Category: recent items
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Horizontal Transfer album re-release
It’s 10 years since we made this album as part of my Boom residency with the wonderful people at OCM in 2015. Horizontal Transfer is a set of works for electric guitar, piano and sampling, Joel Bell and Kate Halsall with electronics by Bristol based MYR (James Waterworth). Extra tracks available on our Bandcamp. The…
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Whitehaven workshops day
Kate and Kema Sikazwe will be leading some Galvanize Ensemble workshops at Whitehaven Academy in early June, in partnership with Northern arts organisation, Curious Minds. Workshops are to develop research and creative thinking techniques, alongside working with artists and contributing to our Understory project. The workshops encourage students to develop skills in storytelling, music and…
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Project funding from Marchus Trust
Galvanize Ensemble is delighted to be funded by the Marchus Trust for our Understory project, which began in 2024 and continues this year. We have a Residency at Nelson Tomlinson School and will work with a number of other schools in West Cumbria, creating new work and performances.
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Fresh Thursday // Galvanize Ensemble + Harkling @ Cobalt
Galvanize Ensemble Galvanize is a collaborative, improvisation/new music ensemble based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Cumbria and London run by pianist Kate Halsall. Galvanize is made up of musicians who work with composers, artists, film and text to create installations, cross disciplinary performances & exhibitions. A fusion of classical contemporary music, improv, electronic and acoustic forces,…
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