Narloch Piano Studio

Double Bass Recital: Sara Neilson & Jason Roebke
2022-08-20 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Sara Neilson and Jason Roebke perform music for double bass.
100% of proceeds go to the Chicago Abortion Fund.
Masks Required
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Streaming info TBA
Program includes:
Sonia Ray – Ondas
J. S. Bach – 2nd suite
Amy Beach – Romance
Sarian Sankoh – everythingfeelsthesame

Krankwerk: Crossing Beyond
2022-07-30 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Krankwerk is:
Mason Spencer, viola
Adrian Golay, cello
Josh Lambert, bass
$10 suggested donation
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Masks Required
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Program:
Wolfgang Rihm: Verzeichnung-Studie (1986)
Paul Wiancko: American Haiku (2014 rev. 2019)
Marc Sabat: Jean-Philippe Rameau (2012)
Rebecca Clarke: Two Pieces for Viola and Cello
(1916)
Viktor Suslin: Grenzübertritt – Crossing Beyond
(1990)

Summer Recital
2022-07-24 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Ravenswood Manor Park, Chicago, IL, United States
Students of Narloch Piano Studio perform in the annual Ravenswood Manor Park Summer Recital.

Daniel Lewis and Isabella Andries
2022-04-08 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Daniel T Lewis, percussion, and Isabella Andries, piano, present back-to-back solo performances “Distance, Touch, Void” and “Digital Disquiet.”

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Catch the livestream here:
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About the program:
– Distance, Touch, Void –
“The performance is an introverted look at bleak emotions. Each piece seems to grapple with a sense of losing time, losing place, losing human connection, or losing self. Each seems to be some kind of private ceremony or prayer, an appeal to a humanistic, or sometimes nihilistic, spirituality. Together the pieces are an outward expression of feelings left mostly internalized during the isolation of the pandemic. The music is intensely intimate, but also impersonal, dissociated. It searches for meaning and longs for warmth, touch, and connection.” – Daniel T. Lewis

– Digital Disquiet –
“Sebastian Zel’s Fever Dream is an expression of personal experience with insomnia and the liminal space between consciousness and dreaming. Musically, it is an icy and winding journey that strikes a delicate balance between harmonic resolution and dissonance. The ambiguous haze the listener is left in establishes a fitting backdrop for the chilling opening of Stephen Montague’s Tongues of Fire, which builds from a low rumble to a picture of destruction of cosmic proportions. The work was inspired by Spanish Civil War poet Miguel Hernandez’s poem Mouth of Anger, thereby reflecting a gruesome reality that transcends internal turmoil.” – Isabella Andries

