Music at Washington St. was a series of experimental and improvised music featuring musicians from around New England as well as visiting musicians from around the world. The series was started in 2012 by Morgan Evans-Weiler and Michael Rosenstein and was later co-curated by Michael Rosenstein and Jesse Kenas Collins. The series ended in April 2023 and is no longer active.
Washington Street Arts presents an evening of solo improvisations by Damon Smith, Howard Martin, and Matt Weston followed by a collective trio.
All Ages: $10 donation.
Damon Smith’s explorations into the sonic palette of the double bass have resulted in a personal, flexible improvisational language based in the American jazz avant-garde movement and European non-idiomatic free improvisation. https://www.balancepointacoustics.com/projects/view/improvised-solo
Howard Martin is a multi-instrumentalist and improvisor focused on the intersection of and tension between conventional and extended technique. When he doesn't play for a while, he misses it in his lungs and fingertips. https://variantstatetrio.bandcamp.com/album/mit-chapel-concert
Matt Weston's playing has a stark reality to it, a feeling of nomadic wandering without hope of reaching nirvana. He puts a unique spin on the drum solo and creates tones of atypical sonority. He is a sound explorer on an apparent endless quest for purity. https://mattweston.bandcamp.com
