Common Sound

Common Sound will present an evening of improvised music at the Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown on July 18 at 7 pm, bringing together three very different approaches to spontaneous performance. The concert will showcase improvisation as a broad and flexible practice, moving through atmospheric soundscapes, live loops, deep grooves, experimental textures, and fully improvised piano and saxophone performance.

Rather than presenting a single style or genre, the evening is built around contrast: music created in the moment, shaped by listening, risk, intuition, and interaction. Audiences can expect a concert that moves between beauty and strangeness, structure and freedom, melody and texture.

The program features Forgalhorn, a creative collaboration focused on atmospheric effects, live loops, heavy improvisation, deep grooves, and unusual sounds. Nathan Evens, a pianist, composer, and educator who studied piano and composition at Wilfrid Laurier University, will perform fully improvised piano music inspired by the dramatic and lyrical world of late Romantic classical piano. Andrew MacKelvie, an improviser, saxophonist, composer, and educator from Halifax, brings a wide-ranging background in ambient music, creative improvisation, minimalist groove, and experimental sound.

Admission is at the door with a pay-what-you-can option available.