Filipino-American musicians Katrina Saporsantos (soprano), Benjmain Dia (piano), and Kenken Gorder (trumpet) will perform an evening of new music by living composers. The music ranges from solo works with electroacoustic elements to acoustic duo and trio works. Featured on the program are composers Michael Flynn, Susan Kander, and Steven Sérpa.
Bask in art-pop glamor on Halloween weekend at The Björk Songbook! This special collaboration between Inversion Ensemble and Density512 pays tribute to legendary Icelandic singer Björk with freshly reimagined versions of her most beloved songs including Venus As a Boy, Hidden Place, It’s Oh So Quiet, Human Behaviour and more – all set for voices and chamber orchestra by local Austin composers. The two performances will be held at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin. Get your tickets now! (🎶 “Do it now… do it now…” 🎶)
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Bask in art-pop glamor on Halloween weekend at The Björk Songbook! This special collaboration between Inversion Ensemble and Density512 pays tribute to legendary Icelandic singer Björk with freshly reimagined versions of her most beloved songs including Venus As a Boy, Hidden Place, It’s Oh So Quiet, Human Behaviour and more – all set for voices and chamber orchestra by local Austin composers. The two performances will be held at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin. Get your tickets now! (🎶 “Do it now… do it now…” 🎶)
Program details TBA.Shifting Sands - Saad Haddad (trumpet + electronics)
The Road and the Stars - Sam Wells (trumpet, double bass + electronics)
Do you know how to bark?! - Milica Djordjević (solo double bass)
1399 - Wenxin Li (solo trumpet)
IMPEND - Douglas Osmun (solo double bass)
Halt - Karlheinz Stockhausen (trumpet + double bass)
Program details TBA.
Parker Jazz Club
Density512 returns to the annual SXSW ATX Composers Showcase hosted by Graham Reynolds’s Golden Hornet. This is your chance to hear tunes LIVE from the DensitySOUND catalog, Density512’s in-house media and record label.
Percy Grainger Shepherd’s Hey
Percy Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry
Chris Ozley Plunge
Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2
Ottorino Respighi Pines of Rome, P 141
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Sarah Hetrick, saxophone | Kenken Gorder, trumpet | Will Yager, double bass
International Saxophone Symposium, George Mason University, January 13, 2023
Dedicated to the creation and performance of new works, knawl has performed together throughout the United States. Recent performances andresidencies include those at the University of Iowa's Center for New Music, the Rosette, and KMFA's Draylen Mason Music Studio in Austin, Texas.
