In their 2018 tour, The Progression Ensemble will premiere six new works written for them by composers Gene Pritsker, Dan Cooper, Christopher Cook, Eric Despard Michael Dilthey and Bjorn Bolstad Skjelbred. Experiential Media Artist and EMPAC faculty member, Shawn Lawson, will live code real time computer graphics for all the works at Spectrum and Time and Space Limited. This multimedia event takes advantage of all the video possibilites that these venues offer.

Works to be premiered:
Gene Pritsker – “If Her Waters Flow Not in Perpetual Progression” (2017)
Dan Cooper – work not yet titled (2018) Christopher Cook – “Spectrum” (2018) Eric Despard – “Space Moving In – Space Moving Out” (2018)
Michael Dilthey – “Trio” (2017) Bjorn Bolstad Skjelbred – “The Thin Line” (2017) Norwegian Composer Bjorn Bolstad Skjelbred will be flying in from Oslo to attend and speak at the first five performances.

2018 Tour Schedule:
7:PM Friday April 20, Time and Space Limited, 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY
11:AM Saturday April 21, Troy Public Library, 100 Second Street, Troy, NY 2 PM Saturday April 21, Albany Public Library, 161 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 7 PM Saturday April 21, Our Lady of Grace Church, 73 Midline Road, Ballston Lake, NY
6:PM Sunday April 22, Spectrum, 70 Flushing Ave., Brooklyn Composers Concordance “Art of Sound Festival”
5:PM Sunday June 10, Shapeshifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Brooklyn
5 PM Sunday October 13, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, 1701 Main Street, Peekskill
Travel funding has been provided by Music Norway, Norwegian Society of Composers and Southern Vermont College.

The Progression Ensemble consists of Accordionist Rocco Anthony Jerry, Guitarist Eric Despard and Cellist Michael Gilbert Ronstadt. The group specializes in contemporary classical music and is focused on presenting to the public the newest music by leading composers.

Further information at: 2018Progression.pdf