Wayward Music Series: Xyloboyz – Music for Bass Drums
$10-$20 suggested donation at the door
- Aaron Michael Butler, percussion
- Jonathan Rodriguez, percussion
- Casey Adams, percussion
- Peter Tracy, cello
- Hanna Broback (Hanna Masha), violin
- Ian Gwin, synthesizer
Gérard Grisey — Stèle
Jonathan Rodriguez Grijalva — Pillars
Aaron Michael Butler — Selected works (new work for cello, two bass drums, transducers, & objects)
This program will include classic works like John Zorn's Dark River and Gerard Grisey's Stèle for bass drum duo, as well as newly composed works featuring guest musicians by the duo.
Of Pillars (featuring Casey Adams), Jonathan Rodriguez writes:
"In the intricate dance of familial symbolism, este enigmático cornerstone of lineage stands veiled, su esencia obscured by el shroud of convolución temporal. Whispers of ancestry waltz dentro de los labyrinthine corridors of obfuscated epochs, no dimes nor energy ¿can el clandestine pilar of kinship be deciphered? Un cipher entwined con los echoes de ancestral murmurs, concealing los riddles of enigma familial. Diamond drear."
Glum Reaper features drones from Hanna Broback (violin), also known as Hanna Masha, and Ian Gwin (synths), of Ensemble Unnamable.
Please join us for an evening of immersive, deep, and meditative experimentalism. Listeners are encouraged to bring yoga mats, blankets, etc. to enjoy the evening if they wish.
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 Aaron Michael Butler, percussion
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 Jonathan Rodriguez, percussion
Jonathan Rodriguez is a Chicanx artist from the borderlands of Douglas, Arizona and Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico.
https://www.jonathanrodriguez.net/About Casey Adams, percussion
Casey Adams is an explorer of sounds and structures, as a drummer, builder and creator of electro-acoustic noise. In his work and research he is interested in the de/construction of sound and space, and the exploration of the ambience that exists between. As a performer, Casey attempts to fuse disparate and peripheral sounds while exploring movement, tension, intensity and the materiality of auditory experience; pursuant of a moment that never arrives. He is based in Seattle, Washington.
About Peter Tracy, cello
About Hanna Broback (Hanna Masha), violin
Hanna Broback (guitar, voice synth) leads the baroque and dark folk group Masha. An enduring presence in Northwest music, they have played numerous roles in groups such as Hanna and the Goose, 129,600 and Ancient Forest.
https://hannamasha.bandcamp.com/About Ian Gwin, synthesizer
Ian Gwin plays synth with Hanna Broback in the experimental drone duo current (formerly Glum Reaper). He leads the group Ensemble Unnamable and has performed with Joey Largent, Stephen Fandrich, and others.
https://spectrapoets.org/Glissando-by-Ian-Gwin