Erin Rogers - Composer/saxophonist

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 – 8:00pm
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
132 Ipswich Street
Boston, MA 02215

On Thursday April 12th, MATA delves into a world of dreams and nightmares, probing the depths of self and other in an evening of newly commissioned work from composer-performers Erin Rogers and a harrowing performance by Ken Ueno (MATA 2002, 2008) together with MATA’s Artistic Director, and 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner, Du Yun. Also featured are works from the exciting new talent of Egyptian new music Bahaa el-Ansary (Nightmare), Aaron Graham’s (USA/Canada) scena “Old Voltage” for six-hand piano, Jenny Hettne’s (Sweden) intimate While She Was Dreaming performed by Pauline Kim Harris and Steven Blake Whiteley’s (USA) psychodrama for performer featuring Charlotte Mundy. Finally, Chris Perren (Australia) repeats a suspended moment of dramatic recognition with his Samurai Loops, scored for two pianos and video projection.

Thursday, April 12

8PM at the The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, NYC
$25

Tickets available at The Kitchen

Bahaa Al-Ansary (Egypt): Nightmare (2015) AP
Steven Whiteley (USA): [    ][   ][  ][ ][] (2015) AP
Chris Perren (Australia): Samurai Loops (2015) AP
Jenny Hettne (Sweden): While She Was Dreaming (2012) AP
Aaron Graham (USA / Canada): Old Voltage (2015) AP
Erin Rogers (USA): Light-on-Light (2018) WP MATA Commission
Ken Ueno (USA): New Work (2018) WP MATA Alumni Commission

The Friends of MATA
Dan Lippel, guitar
Paul Kerekes, Isabelle O’Connell, Miki Sawada, pianos
Matthew Evans, Amy Garapic, percussion
Pauline Kim Harris, violin
Carrie Frey, viola

with

Charlotte Mundy, Erin Rogers, Ken Ueno, Du Yun, performers

Hypercube, featuring saxophones, piano/accordion, electric/acoustic guitar, and percussion, will perform works by Louis Andriessen, Chris Cerrone, and Nick Deyoe alongside Pittsburgh composers Federico Garcia-de Castro, and Mark Fromm.

Sun, Apr 8, 2018 5:00pm
Alia Musica Pittsburgh
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Tickets: $15/$10

Sunday, March 25, 3pm
Yardbird Suite (11 Tommy Banks Way)

UltraViolet Ensemble, 3:00 p.m. 

Closing the 2018 Now Hear This Festival is Edmonton’s fabulous UltraViolet: Roger Admiral (piano), Chenoa Anderson (flutes), Allison Balcetis (saxophones) and Amy Nicholson (‘cello). The group gave a stunning debut performance of new, multi-media works during the 2017 festival. Allison and Amy will perform Rise Up, Singing for alto saxophone and cello by Erin Rogers.

After-party, 4:30 p.m. 

After the UltraViolet show, please join us in The Yardbird Suite for some refreshments and discussion!

Hypercube takes its hyper-modern program to Five Towns College on Long Island. This FREE noon-hour performance will feature works by:

Nicholas Deyoe
Dennis Sullivan
Chaya Czernowin
Sam Pluta

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 @12pm
FTC Performing Arts Center
Five Towns College
305 North Service Road
Dix Hills, NY 11746