Mission
Ars Nova Workshop (ANW) acts as a facilitator between artists and their audiences, while working to inform, inspire and challenge listeners in order to elevate the role of jazz, improvisation and experimental music in contemporary culture.

Overview
Ars Nova Workshop (ANW) is a Philadelphia-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit jazz and experimental music presenting organization. ANW acts as a facilitator between artists and their audiences, while working to inform, inspire, and challenge listeners in order to elevate the role of jazz, improvisation and experimental music in contemporary culture. ANW fervently upholds the jazz/Free Jazz continuums and recognizes the groundbreaking contributions of 20th and 21st century composers, improvisers and emerging artists. ANW seeks to be a vital cultural resource for Philadelphia, where events provide a forum for discourse, emergent trends in contemporary music, and unique forms of cultural exchange.

Full article : http://www.arsnovaworkshop.com/about/mission-and-history

Link to open the Ars Nova Workshop site in a new browser tab :http://www.arsnovaworkshop.com/

below, you can view and navigate the Ars Nove Website, within this improvisers' network website page

Bay Area Improviser's Network was created to provide a forum for Experimental, Improvised, Noise, Electronic, Free-Jazz, Avant Garde, Modern Composition, and Other Forms of Contemporary Sound in the San Francisco Bay Area. At this site, you can find musician's biographical information, upcoming concert info, reviews, links to other sites, and more.

The major goals of the site are to:

• Provide a comprehensive calendar of events
• Provide Artist information
• Provide tools for fans of the music, such as a weekly newsletter and event reminders

Please send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you want to contribute to this site. If you are a musician and would like to edit the information about you under the Artists section, send us an e-mail and we will set you up with a user name and password that will allow you to maintain your area.

Blank Canvas presents HTrio plus special guest Nate Woolley (USA)

ame, Full of Noises and Cuspeditions present a short UK tour showcasing installation works and performances by two of Japan’s most innovative sound artists, ASUNA and Tomoko Sauvage. Starting with two new installations and performances at Full of Noises, Barrow-in-Furness (Fri/Sat/Sun 17-19th August), the tour continues to Caustic Coastal, Salford (Tues 21st Aug) and concludes at Access Space Sheffield (Weds 22nd Aug).

ASUNA is a sound artist from Japan who has been active since the early 1990's. He produces installation work and live performances including ‘Each Organ’, a sound installation that explores the etymology of the portable electronic organ. His performances make use of many tiny cheap toys to create a multilayered and fascinating plastic universe of drones, loops and occasional pop implosions. After debuting on the Spanish label Lucky Kitchen in 2003, ASUNA has gone on to release over 60 works on various labels around the world. In 2018 he will be touring his work around Europe, with new work premiering at the Full of Noises festival in the UK.
Website:https://sites.google.com/site/aaaaasunaaaaa/

Tomoko Sauvage is a Japanese musician and artist active since the mid-2000’s. Her work investigates the sculpturality of sound and improvisation in relation to the environment. Mainly known for a musical / visual research about ‘natural synthesizer’ of her invention, composed with diverse fluid, bowls, ceramic, light and underwater amplification, Sauvage’s approach is attached to questions of alchemy, meditation and balance between hazard and mastery. Taking the form of performances, installations and musical compositions, her work is regularly presented in Europe, Asia and America.
Website:http://o-o-o-o.org

Yo No Bi #3 is a Full of Noises & ame project curated by Ryoko Akama with support from Cuspeditions, Arts Council England and the Japan Society.

https://www.facebook.com/events/225146384954737/

As it says, for all genres of improvisation in music, dance and related practices.

Steve Boyland and The Merseyside Improvisers Orchestra, For Some Time, Nothing. 1st November 2018, 7.30pm. The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool.

Coltrane Dedication ***** Jazz Special *****

The hard working orchestra won't be taking a break for the summer hols! writes