December 8th - 19th 2008: "Voice musician Maria Jardardottir and dancer and choreographer James E. Jackson Hawkins recently founded an original and experimental collaboration duo where they both cross each others’ boundaries as creators and performers in their respective art forms and meet in an expression where the body and the voice is their mutual, one instrument: The dancer utilizes the voice and expresses himself musically just as much as the musician, and the musician utilizes the body and expresses herself through movement just as much as the dancer. The work has a wide spectre of influences: memories, images, journeys, soul searching, the safe versus the unstable and a questioning of the individual’s comfort zone and boundaries." The collaboration’s first piece was titled "Accepted, Division, Unity, Taboo".

James and Maria have been commissioned to create a piece for the graduate dance company EDGE and their tour program for 2008/2009 at The Place in London. The artist will be working in residence with a small group of dancers within the company to create the piece.

Venue: The Place, London, England.

Past:

November the 14th 2008: NOTE: Curious Voice Duo WILL NOT PERFORM AT THIS EVENT - BUT ELISABETH WILL PERFORM WITH HER SOLO SINGER SONGWRITER PROJECT - GO HEAR HER! BEST OF GOBSMACK:
“… Elisabeth Nygaard and Maria Jardardottir introduce themselves. What follows is quite simply the most spine-tingly beautiful and DIFFERENT collection of sounds I have ever witnessed. Orgasmic hiccups, groans, whispers, tongue-clicks/pops: the shrieks of climax. Absolutely sublime!" - Jamie Stephenson, Sandman Magazine. --------- Nygaard and Jardardottir have incredibly varied backgrounds as performing and composing musicians, but their common ground is their mutual enormous and childlike curiosity for their instrument; the voice. They see the voice as an ever lasting mystery, and through playing with it musically, as in a child’s playing, they are in company continuously astonished to discover new, secret depths and surfaces of its being and behaviour. --------- For more resources on Curious Voice Duo, please visit: http://www.myspace.com/curiousvoiceduo Or the duo’s pages at: http://www.maria-jardardottir.com.

Venue: TBC, London, England. Time: TBC. The performance is open to the public.


November the 15th 2008: In workshop and concert with the vocal quartet Røyst consisting of Kari N. Bleivik, Cecilie Giskemo, Anna Stott and Maria Jardardottir at Voicebox in Derby. The quartet performs original material for and with the voice only.

Venue: Voicebox, Derby, England. Time: Workshop: 14:00 / Concert: 20:00. Tix: TBC. The performance is open to the public.


November the 13th 2008: Concert with the vocal quartet Røyst consisting of Kari N. Bleivik, Cecilie Giskemo, Anna Stott and Maria Jardardottir at The SPIN OFF in Leeds. The quartet performs original material for and with the voice only.

Venue: Santiago, Leeds, England. Time: 20:00. Tix: £6/4. The performance is open to the public.

October the 25th 2008: The first LIMA FESTIVAL features amongst many exciting things a concert with the vocal quartet Røyst consisting of Kari N. Bleivik, Cecilie Giskemo, Anna Stott and Maria Jardardottir . The quartet performs original material for and with the voice only.

Venue: Seven Arts Centre, Leeds, England. Time: 19:00. Tix: £5. The performance is open to the public.


August the 9th 2008: Maria is performing with her newly founded Caer Caradoc at Moor Music Festival: Two artists from different parts of the musical universe have found a beautiful meeting point, and called it Caer Caradoc. Matthew Jennings, (who cut his bones playing progressive-metal-pop in acclaimed Leeds band The Butterfly and making electronic music as Talk Less Say More), saw Maria Jardardottir performing a semi-improvised set with her Curious Voice Duo at Holy Trinity Church, and decided to ask her to sing on a batch of songs he’d written.’The energy and purity of her voice captivated me – I needed to get her singing some of my songs. I sent her a few demos, and happily she agreed to work with me." Jardardottir, who is a vocal coach and a student of Indian vocal music, brings an ethereal and haunting strength to Jennings’songs. "I wrote simply and honestly, with a fairly narrow remit. All on classical guitar – I wanted them to sound as much as possible like they don’t belong to any particular period in pop history. Maria’s voice really puts them in a different space." The two have also now teamed up with double bass player Rus Pearson and the three are currently putting together an album and playing short sets selectively around Yorkshire.

Venue: Ilkley Moors, Ilkley, England. Time: 14:15. Tix: Daypass. The performance is open to the public.


May 22nd and 23rd 2008: "Voice musician Maria Jardardottir and dancer and choreographer James E. Jackson Hawkins recently founded an original and experimental collaboration duo where they both cross each others’ boundaries as creators and performers in their respective art forms and meet in an expression where the body and the voice is their mutual, one instrument: The dancer utilizes the voice and expresses himself musically just as much as the musician, and the musician utilizes the body and expresses herself through movement just as much as the dancer. The work has a wide spectre of influences: memories, images, journeys, soul searching, the safe versus the unstable and a questioning of the individual’s comfort zone and boundaries." The collaboration’s first piece was titled "Accepted, Division, Unity, Taboo".

James and Maria have been invited to run workshops for the graduate dance company EDGE at The Place in London. These workshops will be leading to the creation of a new commisioned piece for EDGE 2008/2009.

Venue: The Place, London, England. Time: TBC. Tix: Free. Get in touch about attending if you are not a member of EDGE.


May the 18th 2008: This is an oportunity to see this incredible vocal group on the same bill as some of the leading singers in the world today. Headlining the Howden vocal fest is Norma Winstone and Christine Tobin amongst others. Royst has seen a change in line up since their last string of performances in England in 2007, and will be presenting new material as well as some old 'hits' in new ways. Concert with the vocal quartet Røyst consisting of Kari N. Bleivik, Cecilie Giskemo, Anna Stott and Maria Jardardottir at Hear and Now Howden Vocal Festival. The quartet performs original material for and with the voice only.

Venue: Shire Hall, Howden, England. Time: 19:00. Tix: £20. Box office: 0143 0432 510. The performance is open to the public.


March the 3rd 2008: Alex Bonney Quartet and Curious Voice Duo at The Oxford:
Alex Bonney Quartet: will be playing a set of new original music by Bonney influenced by Ornette Coleman, Tomasz Stanko, Messiaen and others. Alex Bonney - trumpet, Robin Fincker - sax, Johnny Brierley – bass and Jeff Williams - drums

Curious Voice Duo: “… Elisabeth Nygaard and Maria Jardardottir introduce themselves. What follows is quite simply the most spine-tingly beautiful and DIFFERENT collection of sounds I have ever witnessed. Orgasmic hiccups, groans, whispers, tongue-clicks/pops: the shrieks of climax. Absolutely sublime!" - Jamie Stephenson, Sandman Magazine. --------- Nygaard and Jardardottir have incredibly varied backgrounds as performing and composing musicians, but their common ground is their mutual enormous and childlike curiosity for their instrument; the voice. They see the voice as an ever lasting mystery, and through playing with it musically, as in a child’s playing, they are in company continuously astonished to discover new, secret depths and surfaces of its being and behaviour. --------- For more resources on Curious Voice Duo, please visit: http://www.myspace.com/curiousvoiceduo Or the duo’s pages at: http://www.maria-jardardottir.com.

Venue: The Oxford, Kentish Town Road, London, England. Time: 20:00. The performance is open to the public.


