The Forest with guests Warren Smith & J.D. Parran
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20 advance, $25 at the door)
- Andrew Drury, percussion
- Gustavo Aguilar, percussion
- Leah Bowden, percussion
- Lesley Mok, percussion
- J.D. Parran, clarinet, saxophone, & flute
- Michael Wimberly, percussion
- Warren Smith, percussion
Andrew Drury — (D)ruminations for Edward Blackwell: Mu First Part & Mu Second Part
Roulette is excited to present the percussion ensemble The Forest. This performance features collaborative work by Forest members, including Warren Smith's Elements of a Storm (composed for M'Boom), and Andrew Drury's (D)ruminations on Blackwell: Mu First Part & Mu Second Part. The latter explores sonic images, impressions, and extrapolations from Drury’s eight-year mentorship with Ed Blackwell.
Instruments include dustpans, tinfoil, drum sets, timpani, mallet percussion, gongs, concert bass drum, djembe, congas, piano, aluminum cookware, voice, five-floor toms, etc.
Attending online: A live stream will be available free of charge at 8pm Eastern on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing.
Attending in person: Doors open at 7pm; show starts at 8pm.
Please review Roulette's current COVID-19 Safety Guidelines before attending: https://roulette.org/safety/
About Andrew Drury, percussion
About Gustavo Aguilar, percussion
Gustavo Aguilar is an interdisciplinary artist whose approach to making cooperatively combines the archive (preconceived elements such as notation, texts, documents) and the repertoire (present-conceived elements such as gesture, orality, aurality). A Brownsville, Texas native, Gustavo has performed at major festivals throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Pacific. Gustavo is the Co-Artistic Director of Tug an interdisciplinary arts collective that creates contact zones where people can generate insights about, and produce actions around, contemporary social issues, and is an Associate Arts Professor at the Tisch School of the Arts/NYU.
https://www.gustavoaguilar.com/