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Wednesday, May 20
Dissonant Works presents Small Room Session 05

LaDonna Smith, gabby fluke-mogul, Alex Cunningham, Jason Stein, Damon Smith, Adam Shead

LaDonna Smith is a violinist, violist, and central figure in free improvisation whose decades of work span performance, collaboration, and artist-led organizing, including her long-running publication Trans Museq. gabby fluke-mogul is a Brooklyn-based violinist, improviser, composer, and organizer working across experimental and improvised music with an active international touring practice. Alex Cunningham is a St. Louis–based violinist, improviser, and visual artist. His recorded output spans free improvisation, drone, noise, and minimalist composition, with releases across a range of independent labels.

Jason Stein — Damon Smith — Adam Shead (often billed as Stein/Smith/Shead) is a Chicago-rooted improvising trio uniting bass clarinetist Jason Stein, double bassist Damon Smith, and percussionist Adam Shead. Since forming in late 2021, the group has toured extensively across the Midwest and beyond, becoming a fixture in the creative music circuit and collaborating with influential figures such as Roscoe Mitchell and Marilyn Crispell.

Doors 7:00 PM / Music 8:00 PM
$20 - Tickets on sale at dissonantworks.org- link in bio

Join us for a free community workshop with LaDonna Smith at 5:00 pm

We’re extremely excited to announce a free workshop with LaDonna Smith, on Wednesday, May 20, from 5 to 6pm!

LaDonna Smith will be exploring improvisation, creative process, collaboration, and experimental music practice.

Open to musicians, artists, listeners, and people of all backgrounds and experience levels.

Wednesday, May 20
Dissonant Works presents Small Room Session 05

LaDonna Smith, gabby fluke-mogul, Alex Cunningham, Jason Stein, Damon Smith, Adam Shead

LaDonna Smith is a violinist, violist, and central figure in free improvisation whose decades of work span performance, collaboration, and artist-led organizing, including her long-running publication Trans Museq. gabby fluke-mogul is a Brooklyn-based violinist, improviser, composer, and organizer working across experimental and improvised music with an active international touring practice. Alex Cunningham is a St. Louis–based violinist, improviser, and visual artist. His recorded output spans free improvisation, drone, noise, and minimalist composition, with releases across a range of independent labels.

Jason Stein — Damon Smith — Adam Shead (often billed as Stein/Smith/Shead) is a Chicago-rooted improvising trio uniting bass clarinetist Jason Stein, double bassist Damon Smith, and percussionist Adam Shead. Since forming in late 2021, the group has toured extensively across the Midwest and beyond, becoming a fixture in the creative music circuit and collaborating with influential figures such as Roscoe Mitchell and Marilyn Crispell.

Doors 7:00 PM / Music 8:00 PM
$20 - Tickets on sale at dissonantworks.org- link in bio

*Late afternoon community workshop with LaDonna Smith to be announced

Wednesday, May 20
Dissonant Works presents Small Room Session 05

LaDonna Smith, gabby fluke-mogul, Alex Cunningham, Jason Stein, Damon Smith, Adam Shead

LaDonna Smith is a violinist, violist, and central figure in free improvisation whose decades of work span performance, collaboration, and artist-led organizing, including her long-running publication Trans Museq. gabby fluke-mogul is a Brooklyn-based violinist, improviser, composer, and organizer working across experimental and improvised music with an active international touring practice. Alex Cunningham is a St. Louis–based violinist, improviser, and visual artist. His recorded output spans free improvisation, drone, noise, and minimalist composition, with releases across a range of independent labels.

Jason Stein — Damon Smith — Adam Shead (often billed as Stein/Smith/Shead) is a Chicago-rooted improvising trio uniting bass clarinetist Jason Stein, double bassist Damon Smith, and percussionist Adam Shead. Since forming in late 2021, the group has toured extensively across the Midwest and beyond, becoming a fixture in the creative music circuit and collaborating with influential figures such as Roscoe Mitchell and Marilyn Crispell.

