$12 ADV / $15 DOS (General Admission)
7:30pm Show
Upright bassist Liz Draper, drummer Chris Hepola, and vocalist/keyboardist Crystal Myslajek unite to present two sets of genre-defying music spanning experimentalism; improvisation; and new expansive, reflective songs exploring geographical and environmental themes.
Bassist Liz Draper has played with everyone from Sub Pop's Grammy-nominated slowcore band Low to the Balkan folk group Orkestar Bez Ime, Righteous Babe artist Pieta Brown, Grammy Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers, and Smithsonian recording artist folk troubadour Charlie Parr. Draper grew up playing jazz and has a degree in classical bass performance. Her improvising led her to Brooklyn's SIM (School for Improvised Music 2003). Draper is a 2019 Giant Steps Fellow (San Francisco). She is a 2021 American Composers Forum awardee for her solo work, which can be described as "classicaldoomfolkjazz." Draper is currently touring with two-time Grammy-nominated songwriter Iris DeMent.
Chris Hepola is a drummer, pianist and songwriter based in Minneapolis. He organizes many ensembles including the House on Fire Band and The Real Chuck Norad and works to create musical environments that allow for open improvisation and personal expression.
Crystal Myslajek is a multi-instrumentalist, sound artist, and collaborator. She explores deep listening, the embodiment of sound, and connection through music. Inspired by minimalism; improvisation; field recordings; and pop, post-classical, jazz, and ambient musics, she creates emotive dreamscapes and songs with spectral vocal loops and textural piano sketches.