March the 2nd 2008: Jenni Roditi and Curious Voice Duo at The Loft:
The composer and vocalist Jenni Roditi’s eclectic work is unbound by stylistic convention and includes influences from classical, contemporary, popular and world music. Through her own performance and development as a singer she is particularly focussed on composing for the voice and exploits its potential to cross genres to great effect. She has studied with Flamenco Gypsy singers, North Indian Khyal singing masters, Gamelan musicians and Balinese Temple singers. For more information, please visit: http://www.jenni-roditi.com/

Curious Voice Duo: “… Elisabeth Nygaard and Maria Jardardottir introduce themselves. What follows is quite simply the most spine-tingly beautiful and DIFFERENT collection of sounds I have ever witnessed. Orgasmic hiccups, groans, whispers, tongue-clicks/pops: the shrieks of climax. Absolutely sublime!" - Jamie Stephenson, Sandman Magazine. --------- Nygaard and Jardardottir have incredibly varied backgrounds as performing and composing musicians, but their common ground is their mutual enormous and childlike curiosity for their instrument; the voice. They see the voice as an ever lasting mystery, and through playing with it musically, as in a child’s playing, they are in company continuously astonished to discover new, secret depths and surfaces of its being and behaviour. --------- For more resources on Curious Voice Duo, please visit: http://www.myspace.com/curiousvoiceduo Or the duo’s pages at: http://www.maria-jardardottir.com.

Venue: The Loft, Crouch End, London, England. Time: 20:00. The performance is open to the public.


February the 14th 2008: Maria is performing with her newly founded Caer Caradoc: Two artists from different parts of the musical universe have found a beautiful meeting point, and called it Caer Caradoc. Matthew Jennings, (who cut his bones playing progressive-metal-pop in acclaimed Leeds band The Butterfly and making electronic music as Talk Less Say More), saw Maria Jardardottir performing a semi-improvised set with her Curious Voice Duo at Holy Trinity Church, and decided to ask her to sing on a batch of songs he’d written.’The energy and purity of her voice captivated me – I needed to get her singing some of my songs. I sent her a few demos, and happily she agreed to work with me." Jardardottir, who is a vocal coach and a student of Indian vocal music, brings an ethereal and haunting strength to Jennings’songs. "I wrote simply and honestly, with a fairly narrow remit. All on classical guitar – I wanted them to sound as much as possible like they don’t belong to any particular period in pop history. Maria’s voice really puts them in a different space." The two are currently putting together an album and playing short sets selectively around Yorkshire.

Venue: Verve, Leeds, England. Time: 20:00. The performance is open to the public.


February the 7th 2008: Description by the NCM room...:

"Kling Klang
I totally buzz off Kling Klang. Fat electro krautrock riffs and landscapes get channeled through amiable scousers. http://www.myspace.com/klingklang listen to Heavydale

Quack Quack
Yorskhire’s top semi-pro rock band create pulsing rhythmic grooves lovingly fermented from the finest drums, synths and bass they could get their hands on. A very special vintage. http://www.myspace.com/thisisquackquack listen to Conversations

Minghe Morte
Musicianship of the highest calibre which will blow your head clean off. With drums, fucked up sax and bass coming together for infectiously violating rock grooves, tender atmospheres and aggresive spasmodic climaxing. http://www.myspace.com/minghemorte listen to i Punch U Coz i Like U

Curious Voice Duo
Two lovely girls from LIMA* who know their voices. Performing within semi-structures with an innocent improvisational flair, entwining their heavenly voices in gorgeously melodic dialogue. http://www.myspace.com/elisabethnygaard http://www.myspace.com/mariajardardottir listen to Elisabeth’s ’Clinical Waste’ here : http://www.myspace.com/underthestairsstudio listen to Maria’s Part 5 Joy of Liberation on her site * LIMA = Leeds Improvised Music Association http://www.myspace.com/leedsimprovisedmusicassociation"

Venue: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, England. Time: 20:00. Tix: £4. The performance is open to the public.


December the 29th 2007: Maria is performing with her newly founded Caer Caradoc: Two artists from different parts of the musical universe have found a beautiful meeting point, and called it Caer Caradoc. Matthew Jennings, (who cut his bones playing progressive-metal-pop in acclaimed Leeds band The Butterfly and making electronic music as Talk Less Say More), saw Maria Jardardottir performing a semi-improvised set with her Curious Voice Duo at Holy Trinity Church, and decided to ask her to sing on a batch of songs he’d written.’The energy and purity of her voice captivated me – I needed to get her singing some of my songs. I sent her a few demos, and happily she agreed to work with me." Jardardottir, who is a vocal coach and a student of Indian vocal music, brings an ethereal and haunting strength to Jennings’songs. "I wrote simply and honestly, with a fairly narrow remit. All on classical guitar – I wanted them to sound as much as possible like they don’t belong to any particular period in pop history. Maria’s voice really puts them in a different space." The two are currently putting together an album and playing short sets selectively around Yorkshire.

Venue: Art Gallery, York, England. Time: 20:00. The performance is open to the public.


December the 5th 2007: An acoustic night with several acts. Maria is performing with her newly founded Caer Caradoc: Two artists from different parts of the musical universe have found a beautiful meeting point, and called it Caer Caradoc. Matthew Jennings, (who cut his bones playing progressive-metal-pop in acclaimed Leeds band The Butterfly and making electronic music as Talk Less Say More), saw Maria Jardardottir performing a semi-improvised set with her Curious Voice Duo at Holy Trinity Church, and decided to ask her to sing on a batch of songs he’d written.’The energy and purity of her voice captivated me – I needed to get her singing some of my songs. I sent her a few demos, and happily she agreed to work with me." Jardardottir, who is a vocal coach and a student of Indian vocal music, brings an ethereal and haunting strength to Jennings’songs. "I wrote simply and honestly, with a fairly narrow remit. All on classical guitar – I wanted them to sound as much as possible like they don’t belong to any particular period in pop history. Maria’s voice really puts them in a different space." The two are currently putting together an album and playing short sets selectively around Yorkshire.

Venue: Carpe Diem, Leeds, England. Time: 20:00. The performance is open to the public.


November the 23rd 2007: Maria Jardardottir has been booked to teach a workshop for Shobana Jeyasingh's Dance Company at The Factory in London. The focus will be on bringing out the creative voice potential which the dancers of the company behold and work on idea development.

Venue: The Factory, London, England. Time: 14:00. The workshop is only for the company's members.


MEXICO TOUR WITH RØYST OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2007:
Røyst did a tour project comprising charity based engagements for the cultural community organization Transformarte in Tijuana, Mexico. Røyst performed in the gala show put on at Casa de La Cultura and carried out workshops with focus on improvisation, singing and freeing of the voice for local communities in the city. They also appeared on various radio and TV shows at Sintesis TV, Fusion IMER Radio and XEWT12 TV.


October the 20th 2007: A widely ranged triple bill night comprising lyrical song and improvisations from the Anglo-Norwegian ensemble Periwinkle (on UK tour), free improvisations from LIMA trio Endenor and solo stunts from Matthew Sladen’s Toy Machine.

Periwinkle performs original compositions that are composed by Cecilie Giskemo and further, arranged collectively by the group. The music is expressive and each of the musicians in the group has an individual sound and interpretation, which embraces the freedom of the music and the creation of atmospheres and moods. The mix of musical influences and geographical backgrounds has been part of the creation of the unique sound that Periwinkle has evolved throughout the years of playing together. The lyrics, written by Cecilie Giskemo, are poetic and at times surreal, adding to the mix of sonic moods and sound-scapes.

