Brandeis Improv Festival 2015 at Brandeis Improv Festival at Slosberg Music Center

The Brandeis Improv Festival is a weekend long celebration of spontaneous creativity and it's increasingly vital role in modern life. Through performances, workshops and seminars across the Brandeis campus, the Brandeis Improv Festival invites you to explore the ways that improvisation enlivens the arts and sciences; inspires individual and group creativity; encourages cultural evolution and revolution; and invigorates everything from our personal relationships to our work and business.

7:00 p.m Brandeis Improv Festival Inaugural Concert

What does virtuosic jazz pianist Tim Ray; the Bob Nieske 4, who play “free music and written music freely”; April Hall's swinging interpretations of the American Songbook, and a solo performance by legendary free jazz drummer Milford Graves have in common? They may play different musical styles, but this stellar lineup of musicians are united in their passion for improvisation!...

read more

The Brandeis Improv Festival is a weekend long celebration of spontaneous creativity and it's increasingly vital role in modern life. Through performances, workshops and seminars across the Brandeis campus, the Brandeis Improv Festival invites you to explore the ways that improvisation enlivens the arts and sciences; inspires individual and group creativity; encourages cultural evolution and revolution; and invigorates everything from our personal relationships to our work and business.

7:00 p.m Brandeis Improv Festival Inaugural Concert

What does virtuosic jazz pianist Tim Ray; the Bob Nieske 4, who play “free music and written music freely”; April Hall's swinging interpretations of the American Songbook, and a solo performance by legendary free jazz drummer Milford Graves have in common? They may play different musical styles, but this stellar lineup of musicians are united in their passion for improvisation!

7:00 p.m. Tim Ray Solo Piano

8:00 p.m. Bob Nieske 4 with Phil Grenadier-Trumpet, David Tronzo-Guitar, Bob Nieske-Bass, Jon Hazilla-Drums

9:00 p.m. The April Hall Quintet with April Hall-Vocals, Tim Ray-Piano, Tom Hall-Sax, Marty Ballou-Bass, Les Harris Jr.-Drums

10:00 p.m. Milford Graves Solo percussion performance

show less