The _____ Experiment and Magnus Villaneuva
2022-03-18 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
The _____ Experiment (The Blank Experiment) teams up with pianist Magnus Villaneuva to perform a concert of new music by Jeffrey Agrell, Earle Brown, Unsuk Chin, Xenia St. Charles Gilbert, Adam Kennaugh, Gyorgy Ligeti, Mayke Nas, Ian Wiese, and two world premieres by Shi-An Costello.
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Magnus Villanueva, piano
The _____ Experiment
Ava Wirth, oboe
Michelle Cusick, clarinet
Andrew Hosler, saxophone
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Program
Jeffrey Agrell: Blues for D.D. , for solo oboe
Earle Brown: Nov. ’52 (1952), for solo Bb clarinet
Adam Kennaugh: From Sand (2017), for solo tenor saxophone
Gyorgy Ligeti: selections from Etudes pour piano (1985-2001)
Unsuk Chin: “Toccata” from Piano Etudes (1995-2003)
Shi-An Costello: Reappearance (2021), for solo piano (wp)
Ian Wiese: Twin Colors, for right and left hand, for solo piano
Ian Wiese: Twin Colors, for two wind players
Mayke Nas: Entrez! (2002), for soprano sax, oboe, and Bb clarinet
Shi-An Costello: Three Oblong Studies (2022), for oboe, Bb clarinet and tenor saxophone (wp)
Earle Brown: Four Systems (1954), for oboe, Bb clarinet, saxophone and piano
Xenia St. Charles Gilbert: The Score is $600, for oboe, Bb clarinet, saxophone and piano
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About the performers
Chicago native MAGNUS VILLANUEVA has performed all over North America, Europe, and Asia from notable concert halls and radio stations to hospitals and nursing homes. His recent festival appearances include solo and chamber music performances at the Cortona Sessions, Atlantic Music Festival, Orford Music Festival, Gijón International Piano Festival, and Festival Pablo Casals de Prades. Passionate about chamber music and collaboration, he has worked with members of the Guarneri, Spektral, JACK, and Brentano quartets, International Contemporary Ensemble, and Alarm Will Sound.
Magnus earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Peabody Conservatory under the tutelage of Marian Hahn. Previously, he studied with Emilio del Rosario and Ralph Neiweem at the Music Institute of Chicago. An enthusiastic pedagogue, he currently serves on the faculty of Great Neck Music Conservatory on Long Island, New York and has previously been on the faculty of the Gasse School of Music and Chicago Music Lessons. In addition to teaching, he is a dedicated ballet pianist and has worked for New York City’s Ballet Arts and Chicago’s Hyde Park School of Dance.
THE _____ EXPERIMENT (pronounced The “Blank” Experiment) is an up and coming flexible instrumentation ensemble based in the Midwest. With over 30 commissions, this group is committed to expanding the repertoire for mixed chamber ensembles. Their mission is to commission music by a variety of composers in order to create high quality, but audibly approachable new music by performing outreach concerts for a variety of audiences in various locations. . This ensemble was originally founded in 2017 by Andrew Hosler (saxophones), Michelle Cusick (clarinets), and Natalie Pate (harp). The ____ Experiment quickly began collaborating with composers around the United States to create works for this new instrumentation.
Their first recital tour featured performances at Michigan State University and Bowling Green State University, following that they had additional performances at the Flint Institute of Music and the University of Michigan both featuring mostly newly composed works. In the summer of 2018, The _____ Experiment recorded their first album, Conversations, with Sly Pup Production and went on to release the album in March 2020. This album featured seven world premiere recordings featuring composers from multiple states, including: Michigan, Florida, Ohio, and Arizona.
In July of 2020 The ____ Experiment expanded to include oboist, Ava Wirth. Throughout the rest of the year, the ensemble worked to record pieces that were compatible with socially distanced settings. One of these works was the first composer collaboration with the new instrumentation: Tyler Mazone’s Mini Personalities for Oboe, Bb Clarinet, and Tenor Saxophone. They also started a series of virtual projects aimed at cross disciplinary collaboration entitled Visual Soundscapes. In the Spring of 2021, the ensemble continued to expand to include Maya Grossman on Basson. During this time, The _____ Experiment was heading a commission for composer Josh Trentadue. In May of 2021, the newest member was added to the ensemble, harpist Danielle Kuntz.
In August of 2021, the entire ensemble met in person, the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began. During this meeting, The _____ Experiment rehearsed and recorded new works that were released during the fall of 2021. Six of these works were released on the October recital, “Kadupal”. This recital had three world premieres, including the commission with Josh Trentadue, Meditation and Hymn to Nature.
The members of The _____ Experiment are located in Ann Arbor, MI, Cleveland, OH, Chicago, IL, Wichita, KS, and San Francisco, CA. When not rehearsing, the members of this ensemble enjoy mountain biking, taking care of their pets and plants, and laughing at cheesy jokes about musicians.

