Duet for two cellos played by percussionists Tim Flack and Stuart Wilding during the Night of Small Miracles in the Chapel of Francis Close Hall, Uni of Gloucestershire 2012

Stimuli

An extract from the February 2014 workshop of Cheltenham Improvisers Orchestra. Featuring three cellos, three guitars, two keyboards, bass, strohl fiddle, drums, balafon, toys, electronic devices, zithers, typewriter, film camera, melodica, pocket trumpet and a vast assortment of tuned and unpitched percussion. 

(un)ceremonial

An extract from the February 2014 workshop of Cheltenham Improvisers Orchestra. Featuring three cellos, three guitars, two keyboards, bass, strohl fiddle, drums, balafon, toys, electronic devices, zithers, typewriter, film camera, melodica, pocket trumpet and a vast assortment of tuned and unpitched percussion.

foreclosure

An excerpt of Cheltenham Improvisers Orchestra's performance on 29 April at the Playhouse Theatre during the Cheltenham Jazz Festival Fringe 2011. Under the direction/conduction of Maestro Christopher Cundy! 

CIO Jazz Fringe 2011 Excerpt

Some of what happened when the CIO and Oxford Improvisers joined forces at the Old Fire Station in Oxford on 2nd September 2014. 

Secondment

Something else that happened when the CIO and Oxford Improvisers joined forces at the Old Fire Station in Oxford on September 2nd, 2014.

Calculus

The gargantuan multi-instrumental ensemble recorded Live! at the Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham on Friday, April 30, 2010. The set formed part of a special edition of Xposed Club, Cheltenham's regular experimental music night, staged as part of the 2010 Cheltenham Jazz Festival under the banner of Stewart Lee's Freehouse.

CIO Part Three Wind and Strings

CIO perform live soundtracks to short movies by Russian filmmakers at Xposed Club, in the Chapel of Francis Close Hall, University of Gloucestershire, 14 March 2012.

Russians

A freely improvised piece for Kaleidochord - a keyboard instrument invented and built by Swedish composer/improvisor/inventor & instrument maker Johannes Bergmark - installed in the exhibition of Fabulous Sound Machines in Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery, Summer 2010.
 
The instrument consists of a wooden piano keyboard affixed to a glass case, inside of which are hundreds of household objects, toys and bits of detritus attached to each of the piano keys. See Johannes' website http://bergmark.org/ for more details about this and other extraordinary instruments.
 
With obbligato accompaniment by the wheezing and clunking of the Octo-Organ [Simon Dresorgher] and the shimmering of sheet metal from Tsjuji [Max Eastley]. Please forgive the distorted passages - got a bit carried away and wasn't watching the recording levels!!!

Performer - julia cl price.

KaleidochordToccata

An extract from the Gross Concerto for Diatribes and Orchestra performed live by Diatribes and the Cheltenham Improvisers Orchestra at Xposed Club, University of Gloucestershire on 29 Oct 2010. The entire work lasted over 50 mins, and was entirely improvised under the conduction/direction of Chris Cundy, who also played bass and contrabass clarinets.
The soloists were d'incise - laptop/objects and cyril bondi - drums/objects, aka Diatribes, and this was the opening night of their UK tour.  On this occasion, the CIO numbered 14 players on  piano, trumpet, saxophones, guitars, bass, drums, percussion, electronics, clarinet, typewriter, bicycle, Irish flute, objects, accordion and banjo!  

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