Cecilie Giskemo – Vocals/Composer, Audun Ellingsen – Double bass, Rob Barron – Piano, Ulrik Ibsen Thorsud – Drums/percussion and Matthew Sladen – Backing Vocals

For more resources: http://www.myspace.com/periwinklemusic


Endenor is a trio collaboration between German reeds and woodwind player Ove Volquartz, English guitarist Chris Sharkey and Norwegian voice musician Maria Jardardottir. The three musicians have hugely different and resourceful musical backgrounds and meet on the grounds of totally free and anarchist improvisation, also at times infused with the utilization of the Norwegian poems of Jardardottir. For more resources on Endenor and listening hit "Collaborations/Projects" or visit http://www.limaonline.org.uk


Toy Machine: Matthew Sladen brings all his fun electronic toys and performs a set of his bouncy and playful tunes. For more resources: http://www.myspace.com/toymasheen


Venue: The Packhorse, 208 Woodhouse Lane, (by the University), Leeds, England. Doors: 20:30. Tix: £5/3. The performance is open to the public.

September the 29th 2007: In performance with Endenor with dancer Caro Frank at Lukas-Kirche, Landeskrankenhaus in Göttingen , Germany.

Endenor is a trio collaboration between German reeds and woodwind player Ove Volquartz, English guitarist Chris Sharkey and Norwegian voice musician Maria Jardardottir. The three musicians have hugely different and resourceful musical backgrounds and meet on the grounds of totally free and anarchist improvisation, also at times infused with the utilization of the Norwegian poems of Jardardottir.

For more resources on Endenor and listening hit "Collaborations/Projects" or visit http://www.limaonline.org.uk

Venue: Niedersächsisches Landeskrankenhaus Göttingen, Rosdorfer Weg 70, 37081 Göttingen, Germany. Time: 17:00. Tix: TBA. The performance is open to the public.


September the 27th 2007: In performance with Endenor at The Apex in Göttingen , Germany.

Endenor is a trio collaboration between German reeds and woodwind player Ove Volquartz, English guitarist Chris Sharkey and Norwegian voice musician Maria Jardardottir. The three musicians have hugely different and resourceful musical backgrounds and meet on the grounds of totally free and anarchist improvisation, also at times infused with the utilization of the Norwegian poems of Jardardottir.

For more resources on Endenor and listening hit "Collaborations/Projects" or visit http://www.limaonline.org.uk

Venue: The Apex, Burgstrasse, Göttingen, Germany. Time: 20:00. Tix: TBA. The performance is open to the public.


July the 12th 2007: Jardardottir and dancer and choreographer James E. Jackson Hawkins performed their collaborative duo piece"Accepted, Division, Unity, Taboo" at Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, UK.


July the 7th 2007: "Voice musician Maria Jardardottir and dancer and choreographer James E. Jackson Hawkins recently founded an original and experimental collaboration duo where they both cross each others’ boundaries as creators and performers in their respective art forms and meet in an expression where the body and the voice is their mutual, one instrument: The dancer utilizes the voice and expresses himself musically just as much as the musician, and the musician utilizes the body and expresses herself through movement just as much as the dancer. The work has a wide spectre of influences: memories, images, journeys, soul searching, the safe versus the unstable and a questioning of the individual’s comfort zone and boundaries." The collaboration’s first piece is titled "Accepted, Division, Unity, Taboo".
Venue: Independent Dance/Siobhan Davies Studios, 85 St George's Road, London, SE1 6ER, England. Time: 15:00 - 18:00. Tix: Apologies on our behalf, but this unfortunately an invites only performance. Get in touch and we can try to see if we can get you in


ENGLAND TOUR WITH RØYST MAY AND JUNE 2007:

June the 30th 2007: In workshop and concert with the vocal quartet Røyst consisting of Kari N. Bleivik, Cecilie Giskemo, Therese Ulvan and Maria Jardardottir at Voicebox in Derby. The quartet performs original material for and with the voice only.

Venue: Voicebox, Derby, England. Time: Workshop: 14:00 / Concert: 19:30. Tix: TBC. The performance is open to the public.


June the 29th 2007: In concert with the vocal quartet Røyst consisting of Kari N. Bleivik, Cecilie Giskemo, Therese Ulvan and Maria Jardardottir at Arts Depot in London. The quartet performs original material for and with the voice only.

Venue: Arts Depot, London, England. Time: 19:30. Tix: TBC. The performance is open to the public.


June the 17th 2007: In workshop and concert with the vocal quartet Røyst consisting of Kari N. Bleivik, Cecilie Giskemo, Therese Ulvan and Maria Jardardottir at The Packhorse in Leeds. The quartet performs original material for and with the voice only.

Røyst will do a two hour workshop looking at improvisation and other fun things for people who like to sing and who are interested in broadening their vocal horizon and boost their confidence in a friendly and sharing environment. The main focus will be on playfulness and inspirational exploring of the voice as an instrument capable of doing more than singing melodies. It is a workshop open to anyone with or without previous experience with utilizing their voice beyond the day to day use.

The workshop starts at 17.30 and last until 19.30 pm and costs £10 students / £15 full price – this will also include a ticket for the concert which starts at 8 pm. Separate tickets for the concert only are at £3/£4.

Venue: The Packhorse, 208 Woodhouse Lane, (by the University), Leeds, England. The workshop and the performance is open to the public.

June the 16th 2007: In concert with the vocal quartet Røyst consisting of Kari N. Bleivik, Cecilie Giskemo, Therese Ulvan and Maria Jardardottir at Helmsley Arts Centre in York. The quartet performs original material for and with the voice only.

Venue: Helmsley Arts Centre, York, England. Time: 19:30. Tix: TBC. The performance is open to the public.


June the 7th 2007: Røyst / with Iain Ballamy and LIMA sax quartet + Ballamy/Strønen:
The second date for this very special and exciting triple bill concert event - as descibed above.

Venue: The Yardbird, Birmingham, England. Time: 20:00. Tix: TBC. The performance is open to the public.


June the 6th 2007: Røyst / with Iain Ballamy and LIMA sax quartet + Ballamy/Strønen:
A very special and exciting triple bill concert event that will be put on twice as part of this tour: Røyst is debuting an original collaboration project they have initiated with the English saxophonist and composer Iain Ballamy and a LIMA (Leeds Improvised Music Association) saxophone quartet consisting of Tom Leaper (alto saxophone), Petter Frost Fadnes (alto saxophone), Chrisophe de Bezenac (tenor saxophone) and Simon Kaylor (baritone saxophone).

Three of Røyst’s members have each written original compositions in the vein of Røyst’s expression and sound wherein they have combined the elements of improvisational tasks and thoroughly composed segments to form an exciting and energetic platform for the fusing of voice and saxophone. And, they are also employing the instrumentalists as vocalists.

This collaboration project will be premiered as part of a triple bill concert evening at The Wardrobe in Leeds the 6th of June where Iain Ballamy firstly will do a set in duo with the Norwegian drummer and percussionist Thomas Strønen. This will be a truly unique duo performance by the two core members of “Food”. Secondly Røyst will do a set in their usual quartet format and lastly a set with the collaboration project will culminate the evening.

Venue: The Wardrobe, Quarry Hill, Leeds, England. Time: 20:00. Tix: TBC. The performance is open to the public.


May the 31st 2007: In concert with the vocal quartet Røyst consisting of Kari N. Bleivik, Cecilie Giskemo, Therese Ulvan and Maria Jardardottir at Pennine Spring Music Festival in Hebden Bridge. The quartet performs original material for and with the voice only.

Venue: TBC, Pennine Spring Music Festival, Heptenstall, Hebden Bridge, England. Time: 19:30. Tix: TBC. The performance is open to the public.

April the 24th 2007: LIMAcoustic: Audun Ellingsen + LIMAs + Chris Sharkey solo.

LIMAcoustic is a new series of collaborative acoustic concerts wherein a selection of smaller sets provided by LIMA members/ensembles as well as fantastic guest performers and ensembles are put together into a varied and explorative night in Holy Trinity Church in Leeds city centre.

