The First Sunday Mornings

The First Sunday Mornings was a series of live organ works performed by Shawn Hansen at the bookstore/cafe Night Blooms in Kansas City, MO, every Sunday during the month of July in 2017. Each hourlong performance is split into two minimalist halves; drones and tapestries. Drones are static sonic fields and tapestries are repetitive figures and pattern exercises. Though each week uses the same model of drones and tapestries, the music is completely improvised and utilizes different organ settings and oscillators each week as well as some variation in the tuning of the organ in different just intonations. The original recordings, direct to cassette, were dubbed on-site and sold in editions of 10.