Doctoral Concert Tony Roe

To mark the defence of his doctoral research project, Expanding the creative space of improvised music through extra-musical elements and interactive technology, pianist and composer Tony Roe brings Tin Men and the Telephone to Splendor.

On stage, the trio sets spoken voices to music, plays with live visuals and hands part of the controls to the audience through their smartphones. In his research, Roe asks what these interactions do to the musicians: not just whether the music sounds different, but whether it makes them play differently.

Together with partners in crime Pat Cleaver on bass and Jamie Peet on drums, Roe presents an evening of material both old and new. Ingredients for the evening include improvisation, humour, politics and a little time-bending with live cameras. The success of the performance lies partly in the audience’s hands.

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Tony Roe – piano
Jamie Peet – drums
Pat Cleaver - bass

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