HEARding Cats Collective - Chris Brown with Symprov Trio

Admission: $15.00 / $10 students, artists

HEARding Cats Collective is leaping into the new year with Chris Brown , grand piano with PianoBar and interactive computer +Symprov Trio – an ensemble of virtuoso current and former St. Louis Symphony Orchestra musicians interacting with free improvisation. Featured musicians include Asako Kuboki (violin),Timothy Myers (trombone), and Rich O’Donnell (see-saw drums).

Chris Brown performs three pieces for grand piano with PianoBar and interactive computer.  The PianoBar is an infrared sensor placed on the piano keys that translates keyboard events into MIDI signals.  This enables a computer program to know exactly the notes, loudness, and timing that the pianist has played.  It then improvises electronic responses that engender a cyber-duet with the pianist which then evolves into an improvised quintet with Symprov Trio.