EXTRADITION IS . . .

Based in Portland, Oregon, USA, Extradition works at the intersection of composition and improvisation, deliberation and chance, clarity and silence. Each performance blends the composer’s vision and the musicians’ creativity into a singular realization, creating a shared avenue of new musical exploration for both performers and audience.

Tightly curated for a holistic listening experience, our quarterly concerts and intimate recital events feature realizations of notated scores, text- and graphics-based works, and structured improvisations. Extradition seeks to be fully egalitarian in our programming, choosing compositions that offer the greatest musical possibilities irrespective of the composer’s fame or anonymity. An ongoing recording project documents both our live concerts and special non-concert performances, reaching a worldwide audience via our YouTube channel.

Quarterly concerts are held in January, April, July, and October. Recitals and other events take place on an ad-hoc basis.

Extradition has been the proud recipient of grants from the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, the Oregon Community Foundation, and the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC).

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ABOUT THE ENSEMBLE

Extradition is a loose ensemble drawn from Oregon’s classical, jazz, electronic, improvised, and traditional music communities. Key players include:

Matt Carlson – piano, electronics

Loren Chasse – percussion, objects

Ben Cohen-Chen – soprano & tenor sax

Brandon Conway – guitar

Lee Elderton – clarinet, soprano & tenor sax

Annie Gilbert – trombone, voice

Matt Hannafin – percussion

Branic Howard – electronics, guitar, objects

Maxx Katz – flute

Sam Klapper – violin

Juniana Lanning – electronics, percussion

Catherine Lee – oboe, oboe d’amore, English horn

Daniel Reyes Llinás – guitar

Collin Oldham – cello

Caspar Sonnet – dobro

Stephanie Lavon Trotter – voice, piano

Reed Wallsmith – alto sax

Shao Way Wu – double bass

 

INFRASTRUCTURE

Matt Hannafin – artistic director

Branic Howard – recording engineer

Tim Westcott – live sound reinforcement