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A selection of Baltimore’s finest sound-smiths together for one special night. HORIZON OVERFLOWJohn Berndt electronics, invented instruments, saxophoneRose Hammer Burt saxophoneSamuel Burt bass clarinet, daxophonePatrick Crossland trombonePaul Neidhardt percussionNate Scheible timpani

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Interstellar Duo: Jamal Moore and Warren Crudup III – reeds, percussion and electronics Orlando Johnson and Peter Redgrave: reeds, brass, percussion and strings King Solomon and mystery GUEST: reeds, keyboards and electronics As with almost all Red Room shows, 100% of the door money goes to the players. Please bring 10 dollars in cash (or […]

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Improvised music collaboration between Towson University students and faculty with High Zero Collective members. Featuring: Dave Ballou, Mike Kuhl, John Dierker, Ruth Lacey, Devin Ostendarp, Wesley Blood, Rachel Beetz, Bonnie Lander, and, Max Gong. The experimental improvised music community of Baltimore runs deep and reaches into area academic institutions. Many of our performers are also […]

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Amazing night with Anne-F Jacques/AJ Cornell of Quebec, Adrian Wood (VA) and Chris Delaurenti and Lyn Goeringer (Balt!). Expect inventions, electro-acoustics, analog synths, radios, cassettes, theremins, noises, abstractions, motors, machines……… A gleaner of sonorities, AJ Cornell transforms and transmits sonic material over radio channels and through live performance. Her approach employs dense layers of macro and micro sounds evolving […]

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Two duos featuring unlikely combinations of instruments! Killick Hines on unusual stringed instruments performs with Rose Burt on saxophones. Simone Baron plays accordion with Eric Franklin on theremin. What happens when you combine the overtones of a baritone saxophone with shimmer of sympathetic strings? What vibrations will fill the room when a warbling theremin tone […]

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Entirely great night!!! High Zero alums and wayward, beloved musicians Chuck Bettis and Jerry Lim return to Bmore with an all new duo project. Guitar wizard and legendary shredder Mick Barr is also with them! Bmore local supergroup Breath of the Magi (Peter Redgrave, Orlando Johnson, Che Davis) open!!! What a night!! Active since the […]

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You are cordially invited to come play free music! 7:30pm, Free Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective. It’s a free session of experimental and improvised music. In this friendly, informal setting, we focus on listening and collaboration. Players of all skill levels participate. Try out a new technique or new instrument in […]

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All the building blocks of a healthy mind and body. Multi-Channel Electro Acoustic music and Conceptual Performance Movement Action. Obie Feldi and M.C. Schmidt! Jeff Carey! Alex Yu! John Hoegberg! Visiting Professor from Carnegie Mellon in Electronic Music Composition, Freida Abtan!! AND KHRISTIAN WEEKS and PETER REDGRAVE! •••••••••••••••••••• Four pieces in quadraphonic or octophonic and […]

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7pm Wednesday March 12th, 20253 W. 23rd St., Baltimore Halfway between festivals, we want to keep the High Zero spirit alive in Baltimore! Local luminaries will perform experimental improvised music for you in a cozy tavern setting. Fadensonnen is generously hosting us for this fundraising event. A portion of the tavern profits will go to […]

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Synthesizer meetups can be a great place to talk about what equipment people are using, but modules will only get you so far! Tonight, we will host a discussion with two Baltimore area Eurorack artists about their aesthetic approaches. If you’ve ever been just on the edge of a music scene and wondered why there […]

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The Red Room is a volunteer-run space in Baltimore dedicated to mind-expanding experimental culture, headquartered at Normals Books and Records.