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Malcolm Goldstein

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Composer and performer Malcolm Goldstein has extended the sonic boundaries of improvisatory practice and the violin since the early 1960s. Tonight, Goldstein presents a four-part solo program dedicated to the late Ornette Coleman. The pair first crossed paths at a festival in Hartford during the early 80s, later engaging in discussions of Coleman's "harmolodic" theories at his Soho home. In 1986 Coleman composed a modular suite of solo pieces for the performer, Trinity, crossing traditionally notated melodies with passages of improvisation and extended technique. Response Extension Improvisation follows, a fully improvised set inspired by and in dialogue with Coleman. Goldstein's composition My feet is tired, but my soul is rested (1985), named from a quotation by Rosa Parks, shows Goldstein in a rare embrace of powerful melody, influenced by American blues. The program closes with one of the composer's signature Soundings, a name he has applied to his extended improvisations since the 1960s.

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