Scott Fields: 96 Gestures

Carrie Biolo, vibraphone; Stephen Dembski, conductor; Scott Fields, electric guitar; Francois Houle, clarinet; Robbie Lynn Hunsinger, oboe, English horn; Joseph Jarman; alto saxophone, E flute; Rob Mazurek; cornet; Myra Melford, piano; Jason Roebke, double bass; Damon Short, drum kit; Hans Sturm, double bass; Matt Turner, cello; Dylan van der Schyff, drum kitThe Scott Fields Ensemble represents key players in some of North America's most significant creative-music communities, from Brooklyn (Jarman and Melford) to Vancouver, BC (Houle and van der Schyff), and from Chicago (Biolo, Hunsinger, Mazurek, and Short) to the virtual community that is scattered across America's small cities and towns (the rest of the ensemble).Anytime I’ve conducted this work, I’ve been determined not to decide in advance what the ultimate shape of the piece would be or even how it would start. It could make the direction of this piece simpler if some decisions were made prior to the conductor's first indicatio