An "unconventional quartet" from Buffalo, NY, "The Evolution of the Arm" will be coming to Syracuse, NY as part of a Northeast tour celebrating the release of their new album.

Members of 315 Ensemble will open for The Evolution of the Arm, performing works by Chris Cresswell, Andrew Rodriguez, and Melissa Keeling.

More about "The Evolution of the Arm":

The Evolution of the Arm, having materialized from Buffalo's vibrant experimental music scene five years ago, now releases Telepathic Music Vol. 1, its first album of music improvised on the astral plane.

This album, the first in their series of Telepathic Music releases, is a document of that first group improvisation on the astral plane, and of many that followed. It lives in a wormhole between the known and the unknown, where the attitude of listening transcends the physical space between us.

The Evolution of the Arm first convened in November 2017 in Buffalo, NY under the creative auspices of Western New York expatriate Michael McNeill (keyboards, composition). Having worked together in various combinations in Wooden Cities, Buffalo Bach Project, and Parvenue, Mike called upon Megan Kyle (oboe, English horn), Evan Courtin (violin, voice), and Katie Weissman (cello, electronics) to join him in this new endeavor. Very quickly, the group decided to focus solely on their own compositions.

An unconventional quartet drawing on collective experience in classical, jazz, noise, theater music, and beyond, The Evolution of the Arm combines the subtle precision of notated concert music performance with the wild spontaneity of free improvisation, superimposing or moving seamlessly between these extremes in their original compositions. The instrumentation of oboe, piano, violin, and cello allows unique timbral amalgamations, while their heterodox approach to counterpoint and form manifest as a kind of doppelgänger of classical music—built from the flotsam and jetsam of Baroque intricacy and Romantic lyricism.