Calder Quartet & So Percussion

7:00 p.m. Composer’s Chat with Jason Trueting
Dr. Aaron S. Litwak ’42 Concert
Two of America’s boldest and most authoritative ensembles join forces in this rare collaboration. Since coming together at the Yale School of Music in 1999, So Percussion has been creating music that is at turns raucous and touching, barbarous and heartfelt. Called “astonishing and entrancing” by Billboard magazine and “brilliant” by the New York Times, the Brooklyn-based quartet’s innovative work with today’s most exciting composers and their own original music has quickly helped them forge a unique and diverse career. The Calder Quartet (inspired by the innovative American artist Alexander Calder) was awarded the 2009 ASCAP Adventurous Programming Award in recognition of its exciting programming and collaborations. This concert features works for each group, including Steve Reich’s brilliant new Mallet Music, written for So, as well as two works especially created for the combined ensembles by Jason Trueting and Tristan Perich.