Improvisation & Miscellany

Stumbling, Floating – Pushpins
Pushpins are: Charity Chan: piano, Suzanne Thorpe: flute, and Paul Scriver: reeds.
Moody and mercurial, organic and ethereal, this improvisation typifies the dynamic play of the improvising trio Pushpins. This spontaneous composition was chosen from a series of improvisations recorded at the Mills College CCM recording studios in the spring of 2007. The music created by the collective forces of Pushpins arises from a shared desire to re-assert physicality into music making. Fluidity in assuming multiple roles, and the ability to quickly change directions and intent give the music of this trio its characteristic energy.
Conversation Under the Overpass
“Conversation Under the Overpass” was composed as a one minute composition. My intention was to keep it loose and improvise using each one of the reed instruments that I possessed at least once in the piece.