Composer/guitarist Rez Abbasi discusses his commission for PRISM Quartet's Guitar Heroes

Описание: For more than 40 years, the all-sax PRISM Quartet has redefined the artistic boundaries of its medium, with collaborators ranging from PARTCH, So Percussion, Piffaro, The Crossing, Inti-Illimani, Ethel, and BMOP to leading jazz artists Melissa Aldana, Jason Moran, Susie Ibarra, Arturo O’Farrill, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Miguel Zenón, and Joe Lovano. PRISM has worked across disciplines with several dance companies, stage directors, interactive filmmakers, poets, and, going back to the 1980s, was the first group to play a consort of electronic wind instruments.

The group now ventures into unchartered waters with PRISM Quartet’s GUITAR HEROES, its newest project featuring collaborations with three eminent guitarist-composers representing a vast range of musical traditions: Leyla McCalla, Rez Abbasi, and Steven Mackey. PRISM has commissioned each to create a new work for guitar and sax quartet and join the group in world premiere performances in New York City and Philadelphia.

June 3, 2025: 7:00 PM
Christ & St. Stephens Church
120 W 69th St, New York, NY 10023
$10, $22.50, or $35 General Admission (pay-what-you-wish)

June 4, 2025: 8 PM
Solar Myth (co-presented by Ars Nova Workshop)
1131 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
$43.26 (all fees included) General Admission

Complete info and tickets: prismquartet.com/concerts