Feb 27th - Ackerley & MacKelvie
Date: Friday February 27th
Doors 7:00 | Show: 7:30PM
Location: Gallery 78 - 796 Queen St, Fredericton
Tickets: $15 | Series Passes: $40
Advance tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/piumusicandsound/2060350
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Jessica Ackerley
Guitarist and composer, Jessica Ackerley, has been described as “one of the most exciting guitarists to have emerged from the free music scene in recent years” (Wire Magazine). Expanding the lines between avant-garde jazz, contemporary classical, and ambient music, Ackerley has distinguished their musical voice across 25 releases as a bandleader and co-leader working with labels such as Innova, AKP Recordings, and 577 Records. Their music has garnered acclaim from publications like Pitchfork, BBC Radio, Wire Magazine, GRAMMY News, WholeNote, Musicworks and BandCamp, among others, making multiple critics’ year end lists.
Ackerley has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe, performing at noteworthy venues like The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Met Breuer, Vortex (U.K.), Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend (Mass MoCA), The Stone, Roulette Intermedium, Earshot Jazz Festival, Something Else! Festival, Ironworks Fest and Coastal Jazz Festival.
They have been commissioned by Bang on a Can, Adult Swim, Mutual Mentorship, and New Music USA; awarded funding from Canada Council for the Arts and Foundation for Contemporary Arts; nominated for the prestigious Academy of Arts and Letters Music Composition Award; and attended residencies at Banff Center for the Arts, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Arctic Circle Residency.
Listen to Jessica Ackerley:
Andrew MacKelvie
Andrew MacKelvie is a saxophonist, improviser, bandleader, and educator based in Halifax Nova Scotia. He plays in many bands ranging in styles from rock, ambient, and free jazz such as SCIONS, Bethany, Transatlantic Zodiac Ensemble, the 6 Star Revue, and formerly with Jerry Granelli. He runs projects such as New Hermitage, Many Worlds, and Borrowers, in addition to playing solo under his own name. In 2023, he was a soloist with Symphony Nova Scotia for the premier of his symphonic composition Treize Treize, a concerto for saxophone and drum kit. Treize Treize was commissioned by Upstream Music Association as part of the inaugural Paul Cram Creation Award. He teaches P-12 music at the Hydrostone Academy. He has a degree in jazz studies, an education degree from Memorial, and was mentored by Jerry Granelli in improvisation and education for over a decade until his passing in 2021. He met Jerry in 2008 when he first attended the Creative Music Workshop and he has been involved with the CMW as a student, volunteer, board member, and instructor ever since. In his free time, Andrew co-runs the independent record label Watch That Ends The Night.
Listen to Andrew MacKelvie’s most recent project, Many Worlds:
più is a new concert series dedicated to music that defies genre. più is a musical term that translates to “more,” and this is the core of the series: to encourage the creation and presentation of performances that we’d like to see more of. Ambient, experimental, sound art and contemporary classical music – più is dedicated to fostering an appreciation and audience for these art forms via presentation, community building, and creation facilitation.
More Upcoming Dates:
April 17 - Music for Two Celli: India Gailey & Leah Plave (Gallery 78)
June 27 - Charles Harding: Hum (Charlotte Street Arts Centre)