Thursday, May 23, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vermillion Art Gallery & Bar, Seattle, WA, United States
Ticket details

$5-15 sliding scale (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Jonathan Rodriguez, Peter Tracy, and Aaron Michael Butler performs contemporary works for percussion, cello, table top guitars and speaking voices.

The audience will be invited to join us in performing Eva-Maria Houben's John Muir Trails 1 if they choose. All that is needed is a cell phone/stopwatch and a single sound that can be sustained/repeated for a medium-to-long duration.

Doors at 7pm, music at 8pm.

About Jonathan Rodriguez, percussion & electronics

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, percussion & table top guitars

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/

Vermillion Art Gallery & Bar

1508 11th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
United States

http://vermillionseattle.com
(206) 709-9797