Jennifer Allum

London based violinist, specialising in experimental and improvised music. Studied at York University & Goldsmiths, University of London, member of The Post Trio, & regular attendee of Eddie Prevost's weekly free improvisation workshop

Upcoming Events

August 24th - 28th 2010
Enkephale Theatre presents.. 'The Emporer Self'
at The Arcola Theatre, Arcola Street, E8
8pm, £16 (£10 concessions)
with Clare Taylor, Richard Jones, & Valerie Welbanks

September 13th 2010
Workshop Series (curated by Matt Hammond)
Cafe Oto, Dalston
8pm
with Chris Hyde-Harrison (d'bass) and Mirei Yazawa (body movement)
Luciana Bass (guitar)/Arthur Swindells (pocket trumpet)/Guillaume Viltard (double bass)
Matt Milton (violin)/David Papapostolou (tenor horn)/Seymour Wright (saxophone)

September 12th 2010
Kings College Recital Room, WC2
improvisation with Ute Kanngeisser (cello)
Tim Parkinson (premiere) - performed by Tim Parkinson and Angharad Davies.
Earle Brown - December 1952 - performed by Lawrence Williams (saxophone) and Jane Dickson (piano)
James Allsopp- improvisation (tenor sax)

September 25th 2010
Experimental Food Society Inaugural Spectacular
The Brickhouse, part of The Truman Brewery, E1
Performance of John Cage's One10

20th of October 2010
Galvanised! Festival
Cafe Oto, Dalston.
with Paul Abbott, Gabriel Humberstone, Grundik Kasyansky, & David Papapostolou

October 25th 2010
Workshop Series (curated by Philip Clark)
Cafe Oto, Dalston
8pm
with Tom Mills, Ross Lambert, Matt Olzack
Jamie Coleman/Robin Higgins/Dave Lawrence
Paul Abbott/Daichi Yoshikawa/Gabriel Humberstone/Russell Callow

and more TBC

Past Events

July 26th 2010
Workshop Series (curated by Eddie Prevost)
Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
8pm
with Yuki Okamoto & Eddie Prevost
Philip Somervell/Ross Lambert/Jamie Coleman/Paul Abbott
David O'Connor/Sebastian Lexer/Tara Stuckey

July 17th 2010
A concert at The Bakery (please contact for address details)
7pm
with Tom Mudd and Matt Milton
Arthur Swindells and Daichi Yoshikawa
Yuki Okamoto - Ravel - 'A boat on the ocean' from Miroirs
Post Trio - Chris Fox - Blank, & Tom Johnson - Trio
Sebastian Lexer - Morton Feldman - Extensions 3
Paul Abbott- video work

June 25th 2010
Conversations Without Cage
7:30pm
Shoreditch Church, Shoreditch High St, E1
With Simon Allen, Paul Bevan, Tania Chen, Dominic Lash, Ian Mitchell, Nancy Ruffer, & David Ryan
Christian Wolff: Microexercises 1 (2006), Microexercises set 2 - ‘For Grete’, & Exercise 10 1974
Earle Brown: From Folio 1952-3, & 1-5 c1970
Morton Feldman: Vertical Thoughts 4 1963, & Last Pieces 1959

June 11th 2010
A concert of music by Michael Parsons
St Anne & St Agnes, Gresham Street, EC2
7:30pm. Tickets £5.
Performances by the Post Trio with Alison Blunt of Levels & a new String Trio by Michael Parsons, as well as arrangements of traditional Scottish and Irish Music, a Fantasia by William Byrd, & an instrumental piece by Heinrich Isaac (15th century).
FIORI, 8-voice female vocal ensemble from Finland, perform pieces written specially for them by Finnish composers Tellu Turkka, Liisa Matveinen, Mia Makaroff Jenny Wilhelms, & will give the first British performance of Three Sappho Lyrics by Michael Parsons.
Piano arrangements of Scottish melodies performed by Tania Chen

May 22nd 2010
With Sejiro Murayama, Eddie Prevost, Seymour Wright, Paul Abbott, Sebastian Lexer, Ute Kanngiesser , Grundik Kasyansky, and Daichi Yoshikawa
St Marks Church, Myddelton Square, EC1R
7pm
£5 (£4 pound con.)

May 3rd 2010
as part of Freedom of the City
Conway Hall, Holborn, WC2
2pm
with Grundik Kasyansky, David O'Conner & Eddie Prevost
John Butcher/Mark Sanders
Adam Bohman/FURT/Ute Wassermann
Jean-Luc Guionnet/Ross Lambert/Philip Somervell

April 26th 2010
workshop concert series (as curator)
Cafe Oto, Dalston
8pm
Tom Mills/Jerry Wigens
Matt Hammond/Guillaume Viltard
Matt Milton/Sebastian Lexer

April 10th 2010
Serpentine Gallery, W2
3pm
A free event, as part of the Serpentine's series discussing the work of Richard Hamilton
Performance of Robert Ashley's Trio I from Trios (White on White) (1963) by The Post Trio, with a talk by Will Holder.

