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Elliott Sharp
Guitar
Thursday, September 30
Bezanson Recital Hall   8:00 pm

In his continuing exploration of the limits of sound, Elliott Sharp presents The Velocity of Hue, a collection of pieces performed on enhanced acoustic guitar.

Joe & Mat Maneri Duo
Joe - alto & tenor sax, clarinet, piano / Mat - violin
Thursday, October 28
Bezanson Recital Hall   8:00 pm

The father-and-son team’s improvised chamber music, as radical as it is graceful, brings the yearning passions of jazz and blues together with lessons learned from Schoenberg, microtonalism, and a dozen world music traditions, to produce experimental jazz at its most warm-hearted and inviting.

William Parker/Hamid Drake Duo
Bass and Drum
Thursday, December 9
Bezanson Recital Hall   8:00 pm

“William Parker and Hamid Drake are the best rhythm section in jazz right now,” says Alternative Press.

Graham Haynes presents Electric Church
Thursday, February 24
Bezanson Recital Hall   8:00 pm

The son of drum great Roy Haynes, cornetist Graham Haynes grew up around jazz musicians. The younger Haynes has extended the jazz tradition in new ways.
This is an Angel Ticket event

In What Language?
A Song Cycle of Lives in Transit: Vijay Iyer/Mike Ladd
Thursday, March 24
Location TBA   8:00 pm

Improvisational in nature and hybrid to the core, "In What Language?" is a 21st-century song cycle combining music by pianist-composer Vijay Iyer with spoken text by poet/hip-hop artist (and Hampshire College graduate) Mike Ladd.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Susie Ibarra
Electric Kulintang
Thursday, April 28
Bezanson Recital Hall   8:00 pm

Over the last decade, drummer and composer Susie Ibarra has established herself as one of the premier percussionists of her generation.

 
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