Our second night of the series will feature:

Audun Ellingsen + LIMAs: Norwegian double bass player Audun Ellingsen returns to Leeds to continue his collaboration with LIMA. This time around Audun will build up and orchestrate a night of semi-guided and freely improvised music together with Ståle Birkeland on drums, Christophe de Bezenac on tenor sax, Elisabeth Nygaard and Maria Jardardottir on voices. The featured musicians will appear in smaller and larger units such as solo acts, duos and more.

For more information and listening:
http://www.myspace.com/audunellingsen


Chris Sharkey: “Plays guitar in no particular style with lots of different people. Most of it is made up on the spot.”

For more resources: http://www.myspace.com/chrissharkey


Venue: Holy Tinity Church, Holy Trinity Church, Boar Lane, Leeds, England. Phone: +44 (0)113 2454 268. Tix: £4/3. The performance is open to the public. Feel free to bring drinks, but no glass bottles. Enquires: jardardottir at hotmail dot com


March the 19th 2007: LIMAcoustic: 7 Hertz + Curious Voice Duo + Ninon Foiret.

LIMAcoustic is a new series of collaborative acoustic concerts wherein a selection of smaller sets provided by LIMA members/ensembles as well as fantastic guest performers and ensembles are put together into a varied and explorative night in Holy Trinity Church in Leeds city centre.

Our launch of the series is on March the 19th and will feature:

7 Hertz: Crunchy yet smooth mix of folk, jazz, klezmer, contemporary classical and improvised music. http://www.myspace.com/the7hertzband

Curious Voice Duo: Elisabeth Nygaard and Maria Jardardottir employing their voices in childlike and unified exploration, semi-composed and free. http://www.maria-jardardottir.com / http://www.myspace.com/curiousvoiceduo

Ninon Foiret: Flute and bandoneon player creating wonderful world music influenced improvisations. http://www.myspace.com/ninonfoiret


Venue: Holy Tinity Church, Holy Trinity Church, Boar Lane, Leeds, England. Phone: +44 (0)113 2454 268. Tix: £4/3. The performance is open to the public. Feel free to bring drinks, but no glass bottles. Enquires: jardardottir at hotmail dot com

March the 16th 2007: Curious Voice Duo at Gobsmack event at The Spitz in London:

Gobsmack is an event featuring explorative voice work curated by Music Orbit and Kerry Andrew. Contributing artists are: Juice (vocal trio ensemble; from throat-singing to human percussion, ethereal harmonies to crackling electronics), Curious Voice Duo (two voices in childlike and unified exploration presenting innovative acoustic vocal music, semi-composed and free), Jamie Woon (soulful looped vocals), Jenni Roditi (Indian-inflected singer-songwriter/contemporary singer) and WanDan (beatboxer).

Order tickets at: http://www.spitz.co.uk

Venue: The Spitz, 109 Commercial St, E1 6BG, London, England. Phone: +44 (0)20 7392 9032. Tix: £5. The performance is open to the public.

March the 8th 2007: The NCM room presents: SO FRACAS + Post War Years + Curious Voice Duo:

- O Fracas:

O Fracas formed and live in Leeds. Alex and Ben have known each other since school. They argued then, they argue now. It's part of the writing process; a fight with an amicable outcome. They found Jim wandering about the moors one day. Luckily social services hadn't got to him yet, so they took him in as one of their own. No one really knows where he's from, but its just one of those mysteries of life.

"O Fracas are a strange, but captivating young band... agitated and complex... exciting... catchy weirdo pop-rock... It's not commercial, but intelligent, ambitious and deserves to carve a niche for itself." - WHISPERIN AND HOLLERIN.COM, 8/10.

Ben - vocals, guitar, Alex - guitar, vocals, Jim – drums and Matt - bass, vocals.

For additional information:

http://www.ofracas.com
http://www.myspace.com/ofracas

- Post War Years:

Post War Years start jumping around at the sound of a horn sound. It's just what happens when you are that startled. They all went to different schools in Leamington Spa in the middle of England - then they started making fun with old organs and samplers and powerful 'electric' guitars. This fun is now available to hear at gigs and concerts across the world wide world. They have been slowly stitching it right on the button.

Simon – vocal, guitar, organ, Henry – vocal, guitar, samples, Tom – vocal, bass, Fred – drum and drums.

For additional information:

http://www.myspace.com/thempostwaryears

- Curious Voice Duo:

"… Elisabeth Nygaard and Maria Jardardottir introduce themselves. What follows is quite simply the most spine-tingly beautiful and DIFFERENT collection of sounds I have ever witnessed. Orgasmic hiccups, groans, whispers, tongue-clicks/pops: the shrieks of climax. Absolutely sublime!" - Jamie Stephenson, Sandman Magazine.

For additional information please visit the duo’s MySpace site: http://www.myspace.com/curiousvoiceduo
Or the duo’s pages in the left hand menu at this site.

The concert is presented by The NCM room in collaboration with LIMA. Venue: The Packhorse, 208 Woodhouse Lane (near the University), LS2 9ES, England. Phone: +44 (0)113 2453 980. Time: 20: 00. Tix: £4. The performance is open to the public.

December the 7th 2006: A double bill concert with two duo sets plus a potential melt down at the end of the evening from:

Gunboat Diplomacy: Improvisations from Leon Johnson on tenor saxophone and Paul Hession on drum set.

Curious Voice Duo: Improvised and semi-guided material from Elisabeth Nygaard and Maria Jardardottir on voices.

Bring your reindeer and your own red snout and be embraced by warming love and uplifting December laments.

Venue: The Adelphi, 5 Hunslet Road, Leeds, England. Time: 20:00. Tix: £4/3. The performance is open to the public.

Get interactive with Curious Voice Duo at: http://www.myspace.com/curiousvoiceduo

December the 6th 2006: A double bill concert with Mz Sojourn and Melatonin:

Mz Sojourn is a Leeds based trio playing joyously dark and quirky songs mixed with wild and murky improvisation. They describe their music to sound like a big heap of moving junk clanging and banging together with people trapped inside. Or like dreamy tunes, discordant unstructured noise, tribal opera, trashy punk, fat bassy dance tunes, junky blues and tantruming witches.

“If you've seen us months ago you might see a very different band now. We change as much as our moods change - get us when we're in a bad mood, that’s the best!”

Chloe - bass/guitar/vocals, D – vocals/guitar/violin and Sach – drums/bin lid.

For more resources, check out:
http://www.myspace.com/mzsojourn
http://www.soundclick.com/mzsojourn

Maria Jardardottir's electro acoustic solo project, Melatonin, is founded on exploring her own voice as the only sound source. In Melatonin, Jardardottir blends her collection of musical styles and vocal expressions and techniques into one strong essence where improvisation is the core idiom; human, earthbound and elusive.

Maria Jardardottir - voice and electronics.

For more resources, check out:
http://www.myspace.com/mariajardardottir
Or Melatonin’s pages here at: http://www.maria-jardarottir.com
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/melatonin

Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Boar Lane, Leeds city centre, England. Time: 20:00. Tix: TBA. The performance is open to the public.

Get interactive with Maria at: http://www.myspace.com/mariajardardottir

November the 17th 2006: In concert performing their creative original composed, semiguided and improvised material. Curious Voice Duo will do one of the sections of a tripple bill concert along f-ire COLLECTIVE featuring Oriole and Ingrid Laubrock Quintet.

Venue: The National Center For Early Music, St Margaret's Church, Walmgate, YO1 9TL, York, England. Time: TBA. Tix: TBA. Tel: +44 (0)190 4632 220. The performance is open to the public.

Get interactive with Curious Voice Duo at: http://www.myspace.com/curiousvoiceduo

November the 4th 2006: In performance "shopping music" with Endenor as part of Göttingen Jazzfestival in Göttingen , Germany.