April 19th 2010
Interlace
The Great Hall, Goldsmiths, New Cross, SE14
7pm
With Jamie Coleman, Ute kanngeisser, & Sebastian Lexer
Heddy Boubaker/Roger Turner/Guillaume Viltard
Heddy Boubaker/Grundik Kasyansky

29th March 2009
Workshop Series (curated by Paul Abbott)
Cafe Oto, Dalston
8pm
Duos & Trios, performed by Jennifer Allum, Ute Kanngeisser, Ross Lambert, Eddie Prevost, Mirei Yazawa, & Daichi Yoshikawa

February 13th 2010
Tom Johnson in London
Deptford Town Hall Council Chamber, New Cross, SE14
7:30pm
Performances by The Post Trio, Tom Johnson, Tim Parkinson, Michael Parsons, & Gandini Juggling
The concert will include performances of:
Tom Johnson's      - Trio - 288 three-note chords with sums of 72 (middle C = 24)
                       - Block Design piano piece (2005)
Tim Parkinson's - melodica and percussion (2009)
                           - untitled (2004d)
Michael Parsons     - selected piano pieces

December 7 2009
Non-classical
The Macbeth, Hoxton
The Post Trio
Michael Parsons - Level for String Trio
Tom Johnson - Trio - 288 three-note chords with sums of 72 (middle C = 24)
Cornelius Cardew - First String Trio (1954)

September 28 2009
Workshop Series (curated by Matt Olczak)
Cafe Oto, Dalston
8pm
With Grundik Kasyansky
Ricardo Tejero/Gabriel Humberstone/Daichi Yoshikawa
Ute Kanngiesser/Arthur Swindells/Jerry Wigens

September 26 2009
MIASS at Newington Green (private event)
"The shed likes food"
With Matt Hammound & Seymour Wright
Gabriel Humberstone/Ute Kanngeisser/Tom White

July 15 2009
Music We'd Like to Hear
St Anne & St Agnes, Gresham Street, EC2
Performances by The Post Trio & Tom Johnson.
Tom Johnson - Formulas
Tom Johnson - Music & Questions

June 18 2009
A Series of Fortunate Events presents...
The Post Quartet with Angharad Davies on violin
Cafe Oto , Dalston
Michael Parsons - Levels II
Henri Vaxby - Second String Quartet
Tom Johnson - Formulas
Helmut Lachenmann - Pression
Taylan Susam - For Maaike Schoorel
Michael Parsons - Level Trio

3 May 2009
Freedom of the City
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, WC1
The Post Trio & Christian Wolff
Selected performances from Wolff's Exercises, followed by AMM & Christian Wolff at 9pm.
7pm start, tickets £10.

April 28 2009
Chelsea Space, Chelsea College of Art and Design, 16 John Islip Street, SW1P
6:30pm
Earle Brown – December 1952 and other pieces from Folio
Performances by The Post Trio, Tania Chen, David Ryan, Ian Mitchell, Nancy Ruffer, & more.

March 23 2009
Workshop series (curated by Seymour Wright)
Cafe Oto, Dalston
8pm
With Matt Milton, Ross Lambert, & Ute Kanngeisser
Jamie Coleman/Paul Abbott
Laura Hyland/Phil Somervell/Matt Hammond

11 December 2008
A Series of Fortunate Events presents ... The Post Quartet
Cafe Oto, Dalston
Tom Johnson – Combinations for String Quartet
Cornelius Cardew – Second String Trio
John Lely – The Harmonics of Real Strings (version for viola solo)
Michael Parsons – Levels
John Cage – Quartet in Four Parts
Matteo Fargion – Pining for Madame Lupukhov

7 December 2008
Michael Parsons’ 70th Birthday Concert
The Warehouse, Southwark, SE1
The Post Trio play:
Michael Parsons – Levels
Michael Parsons – Highland Variations

3 November 2008
All Saints Church, Friern Barnet
The Post Quartet play:
Tim Parkinson – String Quartet (right hand only)
Tom Johnson – Combinations for String Quartet
Markus Trunk – Twin/Double
Anton Webern – Op.28 String Quartet

2 November 2008
Cornelius Cardew Biography book-launch
The Warehouse, Southwark, SE1
The Post Trio/Quartet play:
Cornelius Cardew – Second String Trio
Cornelius Cardew – First String Trio (first movement)
Cornelius Cardew – Workers’ Song (performed by Mizuka Yamamoto)

16 July 2008
Music We’d Like to Hear
St Anne & St Agnes, Gresham Street, EC2
The Post Quartet play:
Anton Webern – Op. 28 String Quartet
Cornelius Cardew – Second String Trio
Orlando Lassus – Selected duets
Henry Purcell – Fantasia (arranged by Michael Parsons)
Michael Parsons – Highland Variations
Michael Parsons – Levels

7 June 2007
Right Hand Only String Quartet
Deptford Town Hall, New Cross, SE14
The Post Quartet play specifically written works for pieces that do not require the left hand!
Tim Parkinson – String Quartet
John Lely – String Quartet
John White – String Quartet
Jerry Wigens – Violarrrrgh!
Michael Parsons – Levels

11 November 2006
Cornelius Cardew Conference
Goldsmiths, New Cross, SE14
Cornelius Cardew – Second String Trio (performed by The Post Trio)
Cornelius Cardew – Workers’ Song (performed by Mizuka Yamamoto)