Robert McFadden

I began writing and performing music in art school while dabbling in film, installation and performance art. Early projects include:

* Sounds on Wednesdays: a free improvised sound series hosted by the National Gallery of Canada
* The Post Barbie Band: a cocktail of musicians, artists and programmers performing in clubs, art galleries and street corners
* People in the Speakers: a karaoke/movement ensemble championed by Gay Delorme (Frank Zappa, k.d. laing) as “seriously bent; way hip”.

Constructing Nature and The Edge of the World - musical performances playing off Broadway, roots, jazz and minimalist genres - were presented at The Western Front (Vancouver), Globe Theatre (Regina), A Space (Toronto) and The Slade (London, England). A virtual reality soundscape, About Three Idylls (The Narcissist), was produced by the Banff Centre for the Arts and recognized at Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria).

I was absorbed into the jazzsphere in about four years ago, when a two-week jaunt into jazz improvisation exploded into a four year full-time process of listening, studying, jamming, composing and recording. My recently released CD, Travelling in Curves documents recent developments in this exploration.