Tonight at the Good Shepherd Chapel, the Wayward Music Series is presenting the neoclassical soundscapes of Gregory Allison & Slow Meadow at 8:00pm. Tickets: $20 GA / $30 Reserved.
From the press release:
Gregory Allison creates with a single violin a sound that travels across great landscapes. He has toured the world with violin in hand and is endlessly inspired by the instrument’s journey around the globe, especially its use in South Indian Classical music. His live performance blends the Indian Classical melodic improvisation with his classical sensibility as a film composer, offering the listener a sonic journey through time and space.
He will be performing his 2021 debut album Portal in its entirety, along with new compositions for amplified violin and string quartet.
Gregory recently relocated to Portland, OR, after 5 years living in LA, where he started the
record label and recording studio Holy Volcano. He has released four albums on the label: one
solo (Portal), two with collaborator Tristan de Liege (A Light For Dark Moments and Life As A
Film), and as producer for the debut album from songwriter Ella Luna, Anything To Make It
Loud.
He is currently collaborating with electronic composers to create ReWorked versions of the
music from his debut solo record Portal. The first two pieces on the ReWorked album,
“Portal” and “Veritas” were reworked by Kalaido and Tristan de Liege will be released on
Holy Volcano on March 8 and March 29, respectively.
In 2023, Allison traveled to Kerala, India, to work with his South Indian Classical teacher of 10
years, Peroor Jayaprakash. The violin duo performed in Hindu temples with the classical
Carnatic ensemble, and recorded a set of nine classical pieces with a new fusion ensemble for
the largest media company in Kerala, The Manorama.
Slow Meadow is Houston multi-instrumentalist Matt Kidd. With a foundation of piano, string orchestration, and an ever-evolving electronic palette, Slow Meadow traverses the borders of neoclassical and minimalist electronic. His newest album, Upstream Dream, delivers a deeply personal and transportive experience that speaks directly to the ebbs and flows and mundanity and marvels of life. With sublime patience, understated elegance, and surreal atmosphere, Slow Meadow savors
the present, remembers the past, and imagines what could be.
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