Monday September 22 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS

Katie Porter: Phase to Phase duo for two bass clarinets
Katie Porter is a clarinetist and curator specializing in experimental music. Passionate about creating musical communities, she co-founded the venue Listen/Space (Brooklyn) and curates the Listen/Space Commissions, responsible for 46 new works for mixed chamber group. She also co-directs the biennial VU Symposium for experimental, improvised and electronic music (Park City, Utah) and is working on a giant multi-year project of experimental works for solo clarinet at Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels, a land artwork in remote northern Utah. She currently lives in New York City. Porter will perform Phase to Phase for two bass clarinets with a special guest from Argentina by way of Berlin. Phase to Phase was released on the Japanese label FTARRI.  Composer Sky Macklay wrote of the release in I Care If You Listen, "A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending an intimate house show in Berlin, which served as the album-release event for Phase to Phase, a gorgeous work by bass clarinetists and co-composers Katie Porter and LC.  Hearing Katie and LC play together live, sitting close to them and feeling their vibrations was so comforting and luxurious, and their love for and tender treatment of each gentle sound and multiphonic permeates the album."

Naoco Wowsugi is a community-engaged artist who blurs the lines between being an artist and an engaged citizen. As a first-generation immigrant living and working in Washington, DC, Wowsugi's cross-disciplinary projects—including portrait photography, participatory performance, sound healing, and horticulture—explore the nature of belonging and inclusive community building. She will be presenting a solo performance for gong.

Jadyn Brick (she/they/he) is a queer, mixed race, Asian American dancer/maker from Silver Spring, MD. As a creator, Jadyn is interested in storytelling, big emotions, grief, and tenderness. They are currently dedicated to a practice of feeling emotions and resisting numbing. They aim to engage this practice in their artistic work as in life!