Improtest

Scott L. Miller, Adam Vidiksis, & Sam Wells are a trumpet, drum set, and electronics trio that perform free music, marked by propulsive textures and rhythms, graceful emergent structures,and carefully crafted timbres that are seamlessly woven from their composite sounds.
Scott L. Miller is an American composer best known for his electroacoustic chamber music and ecosystemic performance pieces. Inspired by the inner-workings of sound and the microscopic in the natural and mechanical worlds, his music is the product of hands-on experimentation and collaboration with musicians and performers from across the spectrum of styles. He is a Professor of Music at St. Cloud State University, Minnesota, Past-President (2014-18) of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the U.S. (SEAMUS) and presently Director of SEAMUS Records.
Adam Vidiksis is a drummer and composer based in Philadelphia who explores social structures, science, and the intersection of humankind with the machines we build. His music and artwork examine technological systems as artifacts of human culture, acutely revealed in the slippery area where these spaces meet and overlap—a place of friction, growth, and decay. His compositions and recordings are available through HoneyRock Publishing, EMPiRE Recordings, Fuzzy Panda Recording Company, Mulatta Records, New Focus Records, PARMA Recordings, Navona Records, and Scarp Records. Vidiksis is Assistant Professor of music technology at Temple University, and president of SPLICE Music. He performs in SPLICE Ensemble, aeroidio, Miller/Vidiksis/Wells, Transonic Orchestra, Ensemble N_JP, and directs the Boyer College Electroacoustic Ensemble Project (BEEP).
Sam Wells is a musician and video artist based in Philadelphia. He is a member of aeroidio and SPLICE Ensemble, and has performed with Contemporaneous, Metropolis Ensemble, TILT Brass, the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, and the Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra. Sam has recorded on the Scarp Records, New Amsterdam/Nonesuch, New Focus Records, SEAMUS, and Ravello Recordings labels. Sam is a Cycling ’74 Max Certified Trainer and an Assistant Professor of Music Technology at Temple University.
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