nummena orchestra performance at Oppenheimer Park!

May 5: 2pm at Oppenheimer Park (400 Powell St.)
May 11: 4pm TBA
Free and open to the public

The nummena orchestra in free public performances presented by the NOW Society!

nummena orchestra is an ensemble of improvising musicians encouraged by the conductions of Dr. Lisa Cay Miller. This orchestra contains both professionals and those new to improvisation and conduction, creating in the spirit of generosity and intent.

“The Lexicon of hand directives of Butch Morris – signs and gestures devised and refined for creative compositional utilization in group improvisations… Here there are no staffs to read, no keys to know, no meters to count, but instead a stimulating new mindset to adopt… Morris hoped Conduction would be a practice freely shared and widely adopted for its value as an instrument of musical investigation and experimentation.”

Conduction Community Nights are inspired by the the practice of which Lawrence D. Butch Morris called Conduction®