B’more Bridges Concert: Sam Pluta, laptop, electronics + John Dierker, woodwinds

Frederick Experimental Music Association will present B’more Bridges, a series of three concerts of improvised music, intermedia, and jazz, by renowned Baltimore artists at the YMCA of Frederick County’s Y Arts Center, located at 115 East Church Street in downtown Frederick, Maryland. Doors open for each concert at 7:30, with performances beginning at 8:00. Admission for each concert is $20 – no cards.

Baltimore has long been on the cutting edge of performing and visual arts, a status sustained by the artists included in B’more Bridges. Their reputation for uncompromising work extends far beyond the city, earning them national and international recognition in their respective fields. B’more Bridges is an opportunity to experience a cross section of one of the more vital arts communities in the US.

Friday, October 18
Sam Pluta, laptop, electronics + John Dierker, woodwinds

An internationally recognized pioneer in the art of live processing – taking the sounds produced in real-time by his collaborators, transforming them with advanced software, and mixing them into evolving improvisations – Sam Pluta moved to Baltimore several years ago to become the chair of the electronic music department at the Peabody Institute. Baltimore native John Dierker is a mainstay of the city’s creative music scene, his tenor saxophone and clarinets being a core ingredient to the avant-funk of Lafayette Gilchrist’s New Volcanoes, and beyond-category ensembles like Microkingdom and Quartet Offensive. This will be the duo’s first concert outside of Baltimore.