GIO at the City Halls, 21/3/12

Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra at the City Halls
Wednesday 21 March at 8pm
Tickets £6

GIO present an evening of improvised chamber music on their second appearance at the City Halls as part of the sound lab series. 

A number of small distinct groupings drawn from within the orchestra will perform separately.

This concert is the first in a year that sees the 10 year anniversary of GIO. 

GIO will also be launching their new CD, George Burt's Improcherto, at this performance.


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GIO Festival IV Program

The full program of our forthcoming festival can be found here

GIO Festival IV Workshops

As part of our fourth festival GIO are offering three workshops led by Renee’ Baker, member of the AACM, director of the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project and a passionate educator.

Workshop 1: for anyone with an interest in improvising, no experience necessary, all instruments

and methods of making sound welcome. Sat 26th Nov: 11am-2pm, performing @ 3pm

Workshop 2: improvising for 3-5 year olds plus parents/carers. Expect fun, creative sounds and

musical ideas to take away. Sunday 27th Nov 10.30-11.30

Workshops are free but numbers are restricted so booking is essential

All workshops take place at CCA Glasgow, 350 Sauchiehall St Glasgow,

For booking email: giocontact@gmail.com

Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra Festival IV

Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra host their fourth annual festival at the CCA this November offering three days of performances, workshops and discussions that open up or re-frame improvisation in different contexts. Performances range from small and intimate to large scale vistas for orchestra and feature improvised encounters with films, video score, live remix and composition.

Full program here

GIO +

Jan Bang

Satoko Fujii

Renee' Baker

Andreas Gogol

Gliondar Ensemble

Rope and Duck Company,

Muris With Lumps & and Peter Nicholson

Miguel Carvalhais/Bill Wells/George Burt/Raymond MacDonald

Stuart Brown/Tom Bancroft/Chris Wallace/Fritz Welch Drum Quartet

We'll also be performing three new compositions written for the orchestra by Liene Rozite, George Burt and Emma Roche. And there will be a discussion chaired by the Dancehall Journal. Full program details to follow.

GIO Festival IV, 25th, 26th and 27th of November, CCA Glasgow, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow ( £6 per day £10 for 2 days)