The Creative Music Guild

Night 13 of the Improv Summit

Sunday, Oct 26 • 8PM
Swan Dive • $15–$30
Annual Round Robin
Hosted by Marcus Rudolph

Join us for an evening of spontaneous collaboration, rotating solos, and boundary-blurring musical conversations.

Marcus Rudolph leads the night — a master of swing, groove, and nuance — known for his inventive, expressive playing and ability to connect diverse sounds into something greater than the sum of its parts.

He’s joined by an eclectic lineup of standout musicians:

Xylyn Hathaway
AJ Stillabower
Alexis Mahler
Jack Maiolo
Rodolfo Lopez
Joshua Phillips

Expect the unexpected. One-of-a-kind combinations. Pure musical alchemy.

Doors open early — come catch the magic as it unfolds.

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Night 12 of the Improv Fest

Friday, October 24 | 8PM
Desert Island Studios
1316 SE 12th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
$15–30 sliding scale

An evening of genre-defying sound from boundary-pushing artists, featuring the first of three shows from our main artist Lori Goldston.

Lori Goldston

Classically trained, rigorously de-trained, and endlessly exploratory, Goldston is a cellist and composer whose amplified and acoustic performances are textured, raw, and deeply original. Based in Seattle, she’s collaborated with Nirvana, Earth, David Byrne, Cat Power, Terry Riley, and many more. Her work moves freely across genre, time, and discipline, and has been commissioned by the Kennedy Center, Paris Fashion Week, Tectonics Festival, and others across North America, Europe, and Australia.

Chloe Alexandra Thompson

A Cree interdisciplinary artist, composer, and director whose sound works center Indigenous resonance, spatial perception, and embodied vulnerability. Her compositions use psychoacoustic tones and sculptural spatialization to reshape listening and relationship. Thompson’s work has been presented by CTM Berlin, MUTEK, Onassis Foundation, and Pioneer Works, and she is a certified Max/MSP trainer and founding member of the Working Consortium for First Nations Performing Arts.

Ilyas Ahmed

Portland-based solo artist and member of Grails, with a two-decade discography of dreamlike, experimental rock. His latest solo album A Dream of Another came out in 2023, with more on the way.

Craig Burk

NYC and no PDX avant-garde veteran and sonic collage artist, active since the 1980s. His work fuses punk, free jazz, opera, and digital experimentation into lush, provocative soundscapes.

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