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).
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