Tyshawn Sorey and Marilyn Crispell | Improvisation

3680 Walnut Street,Philadelphia PA 19104

21 October, 2021

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Celebrate choice with an improvisational jazz performance by percussionist Tyshawn Sorey and pianist Marilyn Crispell! Wolf Humanities Center • University of Pennsylvania ImprovisationTyshawn Sorey, Multi-instrumentalist and composer; Presidential Assistant Professor of Music, University of Pennsylvania Marilyn Crispell, Jazz pianist and composer Guthrie Ramsey, Emeritus Professor of Music, University of Pennsylvania Celebrate choice with an improvisational jazz performance by percussionist Tyshawn Sorey and pianist Marilyn Crispell! After the performance, Penn Music's Guthrie Ramsey joins Sorey and Crispell for a wide-ranging discussion about the choices they make in improvisation and spontaneous composition, historical perspectives on improvisation, and their acclaimed 2019 release The Adornment of Time. This esteemed Dr. S.T. Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities was rescheduled from the Wolf Humanities Center's 2020–2021 Forum on Choice. More information: https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/crispell-sorey Cosponsored by Penn's Department of Music.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. In accordance with Penn’s COVID-19 Guidelines, all in-person attendees are required to wear a mask; attest to having been vaccinated; and register their contact information with the organizers in the case that follow-up from contact tracers is needed.The Wolf Humanities Center values inclusivity and we aim to create a welcoming environment for people of all backgrounds. Please feel free to note any accessibility needs or concerns in your registration, or connect with us by email or phone (215.573.8280). The Wolf Humanities Center is the University of Pennsylvania's main hub for interdisciplinary humanities research and public programming. Please join us in considering our common stake in the "thinking arts!"