Vigil, by Toronto Improvisors Orchestra

Vigil

by Toronto Improvisors Orchestra

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	1.	All Exits Go Nowhere 02:07
	2.	The Animals Are All Laughing 03:14
	3.	I Was Ready Then Not 02:35
	4.	Can I See The Sky Before I Die? 03:29
	5.	Walking Home 03:26

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Written, rehearsed, and recorded in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, "Vigil" is composed for narrator and improvising ensemble. The poems are derived from news reports, interviews with people affected, and observations on the world changed by this virus.

"Vigil" was performed by members of Toronto Improvisors Orchestra in several sessions via Zoom video-conference in July and August 2020.

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released October 2, 2020

Bill Gilliam (author, composer, narrator, piano)

Rod Campbell (trumpet)

James Bailey (clarinet)

Ryan Kinney (guitar)

Eugene Martynec (electro-acoustics)

Ambrose Pottie (percussion)

Graphic design by Ambrose Pottie

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Toronto Improvisors Orchestra Toronto, Ontario

The Toronto Improvisors Orchestra (TIO) draws from an incredible pool of local musicians and guides them primarily with the 'conduction' series of hand signals created by Butch Morris. The TIO serves both as a musical blank canvas for composers and improvisers, and as a unique, ever-changing experience in non-idiomatic free improvisation. ... more

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