Program

Ken Field is an internationally acclaimed saxophonist, flautist, and composer. Leader of the improvisational second line brass band the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Field is also a longtime member of the modern music ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic.  His music is heard often on Sesame St.

Field will present an improvised performance for solo saxophone with looping electronics.  A short example can be found here: https://youtu.be/iJ5KapSR9kM 

Field was named a 2017 Finalist in Music Composition by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.  He has performed in the US, Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, Spain, Hungary, Portugal, Sweden, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, & Japan, and has been awarded residency fellowship grants at the MacDowell Colony (NH), the Ucross Foundation (Wyoming), the Fundación Valparaíso (Spain), and the Atlantic Center for the Arts (Florida).  Field composed & produced soundtracks for many of the animated films by his late wife, Karen Aqua, as well as commissioned music for Bridgman/Packer Dance.