Endenor is a trio collaboration between German reeds and woodwind player Ove Volquartz, English guitarist Chris Sharkey and Norwegian voice musician Maria Jardardottir. The three musicians have hugely different and resourceful musical backgrounds and meet on the grounds of totally free and anarchist improvisation, also at times infused with the utilization of the Norwegian poems of Jardardottir.

For more resources on Endenor and listening hit "Collaborations/Projects" or visit http://www.limaonline.org.uk

Venue: The Apex, Burgstrasse, Göttingen, Germany. Time: 13:00. Tix: TBA. The performance is open to the public.

November the 4th 2006: In concert with Endenor as part of Göttingen Jazzfestival in Göttingen , Germany.

Endenor is a trio collaboration between German reeds and woodwind player Ove Volquartz, English guitarist Chris Sharkey and Norwegian voice musician Maria Jardardottir. The three musicians have hugely different and resourceful musical backgrounds and meet on the grounds of totally free and anarchist improvisation, also at times infused with the utilization of the Norwegian poems of Jardardottir.

For more resources on Endenor and listening hit "Collaborations/Projects" or visit http://www.limaonline.org.uk

Venue: Deutches Theater, Göttingen, Germany. Time: 21:15. Tix: TBA. The performance is open to the public.

October the 25th 2006: Paul Hession at 50 with guests: Paul Hession was invited to curate his own celebration (!) and he chose to rekindle an old collaboration that first started back in the 80's. The duo with Jeffrey Morgan is two old friends getting together to mull over various issues...... Reeds and percussion is a well established duo format that lends itself to animated discourse and these two should provide a tasty aperitif. (Sorry about the mixed metaphor).

Furthermore he invited two more ensembles to join in and contribute with each their act:

- Curious Voice Duo:

“… Elisabeth Nygaard and Maria Jardardottir introduce themselves. What follows is quite simply the most spine-tingly beautiful and DIFFERENT collection of sounds I have ever witnessed. Orgasmic hiccups, groans, whispers, tongue-clicks/pops: the shrieks of climax. Absolutely sublime!" - Jamie Stephenson, Sandman Magazine.

- Conquistador:

Conquistador is a six piece improvising band that comprises two saxophones, guitar, keyboards, bass and drums. The band is led by Leon Johnson who, in addition to playing tenor saxophone, runs a well known bar in Leeds. Conquistador play a spontaneous melodic and groove based music that runs the gamut from pure abstraction to straight ahead...
The other members of the band are: Pete Williams – alto saxophone, Stephen Barnett – guitars, Tarek Modi – fender rhodes, Dave Kane – bass and Paul Hession – drum set.

In other words this will be a great and energetic party!

Venue: The Wardrobe, St Peters Square, Leeds, England. Time: 20:00. Tix: £7/5. The performance is open to the public.

Get interactive with Curious Voice Duo at: http://www.myspace.com/curiousvoiceduo

October the 24th 2006: Outward Sound Ensemble is Chris Meloche (prepared table-top guitar and treatments) and Herb Bayley (cornet, trombone, trumpet and percussives). The Canadian duo is touring UK in October 2006 and has invited along some local Leeds-based improvisers, there amongst a couple of LIMA members, to contribute to their performance in Holy Trinity Church in Leeds Tuesday the 24th of October. Contributions from LIMAs Paul Moore (double bass) and Maria Jardardottir (voice).

Since meeting in 1988, Herb Bayley and Chris Meloche have received local, national and international praise for their work on a wide variety of innovative artistic projects. In 2002, they launched their latest sonic venture the Outward Sound Ensemble (OSE). The OSE create completely immersive experiences by transporting audiences with their highly original, organic, flowing and often otherworldly atmospheres. Explorations with dance, poetry, new media, live environments, theatre and film are a natural extension of the Ensemble's work.

"... the result of an evolving Transatlantic collaboration... makes for a heady, slightly fugitive sound that interacts with Ambient noise and physical processes to create a very intimate, introspective atmosphere that never stops reshaping itself, making for an impressive release..."

- Brian Morton on the CD release "Thunder in a Clear Sky", The Wire, May 2006.

For additional information on OSE, please visit:

http://www.outwardsound.ca
http://www.myspace.com/outwardsound

Venue: Holy Trinity Church. Leeds city centre, England. Time: 20: 00. Tix: £4/3. Tel: +44 (0)113 245 4268. The performance is open to the public.

October the 12th 2006: Jardardottir will, together with the rest of the energetic Punch Drunk Bitch band, serve a show of the juicy powered and saucy drum'n'beat-like song based material all composed by her partner in crime; voice musician Elisabeth Nygaard. The strong contributors of improvisation and musical movements are, besides the ladies themselves, Tom Leaper (alto sax), Didrik Ingvaldsen (trumpet), Adam Fairhall (piano), Paul Moore (double bass) and Staale Birkeland (drums)..

Venue: Alsager Arts Centre, Alsager campus of MMU Cheshire, Cheshire, England. Time: 19:30. Tix: TBA. The performance is open to the public.

Get interactive with Punch Drunk Bitch at: http://www.myspace.com/punchdrunkbitch

August and September 2006: Jardardottir was on tour in Norway with Røyst. Please hit Røyst Agenda for details.

July the 19th 2006: In a very fresh and new electro acoustic collaboration with French guitarist, electronics and turn table-player Franck Vigroux. Also with contributions from the wonderful Endenor colleague and LIMA member; English guitarist Chris Sharkey. This will be a journey of sound with improvisation as main faculty.

For more resources on Franck please visit:

http://www.franckvigroux.com
http://www.myspace.com/franckvigroux

For more resources on Chris please visit:

http://www.myspace.com/chrissharkey

The concert is presented by LIMA (Leeds Improvised Music Association). Venue: The Packhorse, 208 Woodhouse Lane (near the University), LS2 9ES, England. Phone: +44 (0)113 2453 980. Time: 20: 00. Tix: £3. The performance is open to the public.

July the 10th 2006: Concert with the vocal quartet Røyst consisting of Kari N. Bleivik, Cecilie Giskemo, Therese Ulvan and Maria Jardardottir in the medieval stave church of year 1216 Hegge Kirke. The quartet performs original material for and with the voice only.

Venue: Hegge Kirke, Beitostølen, Norway. Time: 20:00. Tix: TBA. The performance is open to the public.

Get interactive with Røyst at: http://www.myspace.com/roystmusic

July the 8th 2006: Concert with the vocal quartet Røyst consisting of Kari N. Bleivik, Cecilie Giskemo, Therese Ulvan and Maria Jardardottir at the Vestafor Virkeligheta Festival. The quartet performs original material for and with the voice only.

Venue: Froan Kapell, Sauøya, Trøndelag, Norway. Time: 16:00. Tix: TBA. Tel: +47 9113 0867. The performance is open to the public. For more resources, please visit: http://www.froan.no

Get interactive with Røyst at: http://www.myspace.com/roystmusic

June the 29th 2006: The Danish music festival Roskilde Festival of 2006 has commissioned a cross art collaboration project conceived by Danish choreographer and dancer Matilde Mørk wherein Maria is contributing as main performing and composing musician. The piece is called "meet the mind that moves", its theme is isolation and liberation and it will be performed on the opening night of the festival (29th of June 2006) on an extensive outdoor installation stage right after midnight when all other events of that day are closed down. The nature of the piece involves contemporary and butoh dance combined with electro acoustic voice based music, all of a very expressive and raw character.

For more resources, please search for "meet the mind that moves" at: http://www.roskilde-festival.dk
Also check out the company's fresh website: http://www.morkdans.com
Venue: TBC, Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark. Time: 00: 30. Tix: Festival pass. Tel: +45 4636 6613. The performance is open to the public.

