Fri 3/21 @ 8PM
Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project’s mission is to present the type of boundary-breaking music you won’t typically hear in a club or concert hall, most of it exploratory and improvisational.
You won’t typically hear a trio of bassoon players (in fact, outside of a classical music concert, it’s rare to hear a bassoon player at all) but Katherine Young, Dana Jessen, and Ben Roidl-Ward, who comprise the Tendril Trio all play that instrument. They’ve earned international attention for their use of bassoon in a way that’s experimental, adding electronic elements. For the CUSP concert they’ll perform Altarpiece H. af K. by composer/pianist Eric Wubbels, described as “a study in the acoustics of complex sounds” and “a 25-minute wave of saturated resonance,” inspired by the abstract visual language of early 20th-century Swedish artist Hilma af Klint.
Also on the bill is Oberlin graduate Ryan Carter who writes music for instruments, voices, and computers, combining traditional instruments with new technologies, as this type of music often does to expand its sonic potential as much as possible. His music has been commissioned by many organizations, presenters and musicians and he’s extensively explored interactive music for mobile devices. He’s the founder of Headless Monkey Attack which performs live electronic music synthesized in real time from code that responds to input from a video game controller.
The concert takes place at Calicchia Gallery Studio (formerly Convivium 33). Admission is $15 but they emphasize that no one will be turned away if they don’t have the price of admission.
uncommonsoundcle.com/concert-series