Josh Perry, mise-en’s percussionist, will perform with percussionist Dennis Sullivan works by members of New York Women Composers Inc. alongside their own compositions. A call for works currently open for New York Women Composers members for this concert.

Admission to this concert is free.

May 29, 2024 at 8PM
MISE-EN_PLACE
341 Calyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11222

PROGRAM

Lynn Bechtold – By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2021)
Ellen Fishman – Shtetl Dressing (2024)
Niloufar Nourbakhsh – Of Breath and Feeding Back (2023)
Josh Perry – Spiraling between blur and focus (2023)
Dennis Sullivan – Absence/Stasis (2023)

Percussionist Joshua Perry is a passionate advocate for contemporary music and interdisciplinary performance mediums. Acclaimed by the New York Times as a “creative percussionist,” Perry is an ensemble member of Iktus Percussion, ensemble mise-en, and Hotel Elefant. Recently, Perry has been a featured soloist at the Kroumata Percussion Center in Stockholm, Sweden, the Transplanted Roots Symposium in Guanajuato, Mexico, Audio Trading Manual in Seoul, South Korea, and at the Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Festival appearances include Donaueschinger Musiktage, NIME 2021, SEAMUS, New Voices-New Music at Carnegie Hall, June in Buffalo festival, MATA festival, and the Bang on a Can Marathon. He has recorded for New Focus Recordings, New Amsterdam Records, Albany Records, Gold Bolus Recordings, and Navona Records labels. A proponent for composer-performer collaboration, he consistently works with living composers and has premiered well over 100 works for percussion and mixed ensemble. Perry received his Doctorate of Music (DMA) from Stony Brook University. He currently serves as adjunct professor of percussion at Molloy University. 

Website: joshuawperry.com

Sponsorship: This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Additional support was provided by a grant from New York Women Composers Inc.