IMPROV SPACES PRESENTS: THE WINTER/SPRING 2026 SEASON!
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April 2, 2026
Improv Spaces Ensemble Performance at Saratoga Arts
The Improv Spaces Ensemble will present a new original improvisation with live analog visuals by Derick Noetzel, inviting audiences into a space of immersive sound & interactive projection.
The Improv Spaces Ensemble brings together Capital Region improvising musicians working across a wide range of instrumentation, textures, and forms.
Ensemble members performing:
Brian Brancato
Alex Chang
Christian Cocco
Karen Dazzler
Jason Handron
Derek Noetzel
Jeffrey Schanzer
Bernadette Speach
djdrummernk
Chuck Ver Straeten
Dominique Vuvan
The Improv Spaces Ensemble brings together Capital Region improvising musicians working across a wide range of instrumentation, textures, and forms.
We invite you to experience this live performance in the newly renovated Saratoga Arts Theater.
Experience connection through music.
Special thanks to Stewart’s Shops for their support.
Thursday, April 2, 2026
TIME 7-9PM EST
LOCATION Saratoga Arts Theater at 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
ADMISSION Suggested Donation $20
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Please Consider to Donate to Improv Spaces in 2025!
This year Improv Spaces has been able to:
Support 7 Live Performances at Local Performance Venues
Run the Improv Sessions for Improvising Musicians and Collaborators
Debut the Improv Spaces Ensemble
Present the 2nd annual Improv Spaces Music Festival
Supporting more than 96 artists for Live Performances since we started
in Saratoga and the Greater Capital Region!
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Thanks for attending the 2025 Improv Spaces Music Festival!
The 2025 IMPROV SPACES MUSIC FESTIVAL
took place on June 7th, 2025 —
at the Round Lake Auditorium
We are so happy to have been able to host more than 30 musicians as a part of the 2025 Improv Spaces Music Festival
that took place at the Round Lake Auditorium on Saturday, June 7th, 2025
with festival highlights that featured new work from the Human Rites Trio with renown musicians
Jason Kao Hwang (composer, violin, viola), Andrew Drury (drum set), Ken Filiano (string bass);
the premiere of Sonic Explorations in Troy, an incubator project with the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
with the Rock City Falls Trio and Manuel J. Perez III; and the debut of the Improv Spaces Ensemble;
along with an impressive roster of additional talented improvisers
hailing from the Capital Region and beyond!
Thanks to our sponsors!
Media Sponsors
Email improvspaces@gmail.com about sponsorship and volunteer opportunities for 2025 Improv Spaces Music Festival
Please watch this video on our 2024 Improv Spaces Music Festival and
Considering Supporting Improv Spaces for More Great Programs in 2025
For information about donating to Improv Spaces or sponsoring the 2025 festival, please visit us here.
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It was great to see you at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on Febrary 25th for this special performance and discussion for
SONIC EXPLORATIONS IN TROY!
Photos by Kylie Spinelli Photography
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our mission
IMPROV SPACES is based in Saratoga County in upstate NY and provides space and opportunities for performance, practice and workshops for musicians involved in improvisation. We support work with artists in interdisciplinary improvisation including with music, performance, poetry, and visual arts, among them.
IMPROV SPACES introduces the public to the broad range of improvised music including folk, jazz, classical, and pop music and through sounds and textures, expanding beyond traditional musical concepts like harmony and form.
Improvisation allows for open dialogue through practice and audience interaction and feeling beyond the self. Improv Spaces invites collaborators and the public to be a part of the embodied performances and artsmaking process through the practice and tenets of improvisation.
ALEX CHANG
Co-Director
Joseph Bruchac
Board Member
ADAM FORMAN
Co-Director
JONATHAN LO
Board Member
MARK MCBRIDE
Board Member
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