CIMMFest Presents: Emanation - A Percussion Event

CIMMFest Presents: Emanation – A Percussion Event will take place at The First Ward Chop Shop on April 16th @ 7pm. This concert will broadcast the home grown talents and ideas that have helped the Chicago music scene develop over recent years.

This year, CIMMFest offers a three part percussion concert that showcases different styles and idioms of the percussion world. Curated by Thomas Benko (Blue Man Group, Chicago Bears Drumline, Minor Characters), all aspects of percussion have deep roots in Chicago from the many drum companies that were founded and have prospered here to the many phenomenal bands, players, productions and composers that call this city home to the excellent music education of the locals schools and universities.

Odd River Trio (Kevin Hanrahan, Logan Ball, Colin Walker) is from Texas, but originates in Chicago will start the show with the mercurial and whimsical works of Chicago born composer Mark Applebaum. The show will segue to Benko/Sokol Duo (Thomas Benko, Alex Sokol) and will showcase a percussionist’s adaptation of Alex Sokol’s original music using an electro-acoustic kit.

The capstone piece, Emanation, will feature eight of today’s Chicago working musicians. These performers include Chris Hainey (Maps and Atlases), Nora Barton (Mucca Pazza), Colin Campbell (Le Tour, The Throne: A Drumming Podcast), Shawn Rios (Stolen Silver), Scott Simon (The Stampede, Low Swans), Brandon Runyon (Lost Years) and Shelby Pollard (Minor Characters). Emanation, written by Shelby Pollard, Scott Simon and Thomas Benko is set to video (Brock Alter and Alex Sokol) and tells a story of the average man dealing with the mundane daily life routine and fighting that want to escape societal boundaries to find a more impact full life.

Tickets are $12 advance and $10 at the door. http://cimmfest.org/