HERE BE MONSTERS IS

• A five-hour show of Austin's indie-classical music scene

• 15 performances including 11 world premieres by Austin composers featuring: Invoke, Montopolis, Kraken Quartet, Density512, Golden Hornet, LOLA, One Ounce Opera, Convergence, Goliath Was Bigfoot, Tom Echols, Less Than <10 Music, Nathan Felix, VAMP, Studio A, and Tetractys New Music

• Designed to reveal and celebrate the unique culture and identity of Austin's music creators

• Taking place on Saturday, May 27, 2023, 5 - 10pm at Butterfly Bar, 2307 Manor Rd.

Join us for Here Be Monsters, hosted by Tetractys New Music.

A portion of HERE BE MONSTERS is taking place outside and is a rain or shine event. No refunds for inclement weather.

Tetractys New Music is proud to present NYC flutist Laura Cocks in a solo show featuring music written by some of the most exciting composers in the new music community.

Laura Cocks is a flutist with “febrile instrumental prowess” (The New York Times), who works in a wide array of environments as a performer of experimental music and “creates intricate, spellbinding works that have a visceral physicality to them” (Foxy Digitalis). 

She is the Executive Director and flutist of TAK ensemble “one of the most prominent ensembles in the United States practicing truly experimental music” (I Care If You Listen) with whom Laura makes musics "that combine crystalline clarity with the disorienting turbulence of a sonic vortex.” (WIRE Magazine). 

PROGRAM

Emergent (2014) for solo flute and live electronics
George Lewis

You’ll see me return to the city of fury (2017) for solo flute and live electronics
DM R

strange gods (2023) for solo flute
Laura Cocks

Oxygen and Reality (2017) for solo piccolo, hardware, balloons, and electronics
Bethany Younge

Spiritus (2018) for solo flute
Jessie Cox

four pieces of virtual chamber music (2021) for solo flute and ensembles
Weston Olencki

Tetractys New Music is proud to present the thrilling and formidable new music duo andPlay in concert for one night only at Crashbox Theater! Join us for an amazing night of string music including a world premiere by Tetractys’ own James Parker.

andPlay is Maya Bennardo, violin and Hannah Levinson, viola

Program

Apennine (2022) World Premiere, James Parker

My Loves are in America (2019), Carolyn Chen

Prisma Interius VIII (2018), Catherine Lamb

In collaboration with Northwest Vista College’s Department of Music, Tetractys New Music is proud to present the Jack Stone Award Winner’s Concert.

The The Jack Stone Award is a national composition competition for community college student composers, culminating in a performance and master class.

Jack Stone Award Winner’s Performance

Program

Train Ride Memories (2020), Kurtis Roush

XP (2020), Tim Naples

Return (2020), Kailey Martinelli

Cave of Hollows (2021), Zander Furrow

Just a Collision (2021), SAMINA

Rhythm Song (2021), Tristan Scott

Join us as we host our friends at HUB New Music on Friday, September 25 for a live streamed concert! After the show we’ll have a zoom-style hang out with the performers and members of Team Tetractys.

STREAM LINK: https://youtu.be/u0nrm2H_fCg

Called “contemporary chamber trailblazers” by the Boston Globe, Hub New Music — composed of flute, clarinet, violin, and cello — is forging new pathways in 21st-century repertoire. The ensemble’s ambitious commissioning projects and “appealing programs” (New Yorker) celebrate the rich diversity of today’s classical music landscape. In recent seasons, HNM’s performances have been described as “gobsmacking” (Cleveland Classical), “innovative” (WBUR), and “the cutting edge of new classical music” (Taos News).

HUB New Music

Michael Avitabile, flute
Nicholas Brown, clarinet
Alyssa Wang, violin
Jesse Christeson, cello

Program

Wavelengths, Takuma Itoh

Rogue Emoji, Kati Agocs

Cappricio, Michael Ippolito

Our second concert of the season will feature the extraordinary new music duo Transient Canvas. The bass clarinet and marimba “tour de force” will perform works that were written specifically for them and will include the world premiere of a new work by Tetractys Executive Director, Chris Prosser.

Program:

a long the / riverrun (2019), Nicholas Denton-Protsack

Robounds (2016), Jonathan Bailey Holland

\ very / specifically vague (2017), Emily Koh

Cold Column, Calving (2016) Clifton Ingram

resonance imaging (2016) Crystal Pascucci

Origami (2012), Marti Epstein

Monochrome (2014), Keith Kirchoff

Bonus Track (2020) World Premiere, Christopher Prosser

Performances by:

Transient Canvas - Amy Advocat, bass clarinet & Matt Sharrock, marimba

Tetractys New Music is thrilled to host New York-based new music duo RighteousGIRLS in Austin for one night only as they present an incredible program of new music by some of today’s most exciting and influential composers.

RighteousGIRLS are:

Gina Izzo, flute

Erika Dohi, piano

Program

the light in (2019), Stephen Downing

KARakurENAI (2007), Andy Akiho

21 Reimagined (2009), RighteousGIRLS / Andy Akiho

21 (2009), Andy Akiho (arr. RighteousGIRLS)

We’re kicking off our 5th season with a bang featuring a Composer Portrait of legendary New York composer and new Austin resident, Annie Gosfield!

