Photo: © Claudio Casanova, AAJ Italia

BOSTON PREMIERE

Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris

A Conduction® with New England Conservatory

“All kinds of folks downtown are conducting improvisers these days, but Lawrence D. ‘Butch’ Morris is the orchestrator who gave the concept wings.”—Time Out New York

“Butch” Morris redefines the roles of composer, conductor, arranger, and performer and is recognized internationally as the principal theorist and practitioner in the evolution of Conduction® (a term borrowed from physics), a type of structured free improvisation where Morris directs and conducts an improvising ensemble with a series of hand and baton gestures. In this structured yet free improvisation, Morris conducts an ensemble from the classical, jazz, and contemporary music departments at New England conservatory, where he was recently in residence.

NEC performers include:
Eden MacAdam-Somer, Yasmine Azaiez, violin
Allie Simpson, viola
Davindar Singh, clarinet
Billy McShane, bass clarinet
Mike Sachs, soprano saxophone
Fausto Sierakowski, alto saxophone
Andrew Halchak, tenor saxophone
Rafael Horowitz, oboe
Joelle Wagner, bassoon
Aquilles Navarro, trumpet
Jon Kenney, trombone
Kevin Boch, tuba
Andrew Clinkman, Sasha Kern, Sam Lisabeth, guitar
Patrick Kuehn, Robin Betton, bass
Evan Allen, piano
Jacquie McNulty, Irish harp
Jeremy Barnett, vibraphone
Jacob Cole, Nick Neuberg, drums

 
Co-produced by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and New England Conservatory in cooperation with JazzBoston.