Vox Americana: Joel Harrison, Oliver Lake & Wendy Sutter January 29, 2009

Composer/guitarist Joel Harrison, Bang On a Can cellist Wendy Sutter and sax legend Oliver Lake explore the common ground among classical, jazz and roots music. Wendy Sutter will premiere Harrison's Sonata for solo cello. Oliver Lake will join Joel's ensemble for his award-winning commission from the Doris Duke Foundation of 'Vox Americana' with another ensemble firmly rooted in the chamber jazz. This medium gets taken one step further with Kaufman Center's Special Music School Chorus taking part in this multi-movement work exploring extended composition in an improvisational setting.