Wayward Music Series: William O. 'Bill' Smith
$5-$20 suggested donation
William O. Smith — Jazz Set
William O. Smith — Five Pages
Huntley Beyer — It's Personal
Igor Deklevaoth — Nostalgic Fantasy
Jeffrey Cohan, flute
William O. Smith, clarinet
Sharyn Peterson, violin
William O. Smith – Session for clarinet, flute, and violin (world premiere)
William O. Smith – Jazz Set for flute and violin (world premiere)
William O. Smith – Five Pages for solo violin (world premiere)
Huntley Beyer – It’s Personal (world premiere)
Igor Deklevaoth – Nostalgic Fantasy for clarinet, flute, and violin (world premiere)
World-premieres of works written by and for the groundbreaking clarinetist and composer William O. “Bill” Smith will be performed by Bill with flutist Jeffrey Cohan and violinist Sharyn Peterson. Seattle composer Huntley Beyer and Slovenian composer Igor Dekleva (Ljubljiana) have written works for the occasion.
Smith recently turned 92 and is well known not only to Northwest audiences but to jazz fans and clarinetists throughout the world. A founding member of the Dave Brubeck Octet, Smith pioneered the use of contemporary techniques on clarinet in the 1960s and has continued to experiment with them throughout his life, both in his jazz improvisation and classical composition. Bill was professor of clarinet, composition, and contemporary music at the University of Washington for 30 years.
About Wayward Music Series
Each month, Nonsequitur and a community of like-minded organizations and artists present 10 concerts of adventurous and experimental music in the gorgeous Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center: contemporary/post-classical composition, free improvisation and the outer limits of jazz, electronic/electroacoustic music, new instruments, phonography, sound art, and other innovative musics.
https://www.waywardmusic.org/