Flexible Music @Brooklyn Conservatory October 9, 2009

“Captivating contemporary music that is vigorous, varied and vital”
– Gramophone

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music’s New Music Collective will open the 2009-10 Conservatory concert season with the exciting, highly acclaimed Flexible Music. Blurring the lines between jazz, rock and classical, Flexible Music is comprised of Haruka Fujii, percussion, Eric Huebner, piano, Tim Ruedeman, saxophones and Dan Lippel, guitars.

Leading critical authority on New Music, New Music Box, made the recent observation of Flexible Music: “Aggressiveness, virtuosity, and seamless ensemble playing are obviously Flexible Music hallmarks, and these strengths are revealed immediately” they went on to add “Flexible Music has one of the more exciting combinations of instruments and probably one of the most, um, flexible out there in terms of their ability to capture such a broad range of sounds and styles”.

Inspired by Dutch composer Louis Andriessen's Hout for saxophone, guitar, piano and percussion the group has commissioned over 30 pieces including new works by Nico Muhly, Orianna Webb, Vineet Shende, John Link, Ryan Streber, and Mikel Kuehn among others.

Flexible Music is the perfect way to start BCM’s 09-10 concert season which is rich with incredible performers and punctuated by music from around the globe, there are many affordable and enjoyable options for any live music fan. Check out our concert calendar online at http://www.bqcm.org/concerts.htm# for the best that jazz, classical, contemporary, world and family concerts Brooklyn has to offer.

Now in its sixth year, Brooklyn Conservatory’s New Music Collective commissions and premieres new music while providing a professional performance forum for New York–based composers and performers of contemporary music. Nurturing contemporary and emerging composers is essential to the advancement of music and is an integral part of the Conservatory's artistic philosophy. Past performers in the series include David Del Tredici, Lucy Shelton, Margaret Leng Tan, and more than 100 others. The series has hosted some twenty-five world premieres by many of New York City's leading composers.

Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/flexiblemusic