Tuesdays at Downtown Music Gallery
13 Monroe Street, Manahahthan, Lenapehóking
No cost
This is an experiment with
what can be accomplished
with no budget and no advance rehearsal time
but with interested & interesting musicians.
Each sketch floats a different concept,
each a seed for further development
& future exploration.
the thing they cannot imagine is us
(after Rebecca Solnit)
Ellen Christi • voice
On Ka’a Davis • guitar
Bob Holman, poet • voice
Susan Hwang • voice
Claire de Brunner • bassoon
Dafna Naphtali • voice + electronics
patrick brennan • composition/conducting/alto saxophone
transparency kestra (mini): pyramid
Eli Asher • trumpet
On Ka’a Davis & Shu Odamura • guitar
Haruna Fukazawa • flutes & piccolo
Ayumi Ishito • soprano saxophone
Westbrook Johnson • trombone
Josh Sinton • baritone saxophone
Michael T.A. Thompson • percussion
patrick brennan • composition/conducting/alto saxophone
transparency kestra (mini): reverse stagger
Eli Asher, trumpet
patrick brennan, composition & saxophone
Ras Moshe Burnett, bass clarinet, flute
Claire de Brunner, bassoon
Kevin Nathaniel Hylton, shekere
Fung Chern Hwei, violin
Westbrook Johnson, trombone
Josh Sinton, baritone saxophone
Michael T.A. Thompson. brushes
November 4, 2025
Sketchbook Series #12
October 7, 2025
Sketchbook Series #11
May 6, 2025
Sketchbook Series #10
sound the word
patrick brennan – saxophone
Bob Holman – poetry
On Ka’a Davis – guitar
Dafna Naphtali – electronics & voice
Sara Schoenbeck – bassoon
April 1, 2025
Sketchbook Series #9
sound circles
Paul Austerlitz – contrabass clarinet
patrick brennan – saxophone
Claire de Brunner – bassoon
On Ka’a Davis, Shu Odumura – guitar
Nick Gianni – bass flute
Kevin Nathaniel Hylton – mbira
4 sound circles, 2 completely independent of each other, with 2 flexibly interacting throughout.
Eli Asher, Caylie Davis, Thomas Heberer, Frank London – trumpet
Aaron Pond – french horn
Steve Swell – trombone
Westbrook Johnson – trombone
patrick brennan – cornet
An idea that started with the beautiful horn sounds on Booker Little’s arrangements for Out Front that of course morphed into something else.
November 19, 2024
sketchbook series #7
brennan+Naphtali+Newsome
Dafna Naphtali, electronics & voice
Sam Newsome, soprano saxophone
patrick brennan, composition & alto saxophone
Claire de Brunner, bassoon
Nick Gianni, baritone saxophone
Jessica Lurie, baritone saxophone
Mike Noordzy, contra-alto clarinet
Sara Shoenbeck, bassoon
Claire de Brunner, bassoon
Nick Gianni, bass flute
Ken Filiano, contrabass
James Ilgenfritz, contrabass
Michael T.A. Thompson, trap drums
Haruna Fukazawa, piccolo
Nick Gianni, baritone saxophone
Lloyd Haber, percussion
James Paul Nadien, percussion
Ben Stapp, tuba
Michael T.A. Thompson, percussion
Charles Burnham, violin
Stephanie Griffin, viola
Jason Kao Hwang, viola
David Soldier, violin
low glow / dip breadth
