Jane Rigler, flutist, composer, improviser and educator, is an active featured performer in contemporary, improvisation and experimental music festivals throughout the U.S. and Europe, presenting both acoustic and electroacoustic shows as a soloist as well as within ensembles. Expanding upon her classical background (Bachelor of Music at Northwestern University), she gained her Masters of Music and Ph.D. (UC San Diego) devoting extensive research to contemporary performance practice. Her book, The Vocalization of the Flute, demonstrates a variety of imaginative ways the voice and flute interact based upon non-western traditions, Western 20th Century works and her own compositions. Jane has presented her methodology as well as given master-classes, seminars, workshops and taught at a variety of universities, conservatories, conventions and performing art schools throughout the U.S. and Europe. Jane has also created and given more than 500 concerts for children. After residing in Spain for 9 years, she recently moved to New York which is now her base for her teaching and performing/composing activities. http://www.janerigler.com
Nate Wooley and Tim Barnes have been playing together in duo and anywhere from a lot larger to not a lot larger configurations for about 18 months now. That is time enough to gestate two human babies. Nate has waited tables in New York for 3 years and has performed with all manner of improvisors, from Dave Douglas to Anthony Braxton to Jack Wright, besides his trio, Blue Collar (featuring Tatsuya Nakatani and Steve Swell). Tim runs the record label Quakebasket, which has released archival recordings of Angus MacLise and Christopher Tree, while also supporting new artists such as Glenn Kotche, Minamo, Michael Schumacher, Marina Rosenfeld, and Toshio Kajiwara. As a performer, Tim has played with such visionaries as Ikue Mori, Jim O'Rourke, Tetuzi Akiyama, Toshimaru Nakamura, Sean Meehan, and John Zorn.
Together they nimbly prepare sound, construct it, and let it decay into silence. Conversely, they prepare silence, let it construct itself, and push it thunderously into the next sound. The duo deals in the synthesis of new sound from acoustic instruments (Wooley's trumpet and voice and Barnes' percussion), and in the worlds of ambient sound, speech and the specific silence of different venues.
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