Monday March 14 * 7pm * MASKS, VAX REQUIRED * TICKETS
The Relatives is a new group split between New York City and Philadelphia consisting of T.J. Borden (cello) and Leo Suarez (drums/perc). After many sessions and live performances of various groupings, the duo works in a personally refined approach to pointillistic communication, interplay and the construction/demolition of static foundations. New tape out on Triptick Tapes in March.
Shelly Purdy is a contemporary percussionist and teaching artist from Maryland, currently living in Baltimore City where she has for the past decade been committed to presenting new and experimental music. Her sonic explorations tend to favor the mingling of found objects with more traditional instruments and an affinity for chance and silence whenever possible. These sonic worlds are explored through work with ensembles such as Umbilicus; a percussion quartet consisting of Baltimore improvisers’ Tom Goldstein, Paul Neidhart, and Will Redman. She is also a founding member of the science/music ensemble The Inverse Square Trio which seeks to demonstrate and illuminate acoustic properties and aural illusions through the works of Alvin Lucier, Steve Reich, Diana Deutsch, Richard Feynman and others. Purdy also embraces more traditional musics, most recently being her study with Professor Gina Beck on Javanese & Balinese Gamelan percussion. Purdy has been a member of The High Zero Foundation and Red Room Collective since 2016 and is happy to announce the forthcoming release of her duo tape “Six Improvisations for Two Vibraphones” with Will Redman on 20/20 Records.
Kirsten Lies-Warfield hails from Fargo, North Dakota. She did her undergraduate work at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. She holds a Master of Music degree in trombone performance from Indiana University where she was a student of M. Dee Stewart. In April 1999, Ms. Warfield won a position in the U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" becoming the first woman trombonist in the unit's history. There she took over the National Solo Competition and ran it from 2009 until 2017. Now retired from that organization, she continues to seek new avenues to learn and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in audio technology. In 2019, Ms. Warfield was selected as a performance fellow for the Bang on a Can Summer Festival where she worked with Pulitzer Prize winning composers, Julia Wolfe and David Lang and performed with members of the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Ms. Warfield is currently second trombone with the Arlington Philharmonic and has also served as principal trombone of the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic and the Prince George's Philharmonic. She is a regular member ofthe contemporary music group, Great Noise Ensemble, and the ethno-funk band, Black Masala. She was elected to the ITA Board of Advisors in 2018 and also volunteers with the International Women’s Brass Conference. She is an educator, teaching low brass students at Episcopal High School and through Full Blown Trombone. Ms. Warfield is also an active composer performer, writing works to suit her needs and tastes to perform for local and national audiences.
Insect Factory is the project of Silver Spring musician Jeff Barsky. Insect Factory focuses on texture and mood, building layers of dense sounds that slowly evolve into hypnotic and atmospheric drones. “Sunset to the Sea," a tape featuring Jeff Barsky plus Chris Brokaw, will be coming out on Tape Drift on March 4.
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COVID Policy
In order to attend this event at Rhizome, DC law now requires proof of full vaccination for all audience, staff, and performers.
Accepted forms of proof include:
1. A physical vaccination card that matches the patron's photo ID.
2. A photo of a vaccination card that matches the patron's photo ID.
3. Documentation of medical or religious exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccine AND proof of a negative PCR or antigen test within the last 24 hours.
Masks are required inside the building at all times.
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