Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022 • 7:30 p.m.
The Ohio State University Percussion Ensemble presents
Matt Evans, percussionist and composer
Timashev Building, Room 160
1900 College Road • Columbus, Ohio
PROGRAM
All compositions by Matt Evans
New Topographics
New Moon
Full Squid
Infinite Cybernetic Meadow
Fluorescent Sunrise
Hyperbolic Time Chamber
Soft Science
Worm Moon
Sturgeon Moon
Saprotrophia
Alocasia
Michael Rene Torres, saxophone
New Topographics
Jaich Maa
Cold Moon
Joseph Krygier, percussion
Susan Powell, vibraphone
Percussion Ensemble
Donna Brown, Matt Hanson, Emmie Hess, Ben Kerger, Cierra Miller, Hannah Moore, Tres Perkins, Adam Quinn, Erin Rybinski, Sam Sherer, Haydn Veith
About the Artist
Matt Evans is a Brooklyn-based drummer and producer making acoustic and electronic music about the poetic interconnections between landscapes: internal, external, fictional and virtual. Taking cues from millennial esoterica, natural phenomena and science fiction, Evans uses drum-driven hypnotic soundscapes and improvisatory performances to embody the imaginary ecosystems of surreal sonic worlds. In “New Topographics” (2020) and “Soft Science” (2022), vintage synth burbles, percussion skitters, and foraged samples are enmeshed like critters in a sci-fi biome. Evans performs these tracks from the drum kit, with samplers and pedals, embodying the array of characters as a ritualistic representation of these futuristic landscapes. His approach creates a groovy psychedelic instrumental music that is "hyperreal and phantasmal" (Wire Magazine), "meticulous and expressive" (New York Times), and "a form of chill complexity" (New York Times).
Matt Evans has performed solo at acclaimed venues such as the Guggenheim, The Kitchen, and Roulette; held residencies with Antenna Cloud Farm, Pioneer Works, OneBeat Sahara, Exploring the Metropolis, and The Shell House; given talks at Wesleyan University, Princeton University, and Dartmouth College; and released solo records with Whatever’s Clever and Moon Glyph Records. Matt has toured with projects Neti-Neti, Tigue, Ensemble Signal, piano trio Bearthoven, Deerhoof, and others. With these groups he has commissioned and performed music by pioneering composers Lea Bertucci, Sarah Hennies, Michael Gordon, Scott Wollschleger, and Steve Reich. Past festival appearances have included Skanu Mesz Festival, Le Guess Who? Festival, Big Ears Festival, and the Summer Nostros Festival.. He’s toured throughout the United States and Europe, including shows in Latvia, Poland, Germany, France, Belgium, the UK, Iceland and the Netherlands. Matt has released records with NNA, New Amsterdam, Whatever’s Clever, Cantaloupe, Dethbomb Arc, Perfect Wave, Thrill Jockey, Dinzu Artefacts, and Moon Glyph. Matt has a master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music and a bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University.
Upcoming Percussion Ensemble Events
Ohio State High School Percussion Ensemble Festival
Friday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023
Featuring guest artists Keith Aleo and Anders Åstrand
Percussion Recital Day
Sunday, Feb. 26
Kalie Dawson (BME), Emmie Hess (BA),
Logan Gardiner (BME), Rohan Rindani (BA)
Percussion Recital Day
Sunday, March 5
Ben Kerger (BM), Hannah Moore (MM),
Erin Rybinski (BM), Sam Sherer (DMA)
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