SITES / SOUNDS FROM BIRTHDAY SHOW

Both live sets from my birthday show are now up. Workshop Ensemble performed SILT and shown here - Movement Exercise No. 5 for Blindfolded Ensemble (modified to include party hats) Slaughterhouse 3 performed a set of material with originals by BF, Michael Owcharuk, Paul Kemmish, and Gino Jevdjevich, among other covers. Featured here, the Romani anthem: Djelem Djelem. Listen to full sets: http://kennedy-williams.net/scoobiesnax/2012/08/beth-fleenors-birthday-the-royal-room/ (special thanks to Steve Kennedy-Williams for recording)

SJCE COMPOSERS VOL. 1

Very excited to announce the first SJCE Composers record. I play clarinet on the album and it also features 2 takes of my Movement Exercise No. 1 for Blindfolded Ensemble.

NOTES ON THE PIECE
Movement Exercise No. 1 for Blindfolded Ensemble is the first in a series of etudes composed to heighten collective awareness and communication within a group. Each exercise form is written as a schematic and is memorized by players in the ensemble. The players are then blindfolded to improvise the content of the piece. Sections are cued through each member's direct contribution to the collective intention, without any visual or predetermined communication. By using the blindfolds to heighten sensory awareness, the ensemble conducts the piece and moves seamlessly through the form as a single organism, simply by collectively feeling each other's intentions.

BLINDFOLDED RECORDING - SJCE

SJCE recorded 4 different takes of Movement Exercise No. 1 for Blindfolded Ensemble....
this is the first studio recording of any of my blindfolded compositions!!