Multi-instrumentalist and Portland native Machado Mijiga wears many hats, both literally and metaphorically.

Classically-trained, jazz-weathered, and eclectically inclined, Mijiga left the proverbial creative “box” at a very early age, with access to many instruments and a diverse musical background brought about by an intercultural heritage.

Mijiga is a musical polymath; composer, producer, bandleader, educator, gear fanatic, and audio engineer, to name a few.

Authenticity and uniquity assume the locus of Mijiga’s artistic identity. Self-expression is the prime directive, and the medium of choice changes like the weather.

For 40 years, Craig Burk has been producing singular and uncompromising music that successfully blends elements of punk rock, free jazz, psychedelia, folk, Broadway, Bollywood, industrial noise, and classical – from Mozart’s operas to the art lieder of Schoenberg to the aleatory tendencies of John Cage.

Now in Dotted Outlines in the Air, Burk reaches deep into the body of his work and yanks hard, pulling the inside out to create a new unsettling sound that challenges all the norms. 

Burk will give a short talk on the creation of his new piece, play it in its entirety, and welcome questions or comments.

Dillon Nadler is a guitarist, composer and educator based in Portland, Oregon. He can be heard around the Pacific Northwest performing in a variety of scenarios, from freely improvised collaborations and avant garde original music to tradition honoring solo and small group jazz.

Dillon works to create an aesthetic that synthesizes the vast improvisational traditions of jazz with the textural sensibilities of popular electric guitar playing. Regardless of the material being performed, Dillon strives to create a culture of honesty, exploration and support within the music.

Eden Holland is an Upright Bassist and Modular Synthesizer operator living in Portland, Oregon. They can be heard in a wide variety of environments, ranging from the Pop-Jazz stylings of Cyrus Nabipoor Quartet, to the high-octane free improvisations of their co-lead duo with Dillon Nadler.

Drawing on influences from the great Bassists Charlie Haden, Gary Peacock, and Ron Carter, Eden takes an active role in any musical environment they are a part of. Eden is newly working to incorporate the Moog Matriarch Synthesizer into free improvised environments, presenting new soundscapes and techniques to the idiom of free music. Eden engages the music from an attitude of deep listening and artistic liberty, while maintaining the responsibility and tradition of the improvising upright bassist.