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Photo by Gianna Caudillo
Gianna Caudillo
Practitioner (Public Rehearsal #1)
October 4th, 2026. 5:30 PM
The performance takes place on occasion of the closing reception for XING 十字路口
Gianna Caudillo, contrabass
Graham Viegut, drums and percussion
PRACTITIONER is a new work in continuous progress, composed by Gianna Caudillo for improvising duo. Inspired by – and named for – the wealth of dedicated and talented practitioners of creative improvisation in the Bay Area, the work seeks to bring the underbelly of musical practice into the public eye. In each presentation of Practitioner, the rehearsal is the performance, allowing the piece and its intricacies to be developed and discovered in front of an audience, in real time. By hanging the vulnerability of a rehearsal and its inherent imperfections out in the open, the common musical model of preparation → product is replaced with a philosophy central to the community of Bay Area improvisers, a tandem development of practice and product built on an inherent trust in one’s collaborators and their devotion to the craft of improvisation and musical interpretation.
In this first public performance, three movements of the work will be performed by bass and
percussion duo with no prior rehearsal.
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Gianna Caudillo is a San Francisco Bay Area-based bassist, vocalist, composer, and improviser. Described as a "musician of dedication, long-term vision, and artistic ambition" by clarinetist Ben Goldberg, her projects span the realms of avant-garde jazz, conducted and free improvisation, nu chamber music, and multi-media performance art. She has performed at a host of prominent Bay Area venues, including Slash Art, BAMPFA, Shapeshifters Cinema, The Make-Out Room, Adobe Books, and The Back Room, as well as internationally across Switzerland and France. Her recent projects include MOVEMENTS FOR MOVEMENT IN THE EVENT OF BEING MOVED, a four-part symphony for dispersed orchestra produced in collaboration with Yiming Clara; and TRIO Z, a Berkeley-based experimental string trio performing tightly-knit improvisations ranging from Baroque counterpoint to free jazz.
Graham Viegut is an American performer, creative, and educator whose art is driven by the insatiable curiosities of sound. As a percussionist/drummer, he is active performing at festivals as varied as Montreux Jazz Festival Miami to Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend, in venues ranging from 2,000 seat concert halls to street parades, and playing music stretching from orchestral standards to pop and rock clubs to free improvisation. Recent highlights include performing at III Points and Joshua Tree Music Festival, reimagining orchestral music with Nu Deco Ensemble, winning first place at the NYC Carnival Panorama with Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra, and producing independent events ranging from contemporary chamber music nights to interdisciplinary gallery happenings.