Tuesday September 5 * 7pm

Adam Lion - solo vibraphone
https://adamlion.bandcamp.com/album/gilgul
Offering “a tone so pure it is almost a sine-wave” (The Wire), Adam Lion is a percussionist dedicated to performing experimental music rooted in both classical and improvisational traditions. Based in Asheville NC, his performances have been described as “rife with psychological effects” by the New York Times and “closely attuned… playful, and mimetic” by Pitchfork Media. Notable projects include his 2020 release with Sarah Hennies and Ashlee Booth “The Reinvention of Romance” (Astral Spirits), a 2021 residency with New York University composer collective “nevermind the noise”, and his 2023 solo vibraphone album “Gilgul” (cmntx). He has collaborated closely with a diverse spectrum of contemporary artists including Harold Budd, Laura Steenberge, Matt Nelson, Mustafa Walker, Thom Nguyen, Brett Naucke, Mark Applebaum, Nief-Norf, bang on a can, and Sarah Hennies. Lion has received grant funding from New Music USA, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and The North Carolina Arts Commission. He has been a featured performer at many notable venues and festivals including the Big Ears Festival, {RE\]Happening Festival, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University, the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Duke University, the Red Room, MASS MoCA, and the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Lion holds an M.A. in Music from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a B.A. in Music from Southern Oregon University. He can be heard on the New Village Tapes, cmntx, Astral Spirits, and innova labels. “Lion's intensely repetition-driven performances are an engrossing study on the possibilities of sound. His solo vibraphone is enough to flood a room with music one would only expect from amplification or supplementary electronics. Slowly evolving ostinatos result in pulsating, dissonant overtones whose frequency beatings bring about scintillating clouds of polyrhythms; in a live setting, it is enough to bewilder one's ear drums.”

Rachel Beetz - solo flute and synthesizers
https://rachelbeetz.bandcamp.com/album/unofficial
Composer, flutist, and improviser, Rachel Beetz explores presence through sound and listening. Her works recreate physical atmospheres based on her deep listening adventures in the wild, exploring hidden worlds of nature and machines. Combining experimental field recordings and electronically modified flutes, her works examine community, environmentalism, and women’s work through sound, textiles, and lighting. Her projects have been featured in concert halls and galleries in Australia, Iceland, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. You can hear her on Orenda, Blue Griffin, iikki, Neuma, and Populist record labels. She is currently a co-director of wasteLAnd music and Populist Records.

Charles Waters - solo clarinet
https://charleswaters.bandcamp.com/album/spring-clarinet
New York City composer/ performer Charles Waters described by NY Times as “wildly creative”, founding member of renowned jazz collective Gold Sparkle, leader of many groups including Zodiac Saxophone Quartet and Nuzion Peace Orchestra. Most recent release “Red Shed Garden” (2022, NuRecords) as well as numerous and extensive recordings. A curator, writer, filmmaker/scorer, Waters is active with Garden Research Arts Music (GRAM) cooperative based in New York. He is the author of subversive improvisation textwork “Assemblage Manifesto”. Tonight, clarinetist and composer Waters performs solo clarinet featuring extended pieces from his expansive work of chamber music “Anonymous Landscape”, select solo works and reimagined Ellington tunes.