Kaufman Music Center – Bridges: Trevor New at Merkin Hall

At this interactive, multimedia, multidisciplinary performance, New will play with sounds from the in-person and virtual audience, create a telematic music instrument petting zoo, give the in-person audience musical control, and virtually bring in performers from around the U.S. This performance is about all the ways we can and are connected.Trevor New is a classically trained and self-taught electro-acoustic violist based in Brooklyn who is known for creating and performing intuitive and scored soundscapes that evoke a cinematic journey. He is a performer, composer, sound designer, engineer/producer and educator working with leading artists, composers and developers of music technology. Trevor is driven by the exploration of diverse music formats: found sounds, live looping, modular synthesis, digital processing methods, film, orchestra. His passion is creating new music that explores contrasting styles, timbres and performance approaches hence a devotion to electro-acoustic viola blended with classical elements. As Immersive performances continue to rapidly emerge Trevor is actively at the forefront both as an artist, musician, mentor and technologist.$10 student tickets are available by phone or in person. Call the box office at 212 501 3330.