Carlos Cotallo Solares + Ryan Carraher + Aaron Michael Butler
Schedule
Thu, 11 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 pm
UTC-08:00Location
Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center | Seattle, WA
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4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, 4th floor, Seattle 98103 (Wallingford)$10 at the door
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A live evening of free guitar improvisation by Carlos Cotallo Solares and Ryan Carraher, each unfolding a distinct approach to the instrument and its electronic extensions. Together, in duo and solo configurations, they engage the guitar’s uncanny versatility within a framework of spontaneous composition. Perussionist Aaron Michael Butler joins to present a new work for vibraphone and electronics by Jeff Herriott.
Carlos Cotallo Solares is a Spanish composer and improviser based in Seattle. His work deals with indeterminism, musical quotation, and the relationship between music and language. His pieces often focus on a single concept or technique that is interpreted in multiple ways. As an improviser, he performs on electric guitar and pedalboard, exploring effects not as a way to modify the guitar’s sound but as instruments on their own. He is a member of the free-improvisation trio Wombat, with Justin Comer (saxophone) and Will Yager (double bass). His music has been performed in festivals and conferences across the US and Europe and his audiovisual collaborations with the video artist Timothy David Orme have been shown at film festivals internationally. He studied composition at the University of Iowa, UDK Berlin, and the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg.
Ryan Carraher is a composer, guitarist, and improviser based in Seattle. His work is concerned with articulating the vulnerability of the human body, the role failure plays in identity expression, and composer-performer-audience relationships informed by kinesthetic empathy. His music has been presented at numerous leading festivals, including Darmstädter Ferienkurse, June in Buffalo, Either/Or’s Spring Festival, New Music on the Bayou, Oh My Ears, New Music on the Point, Charlotte New Music Festival, VIPA, and Etchings.
Aaron Michael Butler is a percussionist, composer, and educator based in Seattle, Washington. His work often deals in static textures, repetition, durational stamina, resonance, and psychoacoustic effects.
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Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North,Seattle,WA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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