April 22nd, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

This concert will feature four installation works created by School of Music Graduate Composition student Lowell Fuchs over the past year. 

Beer and wine reception to follow. 

Featuring:

Victor Pons, guest artist 
Joan Hedrick, voice 
Megan Makeever Ali, flute 
Julian Ward, flute
Andrew Savage, horn 
Isaac Ward, horn
Gavin Tranter, trumpet
Andrew Beach, double bass 
Isaac Pyatt, percussion 
Lowell Fuchs, performer 


ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Lowell Gerard Fuchs (b. 1993, Atlanta) is a multimedia artist who resides in Greensboro, NC. As an explorer of sound, sculpture, improvisation, and socially engaged art, Lowell’s curiosity in conceptual ideas shepherds his work in various directions. From graphic art constructed from oil stains, to multimedia works conceived from theories in neuroscience on reality and consciousness, a fascination of human perception, impermanence, and social practice are the cornerstones to his work. 

His recent works include, MAYA (commissioned by saxophonist Reese Burgan, VDAY Global Organization, and Lone Star College Montgomery - Houston, TX), People (commissioned by pianist James W. Iman, Pittsburgh, PA), Oil Stained America (performed by loadbang), and AMERICAN BEAUTY (commissioned by Bent Frequency, Atlanta, GA). His music has been heard at New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, Atlanta’s SoundNOW Contemporary Classical Music Festival, Boston’s Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice, Charlotte New Music Festival, the XXII Festival Eduardo Mata in Oaxaca, Mexico, and elsewhere.

Currently, Lowell is working with Charlotte New Music Festival as Production Manager while attending the University of North Carolina Greensboro for a MM in Music Composition and teaching as an Adjunct Instructor at Virginia Tech. He holds a Teaching Assistant position and was awarded a Graduate Fellowship at UNCG. Lowell received his B.M. degree from Georgia State University and held a University Assistantship at GSU’s School of Music and was awarded Lucille Allen Memorial Scholarship (2013-2015). His principle composition teachers include Mark Engebretson (2016), Alejandro Rutty (2017), Mischa Salkind-Pearl (16-17), Robert Scott Thompson (2014-2015) and Brent Milam (2013-2014). He also studied closely with composer Nickitas Demos (2012-2015), percussionist Stuart Gerber (2011-2014), and visual artist Lee Walton (2017-2018). 

http://www.lowellgerardfuchs.com/


Modern percussionist Victor Pons "stretches the bounds of electronics and vibraphone" -ArtsATL. He is dedicated to advancing new music in confluence with today’s technological trends. The Goat Farm Arts Center describes him as being “amongst the radicals reshaping musical parameters.” His particular interest is in performing new works with live electronics with an emphasis on vibraphone. He boldly demonstrated his expertise in a solo program with electronics entitled Ampere, which was premiered at the Goat Farm Arts Center in May 2013. The premiere of this groundbreaking program drew critical attention and established for him an identifiable public signature as a solo artist. In 2013 he was honored as one of Atlanta’s 30 under 30 for his work with vibraphone and electronics. In 2014 he was selected for three performances at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2015 his lecture recital “Ampere: Performing Intuitively With Electronics” was presented at Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium in Montreal, QC. In 2016 Ampere made it’s PASIC debut in a clinic format.

Victor as a soloist has given both world and USA premieres through collaboration with notable electroacoustic composers: Karlheinz Essl, Laurent Durupt, Octavi Rumbau Masgrau, Baljinder Sekhon, II and Adam Scott Neal. He has also worked closely with groups Chamber Cartel and Duo Links in electroacoustic chamber premieres.

Victor has a unique background in percussion performance, electroacoustic studio techniques and sound art. He has studied Max/MSP, SuperCollider, Csound, advanced electroacoustic studio techniques, classical recording techniques and computer music under the mentoring of Robert Scott Thompson, Heinrich Taube, Sever Tipei, Guy Garnett and Scott Wyatt. 

Aside from his work with electronics he is also a former member of the McCormick Percussion Group, with which he can be heard on multiple recordings including Music of Gui Sook Lee, Concerti For Strings With Percussion Orchestra, and Concerti For Piano With Percussion Orchestra. Also, he can be heard on the next record released by the McCormick Percussion Group, which is currently in production. He has also performed in new music groups: Chamber Cartel, Bent Frequency, NOBROW.collective, Clibber Jones Ensemble, and Illinois Modern Ensemble. 

Victor received his Bachelors in Music performance from the University of South Florida, both his Masters in Music performance and Artist Certificate from Georgia State University, and is currently a Performance and Literature DMA candidate (ABD) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His primary mentors were Robert McCormick and Stuart Gerber, William Moersch and Ricardo Flores. 

Victor is a member of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS), serves on the Music Technology Committee of PAS, served on the Executive Committee as Secretary/Treasurer for the Illinois Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society, is a USA ambassador for Resta-Jay Percussions, and a Black Swamp Percussion Artist. Victor is an Instructor of Percussion and Computer Applications in Music at Georgia State University, Instructor of Percussion at Talladega College, Atlanta International School and the Westminster Schools. 

https://www.vicpons.com/