THIS is the album release show Patchwork never had back in 2020 and a reunion after taking several years off as a duo. Patchwork’s music collectively spans the gamut when it comes to sonic possibilities for saxophone and drum set. There are tastes, and even full servings, of prog rock, free jazz, noise, microtonal tuning, and much more.

All of the music was commissioned by and written specifically for Patchwork and three of the pieces are on the duo's self-titled album, released on New Focus Recordings.

Program:

Hong-Da Chin: ...time was not passing...it was turning in a circle... (2017)
     Osnat Netzer: Zwang und Zweifel (2017)
     Erin Rogers: Fast Love (2018)
     Jason Charney: Interstitch (2014)

Joshua Marquez opens the show and will be improvising a solo prepared guitar performance based on spectral investigations and microtonal harmonies.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Joshua Marquez

Philadelphia-based composer, improviser, and sound artist whose music explores the liminal space between tone/noise and digital/analog as a means to investigate the complexities and duality of Asian American identity in search of connection during a diaspora. Searing a sonic imprint of cultural identity, his explorations of the noise spectrum represent alienation and assimilation through the fusion and fission of disparate timbres. Marquez is described as a “harmonious conceptualist (Rival) who “offers a musical experience rarely heard” (EARMILK) as “upsetting and calming in equal measure” with atmospheres that “sink into your skin” (Prism Reviews). Hailed as "cutting-edge" (The Gazette), “expertly crafted” (We Write About Music), "haunting" (The Daily Iowan), and "creepy" (Fanfare Magazine), Marquez's polemic deconstruction and disintegration of sound aims to present music through a decolonized lens.

Marquez holds a PhD in composition from the University of Iowa in addition to an MM from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Joshua currently serves as a Resident Composer for the Saint Mary's College Summer Composition Intensive in Notre Dame, IN (2013-2025), having previously taught at the University of Iowa and the Preucil School of Music.

Currently Joshua is running a regular Sunday morning concert series called "Chilladelphia" (@chill.adelphia on Instagram) at Thunderbird Hall from 11am-1pm every week.

For more information, please visit www.joshuamarquez.com and @joshuamarquezmusic on Instagram.

Patchwork

Mutually interested in exploring a wide range of contemporary genres, Noa Even and Stephen Klunk formed Patchwork, a Cleveland-based saxophone and drum set duo that collaborates with composers to build an eclectic body of new music for their unique instrumentation. The duo has been described as demonstrating "astonishingly tight ensemble” by ClevelandClassical.com and "creating the effect of a hybrid solo instrument" by I Care if You Listen. Since forming the group in 2013, Noa and Stephen have enjoyed the process of working with Osnat Netzer, Erin Rogers, Hong-Da Chin, Jonn Sokol, Eric Wubbels, Nick Didkovsky, Charlie Wilmoth, Dan Tramte, and numerous other composers whose music reflects diverse influences and styles. Patchwork’s self-titled debut album, which features five commissioned works, will be released in May 2020 on New Focus Recordings.

Patchwork has been a guest ensemble on numerous college campuses, such as Peabody Conservatory, University of Texas - Austin, College-Conservatory of Music (University of Cincinnati), Washington University, and Ohio University, where they frequently combine performances with composer readings, master classes, and presentations. While Noa and Stephen primarily perform in the Rust Belt region, they have also brought their music to audiences in Toronto, Chicago, Boston, New York City, San Antonio, Austin, and Omaha. During the 2018-2019 season, Patchwork collaborated with Cleveland's No Exit New Music Ensemble on two world premieres by Ohio-based composers.