Jonathan Hannau and Kyle Gregory Price
2021-11-20 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
An evening of new piano music and songs from Jonathan Hannau and Kyle Gregory Price
Masks, vax cards, and RSVP to narlochpiano@yahoo.com required.
To stream online go to facebook.com/narlochpianostudio
Suggested donation: $10 Venmo @narlochpiano

Bowery Trio
2021-10-24 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
The Cosmopolite Music Project: Newly commissioned Finnish Music by Joel Jarventausta, Stephen Webb, and Sauli Zinovjev.
Allison Wang, piano; Mark Allen Jr., clarinet; Esther Seitz, cello
Mask, vaccination card, and RSVP required.
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This event will be streamed live here:
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Duo Forzando
2021-05-14 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
This is a virtual live-stream only event.
Duo Forzando: is:
Henry Zheng, violin
Michael Finlay, piano
Program:
Poulenc – Sonata for Violin and Piano
Philip Glass – Sonata for Violin and Piano
William Bolcom – Graceful Ghost Rag
Friday, May 14, 7:00pm CST
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlKiMoFvXVc
Suggested donation – $20
Venmo @narlochpiano
Proceeds will go to both the performing artists and the piano studio.
Thank you!

Narloch Plays Ustvolskaya
2020-10-23 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
Christopher Narloch performs the complete piano sonatas of Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006).
Suggested donation: $10
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Live stream only:
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Sonata No. 1 (1947)
Sonata No. 2 (1949)
Sonata No .3 (1952)
Sonata No. 4 (1957)
Sonata No. 5 (1986)
Sonata No. 6 (1988)

LIVE STREAM: Narloch Plays Glass IV
2020-05-22 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | https://www.pscp.tv/narlochpiano/, United States
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Christopher Narloch performs the iconic Philip Glass Solo Piano album in its entirety. This will be the final concert of the annual ‘Narloch Plays Glass’ series.
Metamorphosis One
Metamorphosis Two
Metamorphosis Three
Metamorphosis Four
Metamorphosis Five
Mad Rush
Wichita Vortex Sutra

CANCELLED - Morton Feldman: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
2020-04-24 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | PianoForte, 1335 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60619, United States
This concert date is cancelled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). We hope to perform this at the same venue at a later date. Stay well!
Morton Feldman: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello (1987)
Myra Hinrichs, violin; Nicholas Jeffery, viola; Kelly Quesada, cello; Christopher Narloch, piano

Spring Recital
2020-03-22 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Students from Narloch Piano Studio perform.

Adult Student Recital
2020-03-06 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Adult students from Narloch Piano Studio perform.

Fuse Quartet
2020-02-15 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Fuse Quartet
Julian Velasco – soprano saxophone
Joseph Connor – alto saxophone
Christopher Forbes – tenor saxophone
David Schreck – baritone saxophone
Music by J.S. Bach, Edvard Grieg, William Albright, Fuminori Tanada, Joel Love, and Viet Cuong.
Bio:
Founded upon a shared passion for chamber music, collaboration, and education, Fuse Quartet is a nationally recognized group of musicians who met at Northwestern University. In addition to concerts of both new and old music for saxophone quartet, Fuse has collaborated with Grammy-winning artists such as Jennifer Higdon and Donald Nally to create dynamic multi-dimensional performances. Fuse is regularly engaged in performances in Evanston and the greater Chicago community.

Axiom Brass
2020-02-09 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Axiom Brass performs music by Monteverdi, Piazzolla, Calvert, and Faleris.
Donation is tax-deductible and supports musical education programming in Chicago. Axiom Brass is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a nonproﬁt arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of Axiom Brass must be made payable to Fractured Atlas only and are taxdeductible to the extent permitted by law.

