Wayward Music Series: Morsel Trio
$5-$15 donation at the door
Charles Corey — Memories from Within a Valley Fog
Daniel Webbon — The old is dying and the new cannot be born
Kaija Saariaho — Light and Matter
Emily Acri, violin
Chris Young, cello
Steven Damouni, piano
Luke Fitzpatrick – Morsel
Charles Corey – Memories from Within a Valley Fog
Daniel Webbon – The old is dying and the new cannot be born
Kaija Saariaho – Light and Matter
Morsel Trio is a new Seattle-based ensemble, comprised of young artists that have performed all over the United States. Made up of Emily Acri (violin), Chris Young (cello), and Steven Damouni (piano), Morsel Trio is dedicated to performing works by a wide assortment of composers and in a wide variety of places. This concert takes a traditional genre with a rich history and explores many new ways it can be enhanced using twentieth century techniques and aesthetics.
This concert is a great representation of this group’s diverse musical influences and their abilities to expand on the traditional technical abilities of their instruments. This concert will involve three commissions from local Seattle-based composers. Luke Fitzpatrick‘s trio titled Morsel reflects on his earlier composition for the Partch Ensemble; the 44-tone scale is incorporated, as well as the use of improvisation, the voices of all performers, and a varied orientation for the instruments involved. Charles Corey‘s evocative work Memories from Within a Valley Fog combines sonorous, hazy sounds with sweeping, technically dazzling gestures. Daniel Webbon‘s The old is dying and the new cannot be born provides a third distinct character, one of intensity in rhythmic demand and cohesion. Throughout this work, a wide variety of textures and extended techniques are explored. The program will close with the renowned composer Kaija Saariaho’s 2014 work for piano trio, Light and Matter.
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/