Doors 7:00 PM / Music 8:00 PM
$20 - Tickets on sale at dissonantworks.org- link in bio

*Late afternoon community workshop with LaDonna Smith to be announced

Wednesday, May 20
Dissonant Works presents Small Room Session 05

LaDonna Smith, gabby fluke-mogul, Alex Cunningham, Jason Stein, Damon Smith, Adam Shead

LaDonna Smith is a violinist, violist, and central figure in free improvisation whose decades of work span performance, collaboration, and artist-led organizing, including her long-running publication Trans Museq. gabby fluke-mogul is a Brooklyn-based violinist, improviser, composer, and organizer working across experimental and improvised music with an active international touring practice. Alex Cunningham is a St. Louis–based violinist, improviser, and visual artist. His recorded output spans free improvisation, drone, noise, and minimalist composition, with releases across a range of independent labels.

Jason Stein — Damon Smith — Adam Shead (often billed as Stein/Smith/Shead) is a Chicago-rooted improvising trio uniting bass clarinetist Jason Stein, double bassist Damon Smith, and percussionist Adam Shead. Since forming in late 2021, the group has toured extensively across the Midwest and beyond, becoming a fixture in the creative music circuit and collaborating with influential figures such as Roscoe Mitchell and Marilyn Crispell.

Doors 7:00 PM / Music 8:00 PM
$20 - Tickets on sale at dissonantworks.org- link in bio

*Late afternoon community workshop with LaDonna Smith to be announced

Wednesday, May 20
Dissonant Works presents Small Room Session 05

LaDonna Smith, gabby fluke-mogul, Alex Cunningham, Jason Stein, Damon Smith, Adam Shead

LaDonna Smith is a violinist, violist, and central figure in free improvisation whose decades of work span performance, collaboration, and artist-led organizing, including her long-running publication Trans Museq. gabby fluke-mogul is a Brooklyn-based violinist, improviser, composer, and organizer working across experimental and improvised music with an active international touring practice. Alex Cunningham is a St. Louis–based violinist, improviser, and visual artist. His recorded output spans free improvisation, drone, noise, and minimalist composition, with releases across a range of independent labels.

Jason Stein — Damon Smith — Adam Shead (often billed as Stein/Smith/Shead) is a Chicago-rooted improvising trio uniting bass clarinetist Jason Stein, double bassist Damon Smith, and percussionist Adam Shead. Since forming in late 2021, the group has toured extensively across the Midwest and beyond, becoming a fixture in the creative music circuit and collaborating with influential figures such as Roscoe Mitchell and Marilyn Crispell.

Doors 7:00 PM / Music 8:00 PM
$20 - Tickets on sale at dissonantworks.org- link in bio

*Late afternoon community workshop with LaDonna Smith to be announced

Wednesday, May 20
Dissonant Works presents Small Room Session 05

LaDonna Smith, gabby fluke-mogul, Alex Cunningham, Jason Stein, Damon Smith, Adam Shead

LaDonna Smith is a violinist, violist, and central figure in free improvisation whose decades of work span performance, collaboration, and artist-led organizing, including her long-running publication Trans Museq. gabby fluke-mogul is a Brooklyn-based violinist, improviser, composer, and organizer working across experimental and improvised music with an active international touring practice. Alex Cunningham is a St. Louis–based violinist, improviser, and visual artist. His recorded output spans free improvisation, drone, noise, and minimalist composition, with releases across a range of independent labels.

Jason Stein — Damon Smith — Adam Shead (often billed as Stein/Smith/Shead) is a Chicago-rooted improvising trio uniting bass clarinetist Jason Stein, double bassist Damon Smith, and percussionist Adam Shead. Since forming in late 2021, the group has toured extensively across the Midwest and beyond, becoming a fixture in the creative music circuit and collaborating with influential figures such as Roscoe Mitchell and Marilyn Crispell.

Doors 7:00 PM / Music 8:00 PM
$20 - Tickets on sale at dissonantworks.org- link in bio

*Late afternoon community workshop with LaDonna Smith to be announced

Wednesday, May 20
Dissonant Works presents Small Room Session 05

LaDonna Smith, gabby fluke-mogul, Alex Cunningham, Jason Stein, Damon Smith, Adam Shead

LaDonna Smith is a violinist, violist, and central figure in free improvisation whose decades of work span performance, collaboration, and artist-led organizing, including her long-running publication Trans Museq. gabby fluke-mogul is a Brooklyn-based violinist, improviser, composer, and organizer working across experimental and improvised music with an active international touring practice. Alex Cunningham is a St. Louis–based violinist, improviser, and visual artist. His recorded output spans free improvisation, drone, noise, and minimalist composition, with releases across a range of independent labels.