June the 15th 2006: An acoustic collaboration concert in this wonderful church room where Norwegian double bassist Audun Ellingsen comes over and joins up with Ståle Birkeland (drums/percussion), Maria Jardardottir (voice) , Elisabeth Nygaard (voice) and Christophe de Bezenac (tenor saxophone) for work based on free and guided improvisation.

The concert is presented by LIMA (Leeds Improvised MusicAssociation).
Venue: Holy Trinity Church. Leeds city centre, England. Time: 20: 00. Tix: £3. Tel: +44 (0)113 245 4268. The performance is open to the public.

May the 31st 2006: Maria Jardardottir is commisioned to perform with The Silhouette Ensemble and The Saffron Beagley Jazz Orchestra for a two act show debuting two inspirational and original jazz projects lead and conducted by composer and saxofonist Saffron Beagley:

The Silhouette Ensemble presents a collaborative performance combining jazz, cross cultural music and voice in an original live sound track by Saffron Beagley, with shadows by Armchair Puppet Theatre animating the enchanting story The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck.

The Saffron Beagley Jazz Orchestra: Graceful, sometimes raucous and always adventurous, Saffron's innovative compositions are written for her 17 outstanding Yorkshire musicians. The performance will include pieces by Maria Schneider and Kenny Wheeler.

For more resources visit: http://www.saffronbeagley.co.uk/

Venue: The Wardrobe, Quarry Hill, Leeds, England. Time: 20:00. Tix: £5. The performance is open to the public.

May the 25th 2006: "Maria Jardardottir was in August 2005 commissioned to collaborate with artist, poet and publisher Alec Finlay, sound recordist Chris Watson and folk singer Clive Powell in the lyrical multimedia piece "siren"; a field recording of a sung performance accompanied by the swelling flow of high tide at dawn in a Northern English harbour, - subsequently and beautifully composed by Watson into a poetic field of sound."

This night will be the launch night of the release and Powell and Jardardottir will carry out seperate solo performances during the night.

For more resources/listening: "Collaborations / Projects" or "bookscapes"

Venue: The Cumberland Arms, Ouseburn, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Time: 19:30. Tix: TBC. The performance is open to the public.

May the 19th 2006: "Maria Jardardottir was in August 2005 commissioned to collaborate with artist, poet and publisher Alec Finlay, sound recordist Chris Watson and folk singer Clive Powell in the lyrical multimedia piece "siren"; a field recording of a sung performance accompanied by the swelling flow of high tide at dawn in a Northern English harbour, - subsequently and beautifully composed by Watson into a poetic field of sound."

"siren" will be featured in this night's show.

For more resources/listening: "Collaborations / Projects" or "bookscapes"

Radioshow: Framework on Resonance FM, FM 104, 4. Time: 20:00 - 21:00.
Web: http://www.resonancefm.com/framework

May the 16th 2006: Jardardottir will perform in concert with the recently founded trio collaboration between Norwegian drummer/percussionist Ståle Birkeland and Italian guitarist Giuliano Modarelli.

The trio will present improvisational, structure guided music with hints from many corners of the world largely emplying the wonderful acoustics in this stunning church room. .

The concert is presented by LIMA (Leeds Improvised MusicAssociation).
Venue: Holy Trinity Church. Leeds city centre, England. Time: 20: 00. Tix: £3. Tel: +44 (0)113 245 4268. The performance is open to the public.

May the 6th 2006: As third member of the free improvisation trio collaboration project called Endenor with German reeds player Ove Volquartz (bass clarinet, soprano sax and flute) and guitarist Chris Sharkey (ac./el. guitar) Maria Jardardottir will do a concert at the Nordischer Klang Festival in Greiswald, Germany. To check out this project's improvisation work recorded in May 2005 hit Endenor.
Venue: To be confirmed. Tel: +49 (0)38 34/ 86 36 13. Time: To be confirmed. Tix: To be confirmed.
Web: http://www.nordischer-klang.de/ The performance is open to the public.

May the 5th 2006: "Maria Jardardottir was in August 2005 commissioned to collaborate with artist, poet and publisher Alec Finlay, sound recordist Chris Watson and folk singer Clive Powell in the lyrical multimedia piece "siren"; a field recording of a sung performance accompanied by the swelling flow of high tide at dawn in a Northern English harbour, - subsequently and beautifully composed by Watson into a poetic field of sound."

"siren" will be featured in this night's show.

For more resources/listening: "Collaborations / Projects" or "bookscapes"

Radioshow: "Mixing It" on BBC Radio 3 FM 90-93. Time: 22:15 - .23:30.

May the 5th 2006: As third member of the free improvisation trio collaboration project called Endenor with German reeds player Ove Volquartz (bass clarinet, soprano sax and flute) and guitarist Chris Sharkey (ac./el. guitar) Maria Jardardottir will do a concert at Salzmanns Factory - Die Kulturfabrik in Kassel, Germany, as part of the music series "Loft Music". To check out this project's improvisation work recorded in May 2005 hit Endenor.
Venue: Salzmanns Factory, Sandershäuser Str. 34, 34123 Kassel. Tel: +49 (0)561 57 25 42. Time: To be confirmed. Tix: To be confirmed.
Web: Salzmanns Factory. The performance is open to the public.

May the 4th 2006: As third member of the free improvisation trio collaboration project called Endenor with German reeds player Ove Volquartz (bass clarinet, soprano sax and flute) and guitarist Chris Sharkey (ac./el. guitar) Maria Jardardottir will do a concert at The Apex in Göttingen, Germany. To check out this project's improvisation work recorded in May 2005 hit Endenor.
Venue: The Apex, Burgstrasse 46, 37073 Göttingen. Tel: +49 (0)551 / 4 68 86 or 4 47 71. Time: To be confirmed. Tix: To be confirmed.
Web: Culture link The performance is open to the public.

May the 3rd 2006: Two acts in one free lunch time concert: Melatonin + Duo work from Giuliano Modarelli and Maria Jardardottir.

Act 1: In the ocation of the release of the new Melatonin CD Private Imperfections #01: "Waves of Air and Seasons through Me" on the 3rd of May, voice musician Maria Jardardottir will bring her solo project Melatonin, wherein the voice is explored as the only sound source for multiple styles and expressions, into the setting of the wonderfully ringing room of this church for a peaceful, acoustic release concert.
Act 2: Maria will be joined by the Italian guitarist Giuliano Modarelli for improvisational duo work; free style and contemporary as such, but most likely pretty Indian-influenced.

This concert is part of a new free of charge lunchtime series hosted by The Arts At Trinity/Holy Trinity Church with the aim to present excellent and diverse music for the public free of charge. LIMA will have a monthly appearance in the series.
Venue: Holy Trinity Church. Leeds city centre, England. Time: 13: 00. Tix: Free entrance. Tel: +44 (0)113 245 4268. The performance is open to the public.

April the 28th 2006: Soiled and The Geordie Approach.

“- Soiled: adjective: Covered or stained with or as if with dirt or other impurities”

Soiled springs out of the collaboration between the two Norwegians, guitarist Tore Hovde and voice musician Maria Jardardottir running back to 2002. The present concept Soiled can be seen as a duo project that also at times features additional musicians, - such as for instance the brilliant and versatile Norwegian drummer Ståle Birkeland who will join them for this concert.

Soiled performs original music; semi-composed, free and guided, and is largely drawing upon the compilation of song-based material of Jardardottir as well as Hovde’s tuneful and ambushing pieces. The influences on their material can be found under a wide-ranging and colourful umbrella covering extended instrument techniques and noise exploration, contemporary jazz harmony, folky and catchy melody lines, dark and saucy moods and grooves, thoughtful lyrics or thoughtful absence of lyrics and a sparse use of electronics.

