In the Mix

How do you like your improvised music?

Hot? Contemporary? Crazy? Smooth?

It's all here in the mix, with dozens of club-style sets each season, usually three different acts each night. Tonight the mix reveals the range of music explored and invented by our Contemporary Improvisation students.

These student ensembles are the club headliners of tomorrow—coached by leading jazz and improvising artists from the New England Conservatory faculty.

7:00pm set
coached by Joe Morris
Abigale Reisman, violin
Rachel Panitch, violin
Anna Patton, clarinet
Joelle Wagner, bassoon
Sonny Lalchandani, sitar
Valerie Thompson, cello
Andria Nicodemou, vibraphone
Jeff Balter, drums, percussion
Jussi Reijonen, oud

8:00pm set
American Roots Ensemble
coached by Eden MacAdam-Somer
Rebecca Sullivan, voice, piano
Ryan Shannon, violin
Abby Swidler, viola
Hui Weng, guzheng
Dylan McKinstry, mandolin
Ben Andrews, violin, guitar, mandolin
Jacob Means, mandolin, voice
Brad Barrett, bass
Kody Glazer, trombone

9:00pm set
Choro Ensemble
coached by Amir Milstein
Natalie Cadet, voice
Deepti Navaratna, voice
Lukas Papenfusscline, voice
Rachel Panitch, violin
Daniel Pencer, woodwinds
Ilya Portnov, harmonica
Zoe Christiansen, clarinet
Stephen Gordon, piano
Jacob Means, guitar
Sonny Lalchandani, sitar
Simon Willson, bass
Joe Musacchia, percussion
Vessela Stoyanova, percussion