden Flutes, word and Poetry
Adrian Northover - Alto and Soprano Saxes
Lol Coxhill - Soprano sax.
Chefa Alonso - Soprano sax and frame percussion
Caroline Kraabel - Alto/Baritone saxes and Voice
Evan Parker - Tenor and soprano saxes
John Butcher - Tenor and soprano saxes
Marcio Mattos - Cello.
Hannah Marshall - Cello
Phillip Wachsmann - Viola & Violin
Mardyah Tucker - Violin
Alison Blunt - Violin
Sylvia Hallet - Violin
Sue Ferrar -Violin
Ivor kallin - Violin & Voice / Poetry
john Bisset - Guitar
Dave Tucker - Electric Guitar
B J Cole - pedal Steel Guitar
John Edwards - Bass Violin
Dave Leahy - Bass Violin
Tony Marsh - Drum set
Javier Carmona - drums and Percussion
Orphy Robinson - Steel pan Percussion
Adam Bohman - Amplified Percussion
Steve Beresford - Piano
Veryan Weston - Piano
The London Improvisers Orchestra were born from the embers of Butch Morris' London Skyscraper tour for the Contempory Music network tour in November 1997. Concerts were performed in London, Birmingham, Oxford, Manchester, Bristol and Liverpool. Members of the ensemble decided to carry the project on and thus was born The London Improvisers Orchestra-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For ten months of the year, the orchestra meets up on the first sunday of the month (excluding December and January). at the Cafe Oto in Dalston, Meeting early on the Sunday so,anybody who has an idea about how to control a group of individuals who take pleasure in not being controlled, can rehearse what they would like to do. These pieces mixed in with freely improvised sections makes up the performance at 8.30.
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If you haven't heard the orchestra yet, I can't recommend it enough to you. It is one of the secret gems of the London music calendar. And for those that have heard us we look forward to see you again.
London Improvisers Orchestra's Friend Space (Top 4)
gaNNets featuring FYFE DANGERFIELD are out and about this December with a bunch of intimate gigs in The Smoke - on a boat! (7th Dec), Bristol (14th Dec), 'Nham (15th Dec) & Brum (16th Dec)
Lithuanian electronica, fluxus and proto-pagan minimalism, it's all OUT HEAR on Monday 21 Sept, 8.00pm
TWITTERING MACHINES AND SUTARTINĖS
Curated by Anton Lukoszevieze
Lithuanian contemporary music is a hidden gem of the European scene, characterised by a proto-pagan minimalism and a folk inspired sensibility. Sutartinės form the bedrock of much new Lithuanian music, together with electronica and the canon
