March 8, 2008
119 Gallery
119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851
8PM
Kevin Frenette Quartet
Kevin Frenette (guitar)
Forbes Graham (trumpet)
Ryan McGuire (bass)
Ricardo Donoso (drums)
Guitarist Kevin Frenette began playing music at the age of eleven and began working professionally in the 1990s. He studied guitar, composition, and music theory at UMASS-Dartmouth where he received a BA in Theory/Composition and has performed throughout the Northeast USA making music that is inspired by both contemporary improvisation and avant-garde jazz. He has performed and/or recorded with such artists as Tatsuya Nakatani, Jack Wright, Joe Giardullo, Pandelis Karayorgis, Andy McWain, Forbes Graham, Luther Gray, Jane Wang, Gordon Allen, Sarah Weaver, Harvey Sorgen, Brian Melick, Michael Snow, Dan DeChellis, Gwen Laster, Larry Packer, Martha Colby, Lori Freedman, David Gamper, Al Margolis, Ryan McGuire, Jeff Kimmel, Adam Dotson, Joe Moffett, Ricardo Donoso, Jules Vasylenko, Jonathan LaMaster, Andrew Hickman, Eric Platz, Todd Keating and Gabe Cabral. In 2007, Fuller Street Music released Kevins first date as a leader: Connections. That album featured Frenette with Tatsuya Nakatani on percussion, Andy McWain on piano and Todd Keating on bass.
Forbes Graham is a composer, trumpet player, and electronic musician currently based in the Boston area. He has appeared on over 30 recordings, including studio appearances on such labels as Metal Blade, Tzadik, and Troubleman. Forbes has performed and recorded with a very diverse group of artists, including Erase Errata, Rakalam Bob Moses, Steve Lantner, Daughters, Raqib Hassan, Jim Hobbs, The One Am Radio, and Luther Gray. His composition “Variations on the Fibonacci Sequence" was commissioned by the Greenwall Foundation and world premiered at the 2007 Festival of New Trumpet. Forbes has also written music for the new music/rock ensemble Normal Love. He has appeared at numerous festivals including High Zero and The Wire's Adventures in Modern Music. His work incorporates many genres including drum n' bass, jazz, contemporary classical, noise, and hip-hop.
Bassist and composer Ryan McGuire has performed with Jim Hobbs, Raqib Hassan, Forbes Graham and others, and has toured the U.S. and Canada on several occasions. Originally from Cape Cod, McGuire studied composition and performance at UMass-Lowell and Berklee, and has recordings on Tzadik, Hydrahead, Robotic Empire, and Holy Roar Records. He currently performs with Dilettante, Raqib Hassans Interdimensional Science Research Orchestra, and the Forbes Graham Quartet.
Ricardo Donoso is a composer, percussionist and electronic musician from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has studied film scoring and music synthesis at Berklee college of music, and composition at the New England Conservatory. He currently leads the Calliope quartet, an electro-acoustic outfit focusing primarily on drone and low volume, low-velocity musics. He performs with The Metal and Glass Ensemble who make acoustic soundscapes, using bowed cymbals, tuned glasses, and other sounding devices, as well as performing with various local musicians. Ricardo also founded Semata Productions who host monthly experimental music concerts in the Boston area and a festival 3 times a year called “Cross-Pollenization", which he curates and oversees.
119 Gallery
119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851
8PM
Kevin Frenette Quartet
Kevin Frenette (guitar)
Forbes Graham (trumpet)
Ryan McGuire (bass)
Ricardo Donoso (drums)
Guitarist Kevin Frenette began playing music at the age of eleven and began working professionally in the 1990s. He studied guitar, composition, and music theory at UMASS-Dartmouth where he received a BA in Theory/Composition and has performed throughout the Northeast USA making music that is inspired by both contemporary improvisation and avant-garde jazz. He has performed and/or recorded with such artists as Tatsuya Nakatani, Jack Wright, Joe Giardullo, Pandelis Karayorgis, Andy McWain, Forbes Graham, Luther Gray, Jane Wang, Gordon Allen, Sarah Weaver, Harvey Sorgen, Brian Melick, Michael Snow, Dan DeChellis, Gwen Laster, Larry Packer, Martha Colby, Lori Freedman, David Gamper, Al Margolis, Ryan McGuire, Jeff Kimmel, Adam Dotson, Joe Moffett, Ricardo Donoso, Jules Vasylenko, Jonathan LaMaster, Andrew Hickman, Eric Platz, Todd Keating and Gabe Cabral. In 2007, Fuller Street Music released Kevins first date as a leader: Connections. That album featured Frenette with Tatsuya Nakatani on percussion, Andy McWain on piano and Todd Keating on bass.
Forbes Graham is a composer, trumpet player, and electronic musician currently based in the Boston area. He has appeared on over 30 recordings, including studio appearances on such labels as Metal Blade, Tzadik, and Troubleman. Forbes has performed and recorded with a very diverse group of artists, including Erase Errata, Rakalam Bob Moses, Steve Lantner, Daughters, Raqib Hassan, Jim Hobbs, The One Am Radio, and Luther Gray. His composition “Variations on the Fibonacci Sequence" was commissioned by the Greenwall Foundation and world premiered at the 2007 Festival of New Trumpet. Forbes has also written music for the new music/rock ensemble Normal Love. He has appeared at numerous festivals including High Zero and The Wire's Adventures in Modern Music. His work incorporates many genres including drum n' bass, jazz, contemporary classical, noise, and hip-hop.
Bassist and composer Ryan McGuire has performed with Jim Hobbs, Raqib Hassan, Forbes Graham and others, and has toured the U.S. and Canada on several occasions. Originally from Cape Cod, McGuire studied composition and performance at UMass-Lowell and Berklee, and has recordings on Tzadik, Hydrahead, Robotic Empire, and Holy Roar Records. He currently performs with Dilettante, Raqib Hassans Interdimensional Science Research Orchestra, and the Forbes Graham Quartet.
Ricardo Donoso is a composer, percussionist and electronic musician from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has studied film scoring and music synthesis at Berklee college of music, and composition at the New England Conservatory. He currently leads the Calliope quartet, an electro-acoustic outfit focusing primarily on drone and low volume, low-velocity musics. He performs with The Metal and Glass Ensemble who make acoustic soundscapes, using bowed cymbals, tuned glasses, and other sounding devices, as well as performing with various local musicians. Ricardo also founded Semata Productions who host monthly experimental music concerts in the Boston area and a festival 3 times a year called “Cross-Pollenization", which he curates and oversees.
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