Erin Rogers - Composer/saxophonist

Forget Buxtehude! Hypercube performs works by Charlotte New Music Festival composers
Friday, June 26, 2020 @1pm EST

You can watch the live concert on either:
YouTube Live – youtube.com/c/charlottenewmusic
Facebook Live – facebook.com/CharlotteNewMusic
Facebook Event HERE

Straight from Queens, NY to your living room, Hypercube presents 6 new works by Charlotte New Music Festival composers; expect hints of jazz, folk, chorale, hyper modernism, drone, lyricism and the occasional smoking hot lick. Hypercube is thrilled to be a part of the Charlotte New Music Festival for the second time!

Since 2014, Hypercube has built a reputation for high-energy performance and impressive execution. The quartet of saxophone, electric guitar, accordion/piano and percussion, spans electric and acoustic worlds redefining the boundaries of chamber music.

Hypercube travels south to play Eric Wubbels’ Voided Cross at the Nief-Norf Summer Music Festival.

Saturday, June 20th, 2020
Nief-Norf Summer Festival
Natalie L. Haslam Center
University of Tennessee
1741 Volunteer Blvd
Knoxville, TN 37916

I am honored to have created a new work for Erin Lesser of Wet Ink as part of the Library of Congress’ Boccaccio Project. In the mid-14th century Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) wrote the Decameron, a collection of 100 stories shared between a group of 10 acquaintances who had removed themselves from society during the darkest period of a plague.

For more information on my collaboration with Erin Lesser, visit our Project Page.
For a complete lineup of composers/performers, visit the Library of Congress.
Read the Washington Post article HERE.

The video premiere of Hello World for solo flute will take place on the evening June 19 at 8:00 pm EDT.

How to watch

Starting at 8pm on the scheduled premiere date, each video will be available on the following platforms:

• Facebook
• Twitter
• YouTube

Or you can watch directly from the Project Page.
Don’t worry if you miss the premiere, the video will be available afterward.

Charlotte New Music Festival presents
Popebama (1pm) & the Byrne:Kozar:Duo (1:30pm)
Wednesday, June 17, 2020

You can watch the live concert on either:
YouTube Live – youtube.com/c/charlottenewmusic
Facebook Live – facebook.com/CharlotteNewMusic

Popebama will be present a series of quiet but energetic pieces amplifying small sounds in a small apartment. Composed in -the-moment, by Erin Rogers (saxophone) + Dennis Sullivan (percussion).

Popebama is a New York-based experimental duo that focuses on exciting performances of unconventional works. Described as “Noisily Virtuosic” (clevelandclassical.com), Erin Rogers (saxophone) and Dennis Sullivan (percussion) are composer-performers who apply text, electronics, and high-energy instrumental writing to freshly-squeezed sounds.
Learn More: http://popebama.com/

The Byrne:Kozar:Duo will be presenting music by Icelandic composer Finnur Karlsson, NYC based vocalist and composer Jeffrey Gavett, and a sneak preview of a new work by Beth Wiemann!

Byrne:Kozar:Duo – Created by New York City and Boston based soprano Corrine Byrne and trumpeter Andy Kozar, the Byrne:Kozar:Duo presents historically informed performances of Baroque music for natural trumpet and soprano in addition to commissioning new works for modern trumpet and soprano. They have been said to create ‘an arresting symbiosis in their melding of voice and trumpet timbres’ (Textura) and that the ‘trumpet and voice seem to take on one another’s qualities’ (Bandcamp Daily).
Learn More: https://www.byrnekozarduo.com/