For two nights only, Present Music presents intO tHe WiLd. intO tHe WiLd will bring two world premieres to Jan Serr Studio on March 26th and 27th.
The first premiere will feature Copper Canvas by Japanese-American composer Andy Akiho. Copper Canvas explores the number 29 from the Periodic Table of Elements. Akiho’s latest composition, Seven Pillars, performed by Sandbox Percussion, was nominated for two GRAMMY Awards.
The other will feature Turkish American composer Kamran Ince’s Then, nothing which asks existential questions with colorful passion. Ince has won the Rome Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Lili Boulanger Memorial Prize. His work has been performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra along with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to the premieres, Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang will present an unexpected arrangement of Steppenwolf’s iconic bicker anthem Born to Be Wild.
To finish out the evening, 26 Little Deaths performed by Carla Kihlstedt, will honor the late illustrator Edward Gorey’s 100th birthday. Kihlstedt’s work is based upon Gorey’s darkly humorous alphabet book The Gashlycrumb Tinies. Slides of illustrations will be shown alongside Kihlstedt’s vocals and violin. The performance will also serve as an album-release party for the Kihlstedt-Present Music collaboration from Cantaloupe Music label.
For ticket information, visit Present Music’s website.
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