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Creative music with words, with sounds, with lights; all in the now: Carei Thomas collaborated with AACM members in its early years and shares a solar system with the likes of Sun Ra, Ligeti, Messiaen, and Andrew Hill.

Like a Gospel Holy Roller Party, these compositions draw narrative materials from non-linear, fractal-like formations of story and expression, memory and fantasy. SOUND WINDOW(S) V is an experimental sound study using voice, poemmetry, and acoustic-electronic instrumentation for an ensemble (Carei Thomas – Piano, Harmonica, Text; Gary Schulte – Violin, Text; Steve Goldstein – Laptop Electronics; Patrick O’Keefe – Clarinet, Bass Clarinet; Jacqueline Ferrier-Ultan – Cello.)

“This performance explored an improvisational concept I call ‘Brief Realities;’ an everchanging series of purely invented music often spiced with cells or fragments of written material. ‘Poemmetry’ is a spatial-kinetic-music-word concept which utilizes poetry and the audience in making the compositional fabric work. This is similar to the way fragments of written musical material hold ‘brief realities’ together (like a kind of skin or connective tissue).”

If you’re not sure, don’t fret: just listen and your spirit will guide you.