Jessica Pavone String Ensemble

Jessica Pavone String Ensemble is the vehicle for Pavone's writing for small groups of bowed strings. Pavone came up in New York's improvised and experimental music community, playing viola and violin in Anthony Braxton's ensembles and recording a run of duo albums with the guitarist Mary Halvorson. In this group the focus narrows to the physical sound of the instruments: slow, held pitches, close intervals and the acoustic interference between them, so that much of the music's movement happens in the room rather than on the page.