Tuesday May 2 * 7pm * TICKETS

PANG! is an international quartet of improvisors drawing from jazz, noise, hip hop, synth pop, extended technique, and instrumental traditions. Comprised of Americans Ben Lamar Gay (cornet, vocals, electronics) and Sam Pluta (laptop and analog synth) alongside French bassist Pascal Niggenkemper and pianist Sophie Angel, the group breaks boundaries by fusing elements of sound into futurist configurations. The instruments are played, prepared, tampered with, amplified, filtered, recorded, and thrown back into the mix only to be mangled and regurgitated again and again.

Sarah Hughes is a performing and visual artist currently living in Washington, DC.  She has 26 years of experience playing the alto saxophone and also doubles on the soprano saxophone, flute, and clarinet. She received training in classical saxophone performance from Dale Underwood at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in music education in 2008. In 2015, Hughes earned a master’s degree in jazz saxophone performance from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where she studied with Jerry Bergonzi, Ran Blake, Anthony Coleman, and Donny McCaslin. Hughes’ music is intuitive and genre-liberated while displaying an unquestionable command of her instrument and musical vocabulary. Her improvisations and compositions are infused with knowledge of both traditional and contemporary approaches and combine a love for “The Greats” with a drive to innovate.