So Percussion Quartet Debuts at the Kimmel Center as Part of the Fresh Ink Series on February 2
January 4, 2008
"The range of colors and voices that So Percussion coaxes from its menagerie is astonishing and entrancing."
"Brilliant"
Metal pipes, wood planks and flower pots create an arresting palette of sound for So Percussion. The Brooklyn-based quartet debuts at the Kimmel Center with a percussive performance of modern music on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 7:30pm in Perelman Theater as part of the Fresh Ink Series. Master of percussive experimentation, the quartet’s fresh, edgy voice has expanded the ancient art form to include performances of complex works with modern composers Steve Reich, Bang On A Can founder David Lang, and the avant-garde duo Matmos. Their performance will include a mélange of ethereal soundscapes with acoustic instruments accompanied by electronic processing, as heard in their recent album, Amid the Noise (2006), among other selections.
"If you’re sick of the sounds you’ve got, you go and find more," declares Adam Sliwinski of the group’s sonic philosophy. "There’s always something to hit or rub or whatever."
This concert is the second concert in the Fresh Ink Series scheduled for the Kimmel Center Presents 2007/2008 season. The next concert in the series will be a special concert with Christopher O’ Riley on Friday, February 29, 2008 at 7:30pm in Perelman Theater.
Tickets for So Percussion are $26 and $37 and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online at www.kimmelcenter.org, or at the Kimmel Center box office open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees may apply.) For group sales call 215-790-5883.
A limited number of $10 tickets are available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance at the Kimmel Center. Tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased at the Kimmel Center box office beginning 2.5 hours prior to curtain time and 11:30am for matinees. Limit one ticket per person.
The four members of Brooklyn-based So Percussion met in a Yale School of Music graduate program in 1999, and have since emerged as a unique voice in the world of contemporary music. Named for the Japanese verb meaning "to play," So members Jason Treuting, Adam Sliwinski, Josh Quillen, and Eric Beach experiment with sounds including those made by toy pianos, wooden slats, doorbell chimes, vibraphones, bowed marimbas, tuned and prepared pipes, tin cans, a wayward ethernet port, and a variety of sound programming. So Percussion has performed its diverse repertoire at venues across the country, including Miller Theater and Carnegie Hall in New York, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Walker Center in Minneapolis. In addition to performing and recording, the ensemble is involved with numerous educational programs, ranging from teaching adolescents to master classes with student percussionists and composers at Juilliard, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, the University of Texas, the University of Toronto, The Moscow Conservatory, and many other schools. So’s most recent release, Amid the Noise (2006), follows the quartet’s first two highly acclaimed albums, and further stimulates the senses by synchronizing the soundtrack with haunting urban scenes from Manhattan and Tokyo.
Kimmel Center Presents 2007/2008 season is sponsored by Citi. Support for the Mellon Jazz Series comes from The Bank of New York Mellon. The Great Orchestra Series is supported by ARC Wheeler. Additional support is provided by the University of Pennsylvania Health System and American Express. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Mellon Jazz, Mellon Jazz Up Close and World & Pop.
The Kimmel Center also receives support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The William Penn Foundation, The Wachovia Foundation, Verizon Foundation, PNC Foundation, The Philadelphia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and the Philadelphia Music Project and Dance Advance, Initiatives of The Pew Charitable Trust administered by The University of the Arts. In-kind support is generously provided by Deloitte. NBC-10 is a Media Partner for Kimmel Center Presents, and additional media sponsors include WDAS, WRTI, WJJZ, Afro-Pop, WXPN and WXPN's Kids Corner 20th Anniversary.
Free in the Plaza programming and subsidized tickets offered to the community and social service groups for $10 are made possible through the Wachovia Gateway to the Arts Community Access Program, supported by a generous grant from Wachovia Foundation.
KIMMEL CENTER PRESENTS SPONSORED BY CITI
Saturday, February 2, 2008 | 7:30pm
Perelman Theater
Fresh Ink Series
So Percussion
Josh Quillen
Adam Sliwinski
Jason Treuting
Eric Beach
Music for Pieces of Wood by Steve Reich
Amid the Noise by Jason Treuting
the so-called laws of nature by David Lang
FREE AT THE KIMMEL:
Saturday, February 2, 2008 | 11am
Commonwealth Plaza Stage
PNC Grow Up Great: Koresh School of Dance Mommy & Me
Enjoy some quality time with your dancer-to-be! This class is designed for children and their parents and includes singing, stretching, music, props, circle games and tons of fun. Daddies or nannies welcome too!
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