Evolving Music

For 9 years running, Evolving Music (formerly the Club Series, and the RUCMA series) has been AFA's showcase for original creative music, presenting multiple performances each Monday.

A diverse range of musical approaches

We are committed to presenting original works from a diverse range of musical approaches that are being explored in today's music. This would include traditional as well as non-traditional compositional techniques in addition to structured and free improvisation forms. We present original compositions by emerging and mid-career artists who are fluent in these forms.

Recurring events: Tribute concerts, Sound Band, Creative Sounds of Dissension, College Bands

The series has taken place at Clemente Soto Velez for over a year. The first Monday of each month is a tribute performance that sheds light on great artists who are no longer with us. Thus we give a sense of history and legacy. As part of the tribute we include an intergenerational big band - the Sound Band - that performs the music of this artist. On the third week of each month we feature the Creative Sounds of Dissension to give time and space to dissenting voices. A few times throughout the year, we present the music of diverse college bands so that they get a real life presenting experience and more importantly they can hear what students from different backgrounds are doing in music.

These initiatives within the series are an example of an on-going commitment to building content and context for the art we present.