Event Title: UNITY: New Chamber Music for Reeds by Peter Dayton

Event Date/Time: Thursday, January 9, 2025, 7:00pm-9:00pm

Event Location: The Club Car Baltimore, 12 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201

Ticket Price: $15/person

Additional Information: Wheelchair accessible

Ticketing Page link: https://bit.ly/unity1925

Description:

A reunion in Baltimore for the first time of composer Peter Dayton's queer friends and chosen family for a celebration of music for saxophones/reeds! Featuring Missouri-based saxophonist Nick May, Illinois-based saxophonist Kyle Blake Jones, North Carolina-based multi-instrumentalist Ronnal Ford, and Balitmore-based pianist Aaron Thacker performing new music by Peter Dayton, all in one space to give epic performances of music that has unity of design as its focus and the unity that music-making brings as its purpose. Includes multiple world premieres of saxophone chamber music composed by Peter Dayton.

Program:
-Unity (Fanfare)* for Soprano Sax, Alto Sax, and Bass Clarinet/Tenor Sax (2024)
-Sonata, for Soprano Sax & Piano (2022)
-Trio, for Soprano Sax, Bass Clarinet, and Piano (2024)*
~Intermission~
-Sonata, for Alto Sax & Piano (2019/2020)*

*indicates a world premiere

This concert is supported by the Maryland State Arts Council. https://msac.org