Tim Berne will be giving a pre-concert talk about his work at 7:30PM

Commanding “considerable power as a composer and … frighteningly deft ability as a soloist,” (All Music) saxophonist Tim Berne has composed and performed prolifically since the 1980s. For this very special occasion, Tim Berne will be introducing new music written for this new octet as well as some “extreme reworkings” of recent smaller ensemble works.

Set 1:
Tim Berne
Erik Friedlander
Ryan Ferreira
Trevor Dunn
Ches Smith
Matt Mitchell
Oscar Noriega
Herb Robertson

Set 2:
Ches Smith
Tim Berne
Oscar Noriega
Matt Mitchell
Mat Maneri

Tim Berne’s “More Snake Oil” is funded in part through New Music USA’s MetLife Creative Connections Program.