Snek Trio (photos by Liam Francis Shanley)

Ipek Eginli (photo by Steve West)

For this week’s Improvised Music Series we are welcoming back Snek Trio featuring Janna Lee on vocals & effects, Reid Karris on prepared guitars, and Erik Sowa on drums and percussion.

For the second set we have Ipek Eginli, a Turkish-American experimental sound artist and improviser, who describes her music-making as “a process of a creation and a creation of a process.” Her ever-evolving creative process involves electroacoustic free improvisation on piano, voice, modular synthesizers, and no-input mixing boards. Eginli’s work is often described as adventurous, daring, playful, and vibrant.

8:30pm Snek Trio

9:30 pm Ipek Eginli

$15 / $10 w/ Student ID -
Tickets Available at the Door

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Snek Trio combines elements of free improvisation, psychedelic rock and experimental noise to create ethereal soundscapes and visceral rhythms for a party you can also dance at. Janna Lee – vocals & effects. Reid Karris – prepared guitars. Erik Sowa – drums & percussion

Ipek Eginli is a Turkish-American experimental sound artist and improviser who describes her music-making as “a process of a creation and a creation of a process.” Her ever-evolving creative process involves electroacoustic free improvisation on piano, voice, modular synthesizers, and no-input mixing boards. Eginli’s work is often described as adventurous, daring, playful, and vibrant. Watching her perform, one can witness a dynamic sonic exploration, effortlessly shifting between organic and mechanical sounds while evoking a range of emotions, from tender and soft to dark and explosive. She explores the convergence of acoustic and electronic sounds, blurring and, at times, overemphasizing the lines between the two to create surprising sonic illusions and interactions. Her electroacoustic solo debut album and a live improvised duet album with cellist Daniel Levin are set to be released in June 2024, coinciding with her invitation to perform at the New York Electroacoustic Music Festival and her solo northeast US tour. In 2023, Eginli was awarded a composer-performer residency at the Westben Centre for Connection & Creativity in Canada. During the same year, she also received a prestigious grant from the largest theater company in the southeast, the Alliance Theater, as the lead artist for the multimedia project “Hold on To Your Names.” As an entrepreneur and educator, she serves as the founder and director of PianoAlpharetta, a renowned piano academy located in Georgia, USA. This academy, with its 15-year-old history, offers comprehensive piano education to over 400 students, providing them with a forward-looking and creativity-fostering approach. Eginli holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in piano performance from the University of Georgia, with a research emphasis on piano pedagogy. She also holds a master's degree in piano performance from Purchase College, State University of New York, and a Bachelor’s degree from Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory in her hometown Istanbul, Turkey. In the last two decades, Eginli has performed hundreds of solo, chamber, and orchestral performances at various renowned venues and festivals across Turkey, Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, and numerous cities in the United States.