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Biographies of performers
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Gerry Hemingway has been making a living as a composer and performer of solo and ensemble music since 1974. He has led a number of quartet & quintets since the mid 80’s including his current quintet with Ellery Eskelin, Oscar Noriega, Terrence McManus and Kermit Driscoll as well collaborative groups with Mark Helias & Ray Anderson (BassDrumBone) celebrating its 34th anniversary in 2011, w/Reggie Workman and Miya Masaoka on koto (Brew), Georg Graewe & Ernst Reijseger, recently celebrating its twentieth anniversary (GRH trio), WHO trio with Swiss pianist, Michel Wintsch and bassist, Baenz Oester, as well as numerous duo projects with Thomas Lehn, John Butcher, Ellery Eskelin, Marilyn Crispell, Terrence McManus and Jin Hi Kim. Mr. Hemingway is a Guggenheim fellow and has received numerous commissions for chamber and orchestral work including "Terrains", a concerto for percussionist and orchestra commissioned by the Kansas City Symphony. He also been involved in songwriting documented in the CD “Songs” produced by Between the Lines as well as his collaboration with John Cale. He is well known for his eleven years in the Anthony Braxton Quartet and more recently his duo with Anthony “Old Dogs (2007)” released on Mode/Avant. His many collaborations with some of the world’s most outstanding improvisers and composers include Evan Parker, Cecil Taylor, Mark Dresser, Anthony Davis, George Lewis, Derek Bailey, Leo Smith, Oliver Lake, Kenny Wheeler, Frank Gratkowski, Michael Moore and many others. His rich musical history, collaborations, performances and recordings are all amply documented on his extensive website: http://www.gerryhemingway.com. He currently lives in Switzerland having joined the faculty of the Hochschule Luzern in 2009.
Sarah Weaver is a New York-based composer, conductor, and technologist working internationally as a specialist in works for experimental artists, large ensemble, and the telematic medium. Telematic music is live performance via the internet by musicians in different geographic locations. Recent projects: “Universal Synchrony Music 2013-2014” in collaboration with the NASA Kepler Mission and NASA ArtSpace; “Time Axiom” New York - California; “Cycles of Awakening” and “Renewal Ringings” premieres at The Stone in NYC 2012; “Thresholding 2012: New York - Seoul”; “Inspiraling 2010-2011: Telematic Jazz Explorations” New York - California; and “ResoNations 2009-2013: International Concerts for Peace” at international telematic sites in San Diego, Banff, Belfast, South Korea, Beijing, Abu Dhabi, Nairobi, and in New York at Iridium Jazz Club, BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and the United Nations Headquarters. Weaver has collaborated with Gerry Hemingway since 2008, extensively with Mark Dresser, and with ongoing musicians including Ray Anderson, Jane Ira Bloom, Stuart Dempster, Robert Dick, Amir ElSaffar, Oliver Lake, Miya Masaoka, Joe McPhee, Ned Rothenberg, Ursel Schlict, Jen Shyu, Dave Taylor, Doug Van Nort, and Min Xiao-Fen. She has taught and presented at universities in-person and telematically including New York University, New York University Abu Dhabi, New York University Florence, University of California San Diego, Stanford University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Michigan, The New School, Northwestern University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Queens University Belfast, University College Cork in Ireland, and the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Liminal Music Inc is the nonprofit organization for Weaver’s artistic work.
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