BIJF x BURNT JAZZ

Presents

::{an evening of experimentation, improvisation, extemporisation and intoxication}::

-->Libby Myers
Libby Myers is a guitarist, composer and music researcher from Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia. She has a passion for contemporary music and experimentation, having given world premieres of solo, chamber and orchestral works for classical and electric guitar throughout Australia and abroad. Her debut solo album Unfettered and Alive, released by Made Now Music, was shortlisted in the 2023 Queensland Music Awards. As an improviser, she has collaborated with artists of disparate genres and disciplines, and it is in this mode of collaborative creativity she feels most at home. She has premiered her own experimental, improvisation-led compositions on both classical and electric guitar that explore open notation, effects and objects. Libby is a versatile and adventurous collaborator, having worked with artists ranging from the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Opera Queensland in the premiere of new opera, post-classical indie septet Nonsemble, the Riverside Guitar Ensemble, and recently the contemporary classical Postcards trio of UK-based Australian mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean and in demand Australian pianist Alex Raineri. Libby toured and performed throughout Australia with the Rosa Guitar Trio, with whom she was an artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Libby’s artistic research focuses on musical identities and experimentation through the lens of musical alchemy, using innovative artistic and narrative research methods. She is an experienced and passionate music educator, currently lecturing in contemporary practice-led approaches to music theory, aural skills and optimal performance practice at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music Griffith University.

-->The Prairie Dogs
The Prairie Dogs are an improvisational four piece made up of Neve Randall, Toby Thelander, Joshua Spurr, and Ethan Wall. The Prairie Dogs blend their diverse backgrounds of classical, jazz, contemporary, and experimental music into free form improvised performances and compositions. Merging different musical influences, they create unique avenues for expression and conversations in music.

-->Thee Alluvial Quartet

Formed in the sediment beneath the Conservatorium, TAQ will perform a unique set with a new line-up for BIJF x BURNT JAZZ - Featuring Sophie Min on Piano, Martin Kay on Woodwinds, Timothy Green on drum set and Max Fowler-Roy on Double Bass.
TAQ will improvise through a set of compositions by Max, Sophie, and Martin, and will interpolate a work by Messiaen during the set.

30 PWYC tickets available. IF you can afford 30 dollars you should pay for a ticket :) All money to artists and Sound Tech.