Line Upon Line will be joined by New York composer Sam Pluta with a new set of adventurous works for percussion. Among them, Pluta's static-infected piece Matrices warps percussion music almost beyond recognition. Join us for an exciting program featuring finely honed performances on metal, wood, skin, re-purposed consumer electronics, live video and state of the art signal processing.
About the Performance Series
The Austin Museum of Digital Art (AMODA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to engage the public and artists in the creation, understanding, and appreciation of digital art. The Performance Series is focused on presenting experimental music and digital performance art in a contemplative setting. More
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Sam Pluta is a composer and performer working in the realms of electronic, improvised, and notated musics. His works have been performed and commissioned by notable performers and groups including Wet Ink Ensemble, Yarn/Wire, Timetable Percussion, MIVOS Quartet, ICE, Dave Eggars, and So Percussion. He recently recorded and released an album of duos, entitled "sum and difference" with trumpeter Peter Evans and violinist Jim Altieri. As a laptop soloist, Sam has played his works in the US and Euro... More >>
Formed in 2009 at the University of Texas at Austin, line upon line percussion has set out to expand their repertoire through the commission of new works. The group's first disc, released in August 2011, contains four pieces written for the trio by Austin composers. In 2011, the trio was nominated for an Austin Critics' Table Award for Best Classical Ensemble. October 2011 brought the premiere of their project with architects Emily Little and Norma Yancey, "seeing times are not hidden," a site-s... More >>
