Saturday October 4 * 7pm * $10-20

Come join us for an evening of two electro-acoustic sets on violin and toy pianos, and participate in a community experience of Terry Riley's In C with toy instruments!

Patrick Lin, violin, grew up in Fargo, ND and began lessons at the age of 7 with Mary Weisser and Jane Linde Capistran. He continued his studies at Florida State University with Dr. Benjamin Sung and Cleveland Institute of Music with William Preucil before joining the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra for two seasons. Patrick is now a member of the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” and is stationed in the Washington, DC region, where he is a musical ambassador for high-level government and military events. He regularly provides musical support at the White House, Pentagon, and State Department, as well as for the United Nations, NATO, and visits by foreign heads of state. His varied career has also included performances with the 8-Bit Big Band, Jeremy Zucker & Chelsea Cutler, and The Eagles. An avid educator, Patrick frequently collaborates with the Washington Musical Pathways Initiative and DC Youth Orchestra Program and has taught masterclasses at University of Miami, Florida State University, Southeast Missouri State University and National Orchestral Institute.

Dorothy Chan is a DC-based toy pianist, improviser and sound artist, whose work invites listeners to hear the extraordinary inside the everyday. Drawn to the toy piano for its playful childlike wonder and its quiet act of redefinition, she explores how small instruments and playful gestures can reveal deeper meaning and reimagination—a reminder that we are more than what the world first sees. A passionate advocate for new music, Dorothy enjoys exploring experimental repertoire, and creating intimate sound worlds and programs that are responsive yet intimately reflective. She is a co-founder of creative studio Chromic Duo (CAG artists) and the chamber collective ensemble mise-en, and has premiered hundreds of new works. Her performances have been heard at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, the MIT Museum, and festivals across Europe and Asia.