The Moving Tone Sessions bring aural delight to audiences presenting innovative newly composed music in the beautiful surroundings of Michaelhouse blending contemporary sounds with the golden acoustic of this ancient church.

Friday 12 December at 7.30pm

Special guests in the Chancel

Mifune Tsuji (violin) and Paul Jackson (piano)

A programme of virtuoso violin and piano music to include Le Boeuf Sur le Toit (Cinéma-Fantaisie) by Darius Milhaud, Piazzolla's Le Grand Tango, and two special commissions - Mifune's Tango by Simon Fell, and Duet no. II by Kevin Flanagan.

Programme:
Darius Milhaud; Le Boeuf sur le Toit (Cinéma-Fantaisie)
Simon H. Fell: Composition No.75d: 4 Positions (Mifune)
Kevin Flanagan: Duet no. II for Violin and Piano
Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango

Moving Tone Sessions take place monthly at Michaelhouse, Trinity Street, Cambridge. The 2009 cycle starts on Friday 16 January at 7.30pm. Tickets £8 (door), £7 (concessions) and £6 (advance) call 01223 264991 to book.

Open Call for original works by composers ...... Moving Tone is making an open call for original works written by local composers of amateur and professional status. The Sessions provide a performance space for works which would include compositions performed by a small ensemble, a solo artist, or a small choir, and the exploration of sound-works of all kinds including electro-acoustic, sound art, and vocal theatre. For further information call 01223 264991 or email info@movingtone.com.

Composers and musicians who have already participated in the Moving Tone Sessions include:

• Alex Hawkins (composer, improvisor, jazz, classical, piano, Oxford Improvisers Co-op)
• Andreas Vlachos (guitar, classical, folk)
• Anne L Ryan (vocalist, song composer, world, folk, early music)
• Caroline Wright (composer, pianist)
• Chela, the Cambridge Georgian Choir (choral, ancient song in modern setting)
• CoMA London Ensemble (Conductor: Gregory Rose) (Contemporary Music Making
  for Amateurs)
• Daphna Sadeh & Voyagers (composer, improvisor, double bass, jazz, classical,
  world music)
• David Grundy (composers, improvisor, Cambridge Free Improvisation Society)
  
• Dom Lash (composer, improvisor, jazz, classical, double bass,Oxford Improvisers
  Co-op)
• Eric Roche (composer, guitar, fingerstyle, classical, jazz, folk)
• Julian Landymore (improvisor, woodwind, jazz, classical)
• Kevin Flanagan (composer, improvisor, woodwind, jazz, new music)
  
• London Bulgarian Choir (choral, ancient song in modern setting)
• Malcolm Guite (composer, poet, singer-songwriter)
  
• Martin Taylor (composer, improvisor, guitar, jazz)
• Pete McPhail (composer, improvisor, woodwind, jazz, classical, Oxford Improvisers
  Co-op)
• Peter Shepherd (improvisor, piano, jazz)
• Simon H Fell (composer, improvisor, double bass, jazz, classical)
• Styles J. Kauphman (composer, improvisor, clarinet, voice, new music)
  

On the radio: BlueTone
To complement the Moving Tone Sessions, we present BlueTone - an informative radio show that steps off the beaten track to showcase experimental, avant-garde, electro-acoustic and new music. It is presented by Anne L Ryan every fourth Thursday at 9.00pm on Cambridge Community Radio, 209radio 105FM or on the web at www.209radio.co.uk/BlueTone.

Where to send your music
If you would like to participate in the Moving Tone Sessions and have your music played on BlueTone please send your CD and information to Moving Tone Promotions Ltd, 6A Green End, Comberton, Cambs CB23 7DY.