Ben Richter: VAALBARA
Sat, Mar 22
|Epsilon Spires
For their residency closing concert at Epsilon Spires, Ben Richter of Ghost Ensemble is joined by special guest cellist Laura Cetilia and bassist Mike Bullock to premiere new music for our Historic Estey organ, quarter-tone accordion, and low strings.
Time & Location
Mar 22, 2025, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Ben Richter presents the world premiere of a new concert-length experimental work for organ, quarter-tone accordion, and low strings. Special guests include cellist Laura Cetilia and bassist Mike Bullock.
As a daughter of mixed heritage, Mexican-American musician Laura Cetilia is at home with in-betweenness, straddling multiple worlds as cellist / composer / educator / collaborator while working within acoustic / electronic / traditional / experimental sound practices. Her compositions and recordings have been described as “unorthodox loveliness” (Boston Globe) and hailed as “alternately penetrating and atmospheric” (Sequenza 21). In Moons, she performs and composes works created by the all-female quartet. Their eponymous album (Editions Verde) was listed as “Best Contemporary Classical Music” on Bandcamp in November 2024. Laura also plays in n/ether (with cellist Hannah Soren), noeplace (with Nomi Epstein, piano), and Mem1 (est. 2003 with Mark Cetilia, electronics). With her group Ordinary Affects, she has collaborated with, commissioned and…
Tickets
Ben Richter: VAALBARA
$20.00Sliding-ScaleTicket
Ticket for one to Ben Richter: VAALBARA General Admission is $20. Thanks to a generous grant from the Ben and Jerry’s Foundation, subsidized sliding-scale tickets are available for those who self-identify as experiencing financial hardship. In order to make this program accessible for all, we are offering tickets by sliding scale. Taking equity and inclusion into account, please pay what you can to help support the venue and artists.
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