Sound Series: Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn with special guest Joseph Shabason

We welcome the New Orleans electro-revival musician and vocalist Dawn Richard and multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Spencer Zahn. Their debut collaborative album, Pigments (Merge Records) tells the story of finding one’s self through dance, self-expression, and community. Not strictly neoclassical, jazz, or ambient electronic, the project is one long composition that flows through several “movements” guided by five lead instruments: clarinet, saxophone, guitar, strings, and Richard’s stripped-down vocals. Marking Richard’s first step into the contemporary classical world, Pigments reveals a new facet of her limitless talents and provides a fresh introduction to Zahn, whose intimate, sprawling soundscapes play with principles of open space and motion. ​​Multi-instrumentalist, Joseph Shabason, opens the evening.

• Doors open at 7 p.m.