Southwestern University’s Sarofim School of Fine Arts’ Music Department is proud to present Yarn/Wire.  An exciting instrumental quartet from New York City brings their riveting works to the intimate Caldwell-Carvey performance space.

Program

Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon: Rocio del Canto (2016)

Chiyoko Szlavnics: Mind is Moving (2015)

 

-intermission-

 

Alex Mincek: Images of Duration (In homage to Ellsworth Kelly) - (2016)

 

Yarn/Wire is a chamber quartet that specializes in the performance of 20th and 21st century music. The unique instrumental combination of two percussionists and two pianists allows the ensemble to interface with both traditional performance practice and emergent stylistic trends with ease. Founded in 2005, Yarn/Wire is admired for the “spellbinding virtuosity” (Time Out NY) and “disciplined precision” (Culturecatch) they bring to performances of today’s most adventurous music. The results of Yarn/Wire’s collaborative initiatives are pointing towards the development of a new and lasting repertoire, and partnerships with genre-bending artists such as Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf and David Bithell have led to the creation of work that is “spare and strange and very, very new.” (Time Out NY)

 

Yarn/Wire’s 2010 debut release of Tone Builders showcases the ensemble’s impressive versatility and highlights a sample of the ensemble’s diverse commissioning activities. In addition to the numerous world premieres of music written specifically for the ensemble, Yarn/Wire frequently presents US premieres by many leading international composers.

 

Based in New York City, Yarn/Wire maintains an active performing and teaching schedule at festivals, chamber music series, universities and colleges across the country. Highlights of recent seasons include appearances at Miller Theatre’s Composer Portrait Series, River to River Festival, Make Music NYC, ISSUE Project Room, La Mama Experimental Theatre, Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Unruly Music Festival, Ear Heart Music Series, ‘April in Santa Cruz’ Festival of Contemporary Music, Pixilerations Festival, North River Concert Series, Southampton Chamber Music Series, University of Notre Dame, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Goucher College, Stanford University, Rutgers University, and Vanderbilt University.