The OMNI Ensemble Plays a Holiday Wind & Electronics Concert at <9B9>

THE OMNI ENSEMBLE CONTINUES ITS 40th SEASON WITH A HOLIDAY WIND AND ELECTRONIC CONCERT!

The OMNI Ensemble is continuing its 40th season with a debut performance at the Art Space <9B9> on Saturday evening, December 17, 2022 at 8:00 pm. Music Director/Flutist David Wechsler will be joined by a woodwind quintet playing Darius Milhaud’s La Cheminée Du Roy René, Michael Brecker’s Sea Glass, and holiday music followed by electronic pieces. Musicians featured are David Wechsler- flutes & WX-7, Matt Sullivan, oboe/english horn electronics; Jeff Adler, clarinet/native American flutes; Gilbert DeJean, bassoon; Eric Davis, horn, & David Forman, electronic percussion. Refreshments will be served! Art Space <9B9> is affiliated with the 2B&2C: The Ken Cro-Ken Memorial Foundation. Masks will not be required this concert. Masks and face coverings will be encouraged, but they will be optional.Audience members are not required to show proof of full vaccination in order to attend this event.Tickets for the event are $25.00, $15.00 for students and seniors.

Tickets are available in advance on the OMNI Ensemble website www.theomniensemble.org or from Eventbrite at https://omnidec17.eventbrite.com or at the door prior to the performance. For more info or reservations please call 718/859-8649.<9B9> is located at 9 Avenue B, just north of Houston Street close to the F train at the Second Avenue stop. The

OMNI Ensemble is a chamber music created to perform programs of enormous variety, with music ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century, including Western classical music, jazz, and electronic and improvised music, all designed to provide their audience with a musical experience not ordinarily encountered in a single music event. Since its inception in 1983 the group has featured many guest artists including multi instrumentalist/composer David Amram, performance artist John Kelley, Singer Erika Banks, Kumongo player Jin Hi Kim, Saxophonist Roy Nathanson, Mezzo Sopranos Catherine Ciesinski and Charlotte Hellekant, Harpsichordists Gerald Ranck and Rebecca Pechefsky, and keyboardist Marco Benevento. The group has commissioned works by David Lang, Lee Hyla, Allen Shearson, & Michael Bushnell, and performed new pieces by Jim Lahti, Eric Klein, and David Wechsler. This concert is made possible, in part with funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, The New York State Council on the Arts, and Con Edison.