Jason Stein — Damon Smith — Adam Shead (often billed as Stein/Smith/Shead) is a Chicago-rooted improvising trio uniting bass clarinetist Jason Stein, double bassist Damon Smith, and percussionist Adam Shead. Since forming in late 2021, the group has toured extensively across the Midwest and beyond, becoming a fixture in the creative music circuit and collaborating with influential figures such as Roscoe Mitchell and Marilyn Crispell.

Doors 7:00 PM / Music 8:00 PM
$20 - Tickets on sale at dissonantworks.org- link in bio

*Late afternoon community workshop with LaDonna Smith to be announced

Wednesday, May 20
Dissonant Works presents Small Room Session 05

LaDonna Smith, gabby fluke-mogul, Alex Cunningham, Jason Stein, Damon Smith, Adam Shead

LaDonna Smith is a violinist, violist, and central figure in free improvisation whose decades of work span performance, collaboration, and artist-led organizing, including her long-running publication Trans Museq. gabby fluke-mogul is a Brooklyn-based violinist, improviser, composer, and organizer working across experimental and improvised music with an active international touring practice. Alex Cunningham is a St. Louis–based violinist, improviser, and visual artist. His recorded output spans free improvisation, drone, noise, and minimalist composition, with releases across a range of independent labels.

Jason Stein — Damon Smith — Adam Shead (often billed as Stein/Smith/Shead) is a Chicago-rooted improvising trio uniting bass clarinetist Jason Stein, double bassist Damon Smith, and percussionist Adam Shead. Since forming in late 2021, the group has toured extensively across the Midwest and beyond, becoming a fixture in the creative music circuit and collaborating with influential figures such as Roscoe Mitchell and Marilyn Crispell.

Doors 7:00 PM / Music 8:00 PM
$20 - Tickets on sale at dissonantworks.org- link in bio

*Late afternoon community workshop with LaDonna Smith to be announced

Bring your instrument!!! We’re extremely excited to announce a free workshop with LaDonna Smith, on Wednesday, May 20, from 5 to 6pm!

LaDonna Smith will be exploring improvisation, creative process, collaboration, and experimental music practice.

Open to musicians, artists, listeners, and people of all backgrounds and experience levels.

Wednesday, May 20
Dissonant Works presents Small Room Session 05

LaDonna Smith, gabby fluke-mogul, Alex Cunningham, Jason Stein, Damon Smith, Adam Shead

LaDonna Smith is a violinist, violist, and central figure in free improvisation whose decades of work span performance, collaboration, and artist-led organizing, including her long-running publication Trans Museq. gabby fluke-mogul is a Brooklyn-based violinist, improviser, composer, and organizer working across experimental and improvised music with an active international touring practice. Alex Cunningham is a St. Louis–based violinist, improviser, and visual artist. His recorded output spans free improvisation, drone, noise, and minimalist composition, with releases across a range of independent labels.

Jason Stein — Damon Smith — Adam Shead (often billed as Stein/Smith/Shead) is a Chicago-rooted improvising trio uniting bass clarinetist Jason Stein, double bassist Damon Smith, and percussionist Adam Shead. Since forming in late 2021, the group has toured extensively across the Midwest and beyond, becoming a fixture in the creative music circuit and collaborating with influential figures such as Roscoe Mitchell and Marilyn Crispell.

Doors 7:00 PM / Music 8:00 PM
$20 - Tickets on sale at dissonantworks.org- link in bio

May 27 8pm!

Three solo acts, all pretty different from each other!(all experimental to be sure though 😉) With visuals by Kevin Harris @afterlife_laboratories , this is just a fun show!

Twisted folkloric noise by Feverfew @beyondacid87 , circuit broken soundscapes by Jim McGowin @zmcgowin , and nylon string guitar explorations by Danny Pankratz @dannypandanny ! Kevin Harris will provide virtuosic imagery and visual manipulation.

Saturday, May 23! 7 pm, some jazz for ya!!

Conspiracy Deliracy, the brainchild of St. Louis bassist and composer Andrew Binder, features original compositions crossed between modern jazz, pop music icons, their music, and conspiracy theories. The music is tongue-in-cheek commentary on today’s delusional era of misinformation, sensitively interpreted by some of the Midwest’s top jazz musicians.

Here’s a great overview of the Ladonna Smith trio show at @dissonantworks in this week critic’s picks in the St. Louis Magazine music newsletter. Thank you to @_bodyclock for the words and for letting me wax about 🎻🎻🎻. This will be one of the best shows of the year. Do not miss.

