Improv Spaces Music Festival
IMPROV SPACES MUSIC FESTIVAL will present five days of live music, art, and dance showcasing a range of Saratoga County and Capital Region musicians as well as bringing musicians and artists from New York City/New Jersey upstate.
5-7PM: Christopher Rodriguez, Saiya Forty, and Julio Evans
Bomba Drums and Dance
7-9PM: Bee Side Cassettes presents apostrophebeats
An apostrophebeats orchestra live film scoring event
Day 2 of the IMPROV SPACES MUSIC FESTIVAL will feature New Jersey-based Boricua and Cuban percussionist Christopher Rodriguez collaborating with dancer Saiya Forty along with drummer Julio Evans. Rodriguez co-organizes the monthly bateys de bomba a collective of New Jersey-based bomberos. In contrast to staged performances, these bateys have been organic, fluid spaces of community, cultural education, mentorship, storytelling, and healing.
In addition, Day 2 will feature an evening program presented by Bee Side Cassettes of the apostrophebeats orchestra, a gathering of local upstate and regional New York improvisational musicians, performing a live film score to the classic Danish horror film by Benjamin Christensen Häxan.
apostrophebeats electronics & keyboards
Kurt Dazzler saxophone
Joe Taurone drum set
djdrummernk percussion
s3v37 electric guitar
Jess Bowen violin
Derick Noetzel: live visuals & projection
Learn More: Day 2 — Thursday, May 30