Etchings Festival Day 1 - Ecce Ensemble & King KlavE Trio at The Sanctuary at Look Park

The 17th Etchings Festival opens with an evening of new music and genre-defying collaboration featuring Ecce Ensemble and King KlavE Trio, comprised of Amaury Acosta, Mike King, and Morgan Guerin. The program includes newly commissioned works by Karaline Coates, Bryan Chiang, Grant Beale, and Alex Van Sant, alongside Toshio Hosokawa's Stunden-Blumen. At the center of the evening is Acosta's Pepe Suite, a large-scale work blending modern jazz ensemble writing, electronic sound, Afro-Cuban musical traditions, and the rhythmic influence of Chicago footwork culture. Ecce Ensemble's core members include violinist Jordan Hadrill, cellist Robbie Bui, flautist Lily Xie, clarinetist Barret Ham, and pianist Geoffrey Burleson, joined by percussionist Dennis Sullivan and alto saxophonist Philipp Stäudlin under the direction of Stratis Minakakis.