Elsa Nilsson: Band of Pulses

($20-$30 | 7pm show) Flautist, composer, and educator Elsa Nilsson brings her award-winning group of artistic collaborators *Band of Pulses* to The Century Room.

Elsa Nilsson (flute, FX) Santiago Leibson (piano) Marty Kenney (bass) Rodrigo Recabarren (drums)

**Band of Pulses**

***Many species use sound to communicate. Elsa Nilsson, Santiago Leibson, Marty Kenney and Rodrigo Recabarren asked themselves; what is the line that makes sound music? If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then isn’t music in the ear of the listener? As they listened to words around them they became enchanted with the subtleties in the sounds of voices. It began with Rodrigo playing rhythms along with speeches where he wanted to accentuate the meanings of what was being said. He sent Elsa Maya Angelou’s “On the Pulse Of Morning” full of rocks, rivers and trees. Elsa fell in love with the deep musicality present in every sound. She listened and heard echoes of Ornette Coleman in how Maya Angelou ended her phrases. She heard thematic development and musical build in the pitch materials.***