The duo of Susie Ibarra and Brian Chase brings together two drummers expanding the vocabulary and artistic range of their instrument. Influences range from world folk traditions to the contemporary avant-garde; as a result, drums and percussion receive new treatment in expressing rhythm, texture, and mood. For their set together, Susie and Brian will perform a series of intertwined solos and duets. This concert program is very special as it brings together a lineage of teacher and student. Milford Graves was a principal teacher for Susie Ibarra, and Susie Ibarra was a principal teacher for Brian Chase. The relationship of teacher and student at this level is one that is everlasting.

Composer/Percussionist Susie Ibarra creates music that explores rhythm, indigenous music, sound installation, interactive art, and acoustic /electronic instrumentation. Ibarra is a Yamaha, Paiste and Vic Firth Drum Artist. She is a 2014 TED Senior Fellow, and in 2017 was named one of the Best Percussionists in Downbeats Critics Poll. Ibarra’s work in 2017-18 includes Fragility: An Exploration of Polyrhythms, commissioned by Asia Society in partnership with Pioneer Works; Perception, an album recorded with DreamTime Ensemble on Decibel Collective; and a commission for Kronos String Quartet in partnership with Carnegie Hall. Ibarra has performed with luminaries such as Pauline Oliveros, NEA heritage artist Danongan Kalanduyan, John Zorn, Wadada Leo Smith, Dave Douglas, Tania Léon, Ikue Mori, Yusef Komunyakaa, Yuka Honda, Sylvie Courvoisier, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, YoshimiO, Tarek Atoui, Trisha Brown, Derek Bailey, Marc Ribot, Jennifer Choi, Craig Taborn, Mali singer songwriter Mamadou Kelley and Hamdcha Sufi Group of Fez, Morocco.

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Brian Chase is a drummer and composer living in Brooklyn. His diverse range of work includes that with Grammy nominated rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the community of the New York experimental music scene, and his solo project, Drums and Drones. Performances have taken him across the world and throughout NYC to such notable venues as the Sydney Opera House, UK’s Reading and Leeds Festivals, Toronto’s X Avant Festival, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Stone, among many more. Recorded works include several with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, three full lengths with Drums and Drones, and countless more as an ensemble member and supporting musician. Regular collaborators on the improvised music scene include Zeena Parkins, Anthony Coleman, Catherine Sikora, Jeremiah Cymerman, and Chris Cochrane. In June 2018, Brian launched his own record label, Chaikin Records. The label’s first release was Drums and Drones: Decade, a triple album and 144 page book culminating the first ten years of the Drums and Drones project.

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