The next Xposed Club event will take place in the FCH Chapel (Francis Close Hall), an atmospheric setting for a night of films and specially written and improvised soundtracks.
Starts 8pm
Tickets £5 and £3 students and concessions are available on the door
(or reserve in advance from Stuart Wilding)
The main act is Peter Urpeth (piano) and Stuart Wilding (percussion) performing a live soundtrack to short films by Man Ray, L'Etoile De Mer (1928) and Emak-Bakia (1926).
Peter Urpeth (b Romford, Essex 1963) is a pianist, harmoniumist and composer working mostly in improvisation, jazz, theatre music and alternative performance art forms.
His work in the theatre and with film started with onstage accompaniment to Steve Berkoff’s ‘Fall Of The House of Usher’; in Perriere Award-winning shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Donald Swann (Flanders & Swann) in the Fania Williams / Richard Crane Company; with award-winning writer/performer Leon Robinson and, most recently, in a series of collaborations with poet, film-maker, artist and storyteller, Ian Stephen.
Silent movies are in his blood as his aunt, Constance Urpeth, was a performer in cinemas throughout London
Favouring adhoc and loose long-term partnerships, Peter has, over the last 30 years, worked with some of
He has given performances at the Purcell Room (South Bank Centre, London ), and on British Council Tours in France , Belgium and Holland , as well as playing in the Czech Republic
As well as being a musician, Peter is a novelist and poet. His first novel ‘Far Inland’ was published by Birlinn Polygon in 2006.
Also the CIO will be playing live scores to a selection of short films including works by contemporary Russian artist Michael Basov.
You are welcome to bring your own drinks.
Hope you can make it,
stu
Come check me out at www.myspace.com/thexposedclub www.myspace.com/cheltenhamimprovisers www.myspace.com/theweekofsmallmiracles
Xposed Club was the monthly live music club at Pittville Studios The University of Gloucestershire Albert Road Cheltenham run by Stuart Wilding and features all types of music but is active in promoting alternative and experimental music. The Popular Music Degree at the college offered students a space to showcase their music.
The Pittville Campus has closed as we know but Xposed continues...
For more information on Xposed Club visit www.myspace.com/thexposedclub or contact the event organiser Stuart Wilding via email at swilding@glos.ac.uk
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