Joseph Strug Concert Hall
1385 Seymour Street
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Many Worlds
Many Worlds: A new ensemble brought together by Andrew MacKelvie, former leader of the ambient improvised music ensemble, New Hermitage.
Joseph Strug Concert Hall @ 1385 Seymour Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 1W8, CA
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A new ensemble brought together by Andrew MacKelvie, former leader of the ambient improvised music ensemble, New Hermitage. In 2012 MacKelvie was struck by a drunk driver, and the accident left him immobilized for months. The trauma of the accident led him to a persistently contemplation of the infinite possible outcomes of every moment and choice.
The ensemble's name comes from the Many Worlds Theory of quantum mechanics, a splitting of reality into infinite possible outcomes. What does this mean for an improvising musician? What is free will, if from every decision every possible outcome unfolds across an infinite amount of realities blossoming just beyond our perception?
Many Worlds' compositions encourage chance, pattern, and coincidence to arise. Its improvisational philosophy is for the performer to let go and serve the composition of whatever reality they inhabit.
Sun., Jan. 12, 2025 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Joseph Strug Concert Hall
1385 Seymour Street
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