Program:

Daughters of the Industrial Revolution (2011)
Long Wave and Random Pulses (2012)
Burn Again With a Low Blue Flame (2011)
Flying Sparks and Heavy Machinery (2000)

Performances by:

Nick Montopoli, violin
Leigh Wallenhaupt, violin
Karli Leal, viola
Matt Armbruster, cello
Sean Harvy, percussion
Tim Shuster, percussion
Taylor Eddinger, percussion
Andrew Dobos, percussion

Oasi Trio is passing through Austin on their very first concert tour, and we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to host this exciting and dynamic new music trio as they present a concert of five newly commissioned works by emerging composers!

Oasi Trio is:

Kathryn Vetter, clarinet
Claire Niederberger, violin
Magnus Villanueva, piano

Program:

Clark Hubbard: Different Lenses
Paul Hwang: flow
Clark Hubbard: Light Cycles
Will Healy: Speaking
Chelsea Komschlies: Alkemia

This new concert initiative featuring Austin's premiere new music ensemble Hear No Evil, will present three newly commissioned pieces written by three different Austin composers in different stages of their careers.

Program

fovo komma (2019) World Premiere, Mack Hoxie

Selections from Mystery Variations on a Theme by Colombi

“…like a shadow that clings to my footsteps.” (2019) World Premiere, Aaron Sanchez

Garden of Love (2002), JacobTV

Curiosity Cabinet (2019) World Premiere, Graham Reynolds

Hear No Evil
Marley Eder, flute
Shih-Yen Chen, clarinet
Monica Kang, piano
Cory Fica, percussion
Christabel Lin, violin
James Burch, cello

Also featuring

Kyle Blake Jones, soprano saxophone
Matt Armbruster, cello
Megg Rose, soloist, ASL interpreter

Golden Hornet's Young Composer Concert invites Austin-area youth ages 12–18 to compose original pieces of music with the guidance of a professional mentor and as part of a collective production team. A professional ensemble then performs student pieces, with the participant work reaching new audiences—such as those listening to KMFA and KUTX. 

For 2018, we are collaborating with the Austin Symphony and 250 other artists to celebrate the great Leonard Bernstein through Bernstein 100 Austin. 

Students selected to participate will receive various benefits for their contributions. The third annual rendition of this concert will take place on March 25, 2018.

Join us for our second composer portrait—featuring the music of composer Sam Lipman.

PROGRAM

Birds of Paradise for soprano saxophone
Shawna Pennock, soprano saxophone

Film Excerpts: 

• Tributaries: produced/directed by Dwight Adair

• Glow: produced/directed by Andrew Allen

• Southwest Of Salem: produced/directed by Deborah Esquenazi

Intermission

Chiaroscuro for clarinet and piano
Nick Galuban, clarinet
Robert McDonald, piano

Homecoming for pierrot ensemble plus percussion and soprano

Nick Goodwin, flute; Nick Galuban, clarinet; Kendall Floyd, percussion; Robert McDonald, piano; Nick Montopoli, violin; Matt Armbruster, cello; Abigail Jackson, soprano

Jazz Tunes: 

• Moanin' by Bobby Timmons
• Skylark by Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael
• This I Dig Of You by Hank Mobley

Sam Lipman, tenor saxophone, Chris Maresh, bass, Brannen Temple, drums

The Tetractys New Music Concert Series and multimedia artist Yuliya Lanina present a collaborative performance of new works featuring the world premiere of Within, Above and Beyond, a twenty-minute audio-visual performance by Yuliya Lanina with music composed by award-winning Austin-based composer Russell Pinkston. The program also includes the world premiere of Tetractys’ 7th commissioned work entitled Madrigal Zero, for flute, clarinet, bassoon, steel-string guitar, and voices by Austin-based composer Michael Zapruder, as well as Ted Hearne’s Furtive Movements, for cello and percussion, and Last Hymn, for vibraphone and electronics by Paola Prestini.

Online ticket are available for $10 and can be purchased at tetractysnewmusic.com and through ticketfly. Sliding scale admission of $5 to $20 at the door. Credit card and cash accepted.

The Tetractys New Music Concert Series and multimedia artist Yuliya Lanina present a collaborative performance of new works featuring the world premiere of Within, Above and Beyond, a twenty-minute audio-visual performance by Yuliya Lanina with music composed by award-winning Austin-based composer Russell Pinkston. The program also includes the world premiere of Tetractys’ 10th commissioned work entitled Polysong, for flute, clarinet, bassoon, steel-string guitar, and voices by Austin-based composer Michael Zapruder, as well as Ted Hearne’s Furtive Movements, for cello and percussion, and Last Hymn, for vibraphone and electronics by Paola Prestini.

Sliding scale admission of $5 to $20 at the door. Credit card and cash accepted.

James Parker
Teaching us to be Human Again (world premiere)

Michael Mikulka
Emerge (world premiere)

Intermission

Hakki Cengiz Eren
Warped Clocks (world premiere)

Alexandra Gardner
The Way of Ideas

Program

Michael Gordon: Tree-Oh
Eve Beglarian: Testy Pony
Russell Podgorsek: Flavour Symmetries (World Premiere)
Eve Beglarian: Landscaping for Privacy
Judd Greenstein: At the end of a really great day

You can also buy tickets at the door of the show. If you are a student, please make sure to bring your student ID with you.

Yevgeniy Sharlat
Spun

Jon Fielder
The Mind is Its Own Beautiful Prisoner (world premiere)

Intermission Party
Featuring the electronic stylings of Command Q

Eve Beglarian
Testy Pony
Landscaping for Privacy

Julius Eastman
Stay On It 

We're excited to be performing at the Blanton's Beat The Rush concert. So skip the traffic and get your new music on!