smol ensemble is a consort of toy pianists and percussionists with a particular interest in the curiosities and delights of new music. Established in 2019, smol ensemble made their debut at the 2019 SoundNow Festival, Atlanta's Contemporary Music Festival. Comprised of Justin Greene, Olivia Kieffer, Amy O'Dell, Monica Pearce, and Paul Stevens, the ensemble focuses on works that explore playful timbral sonorities, open endedness, improvisatory elements, and everything toy piano-related.

The Atlanta Improvisers Orchestra is a vital conglomeration of musicians united to explore the possibilities of large group musical improvisation. The group spontaneously creates exquisite orchestral soundscapes and compositions using the concept of conduction, or conducted improvisation, that harnesses and encourages the unpredictable ideas, individual imaginations, and diverse approaches to music that each musician brings.  

smol ensemble program:

Immediate Action* by Stefanie Lubkowski

Take it Anywhere! by Olivia Kieffer

The Toy Robot's Mechanical Heart by Christopher Adler

Hip/no-tech* by Michael Kurth

Salt in My Lungs* by Monica Pearce and Justin Greene 

pulse piece* by Paul Stevens

Can We Play Too?*  by Amy O’Dell

Quiet Rhythms No. 5 by William Susman

*world premieres

smol ensemble is comprised of Justin Greene, Olivia Kieffer, Amy O'Dell, Monica Pearce, and Paul Stevens

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Atlanta Improvisors Orchestra: Program and performers will be announced from the stage.