The IMMI Fest showcases both local and Northwest musicians and media artists in an intimate listening and viewing environment for optimal audience exposure. Host artists are the Knotty Ensemble of Vancouver, BC/Eugene and the JiRCs veejay collective of Eugene.
    

    

Avoid the Future Shadow.

Jared Burrows

Jared Burrows

Jared Burrows is a musician, scholar, and producer based in Vancouver, BC, Canada.  He has performed extensively on the concert stage, festivals, radio and television throughout Canada and the USA with his own ensembles and with such great musicians as Colin MacDonald, Rob Kohler, Bill Clark, Clyde Reed, Steve Owen, Stan Taylor, Roger Baird, and Bruce Freedman.  Burrows plays guitar, bass, clarinet, and accordion with various jazz and new music ensembles in British Columbia and Oregon, as well as acting as studio player, mastering engineer and producer on local projects. 

In addition to maintaining a busy performing career playing jazz and improvised music, Jared has played and composed music for film, dance and theatre and written concert works for chamber groups and electroacoustic resources. He has recently begun a cross-cultural collaboration with some of Canada's finest North Indian classical musicians: tabla player Hari Pal, and sarod player Kenneth Wells.  Some of his musical influences include Ornette Coleman, Django Reinhardt, John Coltrane, Ali Akbar Khan, Kurt Weill, Igor Stravinsky, and Charles Ives.

Tim Clarke

Tim Clarke

Tim Clarke has performed extensively throughout the Pacific Northwest in a variety of musical settings.  One of Oregon’s most versatile trumpet players, Tim is equally at home performing classical, jazz, experimental, and commercial styles of music.  Currently pursuing a DMA in classical trumpet performance at the University of Oregon School of Music, Tim is a Graduate Teaching Fellow in both trumpet and jazz studies, and performs with the Faculty Jazz Septet.  Tim has performed recently with the Eugene Symphony, Oregon Mozart Players, Satin Love Orchestra, Emerald City Jazz Kings, Left Coast Brass Quintet, and his own jazz quartet and trio.  He is currently recording his first jazz CD, to be released later this year.

Kurt Doles

Kurt Doles

Kurt Doles is a composer and improviser with several acclaimed recordings of largely-improvised “ambient” electro-acoustic music under his belt. He has collaborated on various projects with producer and synthesist DAC Crowell since 1994, resulting in two albums on the Edinburgh-based Suilven Recordings (www.suilvenrecordings.com) label, DAC Crowell & Kurt Doles (2004) and Mercury (2005). The pair teamed with Suilven founder Daniel Patrick Quinn on a trio recording in 2005, Don’t Look Down, which was released on January 16, 2006. An improviser on various wind, keyboard, and percussion instruments, he has performed in both large improvising ensembles with avant-garde luminaries Anthony Braxton, Vinko Globokar, and Roscoe Mitchell and in various smaller groups. His notated music has been heard across the United States and in Indonesia, including performances by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Fresh Music (Orlando, FL), the 100th Monkey Ensemble (an ensemble at the University of Oregon which he helped administrate for several years), and Gamelan Gong Tunas Mekar (Pengosekan, Bali, Indonesia).  A new compact disc of compositions for chamber ensembles, recorded by members of the California EAR Unit and other prominent Los Angeles-based performers, is scheduled for release on the Cold Blue label in 2006.

JiRCs - Eugene Celebration Street Event

 

Knotty Ensemble of Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

Stefan Smulovitz

Daniel Tapio Heila