Guildhall Improvisers’ Workshop: The Music of Geri Allen featuring Annette Walker

Tue 5 Dec 2023
7pm
Silk Street Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music and Drama,
Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DT

Guildhall Improvisers’ Workshop, directed by saxophonist and composer Trish Clowes, present a programme of Geri Allen compositions and newly devised music inspired by her distinctive versatility, exploratory musicality and educational legacy.

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The Improvisers’ Workshop is a Guildhall School group focusing on creative jazz improvisation, approaching the jazz ensemble as a malleable vehicle for contemporary composition.

This performance will feature tap dancer Annette Walker. Walker’s invitation to feature in this concert is inspired by Geri Allen’s composition ‘The Dancer’, and a live performance with Allen’s trio and tap dancer Maurice Chestnut in 2009 (Geri Allen & Timeline Live).

Annette Walker MA BSc (Hons) DipHE is one of the leading exponents of a generation of tap dancers taking the stage with grace, style, and above all, rhythm. She is a dynamic and multi-skilled performer and has appeared in a variety of shows, from theatre, circus and dance, to the concert stage, television and film. In 2019, Walker appeared at the BBC Proms, featuring as a tap soloist in a concert of Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music at the Royal Albert Hall.

https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/guildhall-improvisers-workshop-dir-trish-clowes-december (Accessed Dec 2023)

Music includes Geri Allen’s ‘Skin’, ‘The Dancer’, ‘A Celebration of All Life’, ‘Sleepin Pretty’ & ‘Angels’

Workshop student musicians: Dan (guitar), Julian (guitar), Hyo (guitar), Eva (vocals), Angel (vocals), Alicja (harp), Callan (violin), Gustavo (bass clarinet), Louis (electric bass), Natan (drums), Luke (drums), Reuben (percussion)

Annette Walker with the Guildhall Improvisers' Workshop, 5 Dec 2023
Annette Walker with the Guildhall Improvisers’ Workshop, 5 Dec 2023
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