03/20 @ 8:00pm - Iktus + ThingNY

Based in New York City, the Iktus Percussion Quartet ( Roy Campbell, Chris Graham, Danielle Weinberg, and Justin Wolf) is an ambitious, dynamic young ensemble committed to expanding the boundaries of the percussion genre. Iktus is influenced by the vibrant forces of the contemporary music scene, including electroacoustic music and the synthesis of diverse musical traditions from around the globe. As a group with strong ties to the local artistic community, Iktus is dedicated to performing and commissioning new compositions from emerging artists. Iktus is the ensemble in residence at Purchase College Conservatory of Music and endorsed by Mike Balter Mallets, www.mikebalter.com, and Grover Pro Percussion, www.groverpro.com.

thingNY

The New Yorker’s Alex Ross listed thingNY as part of the city’s burgeoning avant-garde classical music scene “striking an attitude of resistance to mainstream culture.” Comprised of composer-performers from the NYC metro area, thingNY revels in creating and performing unrelenting experimental new works with passion and enthusiasm, oscillating between the “sweeter sounds” and the “punishingly loud.” Since its first performance in October 2006, thingNY has produced four seasons of experimental music including a radio play by Beckett, a collaboratively-created opera and over a hundred premieres.

thingNY creates, promotes and performs bold and imaginative experimental and improvisational concert art music of the highest caliber. It is a champion of the music of emerging and established composers, and collaborates interdisciplinarily with other artists in order to bring new music to new audiences.

Alejandro Acierto, clarinets

Gelsey Bell, soprano

Isabel Castellvi, cello

Paul Pinto, percussion

Erin Rogers, saxophone

Jeffrey Young, violin

+ guest pianist: Mitch Van Dusen