MusicNOW! Presents Loop 2.4.3 @ Brooklyn Conservatory February 28, 2009

Who: Loop 2.4.3, percussionists/composers Thomas Kozumplik and Lorne
Watson.
What: MusicNOW! At the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
When: Saturday, February 28 2009 at 8:00 PM
Where: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 7th avenue, Brooklyn. NY
Cost: $10 / 5. Go to Zerve ticket services at 212.209.3370 or through our website at www.bqcm.org.

The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music presents MusicNOW! This series, which will run through our exciting 2008-09 concert series, will present the edgy, diverse, unique and raw talent that makes up the musical voice of the Brooklyn Conservatory’s immensely talented faculty. For this upcoming concert Lorne Watson of Brooklyn Conservatory’s Jazz faculty will present his acclaimed duo Loop 2.4.3. Comprised of Lorne Watson and Thomas Kozumplik, both talented percussionists and composers, Loop 2.4.3 promises to deliver an exciting, original and adventurous improvisational event that has earned them international recognition and a plethora of accolades such as:

“Reinvents percussion from the bones out” – NPR’s Fresh Air

"Taut compositions with a stunning improvisational sense," - TimeOut Chicago

This concert titled "Transportive Percussion Odysseys" finds the group fresh out of the recording studio where they have completed an album of original works featuring instruments of their own invention. The album is due to be released this coming spring.

About the Artists

Loop 2.3.4 debuted their first recording “Batterie” in 2007. Featuring six extended tracks this popular release has been described as “a fest of gorgeous sounds” – Lansing State Journal and “accessible to everyone” – Downtown Express.

When not performing regularly on the New York circuit with Loop 2.4.3, Thomas Kozumplik and Lorne Watson can be seen often in their active roles within a diverse range of other musical genres. They have performed with Steve Reich, Clogs, The Books, Evan Ziporyn, Sufjan Stevens, Shara Worden, Belle Orchestre, Newband, and their late mentor Robert Hohner. They have performed at venues such as Tonic, The Blue Note, Symphony Space (NYC), The Sydney Festival, The London Jazz Festival, Cornell University, Michigan State University, Music Works Northwest, and the Harry Partch Institute at Montclair State University. Please visit them on the web at www.loop243.com.

Official Website: http://www.bqcm.org