This collection features live performances of my works from 2023 through 2024, specifically those that are ambient, improvisational, and based on open notation music scores. 

Thank you to RenegadeEnsemble and Isaac Mayhew for having me in the Twin Cities in October 2023, and showcasing my works! It means the world to me.

Special thank you to Celka Ojakangas for organizing the reading session in March 2024 in Los Angeles. Thank you to all the amazing musicians listed below. And finally, thank you to Richard An at RASP LA for hosting us.

Track 1-2 Credits:

Oct. 6th, 2023 in St. Paul, Minnesota

Conner Leigh Shaw - composer
Conner Leigh Shaw - electric guitar and electronics 
Isaac Mayhew - trumpet

Track 3 Credits:

Oct. 6th, 2023 in St. Paul, Minnesota

Conner Leigh Shaw - composer 
Elise Butler-Pinkham - cello 
Mandy Daniels - flute 
Alex Hecker - bass clarinet
Harlie Lane - horn
Jonathan Posthuma - piano
Conner Leigh Shaw - electric guitar and conducting
Jason Wells - bass

Track 4 Credits:

March 22, 2024 in Pasadena, CA

(all personnel played various instruments or had various roles)

Melissa Lai 
Aidan Moravec 
Holly Knoch
Frances Cisneros
Emma Antonides
Robert Alexander
Ethan Chilton
Ashley Lucero
Andrew Anderson 
Ivonne Paredes 
Aria Gittelson
Celka Ojakangas
Conner Leigh Shaw (composer)
Richard An

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Reading Session With the Ojakangas Open Score Ensemble : IV. ExoResonance (Second Take)

Conner Leigh Shaw’s formative experiences in the majestic open spaces of the Colorado, and his emotional interpretations on both his life and the cataclysmic events occurring in the world shape his writing and playing into a style simultaneously haunting and beautiful. 

Shaw’s music and work is intimately tied with his desire to see systemic change in the world to help the global majority, the working class. This includes labor and progressive topics for writing, using record sales to fund progressive causes, and the practical application of ambient music as a healing mechanism for working people.

Reading Session With the Ojakangas Open Score Ensemble : IV. ExoResonance (Second Take)

Conner Leigh Shaw (C.L. Shaw)