“Percussionist JEFF ARNAL’s balletic sense of time and imaginative deployment of colour have combined into a highly original concept." (The Wire) Arnal frequently performs and collaborates with a wide range of musicians and choreographers in the U.S. and Europe. Recent performances include: Ausland (Berlin), deSingel (Antwerp), German Nordwestradio (Bremen), Hallwalls (Buffalo NY), Music at the Anthology (NYC) & Music Gallery (Toronto). He has received grants and fellowships from ASCAP, Brooklyn Arts Council, Meet the Composer and Art Omi International. His music can be heard on a number of independent record labels, including Transit (Clean Feed 2009 & 2005), Dog Day with Aaron Dugan (C3R 2007), Rogue States with Gordon Beeferman (Generate 2006), MEJA with Michael Evans (C3R 2006) and with Dietrich Eichmann (Broken Research 2007 & Leo 2004). Arnal holds a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies: Music Composition and Filmmaking from the University of Maryland and an MFA in Music from Bennington College.
News:
August 29, 2009
Roosevelt Live:
Generate Records celebrates 10 years of experimental sound
4:00 PM -- Free!
River Walk Commons - Roosevelt Island, New York, NY- Ernesto Diaz-Infante and Jeff Arnal
- Gordon Beeferman's IMAGINARY BAND
- Aperiodic with Kevin Parrett, Benjamin Perkins & Matthias Schulz
More info and sound clips: http://www.generaterecords.net/roosevelt_island.htm
Drifting Awake (2007)
audio / video component of a multi-media performance at the Chocolate Factory in LIC, NY
Links:
Myspace: www.myspace.com/jeffarnal
Upcoming Shows: www.generaterecords.net/events.htm
