45th Parallel: Carrot Revolution
$25 ($20 student)
- Yoko Greeney, piano
Note: Due to an outbreak of COVID-19, this concert has been moved to Monday, May 30. It was originally scheduled for May 17.
"The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution."
– Paul Cezanne
Composers Andy Akiho and Gabriella Smith are shining stars in the new music scene, and Pyxis Quartet takes on two of their most virtuosic works: Andy's Prospects for a Misplaced Year (with guest pianist Yoko Greeney) and Gabriella's Carrot Revolution.
In these pieces the composers really push us to expand our technical chops. Gabriella has us doing old-time fiddling chopping strokes and some hair-on-fire improvising, creating the coolest cross-genre jam session ever. Andy transforms the ensemble by using wood, metal, and putty as implements to expand the sound color palette of the quintet. Rhythmically complex, harmonically restless, and otherworldly beautiful – Andy takes us on quite a musical journey!
Please review 45th Parallel's current COVID-19 Health & Safety Policy before attending this event: https://www.45thparallelpdx.org/concerts/safety
About Pyxis Quartet
Ron Blessinger, violin
Gregory Ewer, violin
Charles Noble, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
The Old Church at St. Mary Magdalene Parish (The Old Madeleine Church)
3123 NE 24th AvePortland, OR 97212
United States