Jack Kent Cooke Scholars Host Music Festival in the UK, Sept 12-21

Jack Kent Cooke Scholars Eugene Feygelson and Noam Faingold have teamed up to orchestrate a music festival in the UK called the i = u Festival.   The i = u Festival, which runs from September 12-21, celebrates improvisation in music, and improvisatory collaboration with dancers, actors, filmmakers and visual artists.  It’s being held at Yinka Shonibare’s Guest Projects, 1 Andrews Road, Hackney, London E8 1EU. All tickets are free, but booking is required.

Eugene Feygelson (left) and Noam Faingold (right)

The festival has received media coverage and interest in the UK and the musical community at-large.

This is a grassroots project that features many innovative musicians including violist Max Baillie with Leafcutter John;  the Oxford Laptop Orchestra; cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson; Austrian composer Thomas Eisl with multigenre violinist Phillip Granell; pianist Bobby Mitchell; violinist/singer-songwriter Eugene Feygelson; Quest Ensemble;  12 ensemble; composers Steve Potter, Federico Reuben, and Justin Christensen as the Whiggly Ensemble; composer/performers Jonathan Russell and Brian Mark; the Guildhall School’s David Dolan; and, Noam Faingold’s Burning City Orchestra.

Artist Michael Dylan Ferrara will be exhibiting a series of his 35mm multiple exposures that coordinate with the photos used on the i = u website. Through layering exposures as they’re being taken, i.e. 3 different exposures on the same negative, MDF manipulates light and space in an improvised manner. The result is a fusion of those exposures and unknown until the film is developed.

A video about the festival along with a calendar of events and how to stream events live are all available on the I = u website.  Follow i = u on Facebook and Twitter to stay updated on the latest events and other event news.

Congrats to the JKCF Scholars and their colleagues for a wonderfully creative project!  We are proud of you!