Matthew Coley and Clare Longendyke
2020-02-08 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
“Tides and Riptides Concerto for Marimba” by Bjorn Berkhout
Hungarian Dances Nos 1-5 by J. Brahms, performed on cimbalom with piano
Matthew Coley is an internationally acclaimed performer and the founding executive/artistic director of Heartland Marimba (HM). Performing on marimba, percussion, hammered dulcimer/cimbalom, and glass, Matthew travels regularly bringing the beauty of the marimba’s singing wood and the diverse timbre of other percussion and dulcimers to many audiences. About his dulcimer performing it has been written that “Coley rips across the strings of the hammered dulcimer with abandon bordering on delirium!” (Linda Shapiro, Chicago Press Review). Matthew has performed in over 35 US states, 10 countries, and as a soloist with ensembles/organizations throughout the US and abroad including Clocks in Motion Percussion, Cedar Valley Chamber Music Festival, University of Denver Percussion Ensemble, Sudar Percussion of Croatia, San Francisco Sinfonietta, Kurpfalzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, and Moldavian Philharmonic and Teleradio Symphony Orchestras. Visit www.hearMatthewColey.com
Hailed a “superlative pianist,” (Journal of the IAWM), Clare Longendyke is a passionate soloist and chamber musician recognized for her colorful musicality, technical fluency, and ability to interpret repertoires across the musical spectrum. Clare made her orchestral debut in 2012 performing Bartók’s 3rd Piano Concerto. Clare has been featured in the Fazioli Series (Los Angeles), the Schubert Club of Minnesota’s Courtroom Concert Series, the Boston MFA’s SoundBites Series, and on Performance Today. Last season, Clare performed 50 concerts across the United States and in Europe, including two performances of Joan Tower’s Piano Concerto and solo recital performances in Paris, Italy, Minnesota, Maine, San Francisco, and Boston. This season’s highlights include recitals in Boston, Maine, Indianapolis, and a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra of Minnesota. Clare holds degrees from the Boston University College of Fine Arts, the École Normale de Musique in Paris, and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Visit www.clarelongendyke.com

Katrina Sudman and Vincent Catalano Piano Duo
2019-12-20 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Katrina Sudman and Vincent Catalano perform a four-hand piano program:
Franz Schubert: Sonata in C Major for Piano Four-Hands, D.812 “Grand Duo”
Cesar Franck: Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano (Transcribed for Piano-Four Hands by Alfred Cortot)
Italian pianist Vincent Catalano and American pianist Katrina Sudman met in Rome and quickly formed a piano duo. They have both performed at venues across Italy and the United States. They have each won titles in piano competitions including the 8th Concorso Nazionale di Cittá S.Angelo (Catalano: Pescara, Italy) and the International Piano Competition at the Festival of the Gulf (Sudman: Salerno, Italy). Sudman and Catalano both continue their studies with Carlo Maria Dominici in Rome, who was a student of Vladimir Horowitz and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.

Holiday Recital
2019-12-15 15:00 - 17:30 (America/Chicago) | Ravenswood Fellowship United Methodist Church, 4511 N. Hermitage Ave., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
Students of Narloch Piano Studio perform.

In C(hristmas)
2019-12-13 21:00 - 22:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Have you always been the only one celebrating minimalism during the holiday season? Come meet your friends! We are going to play the classic “In C” but with a Christmas twist by the one and only Carrie Freiley (Terry Riley arr. Carrie Frey)! There will be sheet music provided, warm drinks, and cookies! Bring more cookies if you want or just eat them.
This is not really a concert, it’s a chance to play this piece all together. Feel free to come late or leave early!
Late start for after gig availability!

Nika / Kieran Daly Group
2019-12-07 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
NIKA
compositions for Serge Modular Music System
https://soundcloud.com/nikasynth
KIERAN DALY GROUP

celebrating the publication of Plays Standards (CD, Printed Madacy Jazz)

Kieran Daly, electric guitar
Dustin Laurenzi, tenor saxophone
Jason Roebke, double bass
Phil Sudderberg, percussion
http://qwone.info

Lynx Project: Snapshots of Every Voice
2019-12-06 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Performers:
Carmenchú Dominguez, soprano
Caitleen Kahn, soprano
Hope Shepherd DeCelle, cello
Christina Giuca, piano
Program:
Four Songs for Soprano, Cello, and Piano — André Previn
Mercy
Stones
The Lacemaker
Když mne stará matka from Gypsy Songs — Antonin Dvořák
Wir Wandelten — Johannes Brahms
Von ewiger Liebe – Johannes Brahms
Die Nachtigall – Alban Berg
L’heure exquise – Reynaldo Hahn
Élégie – Jules Massenet
Les chemins de l’amour – Francis Poulenc
Del cabello más sutil – Fernando Obradors
Chiquitita la novia – Fernando Obradors

Composition Round-Table
2019-11-21 20:30 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Got a piece or a song you’re working on? Come share it with us! Get and give feedback and share ideas.
Pieces/songs/music/art of any genre are welcome.
Feel free to bring any instrument(s) you want, or none at all. Bring a score to discuss, or just an idea that’s rattling around in your head.

Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet
2019-11-17 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Fulton Street Collective, 1821 W Hubbard St Suite 307, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet (1985)
Myra Hinrichs, violin; Min Park, violin; Nicholas Jeffery, viola; Kelly Quesada, cello; Christopher Narloch, piano

Bow & Hammer
2019-11-15 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Bow & Hammer has a very provocative program this season, combining elements of folklore, improvisation, and popular styles within the familiar framework of Mozart, Ravel, and Bartok.
Ravel: Sonata No 2 for Violin and Piano
Mozart: Sonata in E minor for Piano and Violin
Bartók: Sonata No 2 for Violin and Piano

JUX + Zoulek
2019-11-09 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Juxtatonal [JUX], a theatrical new music voice and cello duo, teams up with saxophonist Nick Zoulek to explore the concepts of relevance and vulnerability through a playful yet meaningful contemporary music concert. The program includes new commissions from JUX’s latest Relevance Project and works from both of Zoulek’s albums (“Rushing Past Willow” and “Enter Branch”) in addition to works for all three performers.
JUX aims to legitimize playfulness on stage, find creativity in a recreative art, and connect with audiences through compositions that blur the lines between music, art, and theater. In the spirit of this mission, JUX commissioned 14 composers for new works responding to the concept of relevance. The compositions deal with issues of vulnerability, self, privilege, gender, age, and culture.
In addition to collaborating with JUX to perform three world premieres, Zoulek will share some of his own compositions. He explores new possibilities in saxophone performance, creating visceral tapestries of sound and has been praised as a “no-holds-barred engine of avant-garde exploration,” (Portland Press Herald) and “stunningly virtuosic, whatever the genre” (Wall Street Journal).
For more information about the artists, visit their websites: www.juxtatonal.com and www.nickzoulek.com

Riley Leitch
2019-11-08 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Performing his own solo works and improvisations.
William Riley Leitch is a Chicago area trombonist. Riley has performed at the Nief Norf Festival, soundSCAPE Festival, and the Lucerne Festival Academy where he studied with members of Ensemble Intercontemporain and Ensemble Modern. Riley has premiered over 20 new works for solo trombone, chamber ensemble, and orchestra with groups such as Ensemble Dal Niente and at events and venues such as Ear Taxi Festival and Red Note New Music Festival. His performance and composition focus on deconstructing tradition barriers between disciplines and between performers and audiences.

Adult Piano Student Recital
2019-11-01 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States

The Witching Hour
2019-10-28 21:00 - 22:30 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Indulge your love of the bizarre, the spooky, the macabre with multimedia performances that will make your spine tingle and your skin crawl. Join us if you dare.
What is being performed?
The music will range from the unsettling to the downright creepy, with a little bit of #3spooky5me in between to cleanse your palate.
Can I wear a costume?
You call it a costume, we call it letting your true self out of the bag once a year… (so, yes, costumes encouraged).
Who’s behind me in the dark?
Idk, probably someone else who’s at this party?
Should I go into this dark room with the burned out light?
No. Literally never. Why.

Halloween Recital 2019
2019-10-27 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Students perform solo piano works from jazz to classical to downright spooky! Wear your costume!

Oasi Trio
2019-10-25 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Kathryn Vetter (clarinet), Claire Niederberger (violin), and Magnus Villanueva (piano) as the Oasi Trio present six world premieres by composers Will Healy, Paul Hwang, Clark Hubbard, Chelsea Komschiles, and Diana Marcela Rodriguez. All composers and performers are alumni of the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Cortona, Italy. The commissioned pieces vary in instrumentation with two trios, one trio with electronics, a solo violin piece, a solo clarinet piece, and a duo for clarinet and piano. These premieres showcase diverse styles including electroacoustic elements, music paired with an olfactory experience, and genre-mixing art-pop. Come join us for an evening of varied instrumentations and musical styles!
