We had our maiden voyage in NYC last week and it was a blast-
looking forward to bringing this band to my hometown!
(+we’re heading into the studio in early Feb)

QN’s Flux:
Dave Binney - Alto Saxophone
QN - Tenor Saxophone & Compositions
Matt Mitchell - Fender Rhodes
Kenny Wollesen - Drums

Sat Jan 21 & Sun Jan 22 (9:3Opm, 2 sets)
@The Rex - Toronto

(also a workshop at Humber College on Fri Jan 2o 4:15pm)

I’m looking forward to debuting a new group this Monday January 9th at 8:30pm in NYC

with
Dave Binney - Alto Sax
QN - Tenor Sax & Compositions
Matt Mitchell - Fender Rhodes
Kenny Wollesen - Drums

at the Cornelia St Cafe

We play the first set at 8:30pm,
to be followed by a great group led by Michael Attias.

Also to watch for with this group in Jan & Feb:
Jan 20 Workshop at Humber College - Toronto (4pm)
Jan 21 Concert at theRex - Toronto (9:30pm)
Jan 22 Concert at theRex - Toronto (9:30pm)
Feb 3 Workshop at Carleton University - Ottawa
Feb 3 Concert at Winter Ottawa Jazz Festival

& we’re heading into the studio in Brooklyn early Feb!
-Q

Hey,

So a bunch of fun projects on the go at the moment:

Wednesday, Dec 14th, 2011
8:30 pm - 1 set

Quinsin Nachoff’s Pyramid Project:
Music for Brass Quintet, drums & saxophone.

A NY-premier of a suite commissioned by Australian trumpeter Peter Knight, plus selected other QN works.

Ralph Alessi - Trumpet
Shane Endsley - Trumpet
John Clark - French Horn
Ryan Keberle - Trombone
Joe Exley - Tuba
Dan Weiss - Drums
QN - Sax & Compositions

@SEEDs Brooklyn
617 Venderbilt, Brooklyn, NY

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Monday, Jan 9th, 2012
8:30pm 1 set

Quinsin Nachoff’s FLUX:
Some new music for a new electric project. Our debut performance will be:

Dave Binney - Alto Sax
QN - Tenor Sax & Compositions
Matt Mitchell - Fender Rhodes
Kenny Wollesen - Drums
@Cornelia St Cafe
29 Cornelia St, NY, NY

Also to look ahead FLUX will be:

Doing a workshop at Humber College in Toronto Fri Jan 20 4:15pm
Playing at The Rex in Toronto on Jan 21 & 22 9:30pm 2 sets

Playing in Montreal at the Upstairs on Feb 2
And as part of the Ottawa Jazz Festival’s Winter Jazz Fest on Feb 3rd

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Watch for a Canada Tour in March with Andy Milne, Dan Weiss and Russ Johnson (more soon).

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Also completing the work on my Violin Concerto for Nathalie Bonin and looking ahead to some new commissions and projects in 2012!

-Q

Hey inter-web-space,

Just a quick note, a lot on the go.

I had a great time in Australia in June with trumpeter Peter Knight, premiering a new commissioned suite for his 5+2 Brass Ensemble, all stellar Australian players, at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. It was a pleasure to be able to bring out NYC pianist Matt Mitchell for a short run of Forward Motion gigs as well. We played at the Valley Jazz Festival in Brisbane where we were then in residence for a week at the Queensland Conservatorium, in Brisbane- also quite a rewarding experience.
(Thanks to The Canada Council for the Arts and the SOCAN Foundation for making this possible.)

I was then off to France for a very nice concert with Bruno Tocanne‘s Collective New Dreams - a combination of collective’s from the south of France. A short video was shot about the concert.

Now back in muggy NYC and working on a commission for clarinetist Peter Stoll with the Cecilia string quartet.

-Q

Featuring:
Russ Johnson - trumpet
Adrean Farrugia - Fender Rhodes
Mark Kelso - drums
QN - compositions & saxophone

Exploring rock, jazz, fusion, indie-rock, alt-pop and more:
“a world that spans jazz and pop inflection to create something at once familiar and ‘wondrous strange’”
–David Olds, WholeNote Magazine

Available through this site, iTunes & CD Baby!

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Also - my previous release, Horizons Ensemble featuring John Taylor & Ernst Reijseger, is now available through iTunes & CD Baby (and through this site.)

I am very excited to present the new look for www.quinsin.com

Innumerable thanks to Yesim Tosunar at Backyard Design for her art concept and graphic design and Joe Lagan for the backend setup and programming.

Some recent & upcoming creative and fun projects:
Had a great time performing a large-scale commission of mine with the Greg Runions bigband featuring trumpet ace Tim Hagans! Concerts in Kingston, ON and Toronto, ON were well received.
www.timhagans.com
www.myspace.com/gregrunionsbigband

Members of the band also arranged three of my newer tunes from my imminent release FoMo:
music with more of a rock slant with Russ Johnson (trumpet), Adrean Farrugia (Fender Rhodes), Mark Kelso (drums) and myself (sax).

Artwork by Mark Ollinger
Watch for this new release early this Fall!

Off to France in October to play with great French drummer Bruno Tocanne‘s larger bass-less group, with a new piece premiered for this occasion too.

Then back to work in NYC on my Violin Concert for virtuoso Montrealer Nathalie Bonin.

Another fun longterm project to watch for:
May 2011 - a commission for Australian trumpeter Peter Knight’s 5+2 Brass Ensemble with the addition of myself on sax and clarinet.
www.peterknightmusic.com
www.myspace.com/5plus2brassensemble

See you out there!
-Q