EJF: 'Confluence' with James Doyle
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- James W. Doyle, percussion
"I’m most centered and mindful when in close proximity to moving water. Ocean tides, flowing streams, and crashing waterfalls bring a deep sense of calm awareness. Perhaps the abstract nature and impermanence of the surfaces draws me in. Perhaps it's the continuous sound masking my equally unrelenting tinnitus. What I'm absolutely certain of, there’s a desire to capture the moment. To revisit the awareness found while sitting still, void of human noise within the environment, I’ll capture recordings to interact with days, weeks, or months later.
"These interactions are in the form of improvisations. While the water recordings are of a fixed length, the improvisations are free to move as if there's no beginning nor end.
"Confluence explores this process through collaborative improvisation with projections of moving water." – JWD
This performance is part of EJF, a weeklong mini-festival chock-full of music, mini-classes, films, and more. EJF is all-day, all-ages.
Please check out the full schedule for more sessions and descriptions.
About James W. Doyle, percussion
James W. Doyle is a percussionist, educator, music director, and collaborative artist based in the Pacific Northwest. He's a member of the Seattle-based contemporary percussion and multimedia group, Striking Music and serves as visiting assistant professor of music and director of instrumental studies at Saint Martin's University. He's also on the graduate music education faculty at Adams State University, serves on the musicology faculty at the University of Puget Sound, and teaches percussion in the University of Puget Sound's Community Music program and at South Puget Sound Community College. James is co-owner of Pacific Edge Multimedia and maintains a performance and artist-in-residency schedule throughout the United States and abroad.
https://jameswdoyle.com/