Event overview
Folding Machines - Approaches to improvising and composing inspired by the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze.
Tim O’Dwyer is a saxophonist, composer and researcher currently Head of the School of Contemporary Music at LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore where he has been living and teaching since 2004. Tim’s career has constantly stretched across borders of genre, performance practice and art forms. Trained as a jazz musician at the Victorian College of the Arts graduating with a degree in Performance in 1993 he furthered his studies with a tuition grant from the Australian Council for the Arts in 1995 studying with composer Richard Barrett in Amsterdam and visionary saxophonist/ improviser Evan Parker in London.
Following his studies Tim returned to Melbourne and joined the underground punk-jazz band bucketrider who went on to release four acclaimed cds and countless shows from their uncompromising original material (composed by O’Dwyer in collaboration with David Brown bass/ guitar, Sean Baxter drums, Adam Simmons saxes and James Wilkinson Trombone & Electronics) to performing the works of Sun Ra and the late-period of John Coltrane (including celebrated performances of ‘Meditations’ and ‘OM’) to collaborations with the contemporary classical group LIBRA, the contemporary dance group danceworks (in collaboration with choreographer Sandra Parker) and performing with international rock groups like Zena Geva (Jap) and Sonic Youth (US).
All welcome, not just for graduates!
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Mar 2014 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
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