performed by The Fivefold Galactic Bells:
Thad Anderson and Owen Weaver, percussion
Franklin Gross and Luke Gullickson, pianos

"...that's the way to live. All alone and free in the soft sands of the beach by the sigh of the sea out there, with the Ma-Wink fallopian virgin warm stars reflecting on the outer channel fluid belly waters." -- Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

Outer Channel is dedicated to Paul Motian.

Chicago • January 2013

Outer Channel

Bryan Schumann is an award winning composer and singer/songwriter based in St. Paul, MN. An eclectic composer, Bryan embraces an immense spectrum of genres and styles while writing songs and creating music and sound design for video games, film, meditation, and the concert hall.

Bryan's music (sheet music & audio) is available for purchase at www.bryanschumann.com

Brian Baxter is a musician and orchestra manager who composes music inspired by family, place, and poetry.

Percussionist and composer, Thad Anderson is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida where he coordinates the Percussion Studies program, teaches courses in music technology, and directs the New Music Ensemble.

Eric Malmquist (b. 1985) writes earnestly heartfelt and engaging music. He draws on a deep love of early music and modern influences to produce works that are focused and emotional.

He has been commissioned by the Chicago Composers Orchestra, the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, tubist Scott Tegge, the International Chamber Artists, the Newberry Consort and the Wicker Park Choral Singers.

His commissioned work Prairie Music for CYSO was featured on Chicago’s Ear Taxi Festival in October 2016 and at Midwest Clinic in December 2016. CCO and WPCS co-commissioned his Blemish’d Muse, a twenty-minute work for choir and orchestra, in 2016. His song cycle If You Travel Far Enough was the very first commission of the ICA, and was featured on Live from WFMT in 2015. Michael Hall premiered his Sonata for Viola and Piano in 2014, and Gaudete Brass premiered his Three Preludes in 2013.

His music has been performed outside of Chicago on both coasts and in Texas, and has been featured repeatedly on 98.7WFMT. His music has been recorded by VOX 3 on the disc “New Song” and by pianist Jonathan Hannau.

Hi. My name is Joey. I like to make things.