Some Recent Activities

Here are some videos of some of my recent activities.

First up is the most recent New Loft gig, at Gallery5 for RVA Noise Night. I had a simple set-up: floor tom and cymbals. Jimmy Ghaphery sticks to clarinet and Tim Harding sticks to guitar. High energy!

Part 4/11 - The New Loft - 2013 Sept. 24 - Noise Night #14 @ Gallery5 - Richmond, Virginia from Silver Persinger on Vimeo.

Next up is the Subtle Body Transmission Orchestra, playing “Swept Through (Framed),” a composition by Daniel Barbiero, at the Atlas Theater for the Sonic Circuits Festival in DC. Dan is on bass, Rich O'Meara is on vibes and percussion, and Tim and Jimmy on saxes (plus Jimmy on flute). I am playing a reduced kit. The composition dictated duration and approach. Members of Nancy Havlik’s Dance Performance Group supply the visual component. This is a 4-minute excerpt of the half-hour piece.

Audio for the entire performance is here:


...and there's plenty more of Daniel Barbiero's work here.

From last year, I was privileged to join a super-improv lineup of 21 musicians from DC and Richmond at the Atlas Theater for the Sonic Circuits Festival in DC for a performance of Jimmy Ghaphery’s composition “Boris Bobby,” a structured improvisation based on the Fischer Spassky 1972 World Chess Championships.

Also from earlier last year, Jimmy formed an octet (all of who also appeared in the big group) for “Boris Bobby Jr.” at the Ghostprint Gallery in Richmond.

Boris Bobby Jr. - 2012 June 12 - Live at Ghostprint Gallery - Richmond, Virginia from Silver Persinger on Vimeo.

Finally, I want to throw in another plug for Indeterminate, the recording of the piano/drums improv gig Rodger Coleman and I did last year in Nashville. There was some video of this, but I haven’t seen it yet. Rodger has totally redone his home studio and I’m looking forward to more recording over the holidays!