Here’s a great overview of the Ladonna Smith trio show at @dissonantworks in this week critic’s picks in the St. Louis Magazine music newsletter. Thank you to @_bodyclock for the words and for letting me wax about 🎻🎻🎻. This will be one of the best shows of the year. Do not miss.

Here’s a great overview of the Ladonna Smith trio show at @dissonantworks in this week critic’s picks in the St. Louis Magazine music newsletter. Thank you to @_bodyclock for the words and for letting me wax about 🎻🎻🎻. This will be one of the best shows of the year. Do not miss.

Here’s a great overview of the Ladonna Smith trio show at @dissonantworks in this week critic’s picks in the St. Louis Magazine music newsletter. Thank you to @_bodyclock for the words and for letting me wax about 🎻🎻🎻. This will be one of the best shows of the year. Do not miss.

Here’s a great overview of the Ladonna Smith trio show at @dissonantworks in this week critic’s picks in the St. Louis Magazine music newsletter. Thank you to @_bodyclock for the words and for letting me wax about 🎻🎻🎻. This will be one of the best shows of the year. Do not miss.

Sunday, May 17
7:00 PM (early show)

Dissonant Works presents

An evening of ambient pedal steel

Luke Schneider (Nashville, TN), Nate Hofer (Kansas City), Mike Stover (Kansas City)

Luke Schneider @lukefromnashville is a Nashville-based ambient pedal steel artist whose meditative, drone-based compositions transform the instrument’s traditional role into immersive sound. His releases on Third Man Records, Leaving Records, and Northern Spy position him within a contemporary experimental context.

Nate Hofer @natehofer is a Kansas City–area artist working with ambient and experimental pedal steel guitar. His music blends improvisation and “accidental” composition, informed by Brian Eno and Buddy Emmons. His forthcoming solo release Decommissioned was recorded inside a decommissioned Atlas F missile silo near Wilson, Kansas.

Mike Stover @stovey_stov is a Kansas City–based multi-instrumentalist, recently focused on pedal steel guitar, performing both classic country and less traditional work, including solo performances and collaborations with artists such as Lorna Kay.

$20

Tickets at www.dissonantworks.org (link in bio)

headed to St. Louis at the end of the month. Play the sick venue @dissonantworks with huck and @matt.daisyy. tell your friends!

We’ve got a great stretch of shows coming up through the second half of May. Back to back evenings of creative and improvised music starting this Thursday with Chicago trombonist Jeb Bishop.

Sunday, May 17 features ambient pedal steel performances from Luke Schneider, Nate Hofer, and Mike Stover, followed by an open conversation on pedal steel and experimental approaches to the instrument.

Wednesday, May 20 we continue our Small Room Session series with avant garde violinist LaDonna Smith alongside gabby fluke-mogul and Alex Cunningham, ending the night with the trio of Jason Stein, Damon Smith, and Adam Shead.

Tickets available at dissonantworks.org

Suggested donation $20
Sliding scale / PWYC always available.

Thank you for continuing to support our organization. We’re grateful to keep bringing this work to St. Louis.

We’ve got a great stretch of shows coming up through the second half of May. Back to back evenings of creative and improvised music starting this Thursday with Chicago trombonist Jeb Bishop.

Sunday, May 17 features ambient pedal steel performances from Luke Schneider, Nate Hofer, and Mike Stover, followed by an open conversation on pedal steel and experimental approaches to the instrument.

Wednesday, May 20 we continue our Small Room Session series with avant garde violinist LaDonna Smith alongside gabby fluke-mogul and Alex Cunningham, ending the night with the trio of Jason Stein, Damon Smith, and Adam Shead.

Tickets available at dissonantworks.org

Suggested donation $20
Sliding scale / PWYC always available.

Thank you for continuing to support our organization. We’re grateful to keep bringing this work to St. Louis.

June 21 at Ddub!!

Thomas Helton @thomasheltonbass, Richard Gilman-Opalsky @gilmanopalsky and Adam Larison come into town from Sundry Places, while Locals Dave Stone, Damon Smith @newmusicbass and Danny Pankratz @dannypandanny stay in town. Bass duos, guitar duos, classic free jazz combo sets, they’re all here for you

More info in comments!!

$20/pwyc