This is in essence the simplistic storytelling and melodic singer/-songwriter idea meeting filthy as well as delicate improvisation and the sound of dirty rock riffs. An experimental collaboration where the traditional roles of each instrument are neatly appreciated as well as eagerly stomped on.

This is a joint concert with the trio The Geordie Approach consisting of Chris Sharkey (guitars), Ståle Birkeland (drums/percussion) and Petter Fadnes (alto saxophone). This trio creates music within loose improvisational structures, pursuing ideas with sizeable creative space to function as effective catalysers for improvised music. The musical elements are often contradictory in shape, moving between melody and noise, ambient grooves and abstract textures, where the three musicians are prepared to include the broadest range of musical flavour to achieve their musical goals.

The concert is presented by LIMA (Leeds Improvised Music Association). Venue: The Packhorse, 208 Woodhouse Lane (near the University), LS2 9ES, England. Phone: +44 (0)113 2453 980. Time: 20: 00. Tix: £3. The performance is open to the public.

March the 29th 2006: Jardardottir will, together with the rest of the energetic Punch Drunk Bitch band, hit The Wardobe's vistitors with the juicy power and saucy drum'n'beat-like song based material all composed by her partner in crime; voice musician Elisabeth Nygaard. The strong contributors of improvisation and musical movements are, besides the ladies themselves, Petter Frost Fadnes (alto sax), Didrik Ingvaldsen (trumpet), Matthew Bourne (piano), Dave Kane (double bass) and Ståle Birkeland (drums)
The concert is presented by LIMA (Leeds Improvised MusicAssociation) as one of the two bands on this month's LIMA Presents... at The Wardrobe, Quarry Hill, Leeds, England. Time: 20: 00. Tix: £5/4. The performance is open to the public. The other band is the duo Sonic Stories. Check it out! Web: http://www.sonicstories.co.uk/

March the 25th 2006: As third member of the free improvisation trio collaboration project called Endenor with German reeds player Ove Volquartz (bass clarinet, soprano sax and flute) and guitarist Chris Sharkey (ac./el. guitar) Maria Jardardottir will do an acoustic concert in the wonderfully reverberating environment of the Holy Trinity Church in Leeds. To check out this project's improvisation work recorded in May 2005 hit Endenor.
Venue: Holy Trinity Church. Leeds city centre, England. Time: 20: 00. Tix: £3. Tel: +44 (0)113 245 4268. The performance is open to the public.

March the 24th 2006: Maria and Elisabeth Nygaard being Curious Voice Duo is booked for doing a workshop and performance at the Leeds International Jazz Conference 2006 - Jazz, Politics and the Popular. The duo will do a combination of a concert performance and a seminar where they will talk about their work; being composition, performance and research concerning having the voice as the only sound source. The workshop/performance will be open for festival attendees only and the audience is welcomed to ask questions and put forwards feedback and comments throughout.
Venue: Leeds College of Music (specific room to be confirmed), Leeds, England. Time: 15: 30 - 16: 30. Tix: Conference pass. The performance is not open to the public.

March the 10th 2006: Maria yet again hooks up with her partner in crime, Elisabeth Nygaard, for a concert with their Curious Voice Duo. This time with acoustically performed composed/semi-composed/free pieces in the stunning church room of Holy Trinity Church in Leeds City Centre.

This is a joint concert with the duo of Christophe De Bezenac (tenor sax) and Ståle Birkeland (drums/percussion) who also eagerly explore the sonic characteristics acoustically with their duo free improvisations. The duos will likely fuse for a quartet piece or two in the end of last set.

The concert is presented by LIMA (Leeds Improvised Music Association). Venue: The Holy Trinity Church, Leeds city centre, England. Time: 20: 00. Tix: £3. The performance is open to the public.

February the 22nd 2006: Maria will do a concert with her vocal quartet Røyst which she runs with three other Norwegian voice musicians featured as one of this month's two ensembles along with The LIMA Orchestra on the LIMA Presents... night at the club The Wardrobe, Quarry Hill, Leeds, England. Time: 20: 00. Tix: £4/£5. The performance is open to the public.
The concert is presented by LIMA (Leeds Improvised MusicAssociation).

December the 3rd 2005: Maria is yet again joining the skillfull gang of Kushboo for a night of enticing and impressive Indian crossover music. From Kushboos press release: 'Kushboo has undoubtedly created a stage for the most talented, exciting and imaginative Indian underground musicians; who have toured internationally, recorded extensively and worked with major acts including Massive Attack, Nitin Sawnhey, Talvin Singh and Black Star Liner.' This evening will feature: Pin on tabla, Prakash on ghatam, Jesse on saxophone, Giuliano on guitar, Javier on bass and Maria on voice.
Venue: Love Apple Café-Bar-Club, 34 Great Horton Road, Bradford. Tel: +44 (0)127 4744 075. Time: 22: 00. (Doors open 21:00). Tix: To be confirmed. The performance is open to the public.
Web: http://www.loveapplecafe.co.uk

November 2005: Jardardottir was on tour in California, USA, with Røyst during week 45, 46 and 47.

October the 18th 2005: Maria is joining the gang of Kushboo for a night of enticing and impressive Indian crossover music. From Kushboos press release: 'Kushboo has undoubtedly created a stage for the most talented, exciting and imaginative Indian underground musicians; who have toured internationally, recorded extensively and worked with major acts including Massive Attack, Nitin Sawnhey, Talvin Singh and Black Star Liner.' This evening will feature: Pin on tabla, Prakash on ghatam, Jesse on saxophone, Giuliano on guitar, Javier on bass and Maria on voice. Also there will be live dhol drummers and the Dj Chudsta.
Venue: HiFi Club, 2 Central Road, Leeds city centre near the Corn Exchange. Tel: +44 (0)113 242 7353. Time: 21: 00. Tix: £5/£4 cons & in advance. The performance is open to the public.

October the 17th 2005: Within the constellation Melatonin Maria Jardardottir will be doing a solo performance at The Venue, Quarry Hill, Leeds, England. Time: 14: 00. Free entrance. The performance is open to the public.

October the 14th 2005: With the free improvisation trio collaboration project called Endenor with German reeds player Ove Volquartz (bass clarinet, soprano sax and flute) and guitarist Chris Sharkey (ac./el. guitar) Maria Jardardottir will be featured in the charity event program for sound proofing Brudenell Social Club in Hyde Park, Leeds. To check out this project's improvisation work recorded in May 2005 hit Endenor.
The concert is presented by Monitor (http://www.monitorleeds.org) and Short Circuits (http://www.shortcircuits.co.uk). Venue: Brudenell Social Club, Hyde Park, Leeds, England. Time: Doors open at 19:30. Program starts at 20: 00. Tix: £3 members/£4,50 non members (which includes annual membership). The performance is open to the public.

September the 13th 2005: Maria Jardardottir is commissioned to park take as solo improvising voice musician in the choreographer Matilde Mørk’s piece ’May all beings be happy and Marie Hallager’ that will be performed at Idrætsskolerne i Oure (The International College of Sports) in Denmark.
In addition Jardardottir will perform as solo improvising voice musician to a piece created by Matilde Mørk and her company through a one day workshop collaboration with the Modern Dance & Ballett Institute at the college. This piece named 'Tilløp' will also be performed by the students and Jardardottir this evening.
Venue: Idrætsskolerne i Oure, Idrætsvej 1, 5883 Oure, Denmark. Tel: +45 6238 3838.
Time: 19: 30. Tix: free. Web: http://www.oure.dk The performance is open to the public.


