Exceptet
Saturday, May 21, 2016, 5:00pm
Big Secret Theatre, Long Island City, Queens
Fresh off their Manhattan debut at Ecstatic Music Festival, Exceptet is bringing the sounds of some of today’s most compelling emerging composers.
Music to be heard on this afternoon:
Protosaurus by Brian Petuch
Polar Carnival by Fay Wang
Lag by Brooks Fredrickson
Septet by Eric Shanfield
Anthology by Brendon Randall-Myers
Disarm by Alex Weiser
Exceptet
Founded on the ragtag instrumentation of Igor Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat, New York-based Exceptet is an ensemble with “vast emotional range and onomatopoetic charm” (I Care If You Listen) dedicated to commissioning today’s most compelling emerging composers. The nascent group has commissioned and performed works by composers Alex Weiser, Fjola Evans, Brooks Frederickson, Paul Kerekes, Brian Petuch, and Eric Shanfield. Most recently, Exceptet made their Boston debut at the Record Co. as part of the Times Two Series, and their Manhattan debut at the Ecstatic Music Festival co-presented by the MATA Interval Series at the Kaufman Music Center. These concerts featured a brand new piece by Fay Kueen Wang and a preview of a seven-movement work by Brendon Randall-Myers called Anthology. In the fall of 2016, Exceptet will premiere Anthology along with a new piece from Brooklyn-based composer Scott Wollschleger. Learn more at Exceptet.com.
*QNMF 2016 call for proposals winner.
