Michael Foster's Ghost
Schedule
Tue Jun 09 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Rhizome DC | Takoma Park, MD
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Michael Foster’s GhostTuesday June 9th. Doors at 6:30, music at 7:00. Admission $20-$30.
Michael Foster (sax), Zach Rowden (bass & tapes), and Joey Sullivan (drums)
Michael Foster is a saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist working in the fields of free improvisation, noise, free jazz, graphic & video notation, performance art, and other forms of weird music.
Foster utilizes extensive instrumental preparations, augmenting his saxophone with amplification, objects, balloons, drum heads, vibrators, tapes, and samples as a method of subverting and queering the instrument’s history and traditional roles.
In addition to his work as a performer he is also active as a curator throughout New York City, co-founding "Queer Trash," a curatorial collective focusing on providing visibility to LGBTQIA+ performers engaged in experimental performance practices. In 2018, "Queer Trash" was the Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow for Issue Project Room, producing a year's worth of performances that ranged from harsh noise to fashion.
His current ensembles include duos with cellist Leila Bordreuil, percussionist Ben Bennett, pianist John Blum, poet/vocalist Lydia Lunch, Richard Kamerman (as The New York Review of Cocksucking), Ted Byrnes, The Ghost (with Joey Sullivan, John Moran, Zach Rowden), Michael Foster with Strings, Foster-Weber-Griener, Foster-Crawford-Sullivan, and many others. In addition to these longstanding projects he often collaborates with Sarah Hennies, Marina Rosenfeld, Weasel Walter, Han Bennink, Joe McPhee, Nate Wooley, William Parker, Luke Stewart, Brandon Lopez, Dave Rempis, Katherine Young, Steve Swell, Michael Zerang, James Ilgenfritz, Pascal Niggenkemper, Mette Rasmussen, and many others.
Selected notable venues he's performed at include, MoMA PS1 (NYC), Bowling Green State University New Music Festival (Ohio), The Stone (NYC), Issue Project Room (NYC), Roulette (NYC), BimHuis (NL), Jazzfestival Groningen (NL), Fabrica Braço de Prata (PT), Death By Audio (NYC), Studio Loos (NL), Zebulon (Los Angeles), Webster Hall (NYC), XI20 (LT), Jazzclub Erfurt (DE), and many more.
http://michaelfostermusic.weebly.com/
http://michaelfoster.bandcamp.com/
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Where is it happening?
Rhizome DC, 6950 Maple St NW, Washington, DC 20012-2014, United States, Takoma ParkEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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