Anthony Di Sanza, Tom Curry, and Mark Hetzler: Don't Look Down | Arts + Literature Laboratory | Madison Contemporary Arts Center

Anthony Di Sanza, Tom Curry, and Mark Hetzler: Don't Look Down

On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 8pm, Anthony Di Sanza (percussion), Tom Curry (tuba, keyboard and electronics), and Mark Hetzler (trombone and electronics) will perform their new composition Don't Look Down at Arts + Literature Laboratory. Their goal to showcase their instruments using a combination of electro-acoustic techniques, improvisation, and traditional chamber music applications to create an array of sonic environments and musical languages. The result is a work that looks at the impact of media and technology on our society, while featuring shifting soundscapes and a variety of styles (classical/rock/experimental). 

Tickets are $10 in advance (https://dontlookdown.brownpapertickets.com) and $15 at the door. Student tickets $5 off with a valid school ID. Advance ticket sales end 1 hour before the show. Doors open at 7:30pm.

 

The concert series is supported in part by the Madison Community Foundation, HotelRED, WORT 89.9FM, and Heid Music.

Mark Hetzler

Mark Hetzler is the Professor of Trombone at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and trombonist in the Wisconsin Brass Quintet. He was a member of the Empire Brass Quintet for 16 years, and has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra and the Boston Pops. Active in contemporary music, Mark has commissioned and premiered works by numerous American composers, and has appeared at a variety of new music conferences, including SEAMUS and the NYC Electroacoustic Music Festival. Mark is a Summit Records artist. Visit Mark’s website: www.markhetzler.com

Tom Curry

Tom Curry has served on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Mead Witter School of Music since 2014. He is currently the tubist in the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, a faculty ensemble-in-residence at the Mead Witter School of Music, and has performed with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, the Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Philharmonic and many other orchestras. Since 2022, he has performed with the Meridian Arts Ensemble, a brass ensemble specializing in new music. 

As a soloist and composer, Curry’s interests include the application of electronics and fixed media, immersive sonic environments, protracted musical processes, and improvisation. He has commissioned, premiered, and composed works for tuba in a wide variety of contexts and has been invited to perform at numerous conferences, festivals and universities, including recent appearances at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Conference, the International Tuba... Read More

Anthony DiSanza

Anthony DiSanza serves as Professor of Percussion at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and has performed and presented master classes throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Active in a variety of percussive styles, he can be heard on many internationally distributed CD recordings with various artists. Reviewing his solo CD release, On the nature of…, All Music Guide writes; “Di Sanza dazzles not only in the assurance and polish of his playing but in his tremendous vitality and spontaneity.” DiSanza’s percussion compositions have been performed internationally. He has signature products with Encore Mallets and Black Swamp Percussion, and is an endorser of Encore, Black Swamp, Sabian, Remo and Pro-Mark. Visit Tony’s website at: anthonydisanza.com

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