Shunyata Improvisation Group with Ziv Taubenfeld

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music in association with Jazz North East and The Lit and Phil presents…

SHUNYATA IMPROVISATION GROUP

The Literary and Philosophical Society (The Private Members Library)
Saturday 5th October 2024
Doors: 4.45pm (Music Starts 5.00pm)
Free Entry subject to capacity (Donations Most Welcome)

*As an extended improvisation this is a relaxed session in which audiences are free to come and go at will, although it is hoped you might stay the duration.  
 
Age Restrictions: All ages welcome with under 18’s accompanied by an adult.

5.00pm - 7.00pm 
Shunyata Improvisation Group with special guest Ziv Taubenfeld

John Garner (Violin) / Mark Carroll (Cello) / NofC (Voice / Melodeon / Percussion) / Mick Wright (Guitar) / Ziv Taubenfeld (Bass Clarinet) 


Part of Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music

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The Literary and Philosophical Society
The Literary and Philosophical Society, 23 Westgate Road, NE1 1SE
0191 232 0192 / library@litandphil.org.uk
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The Literary and Philosophical Society

Age Restrictions: All ages welcome with under 18’s accompanied by an adult.

Accessibility: The Loftus Room at The Lit and Phil is partly accessible. There is a lift at the venue entrance for wheelchair users to access the building and performance space, no wheelchair accessible toilets are available in the building. 

The festival has permissions for visiting wheelchair users to access toilets located on the ground floor in Sleeperz Hotel which is just a few doors down (16 ft) to the right of the Lit and Phil as you exit the building. 

Accessible toilets are also available at 5 Quarter Cafe Bar to the left as you exit the building. 

The Private Members Library is not a wheelchair accessible space and is preceded by a small number of stairs. 

Travel: Any Bus and Metro to Central Station which is located less than 300 ft from the venue (approximately 2 minutes walk).

There is limited street parking, the closest car park is at Central Station
(Charges may apply).


Artist Biographies 

SHUNYATA IMPROVISATION GROUP

The Shunyata Improvisation Group playing violin, cello, guitar, percussion and voice, create an extraordinary style of music; intimate, distinct, quiet, acoustic, entirely composed in the moment. Each concert provides an immersive meditative experience. Inspired by Zen approaches to art, emphasising spaciousness, exploring both timbral and pitch-based improvisation. 

The musicians of the Shunyata Improvisation Group are: 

John Garner (Violin)
John trained in classical, jazz and South Indian music. He has an impressive discography and toured at home and internationally. John combines immaculate technique with a fearless musicality and free-wheeling improvisational aesthetic. 

Mark Carroll (Cello)
Mark is a composer, cellist, and pianist. As a composer, he has been 
commissioned by the London Sinfonietta and performances of his works include in the Royal 
Festival Hall and on Radio 3; as an improvising cellist he enjoys exploring the wider timbre 
possibilities of the instrument. Mark performed a solo electric cello improvisation at the 
2016 Tusk Festival at the Sage Gateshead. 

NofC (Voice, Melodeon, Percussion)
As an enthusiastic amateur, NofC has sung in multiple large and small choral contexts over a great many years, learnt melodeon via the Sage-based Folkworks programme, and performed improv with Cooking with Three and Newcastle Improvisers Workshop. 

trubba not (Acoustic Guitar)*
trubba not has performed hundreds of concerts over several decades as a jazz and ambient guitarist. trubba not has a direct, spacious style seeking to emphasise the natural clarity of the acoustic guitar. 

Mick Wright (Guitar)*
Mick Wright was born on Tyneside and for the past half-century has played, taught, and relished listening to the abundance of music surrounding us here. He works at Newcastle University and is researching the work of guitarist-composers Mick Goodrick and John Renbourn. 

*Please note for this performance Mick Wright will appear as stand in guitarist for trubba not.

“Yesterday’s performance was one of the most emotionally uplifting pieces I have EVER 
heard...... perfect sounds in a perfect atmosphere.” Andy Wood, Editor TQ ZINE. 

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