Roscoe Mitchell to lecture Friday, December 5 at Washington University

While he's in town next month to play a concert for New Music Circle, multi-instrumentalist and composer Roscoe Mitchell (pictured) also will present a special guest lecture at Washington University to discuss the evolution of one of his best-known compositions.

Mitchell's talk "NONAAH: From Solo to Full Orchestra" will take place at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 5 in Wash U's Music Classroom Building, Room 102, 6500 Forsyth Blvd at Wallace Dr. The event is free and open to the public.

Known as one of the founders of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Mitchell now serves as Distinguished Darius Milhaud Professor of Music at Mills College in Oakland, CA. He will perform with keyboardist Craig Taborn in a concert that same evening at 7:30 p.m. at The Stage at KDHX.

Update: Mitchell also will be participating in a Q&A session at 7:30 p.m. the previous evening, Thursday, December 4, at Tavern of Fine Arts. This event, moderated by Dennis Owsley of KWMU and Paul Steinbeck of Wash U, also is free and open to the public.