Parker Shper Trio with Morgan Moore & Tommy Crane
Thursday, March 21, 2024 
Doors 7pm / Music 7:30pm, $15-30 Sliding

Pianist / Keyboardist / Composer Parker Shper, originally from Central VT, has been based mostly in the Montreal area since he began studies in Jazz Piano Performance at McGill University in the mid-late 2000s. His steady input into the creative music scene in Montreal, the northeast USA, and overseas, has had him touring, recording writing with The Barr Brothers, Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire) Heart & Breath Ensemble, Leif Vollebekk, Craig Finn (The Holdsteady), and Anais Mitchell (The Brightness) to name just a few.

Recently, Parker has been focused on somewhat of a return to his Classical and Jazz Piano roots and is honored to be debuting several new pieces for a trio at The Phoenix on March 21. In addition to his consummate and unique pianistic abilities, Parker has developed a vocabulary of programmed Synths and EFX systems, adding an ambient electro-acoustic element to his original compositions.

Outer Sounds ft. Tongue Depressor w/ Austin Larkin and E. Jason Gibbs
(curated by Greg Davis)
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Doors 7pm / Music 7:30pm, $15-30 Sliding

The Outer Sounds concert series will explore the worlds & intersections of electronic, experimental, avant-garde, improvised, ambient, drone, minimalist, free jazz, modern composition, psychedelic music and more. All concerts are intended to be accessible and open to anyone, regardless of knowledge or experience. We hope the music will encourage discussion, inquiry & feedback. Come with open ears, minds & hearts and listen to the Outer Sounds.

Liz Reid Solo Viola Recital
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Doors 3:30 / Music 4:00, Free for All!

In honor of National Women’s History Month, the repertoire for this concert is all written by women composers for solo viola and viola and electronics, including music by Carol Wood, Lydia Busler, Gwyneth Walker, Norma Beecroft, Emily Doolittle, and Jessica Meyer

Claire Dickson performs her album Beholder 
(in partnership with New Amsterdam Records)
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Doors 7pm / Music 7:30pm, $15-30 Sliding

Claire Dickson is a vocalist, composer, and producer based in Brooklyn. Her projects embrace a range of musical aesthetics including jazz, ambient music, and art pop. At heart, she is an improviser and has developed an experimental and emergent songwriting approach based on improvising. In addition to her voice and acoustic instruments, she uses field recordings, synthesizers, and electronics to make her compositions. In 2022 she released Starland, an album inspired by the Arctic, praised by Vijay Iyer as “spectacular” and featured in Downbeat, Jazziz, Bandcamp, DUMMY Mag, and WNYC New Sounds. In addition to her solo projects, she co-leads the collaborative songwriting project Myrtle (with Otracami) and is active in the New York jazz and improvised music scene.

The Adam Tendler Residency presented by TURNmusic in partnership 
with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, April 11, 2024    Doors 7pm / Music 7:30pm
Sunday, April 14, 2024    Doors 3:30pm / Music 4:00pm
$25-40 Sliding

Pianist Adam Tendler performs an intimate recital of works by Vermont born Nico Muhly. One of the most celebrated and active composers of our time, Muhly has been commissioned by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra to compose a new piano concerto to be premiered by Tendler and the VSO on May 4 at the Flynn in Burlington. The programs on April 11th and 14th at The Phoenix, in collaboration with Vermont’s new music collective TURNmusic, include pieces specifically written for Tendler and some other surprises! This recital explores firsthand the powerful works of Nico Muhly, interpreted by Adam Tendler, the composer’s friend, colleague, and dedicatee of his newest concerto.

Outer Sounds ft. Caroline Davis & Wendy Eisenberg + Matt Sargeant & Dani Dobkin (curated by Greg Davis of Autumn Records)
Saturday, April 15, 2024
Doors 7pm / Music 7:30pm, $15-30 Sliding

The Outer Sounds concert series will explore the worlds & intersections of electronic, experimental, avant-garde, improvised, ambient, drone, minimalist, free jazz, modern composition, psychedelic music and more. All concerts are intended to be accessible and open to anyone, regardless of knowledge or experience. We hope the music will encourage discussion, inquiry & feedback. Come with open ears, minds & hearts and listen to the Outer Sounds.

Matthew Evan Taylor + Zosha Warpeha
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Doors 7pm / Music 7:30pm, $15-30 Sliding
Join vocalist and Hardanger d’amore player Zosha Warpeha for an evening of intimate and meditative music in anticipation of her forthcoming album silver dawn. Matthew Evan Taylor will open the night and then join Zosha for a duet performance.
Outer Sounds ft. Jessica Pavone String Ensemble+
Liew Niyomkarn (curated by Greg Davis of Autumn Records)
Friday, May 17, 2024
Doors 7pm / Music 7:30pm, $15-30 Sliding

The Outer Sounds concert series will explore the worlds & intersections of electronic, experimental, avant-garde, improvised, ambient, drone, minimalist, free jazz, modern composition, psychedelic music and more. All concerts are intended to be accessible and open to anyone, regardless of knowledge or experience. We hope the music will encourage discussion, inquiry & feedback. Come with open ears, minds & hearts and listen to the Outer Sounds.

Quill and Foyle's Hasty Composure (world premiere)
No Strings Marionette Company and music by Paul Perley
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Doors 2:30pm - Performance 3:00pm
Doors 6:30 - Performance 7:00pm
$15-30 Sliding
This new and original all ages show, sponsored in part by a creation grant from The Vermont Arts Council, pairs No Strings Marionette Company with composer and conductor Paul Perley.
The marionettes, scenery, and musical compositions specially created to tell the tale of twins Quill and Foyle as they set out to find their life's purpose. Along the way their motives blur as they question what it means to give other beings and ecosystems the rights humans claim for ourselves.
Musicians include cello (Melissa Perley), piano (Michiko Oishi), bass (Eben Bodach-Turner), and percussion - cajon,brushed cymbals (Keith Gibson).