THE UNITED WOMEN'S ORCHESTRA

The Bandleaders: Christina Fuchs (conductor, composer)

Saxophones, bass clarinet.
Born in 1963, Christina divides her time equally between playing and composing, mainly for her own ensembles. Her style moves includes elements from New Music, multi-media improvisation and Avantgarde-Jazz.Her most recent compositions have been for Big Band.

"In my free-lance work as a composer I have always been attracted by possibilities of linking other disciplines with music: speech, painting, dance, theatre, film, sculpture, poetry, electronics, performance.. Each discipline has its' own means of communication, which can be applied, structured or motivated differently. Improvisation is a very direct form of communication which I use as a compositional element, along with forms of "instant composing". My written music is often based on a "time" theme which generates the piece: structures which divide time to make it perceptible, to alter it; sounds which modify our perceptions of time-space, spatial concepts which influence our perception of time..."

Prizes & awards 2001/02 Winner of the composition competition "Jazzart" in Nordrhein Westfalen 2002 received a first prize in the Julius Hemphill Composition Awards (Jazz Composers Alliance, USA)

Complete listings, info & bio can be found at: www.christinafuchs.de   www.myspace.com/christinafuchs