September the 10th 2005: Maria Jardardottir is commissioned to park take as solo improvising voice musician in the choreographer Matilde Mørk’s piece ’May all beings be happy and Marie Hallager’ that will be performed at Denmark’s main stage for contemporary dance, Dansescenen. The piece was invited for a performance as part of the arrangement Dansolution (an exhibition and competition where the purpose is to promote contemporary dance art in Denmark by focusing on the promising new choreographers that are emerging the scene at the time) and was picked out for being in the finale on September the 10th.
Venue: Dansescenen, Øster Fælled Torv 34, 2100 København Ø, Denmark. Tel: +45 35 43 83 00.
Time: 20: 00. Tix: 73/43 Danish Kroner. Web: http://www.dansescenen.dk/ The performance is open to the public.

September the 7th 2005: Maria Jardardottir is commissioned to park take as solo improvising voice musician in the choreographer Matilde Mørk’s piece ’May all beings be happy and Marie Hallager’ that will be performed at Denmark’s main stage for contemporary dance, Dansescenen. The piece has been invited for a performance as part of the arrangement Dansolution - an exhibition and competition where the purpose is to promote contemporary dance art in Denmark by focusing on the promising new choreographers that are emerging the scene at the time.
Venue: Dansescenen, Øster Fælled Torv 34, 2100 København Ø, Denmark. Tel: +45 35 43 83 00.
Time: 20: 00. Tix: 73/43 Danish Kroner. Web: http://www.dansescenen.dk/ The performance is open to the public.

August the 22th 2005: At 04: 00 in the morning on a pier in a bay on the North East coast of England Maria Jardardottir will part take as one of two solo voice performers (the other is folk singer Clive Powell) in the recording of the sound and multimedia installation piece, Siren - a collaboration between sound recordist/artist Chris Watson and artist Alec Finlay. The project will be released as part of an innovative series of publications, ’bookscapes’, created by Alec Finley and ’platform projects’.

Chris Watson is described as 'a sound recordist with a particular and passionate interest in recording the wildlife sounds of animals, habitats and atmospheres from around the world. As a freelance recordist for film, TV& radio, Chris Watson specialises in natural history and documentary location sound together with track assembly and sound design in post production'. His work includes the BBC Television's series ‘The Life of Birds’ - BAFTA Award for Best Factual Sound, ‘The Life of Mammals’, ‘Talking with Animals’, ‘Big Cat Diary’, several CD releases on the label Touch and a number of productions for BBC Radio. One of them, an interesting piece of work, you can listen to here: A small slice of tranquillity.

Alec Finlay is an artist and boutique publisher, and the director and curator of the Archive of the Wind Blown Cloud in Edinburgh. He is also the founder of Morning Star Press, which specializes in artist’s books, and the coordinator of the Centre for Artists’ Books, in Dundee.

The performance of Siren on this date is open to those of the public who randomly might be in the area of the recording at this time of night - it is however not an announced public performance as such.

June the 9th 2005: Within the constellation Melatonin Maria Jardardottir will be doing an afternoon solo performance at The Venue, Quarry Hill, Leeds, England. Time: 14: 15. Free entrance. The performance is open to the public.

May the 12th 2005: Within her solo project Melatonin Maria Jardardottir will be giving a concert for the collective Comfy Chairs - Improvised Music Promotion at The Old Reading Room, Armstrong Building, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle, England. Time: 19: 00. Tix: £5/£4 concs/£3 music students. Box office: contact Comfy Chairs at 0793 1265 768. The performance is open to the public.

11th of May 2005: BIG LIMA EVENT at The Wardrobe, 6 St Peters Buildings, St Peters Square, Leeds, England. The newly founded organisation LIMA – Leeds Improvised MusicAssociation is a forum run by the core of creative performing and composing musicians in Leeds. Around thirty musicians have unified and are now collectively taking part in presenting the huge and interestingly varied selection of inventive and original music that is being created in the Leeds area. The BIG LIMA EVENT that will take place at The Wardrobe this date will work as a showcase and as a teaser to present what intriguing things are happening in Leeds as we speak.
Line up in order of appearance:

Minghe Morte
Melatonin
Pocket Corner
Paul Hession/Dave Kane/Christophe DeBezenac Trio
The LIMA Orchestra (Conducted by Dave Kane)

Doors open at 21:00.

April the 28th 2005: In concert with Punch Drunk Bitch. Along with Jardardottir and voice musician Elisabeth Nygård the band consists of Richard Ormrod (bass clar./tenor sax), Matthew Bourne (piano), Dave Kane (double bass) and Ståle Birkeland (drums). They will perform original song based material involving free improvisation, grooves and drum 'n bass.
The concert is presented by LIMA (Leeds Improvised MusicAssociation). Venue: Milo, 10 Call Lane, Leeds, England. Time: 21: 00. Free entrance. The performance is open to the public.

March the 26th 2005: In joint performance with the two world music ensembles Sawa Teen and Shruti at Alhambra Studio Theatre, Morley street Bradford, England. Time: 19: 30. Tix: £7/£5. Box office: 01274 432000 or 01274 370190. The performance is open to the public.

March the 22nd 2005: In her duo work with singer Elisabeth Nygård (Curious Voice Duo) the two will perform one set of original, fresh and contemporary vocal music exploring their interesting use of the voice. In second set Jardardottir and Nygård are joined by Richard Ormrod (bass clar./tenor sax), Matthew Bourne (piano), Dave Kane (double bass) and Ståle Birkeland (drums) appearing as the band Punch Drunk Bitch. Original song based material in a wrapping of free improvisation, grooves and drum 'n bass. The concert is at The Wardrobe, Quarry Hill, Leeds, England. Time: 21: 00. Free entrance. The performance is open to the public.

March the 19th 2005: In joint performance with the two world music ensembles Sawa Teen and Shruti at Bramham Village Hall, Bramham, England. Concert includes an Indian meal. Time: 19: 30. Tix: £10. Box office: 01937 845266. The performance is open to the public.

March the 16th 2005: In joint performance with the two world music ensembles Sawa Teen and Shruti at Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, School of Music, Leeds University, Leeds, England. Concert includes Pre-show talk. Time: 18: 00. Tix: £8/£6 concession/2£ for Uni students. Box office: 01133 432584 or reserve by email at: concerts@leeds.ac.uk. The performance is open to the public.

March the 12th 2005: Within her solo project Melatonin Maria Jardardottir will be giving a concert as part of the Leeds International Jazz Conference 2005 at Leeds College of Music, 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, England. Time: 11:00 am. Tix: Part of conference ticket and possibly seperate ticket. Phone box office to get confirmation. Box office: 0113 222 3434 - also available at the door. The performance is open to the public.

March the 12th 2005: With the world music ensemble Sawa Teen at Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, England. Time: 19: 30. Tix: £7/£5 - available at the door. The performance is open to the public.

February the 25th 2005: With the world music ensemble Sawa Teen at Lawrence Batley Theatre, Queens Street, Huddersfield, England. Time: 19 30. Tix: £7/£5. Box office: 01484 430528. The performance is open to the public.

February the 10th 2005: With the world music ensemble Sawa Teen doing a performance at the Tsunami Relief Concert Event at Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, School of Music, Leeds University, Leeds, England. Time: 18: 30. The performance is open to the public.

January the 23rd 2005: With the world music ensemble Sawa Teen. The performance is unfortunately not open to the public.

January the 21st 2005: Within the constellation Melatonin Maria Jardardottir will be doing a morning solo performance at The Venue, Quarry Hill, Leeds, England. Time: 10: 15 am. Free entrance. The performance is open to the public.

January the 21st 2005: In duo work with voice musician Elisabeth Nygård in Nygård's lunch time recital at The Venue, Quarry Hill, Leeds, England. Time: 12: 00 am. Free entrance. The performance is open to the public.

January the 20th 2005: With the world music ensemble Sawa Teen. The performance is unfortunately not open to the public.