Sharp/Bryerton Duo & Ratchet Trio + Bryerton

Resonance Arts presents this special concert of new/improvised music featuring Charles Sharp (woodwinds) from LA! Charles will be performing in a variety of small ensembles. The Ratchet Trio with Michael Perkins (keys), Ausberto Acevedo (bass) and Jeff Chan (winds) with special guest Jerome Bryerton (percussion) rounds out the bill.

RA is pleased to be partnering with Marz Community Brewing Company to present this event, which is free admission!

About the Musicians:

Charles Sharp
Charles Sharp is a multi-instrumentalist and composer whose work has been recorded on UCLA Ethnomusicology Artist Series, Big As Records, Acoustic Levitation, Empty Cellar, and Ictus Records. He has a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from University of California, Los Angeles and he teaches at California State University, Fullerton. His teaching and research focuses on American music as well as improvisational and experimental music. His writing has been published in the Black Music Research, Journal for the Society of American Music, Pacific Review of Ethnomusicology, and Oxford University Press.

Ratchet Trio is keyboardist Michael Perkins, bassist Ausberto Acevedo and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Chan. The ensemble is a collective of improvising musicians informed by multiple contemporary performance practices and traditions, including classical music, rock, free improvisation and jazz.

Ratchet Trio will be joined by Jerome Bryerton (drumset/percussion), who has contributed his percussive strategies to local and international improv ensembles. He has worked with leading figures of improvisational music including Wolfgang Fuchs, Tony Bevan, John Butcher and Guillermo Gregorio, to name only a few. Jerome appears on releases by the Balance Point Acoustics and Free Music Productions labels, among others.

About Resonance Arts
Resonance Arts is committed to providing opportunities for performing artists and audiences to connect in spaces across the Chicago area. We elevate and prioritize multidisciplinary, progressive, and unconventional performances, with specific attention paid to amplifying new, emerging, and underrepresented creative voices. www.resonancearts.org