FARMINGTON — Improvox, Maine’s premier vocal improvisation ensemble, will perform Sunday, April 11 at 5 p.m. at Nordica Auditorium at the University of Maine at Farmington. While a concert by Improvox has been referred to as “vocal skinny dipping,” it’s still fine family fare, a spokesperson for the event noted. Delighting adults and children alike (especially older children) with uniquely freeing music-making, an Improvox performance may be wild or reverent, quirky or soulful, but never the same twice. Spinning music on the spot, singers, Kathy Slack, Martin Swinger, Matt Loosigian, Fred White and Deb Hensley will offer up a musical cure for the spectator blues. Throughout the evening, folks in the audience may be invited (never required) to offer melodic ideas, word prompts, and even their own voices to help create music onstage or off. By the end of the evening, expect to be more of a tribe than an audience, the spokesperson said. Those present can expect the unexpected for sure, but they will also be treated to a wide range of prepared a cappella music —from Bobby McFerrin’s soulful version of The 23rd Psalm, to a spunky presentation of Old Blue, to the more traditional Bring Me Little Water Sylvie, complete with body percussion. And a saucy new arrangement of a Quebecois “deedle” tune, The Cajun Stripper, is sure to cause a lot of toes to tap. Nordica Auditorium is in Merrill Hall, at Main and Academy streets. Admission for adults is $6, seniors are $5, and children under 16 and UMF students are free. No advance tickets are available. For further information, call 778-3722. The Arts Institute of Western Maine, the sponsor of this event, is affiliated with the University of Maine at Farmington.
Improvox will be at UMF Sunday, April 11 at 5 p.m. at Nordica Auditorium. (Contributed photo)