The Red Room is pleased to present an evening with the Bergamot Quartet.
An hour of sparkling, ferocious music by some of Bergamot’s favorite Baltimore and NYC based composers, including a brand-new piece written for Bergamot by Jordan Chase, and culminating in the Baltimore premiere of Ledah Finck’s work, In the Brink, for string quartet and drum kit featuring Terry Sweeney of Sandbox Percussion. In the Brink is a recipient of the New Music USA Project Grant in 2019.
Program:
Valencia – Caroline Shaw
Corde Vocale – Felipe Lara
Drift Into Light – Jordan Chase
Undecim – Suzanne Farrin
In the Brink – Ledah Finck
Saturday, November 16th @ The Red Room
425 E. 31st St.
Doors at 8:30pm, show at 9:00pm
$5 – 10 sliding scale
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Terry Sweeney
Terry Sweeney is an avid chamber musician and collaborator. Terry is a member of Sandbox Percussion, HOWL, The Percussion Collective, and quaquaqua. With Sandbox, Terry has performed over 150 concerts across the United States. Some recent projects with Sandbox include QUIXOTE – a multi-year collaboration with the theatrical ensemble HOWL, a world premiere with Andy Akiho and The Industry opera company in Los Angeles, a collaboration with choreographer Brian Brooks and his dance company, and the world premiere of a concerto by Viet Cuong with the Albany Symphony.
As an educator, Terry is currently a visiting artist at UMass Amherst, directs the percussion studies for the Yellow Barn Young Artist Program, teaches at the Dwight School in Manhattan, and co-directs the NYU-Sandbox Seminar. Terry holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and the Yale School of Music and endorses Vic Firth sticks and mallets, Remo drumheads, Pearl/Adams Musical Instruments, Black Swamp accessories, and Zildjian Cymbals.