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SAM Performs: KO Ensemble

Sat Nov 23 2024

12–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Photo: Š Lisa Hagen Glynn

Join us in a series of musical performances exploring the genre that inspired the genius exhibited in Following Space: Thaddeus Mosley and Alexander Calder. Each week, SAM will have a different jazz ensemble perform in our South Hall on Saturday from noon–12:45 pm and 1:15–2 pm. Join us as we listen to the experimental and dynamic music, which created a lasting influence on Modern and Contemporary artists.

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Free. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

KO Ensemble

Kate Olson is an improviser, saxophonist, and music educator based in Seattle, WA. Since moving to Seattle in 2010, she has done her best to infiltrate the local, regional and international improvised music scenes. Kate leads the KO Ensemble, whose most recent iteration features Evan Woodle (drums), Tim Carey (bass), and Conner Eisenmenger (trombone/trumpet).

Kate can be heard performing with her projects KO SOLO and KO Ensemble, and as a collaborator with the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble and Electric Circus (led by Wayne Horvitz), Birch Pereira and the Gin Joints, Battlestar Kalakala (formerly West Seattle Soul/the Pulsations), the Oscillators, and with such Seattle staples as the Seattle Men's and Women's Choruses, Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, and cabaret producers Can Can Presents and Verlaine & McCann. Kate has a BA in Music (Jazz Emphasis) from the University of Wyoming and an MM in Improvisation from the University of Michigan.

Check out the other jazz performances coming to SAM!

November 20Following Space Public Reception

November 30SAM Performs: D'Vonne Lewis and BEYOND

December 7SAM Performs: The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra

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