Wayward Music Series: Music for Snare Drumz
$5-$20 suggested donation at the door
- Jonathan Rodriguez, snare drum
- Aaron Michael Butler, snare drum
- James W. Doyle, snare drum
- Storm Benjamin, snare drum
Alvin Lucier — Selected works
Sarah Hennies — Selected works
Amy Beth Kirsten — Selected works
Tim Feeney — Selected works
Tonia Ko — Selected works
Shin-Ichiro Ikebe — Selected works
"Music for Snare Drumz" is an immersive exploration of sound, space, and resonance through the lens of contemporary snare drum. The concert takes place on Friday, April 26th, at 8pm at Good Shepherd Center in Seattle as part of the Wayward Music Series.
Featuring performers Aaron Butler, Jon Rodriguez, Storm Benjamin, and James Doyle. Audiences will encounter hypnotic durational works and unconventional percussion techniques that provide tactile percussion textures with a meditative edge. The performance will emphasize space and silence as much as sound, creating an introspective yet physical experience for the audience.
Chairs will be provided, but audience members are also welcome to bring yoga mats, cushions, or pillows for a more relaxed, floor-seating experience.
About Wayward Music Series
Each month, Nonsequitur and a community of like-minded organizations and artists present 10 concerts of adventurous and experimental music in the gorgeous Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center: contemporary/post-classical composition, free improvisation and the outer limits of jazz, electronic/electroacoustic music, new instruments, phonography, sound art, and other innovative musics.
https://www.waywardmusic.org/About Seattle Percussion Works
Seattle Percussion Works is a percussion school in North Seattle. In addition to percussion education, SPW promotes percussion performances in the greater Seattle area.
http://www.seattlepercussionworks.comAbout Jonathan Rodriguez, snare drum
Jonathan Rodriguez is a Chicanx artist from the borderlands of Douglas, Arizona and Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico.
https://www.jonathanrodriguez.net/About Aaron Michael Butler, snare drum
Aaron Michael Butler is a percussionist/composer currently based in Athens, OH. He regularly presents concerts of contemporary solo and chamber music, and has been active in the creation of new works through commissioning composers of his generation. Recent performance highlights include the 2013 Athens International Film Festival, 2012/14 Percussive Arts Society International Conventions, the 2014 Ohio University World Music and Dance Festival with marimbist Pei-Ching Wu, a performance with Luciano Chessa's Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners in 2015, and the 2016 Nelsonville Music Festival. In 2010 Aaron founded the NOBROW.collective; in conjunction with the Athens International Film Festival NOBROW has commissioned Deep Earth - a large-scale, multimedia work - from composer Matthew Burtner which was premiered in April 2014.
As a composer, he frequently collaborates with artists from other disciplines including choreographers Ani Javian and Travis Gatling, filmmaker Chris Lange, and Bristol-based potter Steve Carter. His recent work includes commissions from Andrew Trachsel and the Ohio University Wind Symphony, percussionist Kyle Lutes, and a choral work for the Cincinnati Soundwebs project.
Aaron holds degrees in percussion performance from Ohio University and Centenary College of Louisiana where he studied with Roger Braun, Guy Remonko and Chan Teague. He is currently adjunct professor of music at Ohio University.
https://www.aaronmichaelbutler.com/About James W. Doyle, snare drum
James W. Doyle is a percussionist, educator, music director, and collaborative artist based in the Pacific Northwest. He's a member of the Seattle-based contemporary percussion and multimedia group, Striking Music and serves as visiting assistant professor of music and director of instrumental studies at Saint Martin's University. He's also on the graduate music education faculty at Adams State University, serves on the musicology faculty at the University of Puget Sound, and teaches percussion in the University of Puget Sound's Community Music program and at South Puget Sound Community College. James is co-owner of Pacific Edge Multimedia and maintains a performance and artist-in-residency schedule throughout the United States and abroad.
https://jameswdoyle.com/