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	Home : GIO : Records : Press : Links Work to date: Performance with Axel Dorner accompanying a screening of Berlin: Die Synphonie Der Grosstadt November 2007 Collaboration with Touchdown Dance September2007 GIO + LIO Freedom of the City Festival May 2007 GIO at Sawmill Finnieston Glasgow May 2007 GIO at Le Weekend Festival Stirling 2007 Collaboration with Steve Beresford - Glasgow Dec 2006 Dresden contemporary music festival with Gunter Sommer and musicians from Saxony Oct 2006 Performance of Witch Gong Game II/10 and small group gig with Barry Guy and Maya Homburger – Falkirk Oct 2005 Workshops and gigs with Gunter Sommer, Dresden Ensemble and Maggie Nicols – Glasgow Sept 2005 Glasgow Jazz Festival with Fred Frith - July 2005 Workshop with Gunter Sommer – Glasgow March 2005 Week long project with Maggie Nicols – Glasgow Oct 2004 Glasgow Jazz Festival with Keith Rowe - July 2004 Concerts with Evan Parker and ICI Ensemble - Munich Sept 2003 Workshop and gig with Walter Prati – Glasgow 2003 Workshop with George Lewis – Glasgow May 2003 Evan Parker inaugural workshop – Glasgow Oct 2002 GIO & Axel Dorner Performance of a live soundtrack to Walter Ruttmann's film Berlin Die Synphonie Der Grosstadt from 1927 supported by the Goethe Institute Glasgow GIO & Touchdown Dance The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra and Touchdown Dance Saturday 22 Sep 20:00 CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow A unique double-bill, created in the spirit of improvisation and collaboration, with Touchdown Dance and Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra (GIO). Both groups performed separately and together premiering new work. more... GIO + Steve Beresford Collaboration at CCA Glasgow featuring one set-long free improvisation and a conduction piece led by Steve Beresford GIO in Dresden Oct 2006 The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra travelled to Dresden in early October 2006 to perform free improvisation and new works for large improvising ensemble by Nick Fells, Aileen Campbell, Raymond MacDonald and Graeme Wilson in collaboration with Gunter 'Baby' Sommer and musicians from Saxony. This was the continuation of a project begun in spring 05 supported by the Goethe Institute and the Scottish Arts Council. Dresden film by Matthew JF Cairns Barry Guy Barry Guy The Glasgow Improvisers’ Orchestra Alan Davie October 18 to 22, 2005 Falkirk Council and the Glasgow Improvisers' Orchestra are proud to announce a major project bringing the work of a major European composer and soloist to the birthplace of the inspiration for his work. The Composer and double-bass virtuoso Barry Guy lead the Glasgow Improvisers' Orchestra in a performance of Witch Gong Game II/10, a large-scale work inspired by the paintings of Grangemouth-born Alan Davie. The performance took place three weeks after the artist's 84th birthday. Witch Gong Game II/10 was the piece that orginally brought the players of the GIO together in 1999, and this was a unique opportunity to view the development of the piece and the ensemble. Guy's compositional technique uses the individual capabilities and strengths of the players as structural elements in the piece's overall architecture. In this sense every performance is unique. The performance was the culmination of a week's work by the composer and the members of GIO and took place in the Green Room of Callendar House, Falkirk. Other events included a lunchtime concert at Glasgow Unversity on Thursday 20 October, and a concert of small group pieces by Barry Guy and members of the orchestra at the Ramshorn Theatre on Friday 21 October. Gunter 'Baby' Sommer GLASGOW IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA (GIO) WITH GÜNTER ‘BABY’ SOMMER & DRESDEN ENSEMBLE: SEPARATE AND COMBINED CCA GLASGOW 8TH & 10TH SEPT SMALL GROUP CONCERTS FEATURING MUSICIANS FROM THE ABOVE ENSEMBLES FRI 9TH SEPT TCHAI OVNA / MONO Four day collaboration between two large improvising ensembles culminating in two concerts at the CCA and an evening of small ensemble concerts around Glasgow. Critically acclaimed musician Günter "Baby" Sommer and a large scale ensemble from the city of Dresden join Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra (GIO) for three days of collaborative workshops, rehearsals and performances. This project included small and large ensemble performances with the German and Scottish based musicians working together in a number of new contexts. Günter Sommer is a percussionist who masters free improvisation with virtuosity, audaciousness and a great sense of humour. He imposed himself as an essential player of the European improvised music scene while living in the former GDR, coming to prominence in particular through his work in the ground breaking trio with Peter Kowald and Conrad Bauer, as well as important collaborations with Cecil Taylor and Wadado Leo Smith. Gunter Sommer is Professor for drums and percussion at the Music Academy, Dresden. This project is part of "D_Saxony UK" and continues in 2006 with GIO travelling to Dresden. With support from Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen and CCA Glasgow. Fred Frith Glasgow Jazz Festival 2005. Performance of '27 Friendly Gestures for the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra' by Fred Frith Maggie Nicols A week long collaboration with Maggie Nicols and ten invited guests at the CCA Glasgow, October 2004. This resulted in the recording of the CD Which Way Did He Go? Keith Rowe Glasgow Jazz Festival 2004 Collaboration with the former AMM guitarist employing an engagement with works by Cy Twombley and Mark Rothko and exploring the relationship between between musical gesture and intentionality. Walter Prati Walter Prati & Opus Ensemble May 2003 Collaborative workshop and performance that featured improvisation with film. Evan Parker GIO have worked with Evan Parker on two occasions. The first was the inaugural workshop with the band in 2002. The second instance was the band's trip to Munich in 2003. Further non public workshops (no performance) with: Michael Zerang and Fred Lonberg Holm May 2006 John Surman June 2005 Sandy Evans July 2004 George Lewis May 2003