Maeve Schallert

As a recent Conservatory-dropout, violinist Maeve Schallert has been exploring the relationship between improvisation and composed music. After an insane April in which she was part of sixteen concerts, she found new love for the instrument, both in her own writing and creating, and in playing and collaboration with other musicians and non-musicians. She has experience in free improvisation, jazz, electronics, and classical music. She is part of a duo project with her dear friend and housemate Luke Haaksma (hammered dulcimer), tentatively named Obscure Pasta Shapes. She has greatly enjoyed working for producers and being sampled for creative manipulation and alteration, though she would love to release her own project very soon. She was currently working on sound for a dance piece, a score for a poem, and her moderation recording. She cites Rafiq Bhatia, Todd Reynolds, Flying Lotus, D'Angelo, Lupe Fiasco, Milo, the musicians in her life, and Matt Sargent as inspirations.