06.22.11 - 8:00pm

Claire Chase + Rebekah Heller and Lee Hyla’s “We Speak Etruscan”

Claire Chase + Rebekah Heller

Perform works by Edgar Guzman, Marcelo Toledo, Evan Johnson, Edgard Varese, Zach Layton and Frank Zappa

Featuring special guest star: Ann Aldburger, Virtuoso Whistler!

Declared “dynamic” and “indefatigable” by Time Out New York, flutist Claire Chase is First Prize Winner of the 2008 Concert Artists Guild Competition.  A passionate performer, leader and innovator who combines “extravagant technique, broad stylistic range and penetrating musicality” (The New York Times), she creatively links traditional, contemporary and experimental music with program choices that range from Bach and Brahms to Boulez, Saariaho, Zorn and beyond..

Rebekah Heller is a uniquely dynamic chamber, orchestral and solo musician. Equally comfortable playing established classical works and the newest of new music, Rebekah is a fiercely passionate advocate for the bassoon. Called an “impressive solo bassoonist” by The New Yorker, she is tirelessly committed to collaborating with composers to expand the modern repertoire for the instrument.

As a member of the renowned International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Rebekah has played at some of the world’s most prestigious music festivals, including the Mostly Mozart Festival, the Lincoln Center Festival, the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music, and The Helsinki Musica Nova Festival. She has worked closely with world-renowned composers and conductors such as John Adams, Matthias Pintscher, Dai Fujikura, Ludovic Morlot, Kaija Saariaho and many more.

Josh Sinton and Ken Thomson will open thet evening with Lee Hyla’s, “We Speak Etruscan” for baritone saxophone and bass clarinet

The Darmstadt Institute is made possible, in part, through generous support from the Dedalus Foundation and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council