Benjamin Damann is a composer, percussionist, music technologist, & educator fromChicago. His internationally-performed works explore metric & rhythmiccomplexity, accessibility, habituation, & the timbral manipulation of acousticinstruments through physical preparation & electro-acoustic augmentation. Heseeks to normalize such complexities by generating works that engage with them interms of feel, groove, & intuition.His research utilizes combinatorics & linear […]
Mike Schwebke is a recording and performing artist on steelpan and percussion. He holds a Bachelor of Music and Performer’s Certificate from Northern Illinois University where he studied with Liam Teague, Cliff Alexis, Robert Chappell, Mike Mixtacki and Dr. Greg Byer. While at NIU Mike played in the NIU Latin Jazz Ensemble, NIU Bata trio, […]
Ian Ding is a versatile and in-demand percussionist specializing in contemporary & orchestral music. He is a founding member and co-director of New Music Detroit, a member of the Fulcrum Point New Music Project (Chicago), and the Virgil Moorefield Band (Zurich). He serves on the percussion faculty at the DePaul University School of Music. He […]
Kyle Flens, (b.1991, Baltimore, MD), is a percussionist and drummer. Based in Chicago IL, he is a member of the chamber music collective Ensemble Dal Niente, one half of the Flannau Duo, and a collaborator with the interdisciplinary percussion group Beyond This Point. Kyle enjoys performing experimental music. His mallet playing in ensemble work […]
Rebecca McDaniel is passionate about sharing music with others and about supporting the creativity of young musicians. Relying on music as a unifying force, Rebecca seeks to share curiosity and joy as a performer, educator, and arts administrator. She is an active chamber percussionist and teacher based in the Chicagoland area, collaborating most frequently with […]
Olivia Kieffer is a composer, percussionist, and educator. A native of Wisconsin, her music has been described as “immediately attractive,” “like a knife of light,” and “honest, to the point, and joyful!” Olivia is former adjunct music faculty at Reinhardt University (2009 – 2017), where she taught percussion and World Music. She studied percussion at […]
Beyond this point is an exploratory collaboration seeking to investigate resonances and intersections across several practices including theater, movement, media/film, non-traditional musical forms, sculpture, text, and installations both static and performative. The collaboration aims to engage diverse audiences on multiple levels through its exploration of resonances between artistic mediums with a goal of developing a […]