Birmingham Improvisers Orchestra (BIO)

About Me

B.I.O. (Birmingham Improvisers Orchestra) Draft Constitution :::::::::::BIO aims to create a focus for creative music making in Birmingham and the wider Midlands area. It will be made up of musicians who are concerned with improvisation regardless of their particular chosen area of musical activity. Although at the heart of its activities will always be improvisation it will also seek to encourage composition initially at least in the form of BIO-Activities provided by members of the group and a pool of pre-existing classics. It will also seek to generate creative partnerships with like minded people from across a broad range of disciplines whether they be musical or from art forms.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/16/2006
Band Members: Mick Beck - Sax/Bassoon
Ray Butcher - Trumpet
Phil Cardwell - Trumpet
Bruce Coates - Saxes
Mark Davis - Tuba
Peter Dixon - Violin/Electronics
Paul Dunmall - Saxes
Barry Edwards - Guitar
Joe Egan - Trumpet
Stuart Estelle - Free Reeds/Dulcimers
Patrick Farmer - Drums/Percussion/Objects
Graham Foster - Guitar/electronics
Mike Green - Bass
Mike Hurley- Piano
Doug Hough - Drums
Ed Johnston - Saxes
Ed Lawes - Electronics/violin
Miles Levin - Drums
Trevor Lines - bass
Pete McPhail - Saxes
Colin Mills - Bari Sax
Frank Moon - Guitar
Joel Murphy - Guitar/Clarinet
Dan Nicholls - Sax/Keyboards/Electronics
Percy Pursglove - Trumpet
Phil Rowland - Trumpet
Mark Sanders - Drums/Percussion
Walt Shaw - Percussion/Objects
Jamie Smith - Guitar
Ryan Trebilcock - Bass
Noel Warr - Reeds

Sounds Like:
David Ryan, Mick beck, Noel Warr, Bruce Coates foreground
Miles levin, Barry Edwards, Phil Cardwell background
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Mike hurley
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Birmingham Improvisers orchestra. June 2006.

Record Label: TBA
Type of Label: Indie