This season-opening program comprises four works from the last decade which challenge the traditional roles of both classical instruments AND drinking vessels.

Composer Viet Cuong utilizes tuned wine glasses, opening our ears to the musicality of everyday objects. Ted Hearne does the reverse, distorting the sounds of the cello with the help of a wine cork. Nicole Lizée blends all this together, mashing up a string quartet with deconstructions of Hitchcock films. Elliot Cole’s Postludes take a somewhat different approach to this synthesis, with a vibraphone sound redolent of the wine glasses from the Ortiz and Cuong.

On the Program:
Viet Cuong - Water, Wine, Brandy, Brine (2015)
Ted Hearne - Furtive Movements (2014)
Elliot Cole - Postludes (2012)
Nicole Lizée - Hitchcock Etudes (2014)

Ticketing and other Information:
Pay what you can, and hang out after the show for a reception, sponsored by 8th Wonder Brewery!