The Stet Lab, according to its mission statement, 'is a celebration of the practice of improvisation in all its diversity, complexity and, perhaps, contradictions'. The Cork-based forum for improvisers, run under the auspices of the Cork Music Collective, invites novices, veterans, students, teachers, part- amateurs, professionals, locals and visitors to share in the experience, to hear music, to partake in the process and to impart whatever knowledge they may have, as all good artistic driven forums should.

This week the collective celebrates it's first anniversary with the arrival of saxophonist Franziska Schroeder on Monday, November 10 to the Roundy. If real-time sonic deviance is your bag, then Schroeder's the veritable cat that's leapt out from the bag. Her technique is quick and virtuosic: every second of the improvisation brings a new dimension to the performance. Schroeder has a distinguished background that includes a fellowship at the Sonic Arts Research Centre in Belfast. As well as being the founder of the digital media collective laut, she was the artistic director of the ICMC Roots Ensemble. She has released a double CD with her trio FAINT, and May There Be…, both on the Creative Source Recordings label.

To celebrate their one-year anniversary, Stet Lab will be inviting both regular participants and newcomers to join in the free-form fun. Also performing at the event will be a group of Cork-based improvisers, Veronica Tadman (voice), Paul Dowling (bass) and Barry Twomey (guitar), appearing as The Real-Time Company (for the Ad-Hoc Association) Of.

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written by Stet Lab curator, November 17, 2008

Thanks for the article!

For more real-time mutations and hybrids (including audio recordings of the event with Franziska Schroeder), check out the Stet Lab website

http://www.busterandfriends.com/stet/

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